Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game

Never could understand why this was poorly received by Metacritic, so I felt obligated to at least write an honest review and highlight all the great staff about it.

With regards to graphics, being released in 2018 I guess you could say the visuals are slightly dated, however, there are games such as the Dishonored that have taken the same character design approach and never were deprecated for doing so.

The creatures design is fresh and simply phenomenal, no other way to put it.

The setting, the sound design and the storytelling are highly immersive and absolutely outstanding. A great detective story blended with cosmic horror elements. By far one of the best among Lovecraft's adaptation if not the very best.

I'm actually a SoulsBorne genre huge fan and also enjoy thriller/horror titles if properly executed, and I can say that this Call of Cthulhu game is among those I occasionally revisit even after having popped the platinum trophy.

Highly enjoyable and imaginative.

An absolute Must for Lovecraft fans.

As much of a horror buff as I am, it's a bit of a surprise that I typically don't venture down the horror game path. I think it might have to do with the fact that a lot of them end up being campy and lame, and the truly good ones like Alien: Isolation are so few and far between. The trick must lie in the source material, and for me I guess it looks like Lovecraft speaks my language.

Earlier this year I reviewed Call of the Sea, a Lovecraft-inspired puzzle adventure that I actually thought did a good job fleshing out its story. Call of Cthulhu is another trip down Lovecraft Lane, but this one is definitely more solidified into the horror genre than anything else.

We take on the role of a private investigator named Edward Pierce, and through his WWI shell-shocked perspective we get assigned a delicate task off the bat. That mission is to find the truth behind the death of a wealthy Bostonian businessman's daughter. This woman, a debutante-turned-tortured-artist, left the family dynasty to marry the supposed love of her life in a backwater island that is literally named Darkwater. When Pierce arrives, he finds Darkwater with a disagreeable disposition towards any outsiders. The townsfolk don't like the people who don't know much about fishing. The criminal element doesn't like anyone poking their nose anywhere. The police don't like disruptions of their day to day routines. It's a bad day to be a private detective just trying to find some answers, and when those answers lead to an underground cult trying to rearrange the fabric of society... things go from bad to worse.

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A truly dark and atmospheric adaption of Lovecrafts writing. This mysterious, occult horror game is a must play for anyone intrigued by the Lovecraftian Mythos.

Fantastic story and extremely addictive whilst basic gameplay and the graphics felt a little dated the story completed you to keep going one of the better free games with gold. Would probably have been disappointed in the length if had paid £40 as did manage to complete in one 8 hour session but that session was extremely enjoyable. Best game of this style I have played for sure.

It's clear this game is made for a specific audience, cosmic horror fans, mystery fans and somewhere in between. There's a deal of investigation work done in the game, finding clues and drawing conclusions, but that's a small portion of the experience. There's interacting with character through dialogue trees and solving rudimentary puzzles.

The atmosphere is fitting, the island of Darkwater is particularly creepy, the first third of the game is paced well. But the story does drop by the second act onward, the third act may well look like the writers gave up.

In spite of that, there is enjoyment to be had in the early parts of the game, the aforementioned atmosphere is unsettling, the ambient sounds add to tension.

Not for everyone, but with an open mind one could get their money's worth.