<s>
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Lights	I-Application
Out	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2004	O
first-person	O
psychological	O
horror/adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
British	O
studio	O
XXv	O
Productions	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
The	O
Adventure	O
Company	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
in	O
December	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lights	O
Out	O
is	O
an	O
indirect	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
2002	O
game	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
,	O
telling	O
an	O
unrelated	O
story	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
does	O
feature	O
a	O
recurring	O
minor	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
game	O
,	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
:	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Souls	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fourth	O
title	O
‘’	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
:	O
Ghost	O
Vigil’’	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whilst	O
there	O
,	O
he	O
becomes	O
embroiled	O
in	O
the	O
disappearance	O
of	O
three	O
lighthouse	B-Application
keepers	O
from	O
the	O
offshore	O
Fetch	O
Rock	O
Lighthouse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
critics	O
also	O
felt	O
the	O
game	O
failed	O
to	O
improve	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lights	O
Out	O
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
psychological	O
horror/adventure	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
employs	O
a	O
very	O
simple	O
HUD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
player	O
moves	O
the	O
cursor	B-Application
around	O
the	O
screen	O
it	O
can	O
change	O
into	O
different	O
styles	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
situation	O
;	O
neutral	O
cursor	B-Application
(	O
no	O
interaction	O
is	O
possible	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
arrow	O
(	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
move	O
in	O
the	O
direction	O
indicated	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
finger	O
(	O
indicating	O
an	O
item	O
with	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
directly	O
interact	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
wrench	O
(	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
use	O
an	O
inventory	O
item	O
to	O
initiate	O
interaction	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
magnifying	O
glass	O
(	O
an	O
area	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
examined	O
in	O
more	O
detail	O
)	O
,	O
backwards	O
arrow	O
(	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
move	O
backwards	O
whilst	O
facing	O
the	O
same	O
direction	O
;	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
arriving	O
,	O
Parker	O
notices	O
a	O
lighthouse	B-Application
on	O
a	O
nearby	O
island	O
not	O
marked	O
on	O
any	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
morning	O
,	O
in	O
Demarion	O
's	O
house	O
,	O
he	O
learns	O
Demarion	O
discovered	O
a	O
cave	O
beneath	O
the	O
lighthouse	B-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
he	O
heard	O
"	O
a	O
pulse	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
devil	O
's	O
heartbeat	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
saw	O
light	O
patterns	O
appear	O
on	O
the	O
walls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
night	O
,	O
Demarion	O
tells	O
Parker	O
the	O
island	O
is	O
called	O
Fetch	O
Rock	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
lighthouse	B-Application
has	O
a	O
reputation	O
for	O
being	O
haunted	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
explains	O
that	O
several	O
hours	O
previously	O
,	O
a	O
ship	O
passed	O
by	O
the	O
lighthouse	B-Application
and	O
found	O
it	O
in	O
darkness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Demarion	O
is	O
afraid	O
something	O
has	O
happened	O
to	O
the	O
three	O
lighthouse	B-Application
keepers	O
(	O
Oliver	O
Drake	O
,	O
Robert	O
Shaw	O
and	O
James	O
Woolfe	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
asks	O
Parker	O
to	O
go	O
there	O
to	O
investigate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
lighthouse	B-Application
,	O
Parker	O
encounters	O
the	O
voice	O
of	O
Shaw	O
,	O
who	O
tells	O
him	O
Drake	O
has	O
turned	O
into	O
a	O
demon	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
although	O
he	O
and	O
Woolfe	O
tried	O
to	O
hide	O
,	O
Drake	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
find	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
letter	O
,	O
Demarion	O
tells	O
Drake	O
he	O
has	O
hired	O
Parker	O
and	O
plans	O
on	O
sending	O
him	O
to	O
the	O
lighthouse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Drake	O
's	O
journal	O
,	O
Parker	O
learns	O
Drake	O
had	O
also	O
been	O
dreaming	O
of	O
the	O
metal	O
object	O
flying	O
through	O
space	O
;	O
"	O
The	O
fire	O
burns	O
across	O
the	O
sky	O
as	O
the	O
comet	B-Language
plunges	O
into	O
the	O
sea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drake	O
says	O
that	O
when	O
Parker	O
arrives	O
on	O
the	O
island	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
"	O
time	O
for	O
the	O
final	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
"	O
,	O
and	O
claims	O
his	O
"	O
master	O
"	O
owns	O
the	O
island	O
but	O
desperately	O
wants	O
to	O
leave	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lighthouse	B-Application
is	O
now	O
a	O
visitor	O
center	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
has	O
recently	O
closed	O
because	O
of	O
several	O
"	O
incidents	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chief	O
witness	O
in	O
the	O
case	O
was	O
Demarion	O
,	O
who	O
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
seen	O
Parker	O
heading	O
to	O
the	O
lighthouse	B-Application
the	O
night	O
of	O
the	O
disappearance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
regression	O
hypnosis	O
therapy	O
,	O
she	O
claims	O
there	O
are	O
four	O
"	O
presences	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
lighthouse	B-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
fourth	O
presence	O
"	O
does	O
n't	O
exist	O
in	O
our	O
time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Malakai	O
"	O
written	O
on	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
terminal	I-General_Concept
accessible	O
on	O
its	O
side	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
facility	O
is	O
deserted	O
,	O
but	O
Parker	O
learns	O
a	O
worker	O
named	O
Magnus	O
found	O
the	O
ruins	O
of	O
the	O
lighthouse	B-Application
