GrayChild
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http://www.callofcthulhu-game.com/
It also appears that the game got its first showcase in Focus Home Interactive 's WhatsNext‬ event.
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Call of Cthulhu (PS4, X1, PC) official site now live, aiming for 2017 release?
- Thread starter GrayChild
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http://www.callofcthulhu-game.com/
It also appears that the game got its first showcase in Focus Home Interactive 's WhatsNext‬ event.
Feed me to the Old Ones if old.
Interrobang
Member
Holy crap, I just watched a LP of Dark Corners of the Earth. Perfect timing. After Bloodborne I need all the lovecraft stuff I can get my hands on.
super-famicom
Member
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Kwansu Dudes
Member
Hmm, that's pretty cool. Hope they show off some of it at E3
HellBlazer
Member
Cyanide? :\
Wasn't this supposed to be made by the folks doing the Sherlock Holmes games?
Wasn't this supposed to be made by the folks doing the Sherlock Holmes games?
dancrane212
Member
GrayChild
Member
They were dropped off the project, presumably due to them preferring to work on Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter. Just rumors, though.
Alcoholikaust
Member
WEW Goodness!
Death Metalist
Member
This looks real cool, I'm excited.
benicillin
Banned
CenturionKei
Banned
Hopefully its like Dark Corners of the Earth. Best Lovecraft game ever made.
Exactly what I am hoping for. If it is even remotely similar then I will play it on dark stormy nights and fall in love.
Vasili2K38
Member
Good news, waiting anxiously for more details and footage. And you know..
Agf Kus'tio R'LEH!
Agf Kus'tio R'LEH!
DanteRavenkin
Member
Oh This is good news. I need a new Lovecraft game.
Interrobang
Member
Hatoful Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagnfriend.
Neuromancer
Member
Good news. We had a thread about this game a while ago and with no new news, people were getting worried about a cancellation.
I am hoping for a more measured and psychologically scary game rather than a Dark Corners of the Earth style shooter. Although that game did a lot of cool stuff, there was too much emphasis on the pretty unfun combat.
I am hoping for a more measured and psychologically scary game rather than a Dark Corners of the Earth style shooter. Although that game did a lot of cool stuff, there was too much emphasis on the pretty unfun combat.
I really want this to be great, we deserve it at this point. There's certainly been enough great horror games lately (SOMA, Alien Isolation, Amnesia, Layers of Fear, etc) that they don't even have to be THAT original to make it passably entertaining.
I just hope they don't overdo it with the schlocky occult horror feel. Lovecraft is more unsettling and less about the classic horror tropes.
I would also be interested in a Cthulhu mythos game set in modern day, also. Lovecraft always gets the 1920s treatment, which I guess is understandable considering the time period in which he wrote... but still, these are ancient and timeless gods were talking about here! They're still going to be doing their thing 100 years later.
I just hope they don't overdo it with the schlocky occult horror feel. Lovecraft is more unsettling and less about the classic horror tropes.
I would also be interested in a Cthulhu mythos game set in modern day, also. Lovecraft always gets the 1920s treatment, which I guess is understandable considering the time period in which he wrote... but still, these are ancient and timeless gods were talking about here! They're still going to be doing their thing 100 years later.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Exactly. Slapping Cuthulu on anything makes it sound better. Call or Cuthulu: Modern warfare? Bought. Assassins Creed: Cuthulu? Bought Far Cry: Cuthulu? Bought. Dance Dance Cuthulu? So Bought.
Morrigan Stark
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Interesting... Cyanide huh. Game of Thrones had terrible gameplay but decent writing. Styx had mediocre writing but solid gameplay (level design was fantastic, stealth mechanics were quite good too), but both games were janky and had pretty blatant performance issues. Hopefully they'll pool their skills more optimally for a Lovecraft game, and get some help with polishing everything for the performance. Styx on the PS4 was almost ruined by the loading times and had terrible framerate drops despite not being that demanding visually.
I hope the transfer of assets from Frogware to Cyanide won't cause too many issues either.
Do we know what kind of game it's going to be? If it's based on the RPG, I hope their RPG mechanics will be better than those in Game of Thrones... >_< I think I'd prefer an adventure game to be honest, but we'll see.
I hope the transfer of assets from Frogware to Cyanide won't cause too many issues either.
Do we know what kind of game it's going to be? If it's based on the RPG, I hope their RPG mechanics will be better than those in Game of Thrones... >_< I think I'd prefer an adventure game to be honest, but we'll see.
