When I started playing Dark Fall for the first time I was under the impression that it would be another 1st-Person horror game where some evil ghosts or inhuman beings would most probably haunt me or try to kill me. But, after playing for some time and as I progressed into the game, I found that despite it being a horror game with spooky atmosphere, typical suspense background music and sound effects, it did have a most distinguish approach to the theme. In Dark Fall, you won't encounter shadows of any unworldly beings and no ghost will jump on you or suddenly appear from somewhere and say Boo! Instead you will unravel the dark mysteries hidden behind the closed doors of an abandoned train station and its adjacent hotel by gathering visual information, clues, reading letters and solving mind-twisting puzzles.

The story begins when you arrive at the abandoned train station following your brother's urgent phone message which he left on your answering machine, pleading you to come to save him from something he and his two companions were looking for. Your brother, Peter Crowhurst, was an architect and assigned to rebuild the long-abandoned Dowerton train station and its adjacent hotel in the Dorset County, which were closed many years ago due to the twelve mysterious disappearances of locals and residents of the hotel on the night of April 29th, 1947.

When you step into the train station area the voice of an English boy echoes in your ears although you don't see anyone around, and he introduces himself as Timothy Pikes. Timothy is in contact with you through most of the game, providing you with hints and guiding you in many places if you decide you need the help. It is up to you either unravel the dark hidden mysteries of these disappearances, or get your name added to the list...

Dark Fall is created in 3D-rendered environment with excellent graphics, superb sound effects and good quality music. Interface is point-and-click with a smooth 360-degree panning view. All these elements prove the talented capabilities of Dark Fall's sole designer, Jonathan Boakes, who is busy making a sequel to it, which I really can't wait to get my hands on..