Elder Chaos

didnt even bother playing it for more than 5 minutes. awful graphics and bad english. looks sounds and feels very cheaply made. got it on sale and i still feel cheated. you should probably read a review by someone that could stomach putting more time and effort into playing it, but i just couldnt do it. (yuck)

I think this game poorly explains itself, the pictured versions of Lovecrafts monsters are (at least for me) very dull and the gameplay itself is not comprehensible. A smartphone game at best...

I haven't figured everything out yet, but it seems interesting. I will keep plugging away, so my opinion might change, but as of right now it interests me. The game starts with a map. There are several locations linked with lines, and you can build bases on them. The terrain they are on (and the level of the base) determines the types of creatures you can summon to work for you. You have two kinds of in-game currency, faith and souls, which are needed to build or summon things, and there are investigators out searching for the clues needed to block your rise to power. You get a god power which is pretty potent, and recharges over time. In between levels you can spend the stars you earned with your victories boosting various aspects of your side. It all seems to fit together pretty neatly. Still more there to learn, but I am curious enough to continue. It has been fun trying to figure it out. One key point, always confirm a turn! Took me awhile to realize why I was sending minions from one place to another and they weren't going. If I get enough of a grasp on what is going on, I might do a guide, games like this can really use one. One thumb up, fun but confusing.

Looks interesting, plays boring. Alas-

Even if painfully uninspired game play, and clipart worthy visual assets are forgivable offenses. The game manages to be borderline unplayable because its HUD often obscures itself. The devs added an option to pause at any time, indefinitely to reposition the screen as needed, and somehow this barely helps. Add to this that the game's main goal is just to kill investigators until the clock runs out, and what should be a strategy game of international complexity is reduced to digital Whack-A-Mole with tentacles. Hard pass.

I finally began the journey of becoming an elder god. Unfortunately, the experience threw me pretty hard, pretty early. I tried the tutorial, but felt like I was being guided by a teacher that forgot to tell me this would be on the test. I didn't really absorb anything, and the first level defeated me in a matter of minutes. This one was not for me, and I don't expect I'll be giving it another shot in any foreseeable future. 1/5