Black Book: Prologue

Description: Unique low-fantasy setting with focus on eastern-europe folklore. Card-battler mixed with point&click elements, small moral choices and a unique ingame quiz element. Pros (+) + Unique lore setting + Soundtrack is great & fitting + Well fitting and immersive dark atmosphere + Unique "lore quizzes" as gameplay element (You really have to dig into the ingame encylopedia, which is good) Neutral (>) > ...

10 found this helpful, 2020-05-09

Very nice cards rpg game prologue that introduces the story and mechanics of the main game. You play as Vasilisa, a young witch who is trying to break the seven seals of Hell in order to bring the man she loves back to life. The game has beautiful art and an interesting lore based on Slavic Folklore. I recommend you to explore and read everything to get all encyclopedia entries that will help you answering...

18 found this helpful, 2020-05-05

Black Book: Prologue It's a RPG game based on slavic mythology and folklore. You play as girl Vasilisa who becomes a witch and is given the Black Book that has 7 seals. When all seals are broken it will grant a wish which Vasilisa wants to use to revive her beloved and save his soul. On the journey you use spells from Black Book to help common folk by fighting demons. Combat is card-based. I really loved it, only...

33 found this helpful, 2020-05-18

Black Book Prologue is a dark, mysterious, wondrously poetic RPG set in the world of slavic folklore and mythology. Endlessly original, armed with layers upon layers of intricate lore and backstory, Black Book Prologue tells only a small part of the life and deeds of a young witch Vasilisa as she's trying to learn to control the ominous Black Book, an endless compendium of the dark arts, meant only for those who are...

16 found this helpful, 2020-07-11

It's very much in early access, as such it's quite rough around the edges. The biggest problem for me was the language. They'll need to put a lot more work into accurate translations because it made it difficult to understand what my choices meant / what the consequences were going to be. That being said, it's an amazing concept. I love magic, i love folklore, i love mythology. I'm not usually a fan of card-based...

9 found this helpful, 2020-05-11

This free prologue alone is enough to convince me how truly worthwhile this game is. This game breathes with a good story with a very interesting plot mixed with the supernatural-influenced dark ages of old Russian culture. Overall, a very good game. On a side note, I am rather bias towards traditional point-and-click adventure games and supernatural mage-type heroines from ancient western cultures. Let us face it,...

10 found this helpful, 2020-05-17