at	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
an	O
elevator	O
shaft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
discovers	O
the	O
metal	O
object	O
in	O
the	O
cave	O
is	O
a	O
space	O
probe	O
which	O
worked	O
by	O
manipulating	O
dark	B-Application
matter	I-Application
so	O
as	O
to	O
jump	O
vast	O
distances	O
in	O
milliseconds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Malakai	O
was	O
the	O
fourth	O
such	O
probe	O
,	O
but	O
unlike	O
the	O
others	O
,	O
was	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
highly	O
sophisticated	O
AI	B-Application
which	O
allowed	O
him	O
to	O
control	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
then	O
cuts	O
to	O
1912	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
night	O
the	O
ship	O
reported	O
the	O
lighthouse	B-Application
in	O
darkness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
fog	O
rolls	O
across	O
the	O
sky	O
,	O
the	O
lighthouse	B-Application
reignites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
game	O
,	O
Jonathan	O
Boakes	O
worked	O
primarily	O
alone	O
on	O
Lights	O
Out	O
,	O
writing	O
,	O
designing	O
and	O
programming	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
voicing	O
several	O
characters	O
,	O
composing	O
the	O
music	O
and	O
designing	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
inspirations	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
the	O
still-unexplained	O
disappearance	O
of	O
three	O
lighthouse	B-Application
keepers	O
from	O
the	O
Flannan	O
Isles	O
Lighthouse	B-Application
in	O
December	O
1900	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
The	O
Ballad	O
of	O
Flannan	O
Isle	O
"	O
(	O
1912	O
)	O
by	O
Wilfrid	O
Wilson	O
Gibson	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
incident	O
,	O
and	O
which	O
features	O
several	O
times	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
major	O
influence	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
story	O
and	O
the	O
look	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
1977	O
Doctor	O
Who	O
serial	O
Horror	O
of	O
Fang	O
Rock	O
,	O
which	O
itself	O
was	O
partly	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Flannan	O
Isles	O
disappearances	O
,	O
and	O
which	O
sees	O
the	O
Fourth	O
Doctor	O
investigate	O
why	O
a	O
lighthouse	B-Application
on	O
the	O
island	O
of	O
Fang	O
Rock	O
is	O
not	O
lit	O
,	O
finding	O
one	O
lighthouse	B-Application
keeper	O
dead	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
others	O
reporting	O
a	O
light	O
fell	O
from	O
the	O
sky	O
near	O
the	O
island	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
captured	O
many	O
real	O
sounds	O
in	O
Polperro	O
,	O
and	O
enhanced	O
them	O
with	O
Sound	B-Application
Forge	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firstly	O
,	O
he	O
used	O
Curious	O
Labs	O
 '	O
Poser	B-Application
5	I-Application
to	O
mould	O
the	O
face	O
to	O
the	O
shape	O
he	O
wanted	O
,	O
before	O
applying	O
skin	O
texturing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
Darkling	O
Room	O
published	O
a	O
special	O
Limited	O
"	O
Pins	O
&	O
Needles	O
"	O
Edition	O
,	O
containing	O
the	O
original	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
and	O
a	O
director	O
's	O
cut	O
of	O
Lights	O
Out	O
,	O
walkthroughs	O
for	O
each	O
game	O
,	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
ghost	O
stories	O
and	O
a	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
soundtrack	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2009	O
,	O
Iceberg	O
Interactive	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
purchased	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
from	O
The	O
Adventure	O
Company	O
,	O
released	O
the	O
Director	O
's	O
Cut	O
in	O
both	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
edition	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Adventures	O
in	O
Terror	O
:	O
British	O
Horror	O
Collection	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
contained	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Journal	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Shadow	O
Tor	O
Studios	O
 '	O
Barrow	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unique	O
to	O
the	O
Director	O
's	O
Cut	O
is	O
that	O
players	O
can	O
now	O
speak	O
directly	O
to	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
ghosts	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
a	O
conversation	B-Application
tree	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
"	O
ultimately	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
directions	O
the	O
game	O
goes	O
in	O
dilute	O
the	O
qualities	O
that	O
made	O
the	O
first	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
so	O
great	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
ends	O
up	O
being	O
much	O
less	O
immediate	O
,	O
real	O
and	O
frightening	O
than	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Still	O
,	O
this	O
slightly	O
lesser	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
still	O
contains	O
a	O
deeply	O
realized	O
world	O
that	O
's	O
definitely	O
worth	O
the	O
effort	O
of	O
exploring.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
's	O
Scott	O
Osborne	O
scored	O
the	O
game	O
6.3	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
criticizing	O
it	O
for	O
being	O
too	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
;	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
played	O
last	O
year	O
's	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Journal	I-Application
,	O
then	O
you	O
've	O
virtually	O
played	O
its	O
follow-up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
"	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
:	I-Application
Lights	I-Application
Out	I-Application
is	O
ultimately	O
unambitious	O
and	O
relies	O
on	O
very	O
dated	O
and	O
dry	O
presentation	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
com	O
's	O
Garnett	O
Lee	O
rated	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
D-	O
,	O
calling	O
the	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
games	O
"	O
woefully	O
out	O
of	O
date	O
point	O
and	O
click	O
mysteries	O
 [ ... ] 	O
Their	O
stories	O
play	O
out	O
more	O
like	O
an	O
illustrated	O
book	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
he	O
wrote	O
"	O
many	O
users	O
will	O
have	O
screensavers	B-General_Concept
that	O
look	O
better	O
than	O
Lights	O
Out.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
nominated	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
II	O
as	O
their	O
2004	O
"	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
lost	O
to	O
In	B-Application
Memoriam	I-Application
.	O
</s>
