Black Moon Chronicles (video game)
1999 video game
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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 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]