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| Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth | Bethesda Softworks;Ubisoft Entertainment (Headfirst Productions) | 2006 | 1920s 1life 20thcentury abominations accuracy-pinpoint actionadventure aimmode aliens amnesia amoeboids anxiety aspectratio-4-3 bleak bookends bossbattles cave cdrom cemetery childvictims contemporaryfantasy corruption cthulhumythos darkfantasy death defenseless dementia directx9 discontinuity distortedhearing distortedvision download dynamicaccuracy earth eldritchabominations elevators energyweapons entangled falldamage fantasticearth fictionallocation firearms firstpersonshooter flashbacks giantmonsters grotesque handguns healing-active health-multi heavyweather hotel ichthyoids incompat-multicore injuries insaneprotagonist investigation investigatorprotagonist invisiblewalls involuntaryactions isolatedhabitat isolatedlocale laboratory lovecraftian magic-rare monsters mutants mystery naturalhazards neutralnpcs newengland newgameplus nohud northamerica nudity-inhuman obligation paranormal precisionrifles rain rating-esrb-m sciencefantasy seamonsters serious sewers shadermodel1 shore sightavoidance siminsanity spoilertags stealth subterranean suicide suppression survivalhorror temple tentaclecreatures titlementioned town transformativecorruption unusualprotagonist uvl-missingimages visions voiceovers voiceovers-full walking warehouse watercraft-location windy | INT 2009-06-16 on Steam, by Bethesda Softworks (lang: eng, fre, ger)***The game is initially very much like survival horror, but "degenerates" sometime in the midpoint of the game to stealth FPS and later to plain FPS (although only because the enemies no longer have firearms and you don't have to watch out for them shooting at you anymore, the character is extremely frail [compared to other FPS games] and wouldn't survive such). [spoiler]There may be some confusion on the true nature of the protagonist. But, if one bothers to understand the mythos, we can see that the Yith only swapped bodies with him. Explaining the sequence where he was in an alien body for a time, and the amnesiac time of his past. His consciousness had been swapped by the Yith, leaving his consciousness in the "original" body of the Yith who had taken over his. Some have proposed that the protagonist himself is Yith but this ignores how the Yith work (they swap minds across time and space, usually for purposes of study). The Yith either wiped his memory or the experience was too traumatic that caused the initial amnesia. As an additional note, the physical form of the Yith is actually not their original, simply what species they had taken over in force (supposedly not all can house their minds for prolonged periods of time).[/spoiler]***Call of Cthulhu -- Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person horror game that combines intense action and adventure elements. You will draw upon your skills in exploration, investigation, and combat while faced with the seemingly impossible task of battling evil incarnate. Other than fighting, you have the ability to interact freely with characters and the gaming environment. To increase the sense of immersion, there is no interface or 'HUD' on screen at any time during normal gameplay. Instead, more intuitive methods are available for you to assess your condition, ammunition levels, and other relevant information. The combat within the game is extremely realistic, with a detailed damage and healing system that breaks down the healing process into conditions and treatments - rather than having the typical FPS 'health packs' lying around everywhere. The game also allows you to stamp your own style onto the proceedings via an advanced AI system that can react to your method of play. Cthulhu enemies can roam freely around the environment - opening doors and tracking you down single-handedly or in groups. To stay alive you won't just be able to outshoot them, you'll need to outthink them as well. You will have to keep your mental health in check as you are exposed to the increasingly shocking images of the Cthulhu Mythos. You will need to combat enemies using the environment, powerful and evil artifacts, Alien technology, or by fighting with weapons that are completely authentic for the period. Set during the 1920s, Call of Cthulhu is based on the Cthulhu Mythos of HP Lovecraft, an American writer of fantasy and horror. Lovecraft's stories tell of unthinkable evil, psychic possession, and mythical worlds and his work has profoundly influenced numerous fantasy and science fiction writers, including Stephen King and Anne Rice. The technology powering Call of Cthulhu has provided Headfirst with the means to present an incredibly detailed and accurate depiction of the sights and sounds of this unique 1920's New England setting. A diverse range of cutting edge special effects is utilized to ensure both unprecedented levels of realism and an exact portrayal of your mental degredation. Key Features: * Diverse array of levels from quaint towns to alien locations, including Deep One City * Dynamic Sanity system resulting in hallucinations, panic attacks, vertigo, paranoia, and more! * Incredibly detailed real-time graphics with atmospheric lighting and dynamic shadows * Intelligent gameplay involving puzzle solving as well as combat and exploration * 1920s weaponry and vehicles as well as evil artifacts and alien technology * Lovecraft's famous monsters and locations [Bethesda] | labelimagesubject |
