Black Mirror 2: More Details Unveiled -- New Screenshots 6-7-09

an english village...I bet will be creepy!

Thanks Carla!

There has been a lively discussion about Black Mirror 2 at the end of the previous thread --

But this is such good news that we're posting it afresh to give it even more visibility!

Thanks, Carla

I am glad they will be keeping the Unique look from the original...Another...Goody

Thanks, Carla thats such great news.

Black Mirror was a great game and I'm sure looking forward to #2.

Marie

Great news thanks Carla, I really enjoyed the first one ,I hope the 2nd one is even better. I hope the characters will look and act more real. My daughter is playing the first one right now and she complains about the characters all the time. But other then that she is ok with the game. Looking forward to the the 2nd one coming. It sounds good.

Carla thanks for the great news, i enjoyed very much the first game i hope that second be better..

Love Maria

Hi

Thanks carla .... Sounds GOOD !!!!

Cheers.

Mad

Thank you very much Carla! Outstanding news!


Spyros

That's really great news carla... I really loved the graphics of the previous one...

The only person who won't be thrilled is my bank manager . Its great to have lots to look forward to.

Thanks Carla for the news!! It sure sounds fantastic: great graphics, quality story continuation of BM1 and , last but not least, english villages!! It is super cozy to wander around english villages in adventure games! hehe Super. I wish 2009 was already around the corner

Thanks Carla....Really looking forward to BM2 I really enjoyed BM1 and Im thrilled about this.

Been looking forward to the second Black Mirror game for a long time. Thanks for the info Carla. Let us know when some screen shots come out ok ?

Cathy

You'll find some screen shots here Cathy.


Bernard

Oops, those screenshots look pretty bad compared to Black Mirror! I fear the worst. Would have loved to see what the original developer would have done with the sequel. Why do publishers change a winning team?
The graphics of some of the nightmare episodes of Next Life (crashed SUV, asylum) were a joy again and brought back the BM memories (partly the same team).

Hi martinc, what is it you don´t like about the screenshots? I think they look really nice! Especially the last screenshot of the manor. The colours are vivid and the city street looks really cozy! Another screenshot can be found here

Thank you so much for this Carla Great news indeed

I think it is always nice when developers and publishers actually listen to what the adventure gamers say they wish (or want) to see in adventure games.

The screenshots looks nice, I think. However I also think that the screenshots sort of stylewise look like the ones in Belief & Betrayal or in SF: Tunguska as they are in 'detailed 2D' with the characters being in 3D (how this is done tech wise is a real mystery to me?) Or maybe it is just to much bloom...

Yes SF came to mind to me too when I saw the graphics! Well I think graphics are such a personal preference...for example a lot of cartoon-like graphics are present in very popular adventure games (Monkey Island for example or more recent ones too). I personally don´t like them but a lot of people do, so it´s very subjective. The quality of the graphics in Black Mirror 2 is however very good and I think this is a good sign Hopefully it will support a solid story

@jedi valius and Karsten

Indeed, the style in e.g. the second InsideGamer screenshot is comparable with some Tunguska scenes!

http://www.insidegamer.nl/pc/blackmirror2/screenshots/

For the difference, compare the second InsideGamer shot for instance with this one

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/black-mirror/screenshots/gameShotId,61362/

or the third InsideGamer shot, the manor, with this one:

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/black-mirror/screenshots/gameShotId,54709/

Though it is the same manor of course, I think the original artwork is much better in several ways. They didn't only replace the lightbulbs ;-) .. the atmosphere is also completely different, at least I think it is.

Interesting to compare the screenshots! Thanks for the link Martinc. However I notice that the color of the sky and the general palette of the background shade really makes for a different atmosphere in the older game...maybe we should wait for new screenshots to really compare the two. But yes even the older BM had great graphics to be sure!

Thanks for the update carla. It sounds like a perfect sequel to the original.

I have been looking forward to this! Thanks for the info!

Great to have new info about this game! looking forward to it.

Sounds great. Thanks for the information.

@Jedi: That screenshot you posted looks cool - is that good old Samuel? Great

Jehane: I don´t know...it sure looks like him! hehe

Martinc and Jedi thanks for the screenshot..sounds great!

Love Maria

well just finished black mirror , what an ending. not what i expected. now i can't wait for black mirror 2.

One of my best and beloved games I've ever played. Hope that the second one will be better or equal to the previous one!

The artwork's more reminicient of Tunguska than BM1...

Still looking forward to this though, it's going to be a whole new story and it'll be interesting to see how much it links to the events in BM1

Yeah i have to agree but that is expected i guess, considering BM1 was released in 2003, 5 years ago is like a life time as far as computers and graphics are concerned.

New screenshots added HERE!

Enjoy,

Awesome screenshots. Thanks Carla!

