Black Moon Chronicles (video game)

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Black Moon Chronicles
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Developer(s) Cryo Interactive
Publisher(s) Cryo Interactive
Engine Black Moon Chronicles engine
Platform(s) Windows
Release1999
Genre(s) Strategy

Black Moon Chronicles is a 1999 video game by Cryo Interactive, based on the comic book series of the same name.

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Plot

The player is Wismerhill, a Half-Elf, who is stuck in the middle of a war between four camps.

Gameplay

The gameplay draws both from the Warcraft and Heroes of Might and Magic series.

Critical reception

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]

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References

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