Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth

Crashes so much it needs its license suspended.

To start, it's a broken pos. I don't know why steam continues to sell this game in the state that it is. The only community made patch doesn't help due to its dead links and steam's programming. The game hard crashes from Alt-tabbing and trying to skip the intro videos. When you do this, it leaves you staring into a black nothingness void that could only be comparable to looking into the rear end of Cthulhu himself. The sheer madness of it! As for the game, it's an okay stealth exploration game that devolves into a terrible fps. This game had no excuses with games like Half-Life and Halo to work off of in terms of shooters. The Lovecraftian eldritch monsters and locations are fun to explore and look at. Though Mother Hydra's design is god awful. Dagon delivers on his "just an overgrown deep one" look. It doesn't matter how many detectives go insane from the eldritch ugliness of fish people; we the players never feel that same terror.

Awesome game. Needs a community patch to run well (and not crash) on modern hardware but honestly so worth it. Some people say the game starts well and drops off hard, I think they couldn't be more wrong. Environments are well crafted, storytelling is great and the action is serviceable, fun even. I really like the quite unique player damage + healing system, its a nice touch. Special mention of course to the sanity mechanic, likely a primary influence for more modern greats such as Amnesia. All in all, you gotta put up with a main course of jank but the dessert is so worth it. A classic that any horror enthusiast should experience.

Gra jest wydaje sie dość ciekawa (przynajmniej fabularnie), ma klimat Lovecrafta i nie odnotowałem zbytnich bugów, ale dla mnie jest dość mocno archaiczna pod względem rozgrywki (grafikę jeszcze można przeżyć). Zaznaczę, że to subiektywna opinia. Dla kogoś, kto pamięta ją z młodości, albo lubuje się w takich klasykach zapewne będzie doskonała.

This flawed game has the best introduction you could ask for in a Lovecraft game. An intriguing mystery with allutions to great cosmic secrets is how it begins, though with some admittedly hilarious and disonent line delivery on the part of the main character. But that is also where it falls apart. The first 20 minutes or so make a distinct enough impression that it may be worth a relook by the remaster gods of old and perhaps give this game a total rehaul. The shooting and stealth elements are busted, the investigations are incredibly easy, but the framework of this game can hold something great. Worth getting on sale.

Don't let the "1 hour on record fool you"; I played this on CD when it released. It's dated, yes, but still a good game. Recommend this if you're a fan of Lovecraftian games.