Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

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2005
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Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2005)

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueSet mostly in the year 1922, Jack Walters, a mentally unstable private detective is hired to investigate in Innsmouth, a strange and mysterious town that has cut itself from the rest of the ... Tout lireSet mostly in the year 1922, Jack Walters, a mentally unstable private detective is hired to investigate in Innsmouth, a strange and mysterious town that has cut itself from the rest of the United States.Set mostly in the year 1922, Jack Walters, a mentally unstable private detective is hired to investigate in Innsmouth, a strange and mysterious town that has cut itself from the rest of the United States.

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- H.P. Lovecraft
- Chris Gray
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8,4/10

889

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Scénario
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Chris Gray
Casting principal

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Charles Gilman
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(as Jon St John)
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Chris Wilcox

Seaman Roy Baker
(voix)
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Anecdotes
Inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft, including "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" and "The Shadow Out Of Time".

Gaffes
The game is set in 1922, but features the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI was not under that name (at the time of the game it would still be called the Bureau of Investigation), and did not use the seal featured in the game until 1935.

Citations
Jack Walters: [diary] I do not expect the reader to believe what I am about to relate. Any sane mind must reject such a fantastic tale. And yet I do not know which would be worse: for my story to be the truth, or for my mind to be capable of imagining such things.

Versions alternatives
Likely to ensure a USK-16 rating in Germany, game content under the German language setting was modified a bit to remove all traces of blood. German players can experience the game uncensored by playing it in a language other than German.

Connexions
Featured in Penguinz0: Call of Cthulhu Gameplay and Commentary (2011)

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7/10

Ambitious but not enjoyable...

Fans of Myst and Oblivion will most likely enjoy this game. It's immersive, dark, and dreary. The gameplay is heavy on puzzles, character dialogue is well developed, but running is neither necessary nor an option. As far as I got, it would work just as well as a point-and-click.

If you like to look around as opposed to tearing through the game at hyper speed, this title is NOT for you. Every disturbing image--and there are plenty--costs you insanity points. What this does is make the screen pulse, especially when you are looking at enemies. By Chapter 3 this made the game unplayable for me personally. I've never got sick to my stomach from a game before, and sadly it was not for a good reason.

Another thing that the insanity score will do is slow down your character's movement speed. Yes, it's a great thing to experience the first few times it happens, but after that it makes the game extremely tedious.

I'm currently rating this title a 7/10 for the initial story, ambiance, level of immersion and the novel approach to interacting with the game world. There is no HUD, so very little is left to remind you of the separation between you and the crazy world which you just entered.

Unfortunately, some of the puzzles feel too contrived to be enjoyable...and this breaks the flow of the game. When it comes down to stepping on exactly the right pixel at the right time, the game ceases to be fun.

If you like shoot-'em-up atmospheric horror, check out The Suffering.

I will be watching a playthrough of this game, and when I'm done I will update my review.