Bazı oyunlar vardır kendinizi hikayesine ve atmosferine öyle kaptırırsınız ki içinde geçen olayları titizlikle araştırırken oyunun eksileri gözünüze batmaz. İşte bu oyunda onlardan biri..

Hayalet avına hazır olun!!

The Lost Crown, 4 oyunluk bir serinin ilk oyunu ve gerçek bir İngiliz kasabasında (kasabanın ismi doğal olarak değiştirilmiş) geçiyor. Bu kasabada sıkışmış ruhları tespit edip hikayelerini anlamaya ve ruhlarını özgürlüklerine kavuşturmaya çalışıyorsunuz. Bunu yapabilmeniz için paranormal olayları araştırabileceğiniz özel kamera, fotoğraf makinesi, ses kaydedici ve E.M.F. ölçer gibi aletleriniz var. Gri ve siyah/beyaz atmosfer bu paranormal olayları daha da ürkütücü göstermeyi başarılı bir şekilde sağlıyor. Oyunun bana göre eksileri karakteriniz yavaş hareket etmesi ile widescreen desteği olmaması sonuçu 1024×768 çözünürlükte oynamak zorunda kalmanızdır. Fakat oyunun hikayesine kendinizi kaptırırsanız bunları sorun etmeyerek sonuna kadar oynayabilirsiniz.

Oyun bir korku macera türü olarak üstüne düşeni fazlası ile yapıyor ve bazı sahneler gerçekten sizi hem korkutacak hemde etkileyecektir. Eğer macera oyunlarını seviyorsanız ve korku öğelerininde buna ayrı bir zevk kattığını düşünüyorsanız bu oyun tam size göre.

A couple of years ago I came across this game in a store and I have to admit I was intrigued but disgusted at the same time. Let me explain. I love point and click adventures, I like horror/mystery genre and the art on the front cover definitely promised a sick and twisted journey, but the actual screenshots on the back appeared as completely unappealing to me. It's black and white, character models looked just plain ugly and the environments didn't look interesting or detailed. The game wasn't that expensive so I decided to give it a chance.

During the first few minutes of it I realised that I really misjudged this little game. It's creeping on you even after you quit it and leave your house, it has a truly breathtaking atmosphere, manages to create great tension and catches you off guard most of the time. You go in thinking that this is going to be a bland story about ghost hunting in a "there's something off about this" village and it's inhabitants, but what you get is something more unique than you think. Frightening and eerie sound, dialogues that you wouldn't want to skip through and a whole lot of spine-chilling moments. As soon as I saw that it's available on Steam, I knew I just had to write a positive review so people won't make a mistake having prejudgments like I once did.

If you're a fan of suspense and atmosphere that's so strong, you have to pause the game to gather your thoughts together from time to time, I'd strongly recommend getting this game.

Oyunun grafikleri kalitesiz gibi görünebilir ama bir kitabı kapağına göre yargılamamak en uygunudur.
Oyun gerçek hikayeden esinlenilip ona göre dizayn edlmiş ve adım attığınız heryer gerçektende var olan yerlerdir.
Oyun'da yaşanan olaylar ordaki halk tarafından anlatılan hikaye ile birebir aynıdır buda oyuna gerçekten büyük bir kalite ve gerçekçilik sağlıyor.
Oyunda bir süre sonra fotoğrafların içinde gezindiğinizin izlenimine kapılırsınız ki gerçektende geziniyoruz.

Gayet başarılı.

Arkadaşlar kart için bu oyun 6 kart dusurme hakki verio aynı kart dusse bile en az 1.50 lira kazaniyonuz ben bu oyundan 1.50 lira kazandim sonra yine çok kart veren oyunları satın aldım .d

I played The Lost Crown years ago and it was one of the best and most memorable point and click horror experiences. I'm glad, now after replaying it, that it's still the case. The game is rough around the edges, but it compensates its clumsiness and awkwardness with rich, thick atmosphere dripping with ancient, pagan, folk eeriness, evoking "the old land steeped in blood and horror." I would say that the awkwardness even adds to the overall strangeness and spookiness.

