| Black Moon Chronicles | |
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| Developer(s) | Cryo Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Cryo Interactive |
| Engine | Black Moon Chronicles engine |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | 1999 |
| Genre(s) | Strategy |
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Black Moon Chronicles (French : Chroniques de la Lune noire) is a 1999 video game by Cryo Interactive, based on the comic book series of the same name.
The player is Wismerhill, a Half-Elf, who is stuck in the middle of a war between four camps.
The gameplay draws both from the Warcraft and Heroes of Might and Magic series.
According to Cryo Interactive, Black Moon Chronicles was a commercial success, with sales above 100,000 units by September 1999. [1]
JeuxVideo thought the game brought originality to the real-time strategy genre, though thought its interface was too simple. [2] Craig Vaughan of PC Zone negatively compared it to Magic and Mayhem and Warhammer: Dark Omen , though praised its gothic soundtrack. [3] Mithnar of Polish review site Gry Online praised the "active pause" feature. [4] Russian Michael Kalinchenko of Absolute Games hoped that adventure game company Cryo would stop making attempts at titles in the strategy genre. [5]
