1. MosstheBoss

   7

   Good ambiance and mood all over. Story is well based on Lovecraft's literature with interesting additions. Voice acting and dialogs are good and reinforce the atmosphere and time setting in the early 20's. Concept is quite unique blending 3 or 4 major genres, and it is one of a very scant group of games based on the Cthulhu mythos. The "however" is that, at least once along the game, all of these genres perform ifalteringly when compared to the average of games using as their core one these styles. Puzzles unintuitive or strangely easy (you are done and do not realize it); shooter erratic and with an infinite amount of respawns; stealth with unreadable patrols to almost render this nice possibility unfeseable; etc. Anyway in most cases the game pulls through and no matter how frustrating it could become, and how close to real insanity it may push you towards, you very soon forget and forgive, since it has the virtue of truly making you curious of what is yonder the next, very dark, corner.… Expand

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2. metacriticFAN

   6

   Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of The Earth (Steam PC) Released 2006 (Head First Productions / Bethesda Softworks) Played date 2012.02 Genre: Horror Adventure Overall Score: 6 Controls: 7 Graphics: 7 Story: 9 Audio: 10 DRM: Steam [Playthrough] I was interested in getting to know about the Cthulhu World through the eyes of game artists but I had never read any of the books or played the RPGs; I went in expecting nothing. I really enjoyed this story and the mood set by the game, in fact for the first four hours the game was freaking me out. All hell started to break loose in the game.... there are many difficult sequences that end in death and require reloading....but as I was in it for the game-story-environment so I held in there. I leaned heavily on a walk-through to get through the game - but I could never finish it.... the last sequence was just to hard ! ! ! Play this on “very easyâ€� then sit back and enjoy the story and avoid dumb unbalanced gameplay. Also - be prepared for may bugs ! If I had known it would have been this difficult I would have skipped this game (ouch) ! [Challenges] Discover the world of Cthulhu trough the eyes of a private detective investigating a cult. Interesting game design involves damage to your sanity. Look at nasty things and become paranoid, talk to yourself, feel dizzy, have the screen stretch and move. Move in a linear fashion from scene to scene picking up clues and living through the living hell of a Cthulhu sect. Discover their gruesome secrets and sordid lives. The story runs deep and you need to pay attention to everything you read to get through the puzzles. Puzzles are a bit hard in places but mostly fun. There are a few sequences that require FPS like skills to survive and need to be retried over and over. AI behaviour for the most part is retarded; just hide behind a post and poof they may walk away.... [Audience and Skill level] If you have had any contact with the Cthulhu world then this is for you, and play it on easy mode. If you like adventure games and don’t mind disturbed horror plots jump right in but wear your jock strap.... If game-play bugs get you down then avoid this game. [Children] This is neither for children nor for most adults. In fact don’t play this game unless you desperately miss having nightmares. [My PC] E6600 3.0GHz / ASUS P5W Deluxe / 2Gig RAM / Radeon 6870 / 1920x1200 / XP SP3 [Controls] I played with a keyboard and trackball. I remapped all the keys without a hitch. Controls were generally tight. There were no Camera issues. [Graphics] Weak in 2006, but not really the main reason not to play this game.... [Sound] Very very scary and intense. [Bugs] Frame rate was good on my rig, the game crashed whenever I put on anti-aliasing. Many bugs in this game absolutely will require you to find a walk-through to survive and hopefully keep playing and maybe even finish the game. Read around on the forums and product reviews; lots of bugs. [Replay and alternative modes] replay ? ? ? ha ha ha ha ha ! ! ! I could not finish the first play-through.... ; P [My Favorite Games] [PC XP] DeuxEx HumanRevolution, DeadSpace 1&2, Fallout3, FalloutNewVegas, HalfLife 1&2, Bordelands, BatmanArkumAsylum, AssassinsCreed 1, Magicka, RedFaction, Portal 1&2, FromDust, MrRobot, Sam&Max Seasons 1&2, CulpaInnata, TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland, DreamfallTheLongestJourney, Syberia 1&2, CrayonPhysicsDeluxe, DefenseGrid:TheAwakening, PlantsVsZombies, Prototype, Bioshock 1&2, Unreal Tournament3, Quake IV [360] AfroSamurai, BrutalLegends [XBOX] HALO, KOTOR 1&2, Crackdown, ArmedAndDangerous, AggressiveInline, BeyondGoodAndEvil, DeadOrAlive 1&2&3 Extreme Beach Volleyball, Psychonauts [AppleG4] DeusExMachina, ReturnToZork, Suspended, UnrealTournament, TombRaiderSeries, Suspended [MyUnhappyGames] [PC XP] WorldOfWarcraft {boring} [Born] 1964… Expand

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3. JackH.

   0

   If you want a terribly linear game with unskippable and extremely long cinematics that doesn't allow you to save, this is for you.

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