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| Developer(s): | Human Head Studios | ||
| Publisher(s): | NA: Gathering EU: Take-Two Interactive | ||
| Director(s): | Timothy S. Gerritsen | ||
| Programmer(s): | Matthew Sweeney | ||
| Composer(s): | Michael Larson Rom Di Prisco | ||
| Platform(s): | Microsoft Windows | ||
| Release date(s): | NA: 25 October 2000 EU: 3 November 2000 | ||
| Genre(s): | Survival Horror | ||
| Mode(s): | Single-Player | ||
| Rating(s): | M | ||
Blair Witch Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock is a survival horror video game developed by Human Head Studios for Microsoft Windows. It is a sequel to Blair Witch Volume I: Rustin Parr and was followed by Blair Witch Volume III: The Elly Kedward Tale.
Plot[]
The story in Volume II of the Blair Witch trilogy is briefly connected to the first game and film. The game tells the story of a Union soldier who is wounded and left for dead but is saved by a young girl. When he regains consciousness, the soldier has no recollection of who or where he is. The young girl's grandmother asks the soldier to go into the woods and find her granddaughter, believing "the woods have her." The soldier enters the woods to find the girl and through flashbacks, begins to put together the events that led to the girl's disappearance and his amnesia.
Development[]
The game went gold on October 16, 2000 and was released on 25 October 2000 in North America, and on 3 November in Europe
Reception[]
Blair Witch Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. In the United States, it sold 16,000 copies by October 2001. Daniel Erickson reviewed the PC version of the game for Next Generation, rating it two stars out of five and called the game short and repetitive, and having a problematic camera control.