Black Sails: The Ghost Ship

Black Sails: The Ghost Ship is an adventure game developed by Deck 13 Interactive and originally published by Astragon Software on Apr 22, 2010 for Windows.

Black Sails: The Ghost Ship
Developer(s)Deck 13 Interactive
Publisher(s)Astragon Software
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
    • EU: Apr 22, 2010
Genre(s)Adventure

Plot and gameplay

In the year 1884, the player is an investigator trying to solve a mystery. When her ship capsizes, she and another survivor are rescued by a strange abandoned ship.

The game uses the game engine as that used for Ankh and Jack Keane.

Development

The game was released internationally onto Steam in September 2015.[1][2] Jan Klose, Creative Director for Deck 13, said "With the resurgence in popularity of adventure games, we felt the time was right to bring Black Sails-The Ghost Ship to a North American audience".[3]

Critical reception

4Players deemed it a "truly interactive thriller".[4] Adventure Treff praised the title for not artificially extending its run-time with unnecessary sidequests.[5] ComputerBild praised the game''s three alternate endings that allowed the player to have agency.[6] AdventureGamers felt the voice acting was just passable.[7] Gamestar praised the subtle use of soundscape to create a sense of tension and drama.[8] Die Hard Game Fan thought he game was let down by its poor plot, presentation, and mechanics.[9] Spieltipps felt that lovers of Deck 13's Ankh would be disappointed by this title.[10] Pressa2Join thought the game had a good story, well told.[11] CommonSenseMedia noted the game may not be suitable to children due to a moment of implied rape or sexual assault toward a young girl.[12] Tiscali felt that the game's classic-ness meant it also added nothing new to the genre.[13]

gollark: Ooookay.
gollark: <@!202992030685724675> I'm replacing the bunker's front door with a dedicated energy shield. How do you want access authorization to work?
gollark: I ought to add a switch for the shield to the undocumented control panel too.
gollark: The generator can't actually run the shield, it's just to make the diagnostics panel stay on and the battery trickle-charge over time.
gollark: I now estimate about three hours.

References
  1. "Deck 13 will release creepy point-and-click adventure Black Sails: ... | GameWatcher". www.gamewatcher.com. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. Tiscali. "Po úspěchu v Německu k nám míří adventura Black Sails - The Ghost Ship". Games.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. "Popular Horror Adventure Black Sails-The Ghost Ship Embarks for North America". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. "Test (Wertung) zu Black Sails - Das Geisterschiff (Adventure) - 4Players.de". 4Players (in German). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. Stein, Michael. "Black Sails - Das Geisterschiff". Adventure-Treff (in German). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  6. "Black Sails – Das Geisterschiff". computerbild.de (in German). Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  7. "Black Sails: The Ghost Ship review". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  8. "Black Sails: Das Geisterschiff im Test - Grusel-Adventure von Deck 13 - GameStar". www.gamestar.de (in German). 22 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  9. "Review: Black Sails (PC) | Diehard GameFAN 2018". Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  10. "Black Sails: Deck 13 säuft ab". spieletipps.de (in German). 23 May 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  11. Smith, Rebecca (26 September 2015). "Black Sails - The Ghost Ship Review". PressA2Join. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  12. "Black Sails: The Ghost Ship - Game Review". www.commonsensemedia.org. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  13. Tiscali. "Detail čtenářské recenze Black Sails - recenze". Games.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 April 2019.
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