The Lost Crown is almost entirely made by one man, Jonathan Boakes, the creator of the Dark Fall series and is in the same universe. Unlike Dark Fall games which are first-person Myst clones, The Lost Crown is a classic third-person adventure game (with some first-person sections). But it still retains that solitary feel of Myst like explorations with little hand holding. The game starts with arrival of Nigel Danvers to a small coastal English town, Saxton, rich with history, myth and legend and haunted by ghosts from the past. He ends up on the hunt for a mythical hidden treasure, the lost crown of an ancient king, meanwhile, investigating and releasing/exorcising ghosts.

The town of Saxton is fictional, but it seems to resemble real counterparts and the game uses actual locations around Cornwall for you to explore. The setting is shrouded in fog and drenched in mystery and paranormal phenomena that it looks like this whole area is a phantom-like entity summoned from the past. What I especially love is a sense that the ghostly hauntings are like a memory, an imprint of the time passed, like a recording in time and space that refuses to be forgotten and wants to tell you stories from those of personal tragedy and torment to those of epic myths and legends. There's also some temporal displacement going on and you're never quite sure who's alive and who's dead, who's from the present and who's from the past.

The eerie atmosphere is present even during the day when this sleepy town seems almost idyllic, but the vast windy landscapes under a stretched sky are beautiful and mysterious at the same time. They seem desolate, permeated with isolation and emptiness, but as one character said, "the land is never empty." It's almost like they "echo with voices of those that have gone before" And then when the night falls, the pale moon rises to keep you company and follow you around, but not so much to light your way as to play tricks with light and shadow, deceiving your perception and teasing your imagination. This is when the spookiness intensifies which makes it the perfect time for ghosthunting, as the veil separating the living from the dead seems almost transparent during the witching hour.

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Nigel often has an uneasy feeling that someone is watching him from the dark while he strolls through the empty streets at night or alone in the dark wood. But the creepiest and most unsettling parts are the Nite-Vision investigations, especially one in the church graveyard. This is when you switch to first-person view and suddenly your field of vision is greatly diminished. You feel limited and isolated by darkness since you can't use free roam, but a classic Myst-like point'n'click which is painfully slow only adding to the tension and horror as you wait, while turning, for something to jump at you. Thankfully this game doesn't rely on cheap jump scares (there is only one), but builds its horror in that steady slow way that just creeps under your skin and stays with you long. Even though you can't die and there are no nail biting timed events (only two easy ones), the game succeeds in filling you with anxiety, dread and foreboding. That uneasy anticipation is especially heightened in Harbour Cottage, "home sweet home", the place where you sleep which is supposed to be a safe haven, but is actually the creepiest, oozing with dark, heavy, oppressive atmosphere.

The excellent sound design greatly contributes to the spookiness with rattling tiles, creaking staircase, howling, whispers, footsteps - which have a slightly off-kilter sound so you're not quite sure if they're yours or from someone behind you. Background music is minimalistic and ethereal, not in your face but seamlessly woven with ambient sound effects to create rich otherworldly sound collages. Visual presentation is also unique. The whole game is in black and white with occasional colourful accents (blue and especially red). This sometimes evokes the feel of those old faded washed up photographs which is another way the game creates (un)reality and a record of sorts. After May Day, the whole sky becomes clear blue while the land beneath is still grey making for an interesting symbolism.

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Now, for this game to work its magic you need to have patience. I mentioned at the start of my review that there's a certain clumsiness and awkwardness in execution which includes some technical shortcomings (like a fixed resolution and no widescreen support). The game is painfully slow - slow walk, slow talk, slow animations. You can fast travel on exits, but you can't speed up Nigel's stroll. There are strange pauses in dialog and a lot of repetitive lines: 'Nothing ventured', 'Symbolic images or ancient graffiti', 'That's not right' etc. Voice acting is mostly bad (with notable exceptions) especially Nigel. BUT, ironically, this awkwardness creates a kind of uncanny vibe that only heightens the general weirdness and an already eerie atmosphere, in the end working in its favour.

