Posted on: June 15, 2025

Krasnoludek5

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HALF of a pretty good Lovecraft game

I stumbled upon the 2019’s Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones. A full blown RPG with character creation, skillchecks in dialogue and companions, set in a classic lovecraftian setting? Count me in! It starts promising, if a little cliche – a character creation full of lovecraftian archetypes, a scholar, an occulist, an aristocrat, a private detective... You get to asign points to various skills, and some of them seemed pretty interesting and while you get some that are of obvious use in an action scene, like firearms or melee or medicine, some others are strangely out-of-combat specific, like psychology or science. Now, when the first combat concluded I discovered probably my favourite system in the game – ANGST. Every encounter you survive, regardless of whether you win or run away, levels up your ANGST. Every time you gain an ANGST level, you gain a special perk. They are nothing but an obligatory drawback, to represent your character slowly falling apart mentally as the strain mounts. Some of the negative perks affect dialogue, changing some of your options into deranged, bloody script, making it harder to communicate with some npcs or to finish some quests. What about the story? I’ll admit, it’s pretty formulaic – a small town, dark cults, Cthulhu himself... I wouldn’t say it’s great, but it’s servicable and okay. There’s also some cool 2D visuals in the game, befitting the tone and the lovecraftian theme. BUT. There’s one big problem with the game. When it really picks up speed and you’re like “heh, that was actually a quite cool first half of the game”, the game just... ends. No conclusion, no resolution, no solving the plot threads set up earlier. Just... ends. It’s kinda like the devs ran out of money or time?

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Posted on: September 18, 2025

T r e m e n d o u s

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Spiele: 26 Rezensionen: 2

Amazing Adventure in Arkham

Great game. The story is amazing. Character creation by itself makes the game unique. Combat is great. I love how the game combines many of Lovecraft's stories together. Recommend the game to any fan of H.P's work

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Posted on: October 27, 2019

Remitoid

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I was hoping for something better

The game seemed promising when I first heard about it, but I was sadly disappointed by the released product. The best part is the dialogue with other characters, general atmosphere and the music. All the textual content is well written and interesting to read. The music is eerie and fits the game perfectly. The actual gameplay is maddening. There are plenty of bugs, both cosmetic and those that affect the gameplay. For example, a 3440x1440 display resolution works, but some graphical items are not adjusted for it. Your menu might stop working, so you can't access the character sheet, inventory or even the pause menu. Some mechanics are not explained well enough or information is hidden from the player. Like exhaustion or hunger statuses, which will just appear on the character without any exhaustion or hunger bar giving you a chance to prepare. There are too many things like this to make playing enjoyable. This review is based on version 1.0.4.

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Posted on: November 21, 2019

jayfef

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Spiele: 87 Rezensionen: 4

Lots Of Promise, But Falls Short

As a Kickstarter backer, I was very excited about this game. It had the promise of weird exploration rather than just a demon hunt. While the game's artistic style is good, the actual sense of exploration is rather bland. There is little in the way of payoff when you discover something, other than the character's sanity taking a hit. Many times you're thrust into unavoidable combat and the characters are in no way designed to be warriors, so you end up battered constantly. Even stealth doesn't always get you through unscathed. I'm also not a fan of games that require you to rest after a certain amount of time has passed, or to keep a supply of rations on hand because your characters regularly get hungry. Not resting or eating causes you to incur penalties. This just makes you burn through funds to stay stocked. Finally, there is a common, game-killing bug right near the end that has yet to be fixed and no workarounds have been offered. I recommend trying the demo. If this game seems like the one for you, wait until the next major patch comes out before buying.

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Posted on: August 17, 2025

GLDNMSK

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Spiele: 455 Rezensionen: 4

Very Loveletter, very Lovecraft?

(English isn't my first language) Look, I love Lovecraft's mythos and I can talk about it for hours, but I'd usually start with "Lovecraft's not the best novelist around" and that's why I think is important to discern if something is "Lovecraftian" or cosmic horror. The latter is about themes and even though the game tries to play that note, I didn't feel really crushed by the futility of existence or whatever. And that's actually a good thing, because I think that wouldn't make a good RPG game. The game isn't "Lovecraftian" either, since it doesn't really add anything new or original to the way Lovecraft wrote his works. And that's a good thing, too. The game is just a loveletter and should be seen as such - I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who doesn't know its source material because its streghts lies in constant callbacks, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone who's enamored with Lovecraft's (pun very much intended) works uncritically. BUT! If you're just a little more than a casual fan of the Mythos, this is perfect for you. The game never feels bloated, because it's actually short for its genre and offers a lot of nice role-playing opportunities. I felt almost always motivated to do stuff so I could buy stuff to do more. To learn more. But then the last act happens and the game loses its momentum and... well, that's the one star down.

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