#I saw black clouds how to#

Without spoiling too much, this starts out innocuously enough, with some jump scares, audio stingers, and disturbing imagery, but at a certain point I Saw Black Clouds doesn't know how to stop trying to scare or surprise you with new things. It seems there are some otherworldly powers that played into Emily's death, many of which you discover and face as Kristina while you press on through the game. Much of these choices revolve around the direction of Kristina's investigation and how much she chooses to endure the horrors she uncovers along the way.Īlthough it starts as a mystery, I Saw Black Clouds seems quick to give up answers around Emily's death and trade them in for horror elements. This story unfolds with live actors interacting in scenes which change in response to different choices you make at different points in the game. You then go on an adventure where Kristina resolves to figure out why Emily took her own life, helped in part by childhood friend Charlotte and some locals who try to help you piece things together. I Saw Black Clouds opens on the protagonist, Kristina, as she attends a funeral service for her dearly departed friend Emily.

In any case, it turns out this ended up being among the least of my concerns, as I Saw Black Clouds is one of the most slapped together and confusing adventures I've been on in a long time. It's a FMV mystery game from a proven developer (Wales Interactive), but it always gives me pause when media takes on suicide as some sort of 'case' that you can 'solve.' In my book, that's not a particularly responsible way to represent issues of mental health. From the start of I Saw Black Clouds, I had some reservations about the game.

I saw black clouds