The gameplay is a classic point and click. There are only a couple of hotspots per screen and they cover a wide area so there's no pixel hunting. Also your inventory isn't full of junk, but mostly consists of ghosthunting gadgets, ghost photos and EVP you've collected, also maps and notes to remind you what you're supposed to do. Speaking of ghosthunting gadgets, you're equipped with the E.M.F Meter, EVP recorder, Photo Camera and Nite-Vision Camera. EVP recordings are especially eerie, full of creepy sounds, scratching, howling, screaming (they sound even creepier when you know that some of them are real recordings).

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The puzzles are varied, from very simple to those hellish sound puzzles (like the organ, ugh). There's no real maze other than some maze like settings, but wondering around in the dark with limited night vision might count as one. So we have inventory puzzles, logic puzzles, dialog puzzles (the riddles). It's important to pay attention to what the characters are saying and there are quite a few quirky or bizarre npcs to talk to. Another well of information are the books, journals, articles you should read. Yes there is a lot of reading in this game which I greatly enjoyed. Museum especially is full of information not only needed for puzzles, but for worldbuilding and story enrichment: old haunting tales, ghost stories, ancient myths, pagan rituals and holidays, folk wisdom etc. That's why I said patience is needed and taking your time to slowly soak everything in until you breath this ambience. The game is pretty long for an adventure, providing you don't use walkthrough (much) and read everything (which you should). Also, take notes, old school style

This steam version comes with achievements, but two of them are bugged in the English version. This was supposed to be the first game in a trilogy that never came. Still, recreating this kind of beautiful and unique experience is gonna be tough. But, nothing ventured...

The Lost Crown is a Point and Click adventure game developed by Darkling Room.


Presented in both first and third-person perspectives, The Lost Crown is a point-and-click game, featuring puzzles, conversations, and inventory based interaction. The gamer follows the adventure of Nigel Danvers, as he wanders the harbor town of Saxton and the surrounding countryside, armed with a small arsenal of ghost-hunting gadgets. Eventually, after uncovering and exorcising several ghosts, Nigel discovers the whereabouts of a long lost Anglo-Saxon crown; thought to have crowned the king of the region, Ganwulf, back in the sixth century AD.

Vividly set in the fictional harbor town of Saxton in The Fens of eastern England, The Lost Crown follows the adventures of two young ghost-hunters, Nigel Danvers and Lucy Reubans. Nigel has fled London, following the theft of several documents from his employer, The Hadden Corporation. The documents contain proof of Hadden’s involvement in experiments with paranormal forces, and the existence of ‘chasm ghosts’. Two Hadden agents, Mr. Hare, and Mr. Crow are dispatched to capture Danvers and return the stolen documents. Nigel takes refuge in Saxton, where he meets local psychology student, Lucy Reubans. Together they set out to solve local mysteries, study paranormal activity and discover the whereabouts of a legendary Anglo-Saxon crown, thought to be buried somewhere in the vicinity around town. Nigel’s presence in the town does not go unnoticed. There are those, alive and dead, that do not wish the crown to be disturbed.


+ multi-layered story with a mysterious environment
+ nostalgic look
+ gloomy graphics
+ macabre music
+ doable puzzles
+ Achievements and trading cards


- everything too linear


The Lost Crown offers you a successful ghost hunt through the English provinces, which are linked with small horror elements.



The Lost Crown ist ein Point & Click -Abenteuerspiel, welches von Darkling Room entwickelt wurde.


