Black Moon Chronicles (video game) explained

Developer:	Cryo Interactive
Publisher:	Cryo Interactive
Engine:	Black Moon Chronicles engine
Platforms:	Windows
Released:	1999
Genre:	Strategy

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.

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 , 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]

External links

Official site

Notes and References

Web site: C R y O . F i n a n c E . www.cryofinance.com . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030126170017/http://www.cryofinance.com/fr/Comm/lunenoir.htm . 26 January 2003 . dead.
Web site: Test de Chroniques de la Lune Noire sur PC - 07/07/1999. 2012-10-24. 2017-02-02. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024012629/http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00000071_test.htm. 2012-10-24.
Web site: PC Review: Black Moon Chronicles - ComputerAndVideoGames.com. 2007-03-15. 2017-02-02. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20070315193458/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=2773. 2007-03-15.
Web site: Black Moon Chronicles Recenzja strona 1 PC Gry-Online. 2004-09-01. 2017-02-02. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20040901082813/http://www.gry-online.pl/S020.asp?ID=181. 2004-09-01.
Web site: AG // Black Moon Chronicles // Рецензия (обзор, review). 2009-04-30. 2017-02-02. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20090430235100/http://www.ag.ru/reviews/black_moon_chronicles. 2009-04-30.