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Blackout was the first major release from Danish game developers Deadline Games. You play as a schizophrenic person with multiple personalities, who wakes up next to a headless corpse, and have no idea who or where you are, and from there on you have to remember.
Blackout was unique in several ways: Game designer Michael Valeur has stated that he wanted to incorporate dolls into the computer game medium, and thus all characters in-game are filmed dolls. The game also allows branching of the story and reactions depending on the player's choices. It was heavily praised by the Danish gaming critics for being "The first real auteur-adventure game" (referring to author and game designer Michael Valeur and his influence on the game). It also won the yearly multimedia award "Ã…rets Thor", and has been included in Danish game canons by both Computerworld and Multimedieforeningen. The game comes with a novel. |