Posted on: March 26, 2024

3DMan

Jeux: 428 Avis: 22

Strange mash of game types

Starts out pretty good- rpg points for investigating crimes scenes in different ways, it even appears to have an open world of sorts for you to wander the areas. Then at some point the investigations start shrinking, most of your points(which you can't max out) are useless, and you're railroaded from location and cutscene to location and cutscene in a very linear way. The game does maintain a good Lovecraftian feel, and makes some decent effort into (optionally) descending into madness, but The Sinking City definitely does it all better. Graphics are acceptable but strangely limited, things like repeated character arm gestures as they're talking. Worst is probably not having any type of chapter replay, since there are multiple possible endings, but you literally have to replay from the start to do anything different. Also not a fan of hide-and-seek insta-die sections, but that's on me.

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Posted on: October 8, 2024

JonTheHuman

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Meh

If you're getting an almost instant crash like I did this worked for me https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019775837?product=gog There is some great art direction, atmosphere, and voice acting sprinkled about but overall it's extremely mediocre with a fair share of jank like inconsistent audio levels, goofy enemy AI, and downright silly writing at times. So unless you're big on Lovecraftian/cosmic horror and all it's trapping it's probably best to avoid this game

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Posted on: August 24, 2020

Ras_Al_Narim

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TBonne ambiance, peu gameplay

J'attendais ce jeu avec beaucoup d'impatience: Enfin un jeu qui traite directement de l'univers de Lovecraft, et servi par un éditeur et des développeurs français <3. Finalemet mon avis est mitigé concernant ce jeu. Effectivement le titre présente une très bonne atmosphère digne de l'Ecrivain: sombre, mystérieuse et occulte. Les douablages sont de bonnes factures ainsi que l'aspect sonore est plutôt soigné. La direction artistique est très convaincante, mais l'aspect technique a été délaissé par le studio. Effectivement, beaucoup de textures sont floues ou mal faites, et les effets font un peu cheapos. A croire que c'est un peu la pâte de Cyanide de faire une belle DA avec des textures en deça de la norme. Malgré cela, ce qui est scénario, atmosphère, musique et DA est très bon. Mais le problème principal du jeu est son gameplay. Call of Cthulhu est un RPG, mais en très générique. Il y a bien une progression de personnage, avec des points de compétences et des choix de dialogue développé. Et j'avoue que je m'attendais à plus. Je m'attendais à pouvoir créer son personnage un peu comme le jeu de role, finalement (créer un banquier, un inspecteur, un professeur, un aventurier, policier, un médecin) et avoir un peu plus de compétences que 7 compétences et aucun gestion de l'inventaire. Pareil pour les dialogues, je m'attendais à avoir plus de choix. Enfin un problème que j'ai trouvé au jeu, c'est un rythme assez bizarre. Le début s'enchaine vite et très bien, on arrive à suivre, et c'est notamment au milieu de l'aventure que je décrochais, je voulais juste finir un chapitre et m'arreter là. Certaines péripeties ne sont pas intéressantes à jouer, j'ai trouvé. Enfin, la fin a un peu rattrapé ce midgame, avec un beau final. Si vous êtes un amateur des Grands Anciens comme je le suis, je vous le recommande pour 15 euros, et sachez ce que vous achetez: Vous achetez une expérience tentant de reproduire l'atmosphère de Lovecraft, sans en faire un jeu intéressant pour autant.

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Posted on: October 24, 2020

GunthySalvus

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Guilty pleasure

well they spent almost all the budget in the story and scenery and forgot gameplay. the story is great the mood and setting is well done but takes away almost all the control from the player and makes this more like a walking simulator/story teller than a simulation of an rpg/tabletop. so as a cosmic horror story game it suceeds but as an rpg not so much. still it is a great game although it is very very linear. but it is a start and surelly cthulhu fans will love despite the gaming lacks. The Sinking City is the best cthulhu game out there so ill recomend that one over this if you have to choose. if not get them both. the last step wil be to merge the greatness of both games in one... overall it is aceptable and it is more a guilty pleasure than a what is promises to be, anyway good attempt but still a wait for a sale.

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Posted on: November 3, 2020

argotechnica

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Jeux: 461 Avis: 5

Great for non-TTRPG players?

If you're not a TTRPG die-hard, and you like the original Lovecraft stories, give this game a shot. I get that some TTRPG fans feel this game did not live up to their hopes and dreams, but as someone who has not played the TTRPG — but has played many other Lovecraftian games that fell far short of the vibes and intrigue of the stories — I thought this game was great. That's probably all the more frustrating for TTRPG players since they maybe SHOULD be the target market... But I'll add that I'm now interested to explore the TTRPG *and* I'm fine knowing that it'll probably be "better" in many ways. Why this worked for me: I play games like this for the storytelling and atmosphere, on an easier setting. It did great played like that. No mechanical aspect of the game is totally original, but all done well enough (like the memory mechanic) that it was engaging and didn't feel like it was getting in the way. And it wowed at the end. I think first-person is a great way to communicate the cosmic horror/dread in Lovecraft's work and for me, and the way that the set and music and story came together at the end passed my requirements! I saw stuff finally in-game that I've always wanted to see. I admit that the pace of the plot and movement from one set/plot point to the next did feel a little rushed, not in the sense of any one of them being poorly done, but in the sense that it was a bit of a whirlwind. I could've spent more time in some spots before going on.

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