Barrow Hill has received some excellent reviews and this one from Adventure Gamers continues the trend. The score is 4/5 and here's a taste: The Autumn Equinox, archeology, technology, ancient standing stones, and the Cornish countryside... add these together, throw in a well-paced story and let sit until tension is built, and you have the successful recipe for Barrow Hill.
In the best vein of "what if", Matt Clark and his small team at Shadow Tor manage to get under the often blasé skin of geographical historicity and turn it into a fear-inducing, riveting experience. How did they accomplish this? Let's take a closer look at this independent production, and see exactly what it serves up. |