1. Trolovski

   10

   Frictional Games, the developers of Penumbra series and Amnesia:The Dark Descent were obviously inspired by this awesome game (it's obvious).. This fact alone speaks enough. A pure underrated classic. Judging by some noobish comments here, these kinds of games are obviously not for everyone, because some people might find it (hurr durr) ''confusing, too complicated'.… Expand

   • Helpful? 1 of 1 users said Yes.
2. Ragegoat

   8

   Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a horror FPS game set in the mad world of H.P. Lovecraft's works. The player is a private investigator tasked with investigating a disappearance in the village of Innsmouth, which would be familiar to fans of Lovecraft.
   
   The game is heavily focused on the horror aspect - for the first long time you're not armed and merely have to explore or avoid the locals, which makes for a mighty frightening experience. The game operates with a madness-counter of sorts, and the more mentally stressful things you see or experience the more this counter will rise. The result is some heavy blurring of vision and such, which is a very cool and very unwelcome effect in some challenging situation.
   
   The story is captivating and stays true to Lovecraftian horror - the main character commits suicide in the opening scene after which the game jumps back six months and accounts the events that led up to the suicide. The game has no HUD but rather communicates though sound, post processing and such, which adds a lot to the feel of the game.
   
   There are flaws in the game though. Whereas the first couple of acts have a very high quality the quality drops around the middle of the game. The story makes less sense, the environments are less inspiring and you get the impression that it's added merely increase game time. The quality rises again near the end though and delivers a satisfying conclusion after some of the more mediocre parts. The game operates with save points, so you will find yourself doing the difficult parts of the game over and over. Also it won't run on some video cards (google it before you buy it). This is a problem that won't ever be fixed as the developer is not in business any more.
   
   Definitely one of the better games I've played in the genre, and one of the only ones I think captured the spirits of Lovecraft's works.… Expand

   • Helpful? 1 of 1 users said Yes.
3. 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

   • Helpful? 3 of 3 users said Yes.
4. 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.

   • Helpful? 3 of 8 users said Yes.

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