Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet

Ich bedaure, dass ich dieses Spiel nicht zu seiner Zeit gekannt habe. Damals hätte ich mich ohne Walkthrough unf Youtube durchboxen müssen und Karten zeichnen müssen. Ich hätte sehr lange Spaß und Frust erlebt und mein Studium wäre komplett für die Katz gewesen. Die Geschichte ist aufwendig erzählt und das Spiel in seiner Gänze so gut, dass ich trotz mancher Mängel keinen Stern abziehen möchte. Am meisten leidet das Spiel unter dem altbackenen Interface, den nur 10 Speicherplätzen, die nach der ersten Benennung nicht umbenannt werden können, und der schwierig zu verstehenden Art und Weise, mit der Gegenstände benutzt oder miteinander kombiniert werden können. Oft weiß man, was zu tun ist aber nicht wie. Und wannimmer der Protagonist stirbt - King's Quest Vibes :D Trotz dieser Mängel wollte ich immer in der Geschichte weiterkommen. Es hat sich gelohnt.

Objective Review 6 of 5 must play. 5 of 5 great story great gameplay. 4 of 5 great story average gameplay. 3 of 5 average story great gameplay. 2 of 5 play only if it's your favorite genre. 1 of 5 play if you have nothing better to do. 0 of 5 play if you're a masochist -1 of 5 avoid Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet score is 0 of 5. Subjective Review Yes I did finish this game, and yes there are parts that really shine, in spite of its age. But man oh man, it was extremely cumbersome at times. Make sure you save a game before dialogue choices, and title it so you know where you were at in the story, then continue play. So many times I had to retry parts because I chose the wrong answers to the NPC conversations, which resulted in a dead-end, but I didn't know. It was only when I finally got bored walking around I suspected something. So if like I did, you find yourself wandering and wondering why the story is not proceeding, go back to that "save" and answer differently. Then take a walk with your character to every part of the town, and see if something has changed to progress the story. If not, go back and try a different answer. Also, if you open a drawer, or chest, whatever, move your character until you see the dotted "view line". I opened a chest, but the view line didn't appear, so I thought the chest was empty. Went awalkin' and couldn't figure out where some items were. Yep, they were back in that chest, but because the "view line" didn't appear, they remained there, unbeknownst to me. It was simply by accident that I returned to my room and found them. Oh, and there are parts where you better "save" as soon as you enter each room, or each branching cave, which sometimes will be every few minutes. I'd advise usage of the keyboard commands instead of the mouse for the whole game. So if you want a very serious challenge that at times is different than most, I whole-heartedly encourage you to give this one a go.

This is an amazing game Great story really put in right there. this is one no game fan should miss.

This is for sure the worst adventure game I have played so far. The graphics are admittedly very good, the music is catchy, but repetitive, the voice acting ranges from decent to completely rediculous, and the story is cheap Lovecraft fan fiction. Those things usually don't bother me too much, but the first big issue is the incoherent and awkward user interface. I understand that they wanted to create their own thing, but in a time in which Lucas Film Games and Sierra already figured out how to do it right, there is no excuse for such a fail. But by far the worst fail is the game design. The puzzles make sense for the most part, until the second quarter of the game. From then on the puzzles not only become pure guesswork, but also nonsensicle. I already got used to look the solutions up, but at some point I encountered a maze which was so convoluted, that no walkthrough could actually walk me through it. I quit and watched the last third of the game on YouTube, which was rediculous to watch. Oh, and there are many ways to die, and they occasionally make the game unsolvable if you choose a wrong dialog option - but don't tell you that. Again: Worst adventure game I have ever played.

I love forest mazes