I like the ones with light streaming through the fog.

Love 'em! Thanks, Carla.

Looking good, though I hope the game is a bit lighter. I don't want to have to adjust my monitor's gamma settings.

Sweet looking pictures , thank you very much

Spyros

Hey Carla thanks..Great screenshots!!!

I cant wait..

Love Maria

Nice, nice, nice....

Thanks Carla

Great screenshots!!!

Thanks Carla, Screenshots are great . I love the first Black Mirror , so I have been waiting for this one.

Thanks Carla for sharing these, the game looks wonderful

Here's a trailer. The text is in German , but the trailer is good , so .... ENJOY

Djinjifila, thanks for the trailer's link! The trailer is a regular teaser though. When my eye caught the glimpse of SOMEONE in the window, oh boy! I felt creeples all over my arms! But as for the plot or characters, we can see none and no one. Just the scenes from the BM I. It's a pity.

Thanks Djinjifila, great trailer It left me wondering who was recording with a camera outside the house and why ? Who was in the window? Also it looks like someone killed the person in the window who who killed him ? It also looks like someone may have got the person with the camera and who is that person ? Very mysterious alot of questions to be answered . Again I have to say this is one I want .

The only thing I didn't like about the first game is that you got to wander around the locations, waiting for someone performing your request. Like it happened with the forencist. I was hanging around the village and the church yard for 7 minutes of playing time! I hope, they'll avoid such lags in the sequel!

Thanks for the extra screenshots Carla.
Thanks for the link to the teaser Djin.
I'm looking forward to this game.

Cathy

Any further news on a release date?

Not that I've heard yet.

Thanks for sharing Carla. Lokks like great graphics! Can't wait!

More Screenshots released yesterday !

Fantastic pictures Carla. Thanks for sharing. I'm looking forward to this game.

Thank you Becky and Carla!

Thanks Carla, awesome!

Ana

All kinds of questions are forming. Is the fellow we see out in front of the Maine Photo Service shop in the second screenshot going to be a victim? His shop is a crime scene in one of the later screenshots.

Great to see all those !! Thanks, Carla

Oh boy, they look great! Thanks, Carla!

Thanks for the new screenshots!! Excellent stuff!

Spyros

Those are such great screenshots, I loved the the old house ones with all that atmosphere. I'm really really looking forward to the release of this game, Its been a long while since the first Black Mirror and I hope that this one will live up to my anticipation.

Carla for the update

Looking good!

Thanks Carla, I really want this one, I am soooo excited .

Thanks for the update Carla. Looks like a game I would really enjoy.

Cathy

Looks really interesting! I loved the first Black Mirror

Brand new screenshots (more than 20!) just out, you can see them HERE!

Thanks Carla! Are some of those inside the original mansion, I wonder? It's falling into ruin?

It looks like this game is coming along nicely. It looks a lot better than the first one. Thanks for the update Carla.

Thanks Carla, wonderful screenshots.

Loved all those terrifc screenshots, for the update Carla

Marie

My thoughts exactly! Thanks for the new screenshots Carla!!

Spyros

Thanks Carla,

I loved the first Black Mirror , so I am really excited for Black Mirror 2 . The screenshots are looking great .

Carla thanks for sharing such fantasic news! I loved the first Black Mirror and I'm looking forward to playing this one!

Some screenshots of Black Mirror 2.

I believe they are the same screenshots Carla posted Here. I'm combining the threads.

Ana

Thanks Ana. I clicked on Bernards link before you moved it and I couldn't get it to work. Adope Acrobat starts and says there is an error. The last 2 posts that Bernard made that had screenshots in them, I had the same result. Any adobe file I open works fine though and all the other links work fine. Just thought I would let anyone know.

You may need to update your adobe reader. I have no problems but I have the latest build.

Ana

How do I go about doing that Ana for FREE ?

Here you go Cathy: Adobe Reader Remember to uncheck the google toolbar.

It's always free.

Ana

Or just start Adobe Reader, Click Help -> Check for updates.

You can get Adobe Acrobat reader "lite": Here

A lot faster than the regular version, & works exactly the same!

You can also get this: Here

This is a program called PDF Exchange Viewer. I use this for pdf files. If you download this, it comes in a zip file, so you will need to use Winzip, or whatever program you use for zip files, to extract & install PDF Exchange Viewer

Thanks everyone. I finally got adobe reader to install. I had to uninstall a few programs that came with it. Acrobat.com and adobe air. It still works without them. I checked Bernards link and the pics work fine now.

UPDATE... I uninstalled Adobe Reader (to bloated) and installed Adobe Reader lite from the link from Chaos. It works a lot faster and it dosen't slow down my computer. I also use Quick time lite which dosen't install a bunch of stuff that I don't need or want or will ever use. Thank you all for your help.
Cathy