Blair Witch Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock
{{Short description|2000 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Blair Witch Volume II:
The Legend of Coffin Rock
| image = Blair Witch Volume II.png
| developer = Human Head Studios
| publisher = {{vgrelease|NA|Gathering of Developers|EU|Take-Two Interactive}}
| director = Timothy S. Gerritsen
| producer = Joshua Galloway
| artist = Rowan Atalla
| programmer = Matthew Sweeney
| composer = {{Plainlist|
- Michael Larson
- Rom Di Prisco
}}
| series = Blair Witch
| platforms = Microsoft Windows
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|25 October 2000|EU|3 November 2000}}
| genre = Survival horror
| modes = Single-player
}}
Blair Witch Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock is a 2000 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.
Development
The game went gold on October 16, 2000{{cite web|url=http://www.godgames.com/main.php?section=news&page=press&pr=Blair_Witch_Vol2_Gold|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010417090006/http://www.godgames.com:80/main.php?section=news&page=press&pr=Blair_Witch_Vol2_Gold|title=Blair Witch Volume 2: The Legend of Coffin Rock Goes Gold|website=Gathering of Developers|archivedate=April 17, 2001|date=October 16, 2000|accessdate=May 19, 2024}} and was released on 25 October 2000 in North America, and on 3 November in Europe.{{Cite web |date=2001-04-17 |title=GodGames |url=http://www.godgames.com/main.php?section=news&page=press&pr=Blair_Witch_2_Ships |access-date=2023-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010417101054/http://www.godgames.com/main.php?section=news&page=press&pr=Blair_Witch_2_Ships |archive-date=2001-04-17}}{{Cite news |date=2000-11-03 |title=PC Releases |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/article-29660 |access-date=2023-06-28}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 56/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/blair-witch-volume-ii-the-legend-of-coffin-rock/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Blair Witch Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=10 March 2014 |archive-date=24 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124205049/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/blair-witch-volume-ii-the-legend-of-coffin-rock |url-status=live}}
| CGW = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_201.pdf |title=The Witch Is Dead |last=Todd |first=Brett |magazine=Computer Gaming World |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=201 |date=April 2001 |page=98 |accessdate=23 August 2018 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705081948/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_201.pdf |url-status=live}}
| PCGUS = 48%{{cite journal |title=Blair Witch 2: The Legend of Coffin Rock |journal=PC Gamer |date=February 2001 |page=88}}
| rev1 = ActionTrip
}}
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.{{cite magazine | title=READ.ME; G.O.D.'s Fall from Grace | author=Keighley, Geoff | issue=207 | date=October 2001 | pages=30–32 | magazine=Computer Gaming World}}
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.{{cite magazine|last=Erickson|first=Daniel|title=Finals|magazine=Next Generation|volume=4|issue=2|publisher=Imagine Media|date=February 2001|page=83}}
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External links
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{{The Blair Witch Project}}
Category:Gathering of Developers games
Category:Human Head Studios games
Category:Psychological horror games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Take-Two Interactive games
Category:Video games about witchcraft
Category:Video games based on films
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games scored by Rom Di Prisco
Category:Video games set in Maryland
Category:Video games set in the 19th century
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