Die eigentliche Spukgeschichte beginnt erst, als Nigel in ein kleines Häuschen am Hafen einzieht. Dort sieht es nicht nur aus, als hätte schon lange keiner mehr aufgeräumt, auch sonst geht einiges nicht mit rechten Dingen zu.
In dieser Ecke im Spukhaus erscheint langsam eine Tür, die es gar nicht geben dürfte. Als Nigel sein unfreiwilliges Feriendomizil erkundet, macht es einen recht heruntergekommen Eindruck. Ein seltsamer Druck lastet auf dem gekalkten Gemäuer, dessen Stützbalken angeblich noch von der Armada übrig geblieben sein sollen. Wer wohnte hier wohl früher? Der Held hört bald Geräusche, Stimmen und Poltern, was angenehm verstörend inszeniert wird. Hat sich die Kiste nicht eben bewegt? Als er den Schlüssel auftreibt und sie schließlich öffnet, ist sie bis auf ein paar Kissen leer. Bei diesen Aktionen merkt man, dass die Bewegungen der Charaktere ein wenig behäbig sind; auch die Gesichter wirken relativ statisch.

Obwohl das Haus nur wenige Räume hat, scheint jeder davon ein dunkles Geheimnis zu bergen, das es zu erkunden gilt. Er erfährt durch Lektüre eines Tagebuchs, dass früher ein Spanier das Haus bewohnte, dessen Frau plötzlich krank wurde. Scheinbar ließ der Mann seine Frau dennoch allein zu Hause, weil er geschäftlich weg musste. Was geschah mit ihnen? Haust ihr Geist im Cottage? Sehr verstörend wirkt der Fleck an der Wand im Flur, der jeden Tag deutlicher hervor tritt. Er sieht aus wie eine Tür. Wo führte sie hin? Die Wand endet doch nebenan, wenn man draußen am Haus schaut!? Alles sehr ominös. Nigel versucht schließlich, in dem Haus ein Auge zuzumachen, was ihm mehr schlecht als recht gelingt. Erholsam wird die Nacht aber nicht. Er bekommt erst später sein "Spielzeug", um die Phänomene wirklich zu erkunden. Diese Story ist aber nur eine von vielen, die das vielschichtige Abenteuer erzählt.


+ vielschichtige Story mit einer geheimnisvollen Umgebung
+ nostalgischer Look
+ düstere Grafik
+ makabere Musik
+ machbare Rätsel
+ Errungenschaften und Trading Cards


- alles zu linear


The Lost Crown bietet dir eine gelungene Geisterjagd durch die englische Provinz, welche mit kleinen Horrorelementen verknüpft sind.

****UPDATE**** Here I am replaying this game again for the 4th or 5th time. It's so perfect I could cry. This game has everything mystical, magical and spooky. Cats, Ghosts, Celtic corners, witchy old women, the music, the faire, the legends, the creepy sounds... I just can't love this game more, its perfect.

This is my 3rd time purchasing this game over the years. The first time i bought it i wasn't sure about the black and white coloring, but i'm SO glad i was able to look past something that was *seemingly dull. After playing it, it became one of my absolute favorites; It's layered with disturbing tales and eerie sounds that Jonathan Boakes' games are famous for. You won't forget this unique experience, especially the people of Saxton, those both dead AND alive.

I thought long and hard about whether or not to give this a thumb down/negative rating because I hate kicking independant developers and this isn't actually a bad game but a flawed one. However, since there are (at time of writing) so many reviews and comments heaping praise on this game (and even calling it a masterpiece), I figured a negative rating would probably get more people to read this review and consider some of the poorer aspects of this game before buying it.

FIRSTLY LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE THE GAME'S FINER POINTS. The artistic design is excellent. The stylistic grey and white with splashes of colour is a great device for delineating supernatural vs ordinary events. It makes use of the night vision camera all the more spectacular. The setting of an isolated english town steeped in history and pagan beliefs is very good too. In fact, as a premise for a game the whole thing sounds perfect; explore a spooky town with ghostbusting gadgets, solving mysteries and vanquishing evil. What could go wrong? A fair amount, it turns out.