Pretty sure Dance Dance Cuthulu requires movements that humans can't possible preform.
CenturionKei
Banned
It's really sad the best Lovecraftian things we've had in the last five years are Bloodborne, Darkest Dungeon, and a Skyrim Expansion, Dragonborn.
We NEED MORE.. MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
We NEED MORE.. MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Someone tried, someone who already made a kick-ass Lovecraftian game before too, but alas, it didn't work out...
AmaterasuOni
Banned
Iä!
I'm already loving it. HPL is one my favorite authors. Bring it!
I'm already loving it. HPL is one my favorite authors. Bring it!
Attempting such maneuvers will land you in an asylum.
Frozenprince
Banned
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Wow, it seems this junior member was right:
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They literally posted a couple months ago they're still working on it: https://twitter.com/Frogwares/status/677420116418670593
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They literally posted a couple months ago they're still working on it: https://twitter.com/Frogwares/status/677420116418670593
CenturionKei
Banned
That seems pretty cool. Though I would have liked to see an adaption of Call of Cthulhu, or Dagon (My favorite of Lovecraft stories.)
Color out of Space would be a dream...
One sec Dusk - they also replied to me on Twitter a few months ago that they're still working on a Cthulhu game so does that mean we may be getting TWO Cthulhu games? I hope to God we will!!
CenturionKei
Banned
They were originally going to make 4 games after Dark corners (one based on At the Moutains of Madness), but because of bakrupcy, Lovecraft fans lost so much....
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I think people need to realize Call of Cthulhu is a popular role-playing game based off of Lovecraft mythos (there is a novel by Lovecraft named Call of Cthulhu, but the IP brand Call of Cthulhu is a role-playing game that has the rights for game distribution of Lovecraft games, and as a result I guess handles most licensing of Lovecraft video games, thus why most have "Call of Cthulhu" set to them).
The 'original' Call of Cthulhu game is the 1993 "Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice" point'n'click game: http://store.steampowered.com/app/359620/
There was also the 1995 point'n'click, Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet: http://store.steampowered.com/app/389470/
The Call of Cthulhu game most people think of is the 2005 "Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth," which is a hybrid of an original story, a few of Lovecraft stories (most notably The Shadow Over Innsmouth), and a couple of scenarios from the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game: http://store.steampowered.com/app/22340/
More recently, there was a 2012 SRPG known as Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Lands: http://store.steampowered.com/app/251390/
And now it seems there are two Call of Cthulhu games in the works, if either or both see the light of day is to be seen, but right now at this moment we know both are being worked on, one Call of Cthulhu game by Cyanide here, and another by Frogware.
These two games may have nothing to do with Dark Corners of the Earth, the IP brand isn't specific to Dark Corners of the Earth, it's just the brand of most officially endorsed Lovecraft games because of licensing through the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game.
The 'original' Call of Cthulhu game is the 1993 "Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice" point'n'click game: http://store.steampowered.com/app/359620/
There was also the 1995 point'n'click, Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet: http://store.steampowered.com/app/389470/
The Call of Cthulhu game most people think of is the 2005 "Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth," which is a hybrid of an original story, a few of Lovecraft stories (most notably The Shadow Over Innsmouth), and a couple of scenarios from the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game: http://store.steampowered.com/app/22340/
More recently, there was a 2012 SRPG known as Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Lands: http://store.steampowered.com/app/251390/
And now it seems there are two Call of Cthulhu games in the works, if either or both see the light of day is to be seen, but right now at this moment we know both are being worked on, one Call of Cthulhu game by Cyanide here, and another by Frogware.
These two games may have nothing to do with Dark Corners of the Earth, the IP brand isn't specific to Dark Corners of the Earth, it's just the brand of most officially endorsed Lovecraft games because of licensing through the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game.
SpartanForce
Member
Lovecraft books and tales are amazing, why there are so few games about the subject?
Eolz
Member
4?! Wow, only remember hearing about the second game. Big shame.
Edit:
Apart from copyright issues (a reason you can find a lot more games inspired by lovecraft, like Penumbra or Sunless sea), it's risky to make a Lovecraft game.
His works are so great due to being about the fear of the unknown, describing the undescriptible. Hard to represent in a video game without being too ridiculous, or to find the right balance of fear, avoid just jump scares, etc. There's quite a bit of good Lovecraft inspired games though!
I'd love more lovecraft games, but as a developer, I'd fear (eh) to be associated with his name. I'd prefer making a game inspired by his work and avoid some risks in the process.