Blackwell Unbound
The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of…
Blackwell Unbound is an adventure developed by Wadjet Eye Games, released 4 September 2007 on Android, iOS, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 2.6 hrs to finish.
What Blackwell Unbound is
Blackwell Unbound is an adventure game developed by Wadjet Eye Games and released in 2007. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Adventure Game Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The second game in Wadjet Eye's Blackwell mystery adventure series The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events... but are they connected? Embittered medium Lauren Blackwell (aunt of Rosa Blackwell) and her spirit guide Joey Mallone are the only ones who believe that there is anything strange going on, and they are the only ones who can stop an enigmatic killer from striking again...
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are drama and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 10 achievements to unlock.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2.6 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium or higher, 64 MB RAM and 640x400, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Blackwell Unbound launched on 4 September 2007, within three weeks of BioShock, Halo 3, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Rome: Total War - Collection.
Released around the same time: BioShock, Halo 3, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Rome: Total War - Collection.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →
Screenshots
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Characters
All 10
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