Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice

POI has some interesting ideas, but unfortunatly very few of them are done well. The story is lackluster and feels incomplete, the puzzles are ok(though pixel hunting shows up a lot) and you'll die a lot from timed puzzles. The voice acting isn't stellar either. It's very light on the Lovecraftian side, with some allusions to the mythos but it doesn't really fit with his stories very well and precious little "horror" to be found. Shadow of the comet is a better Lovecraft game even if it's got it's own issues. There's not a lot of reasons to play this other then you need to play every Lovecraft related or adventure game. Or if you liked Shadow of the Comet and you really want to see what a sequel would look like.

Great Game, works completely fine. Saving works as it should and no crashes at all. And about the game itself, maybe a bit short but the story is just perfect and not boring at all. The riddles are not too easy not too hard, just fitting the situation. Its just a great game. If you want to play some old school point'n'click games with a great story go for it, its worth it. Definitely.

Im Vergleich zu Teil eins von CoC ist Prisoner of Ice deutlich kürzer. Die Steuerung ist besser gestaltet, ein echtes Point&Click. Auch hier ist die Benutzung von Gegenständen nicht immer klar. Warum kann Ryan die Waffe nicht zusammenbauen und braucht dafür eine riesige Maschine? Warum kann Ryan die Plakette nicht aufheben? Warum kann Ryan den Zettel mit dem Code nicht nochmal ansehen? Der Zeitdruck an manchen Stellen ist für das Genre eher ungewöhnlich und nimmt dem Spiel ein wenig den Charakter das Rätselns. Insgesamt ganz OK aber mehr nicht.

The game contains Lovecraft´s elements, nevertheless, it lacks of the mysterious style of the master. It´s only the Mythos used to tell a not very well written story at moments. However, it has a good interface and this is very remarkable talking about an old game. Some puzzles contains "pixel hunting", it is not very hard or very long game but it is enjoyable. Pros: -Good interface. -Visually good scenes. -Solid game in general terms. Cons: - The plot has holes and sometimes is not written very well. -Pixel hunting. -Some ilogic puzzles. -Not very long.

Despite being a sequel to Shadow of the Comet, the atmosphere of this game is very different. The monsters are introduced at the very beginning so there is little sense of creeping dread or suspense that the first game had. I found the screeching monsters more annoying than scary. The autosaving before 'critical sequences' in the game also is an early warning that you are about to die, so you just wait for the scene to play out and then try over and over until you get it right (often timing is of essence and such). However it is a nice touch because it saves you trouble of saving manually all the time. The controls are greatly improved over the first game. The puzzles are generally straightforward and mostly can be solved using common sense, not some convoluted game logic, and the only annoying ones are those where you have to pixel-hunt for a near-invisible but essential item. I mostly used a walkthrough to check what I'd missed when I felt like I have clicked on every pixel of the screen and still couldn't find anything. Overall the game is nicely balanced and makes for a relaxing evening, 4-star rating only because it lacks the horror atmosphere of its predecessor.