For a start, it's slow. Painfully, bloody slow - even for a point and click. You can double click for quicker movement but it doesn't work everywhere and you have to sit there and watch the player character, Nigel, slowly glide across the screen or perform an animation at a slugs pace. Meanwhile, you're sitting there grinding your teeth in frustration. It also takes a while to get the ghost-hunter gadgets so I reckon a lot of people may probably give up before the game gets interesting.

Oh, have I mentioned that Nigel comes across as being stupid. Well, he does. He just seems to react (or not react at all) to things so strangely. He's like those characters in horror movies that trip over things that aren't there and you're kind of glad when they get killed. He's also voiced poorly (by the game's creator) so his response to characters, ghosts and events in the game can be so odd and jarring that he is quite unlikeable. For example, there are a couple of times in the latter part of the game when pebbles are hurled by ghosts at his head and hit the camera - absolutely no response! I wanted Nigel to die. I really did.

The game also isn't scary/spooky enough. There are one or two genuinely creepy moments and a couple of jump scares but that's about it so it really shouldn't be described as a horror title.

Look, I don't want to completely trash this game and dissuade people from playing it. I repeat, it's not bad, just flawed. Just take my criticisms under consideration. If you're ok with slow games and/or love point and click adventures, then grab this game. Maybe wait for a sale!???

One last thing; some STEAM ACHIEVEMENTS are buggered (they certainly didn't unlock for me) and according to the discussion forums, you may need to tamper with the game files to get them to unlock.


UPDATE: For whateverer reason, this review seems to float at the top of postings and has garnered a few critiques of it's own. Some people seem to superficially misunderstand the first paragraph here as a petulant or contrarian stance against positive reviews of tLC. To be clear, I wrote that WHOLE first paragraph to openly outline my bias and to address the fact that STEAM ONLY ALLOWS BINARY POSTIONS OF THUMB UP OR DOWN. It's that simple.

I stand by my brief review in almost every respect. It's not terrible but it's not great. The flaws tend to drag the game down the further it goes on. A few people won't mind this but most will! Adventure-game fans will probably love tLC but I can't give it a general endorsement of thumbs up.

I hereby drop my mic.

A fairly creepy, and artistic point & click horror game with elements of ghost hunting. I played it a long time ago, and it was decent enough.

- Voice acting is kind of meh, however the town and it's denizens are plenty eerie.
- A lot of black and white with splashes of color.
- Touches of Lovecraft here and there..
- What was going on with the cats is pretty screwed up...
- If you like Scratches, the Darkfall series, the Black Mirror series, or the Darkness Within series, you'll probably enjoy this.

Perhaps my favourite game. Definitely top 3. Unlike anything else entirely.

Absolutely to be forgiven of such painfully endearing floors as 'poor' voice acting, obtuse puzzles and slow animations. If you like adventure games play this on a week off school/work and preferably with a friend. Turn off your phone, minimize distractions, have snacks/ready meals on standby and settle in.

Its floors (which are definite by any objective standard) make it loveable and unique. It is somewhat slow, misshapen and brutally clunky... but this is a one-man band we're talking about! Jonathan Boakes has done a singularly fantastic job making this game. I cannot stress enough how worth it this game is.

If I had never played this I would pay around £15 on a punt to see if it was worth it because I like the genre. After having played it I would gladly pay £100 or more because it is honestly unparalleled (okay, that sounds rediculous, but it's honestly true.)

I will not give away anything about the game because saying anything about it at all would be unfairly taking it out of context, something to which this game is vitally important. I will say however that the voice acting is preposterous, the opening cutscene is cringeworthy, and the constant appeal to 'what is scary', dumb - but none of this matters. The 'bad' points about this game become almost instantly charming; the atmosphere will win you over.

The story is for the most part intruiging, the puzzles a mixture of challenging and twee, but the atmosphere... oh the atmosphere. Scary? Yes. Creepy? Certainly. Beautiful? Absolutely!

You will be greatly rewarded for sticking this game out. A true independent masterpiece for anyone who is even tangentially interested in adventure games.

P.S. The best part is, Boakes is already a decent way through making the next game in the series and there's an interim installment in the series called Midnight Horror!