Blackwell Epiphany

I'll start by explaining what I do like about this game. First off, the artwork is a huge step up from the other games in the series. This is also a much longer game than previous entries to the series. Most of the puzzles were interesting and reasonable for someone to figure out on their own, too. The game makes doing research and finding crucial information very satisfying, as this series has always done...

8 found this helpful, 2026-01-02

This is a review of the entire Blackwell series of games. I recently marathoned the entire saga, and I discovered this to be a series held entirely by its rich dialogue and excellent voice-acting combined with light, fun adventure-game puzzles set in a pulpy, noir-laden New York setting. The first game is understandably more modest in scope as it establishes the world and its leads, but from the second game onward...

6 found this helpful, 2026-07-16

Well that was a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ downer. I've put zero effort into avoiding spoilers below, sorry. Okay, to be fair, this is a really good game. I loved it, loved the twist, loved the gameplay. It was honestly the best-composed game in the series in basically every way. It was excellent. But man that conclusion was just so unsatisfying. Like what was even the point of Rosa as a character? Her ancestor's lives sucked, her...

4 found this helpful, 2026-01-06