The Séance of Blake Manor is shaping up to be one of my favourite games this year, and a brilliant Halloween treat for detective fans
Turnips! Everywhere! As far as the eye can see! Well, not quite, but The Séance of Blake Manor certainly has a lot of them. This might seem like a strange place to start when talking about developer Spooky Doorway’s brilliant new supernatural detective mystery, but it actually says quite a lot about what makes it so good. Here, a fun historical footnote – that jack-o’-lanterns were originally carved from turnips – is turned into a feature, as glowering turnip faces leer from shadowy corners and sit in ghoulish formation along the sweeping climb of an imposing staircase. In the grand scheme of things, a minor detail – but it’s also one that lends this spooky deductive yarn an air of historical authenticity that sells its supernatural premise so much harder.
