Posted on: November 17, 2020

evilsensei

Spiele: 240 Rezensionen: 19

Great atmosphere, dodgy controls

Great horror game inspired by Lovecraft's "Shadow of Innsmouth". The overall atmosphere is consistently creepy and unsettling throughout the game. For the best effect I recommend playing it in the middle of the night. :) The graphics are mostly very nice if you grew up with and can appreciate the pixellated beauty of '90s games. The game is very hard though, even if you are familiar with the Cthulhu mythos, and its knowledge doesn't really help with solving the various puzzles, so I recommend having a walkthrough handy to save yourself some frustration. Sometimes the in-game clues do not make it clear enough where to go next, sometimes you just miss a tiny detail, and sometimes you feel stuck even if you are doing the right thing but the cursor is off by a few pixels and you wonder why you can't get something working, or why you can't find and object despite you have clicked on every inch of the screen. Also save often, because there are many ways you can die unexpectedly. As I already mentioned the controls are the biggest flaw of the game, takes a while to get used to and up to the very end of the game I wasn't always sure how to use them properly -- sometimes to 'use' an object you have to 'look' at something rather than click the 'use' icon, and so forth... it's not very intuitive, hence only 4 stars.

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Posted on: January 15, 2022

isolags

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Spiele: 677 Rezensionen: 6

Original and atmospheric

This game is an old school adventure whose strong points are the atmosphere and originality of the puzzles. The graphics, music and gallery of characters are notable and have a considerable charm, even if outdated for modern standards. The story is interesting and unfolds nicely during the game, although it is a bit cheesy and not very original. My wife and I liked the puzzles and we found them logical and non trivial, which is not easy to achieve. The puzzles require some thinking, but the automatic journal helps a lot. Overall, the game is very challenging but not absurd, and we could complete it withot consulting the walkthrough. The interface is not the best one out there, but it kind of works if one uses the keyboard. Those who wish to play with the mouse are going to have a very hard time, as the mouse support was a late game addition and is made to mimick the keyboard commands.

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Posted on: October 1, 2020

Hurdrax

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Spiele: 311 Rezensionen: 8

Didactic Portrait of Lady 90s

Shadow of the Comet is a good example of the adventure genre in the 90s, with its merits and flaws shining like the stars over Illsmouth on Halley’s passage. However, what the game does wrong may require your patience and goodwill more often than not. Therefore, its appeal is a bit more narrow than other titles, even from that period. On the upside, first things first: it’s Infogrames, it’s Cthulhu. That alone could take you through. This version contains decent voice acting. Nothing extraordinary, but still giving a serviceable personality and flavor to almost all characters. The overall plot is charming, par for the course for Cthulhu lovers. Art direction is stylish, especially the scenery and building design. Other than that, you’ll probably find out for yourself that Shadow of the Comet’s best quality is a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’, a mysterious style that guarantees its place in the gaming cosmos. On the downside, I’d start with sound design. I always chuckle when reading the official line about this: “Bone chilling sound effects that hurtle you into the depths of chaos!”. Uh… no. Sound effects are lacking when compared to similar titles from its time (even other Infogrames’ titles), sometimes just plain weird and funny and also very sparse. Many a scene will feel bland precisely because of this shortcoming of “silent” events. Some puzzles hinder the game’s progression, locking your progress if you make “wrong” choices. Save, save and save, my friend. Dialogue choice structure is linear and also blemished by the 'game-over mechanic' problem. Plot progression felt weird and sometimes nonsensical, tarnishing the story. Not the plot itself, which I quite enjoyed it, but the transitions between the main scenes (the diary helps to bring rythm to the story, but not as much as one would think). In the end, I'd still recommend Shadow of the Comet without hesitation. It’s very didactic of its time if nothing else. Game history par excellence.

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Posted on: September 22, 2023

waetsch

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Spiele: 421 Rezensionen: 445

Im Schatten eines Kometen passiert etwas

Hier geht's zu meinem Nostalgie-Waetsch's Play: https://youtu.be/ETq1QL6iJcM Der Halleysche Komet taucht auf, was muss das für die Menschen 1910 für ein faszinierendes Ereignis gewesen sein (ist es ja auch heute noch). Wir werden also von unserem Chef in ein verschlafenes Fischerdorf geschickt, da man dort laut den Aufzeichnungen eines englischen Wissenschaftlers die besten Bilder schießen kann. Nur schade, dass der Wissenschaftler nach seiner Rückkehr verrückt wurde und den Rest seiner Tage in einer Nervenheilanstalt verbrachte. Angekommen im Ort finden wir sehr schnell heraus, dass sich da wohl mehr verbirgt, als man auf den ersten Blick sieht. Und schon sind wir mit in der Geschichte, die uns als "Point-and-Click"-Adventure präsentiert wird. Die Grafik ist pixelig hübsch und die Texte sind hervorragend vertont (leider nur englisch, aber es gibt deutsche Texte). Die Steuerung ist etwas hakelig und oft weiß man nicht, was man wo, wie machen kann. Egal, die Atmosphäre fängt einen sofort ein. Aber eine Warnung: Man sollte hier oft speichern, denn der Tod kommt unerwartet und plötzlich. Ein Spaß für alle, die klassische Adventure-Spiele mögen.

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Posted on: January 27, 2025

Grandmasterli

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Spiele: 10 Rezensionen: 3

Absoluter Klassiker

Als eines der besten Adventure- "Grusel"-Games aller Zeiten bewertet. Zu recht, finde ich!

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