Call Of Cthulhu: Dark Corners Of The Earth
As previously mentioned I spent most of Saturday playing 'Call Of Cthulhu: Dark Corners Of The Earth' which is a game that follows HP Lovecraft's 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth' complete with references to 'Deep Ones', 'Shoggoth', 'Esoteric Order of Dagon' and many others. Set in the 1920's, It's a pretty grim and disturbing game with a lot of historical relevance and many faithful nods toward's the great author and his creations (_arnamentia_ take note, this is a game you might enjoy!). It's a first person game but you don't shoot (you do get a gun later on but rarely get to use it), you're a detective who spends time searching for clues and evidence trying to find out what is going on in a small coastal town. There's an inventory and it sort of works a bit like Silent Hill in the way you manage items.
There's no HUD, instead you get on screen warnings (COD2 style) to show that you've taken damage and there's a sanity meter that gets worse when you see a mutilated corpse or you're trapped in a room or something. If you don't calm your character down- he'll kill himself! The atmosphere in this game is amazing, the sound effects are top notch and I actually get a bit scared sometimes, a game hasn't done that to me since the great System Shock 2!
It was released on the Xbox awhile ago, so some of you may have played it? It's not the best looking game, because it's another of those titles that's been in development for years it looks a little dated (and it's ported from the aforementioned xbox release) but it's well worth picking up, there's some pretty sick stuff going on in this town.
Links:
http://www.callofcthulhu.com/
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/callofcthuludarkcornersoftheearth/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu:_Dark_Corners_of_the_Earth
Here's a few screenshots I've taken so far:
It doesn't take long before you come across your first truly gruesome sight...
The 'Deep Ones', working as part of the local police force and as fishermen/store owners.
Poisoness crabs... run away RUNNN AWAAAY!!
There's no HUD, instead you get on screen warnings (COD2 style) to show that you've taken damage and there's a sanity meter that gets worse when you see a mutilated corpse or you're trapped in a room or something. If you don't calm your character down- he'll kill himself! The atmosphere in this game is amazing, the sound effects are top notch and I actually get a bit scared sometimes, a game hasn't done that to me since the great System Shock 2!
It was released on the Xbox awhile ago, so some of you may have played it? It's not the best looking game, because it's another of those titles that's been in development for years it looks a little dated (and it's ported from the aforementioned xbox release) but it's well worth picking up, there's some pretty sick stuff going on in this town.
Links:
http://www.callofcthulhu.com/
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/callofcthuludarkcornersoftheearth/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu:_Dark_Corners_of_the_Earth
Here's a few screenshots I've taken so far:
It doesn't take long before you come across your first truly gruesome sight...
The 'Deep Ones', working as part of the local police force and as fishermen/store owners.
Poisoness crabs... run away RUNNN AWAAAY!!