The Lost Crown
Unravel an ancient mystery and search for an ancient treasure on England's fog-shrouded coastline, famed for its legends of smugglers, pirates and ghosts. Join ghost-hunters Nigel Danvers and Lucy Reubans as…
The Lost Crown is an adventure developed by Darkling Room, released 18 July 2008 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 17 hrs to finish.
What The Lost Crown is
The Lost Crown is an adventure game developed by Darkling Room and released in 2008. It was published by Iceberg Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Unravel an ancient mystery and search for an ancient treasure on England's fog-shrouded coastline, famed for its legends of smugglers, pirates and ghosts. Join ghost-hunters Nigel Danvers and Lucy Reubans as they investigate a tale of horror and haunting. Wielding the tools of the modern-day ghost-hunter in a cinematic, richly detailed interactive world of wind-swept coastlines and crumbling crypts, you will be captivated, taunted and teased by mind-bending puzzles and interactions with the town 'locals'. But, be warned, there are those who will stop at nothing to prevent Nigel discovering "that which should stay hidden". With nerves of steel and wits to match, in your search for The Lost…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 34 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Lost Crown holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 17 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.5 Ghz, 1 GB RAM and 128 MB DX 9.0c compliant videocard. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Lost Crown launched on 18 July 2008, within three weeks of Braid, Persona 4, Street Fighter IV and Rhythm Heaven. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Braid, Persona 4, Street Fighter IV, Rhythm Heaven.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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