| Pathologic | Buka Entertainment;Frogster Interactive (Ice-Pick Lodge) | 2005 | 1life aspectratio-4-3 bleak cdrom detectivemystery dialog-sentences dingy directx9 femaleprotagonist firearms graybrown handguns hunger incompat-multicore interactivedialogs investigation karma kriaward lifestudiohead lostintranslation magicalrealism maleprotagonist meleeweapons multipleperspectives multiprotagonists mystery openal origlang-russian outbreak overcast serious town unattendedevents uvl-confusable uvl-techlimitation voiceovers vorbis win2k win98 winxp | [b]Minimal:[/b] * Windows 98, 2000 or XP * 800 MHz Pentium III CPU * 384 MB RAM * GeForce 2 GPU * 1.8 GB HD space * 8X CD-ROM drive [b]Recommended:[/b] * 1.4 GHz Pentium IV CPU * 512 MB RAM * GeForce 3 GPU***Distributed by [i]G2 Games[/i] in UK. The russian title actually reads Мор. (утопия) Licensed by Frogster for Germany, Austria and German speaking part of Switzerland. Comes on 2 CDs.***Supposedly you need to play the game thrice through, once for each character, to understand the story. The translation project is trying to improve the English version to the level of the original Russian version, as many seem to have thought the English localization was poor. | labelimageminimize |
| System Shock 2 | Electronic Arts;Night Dive Studios (Looking Glass Studios;Irrational Games) | 1999 | 2110s 22ndcentury adv-intermediary adv-xpdistr airlocks alarmers alcohol alone alteredreality ammomagazines ammotypes ammowarning amnesia antagonistawareness antivillain assaultrifles attrbasedeq automap autosavepoints beepingcomputers biogrowth biotechnology blankprotagonist bodyarmor bodyhorror cacophonicvoice capacity-slots capacity-stacks cdrom cheapdeath clambering clanguage color-16bit constrainedlocale creatorvscreation cultfollowing cybernetics cyborgs damageovertime damagetypes dark-limited darkengine derelict detectors diaries difficulty difficulty-ingame direct3d directx6 dissolvingcorpses doors drm elevators empguns empweapons endlessopposition enemyhealthdisplay energyitems energystations energyweapons entangled everyonesdead evilgenius eviloverlord explosiveobjects extraterrestrial falldamage femaleantagonist firearms firstpersonshooter fleshvssteel future giantspiders gog grenadelaunchers grotesque groupmind hacking handguns healingitems healingstations hud-explained humanoids idlenoise immersivesim implants incompat-multicore indoors installoslimit interactivetriggers interlinkedlevels inventory itemdurability itemidentification itempickup-instant jumping keycodes keys ladders laserbolts laserweapons ledges lethalvelocity lightsabers limitedcapacity livingweapons maidenvoyage malfunctioning mapannotation marketfailure mechanicalvoice mediaindrive meleeweapons middleprojection minigames minimap monsters mp-campaign mp-cooperative multipurposeresource mutants namelessprotagonist noenergyregen nohealthregen noports npcspawning oldskoolsurveillance openclassing openended overcharging parasites pawn peopleresources persistentworld playablecharcreation pointertoggle possessed powerfoci primates psychicpowers psychics radiation rating-esrb-m recoil recurrence-location reload-manual researching restorepower robots rogueai rp-levelless safedisc secondaryantagonist selectivefire sentientmachines sequelhook serious shopping shotguns skillbasedeq smokes souljar sourcecodemissing sourcecodestolen spacecraft-location spacefaringage spectres starfishaliens stealth stealth-light stealth-sight stealth-sound steampowered story-continuous story-dispersed suicideattackers swrender systemshock targetident tauceti technology-theme thx-1138 toxins transhumanism turrets tutorial uipointer unloading upgrades-permanent upgradesystem uvl-missingimages vendingmachines virtualreality voiceovers walking weaponupgrades weirdscience win95 win98 wine worms xp-objects xp-progress | The developer desired to create a Linux version of this game but did not have access to the source code. When pressed for further details they say that the source code is lost. Subsequently, there is an officially supported wine based Linux port available on Steam. Further reports suggest that a stolen version of the source code may be in the possession of an illegal hacker. Sections of this stolen code are available on the web but because of current US copyright law the stolen code cannot be used by anyone, including current ligitimate developers of the game.***MPN: [code]LGE08902537S[/code] (box), [code]LGE08902537CA[/code] (other side of the box), [code]LGE08902537IB[/code] (jewel case), [code]LGE08902537D[/code] (CD) GTIN/EAN-13: [code]5030930021290[/code]***[b]Minimum:[/b] * Windows 95 or 98 * 200 MHz Pentium CPU * 32 MB free RAM * 2 MB VRAM * 250 MB HD space [b]Recommended:[/b] * 300 MHz Pentium II CPU * 64 MB free RAM * 4 MB VRAM * 3D accelerator * 550 MB HD space***UNIQUE COMBINATION OF SCI-FI HORROR AND ROLE PLAYING AND 1ST-PERSON GAMEPLAY Enter the O.S.A. to fine-tune your mind to manipulate your environment and carry out deadly psionic warfare. Utilise an assortment of equipment and cybernetic enhancements including computer hacking tools and special ability boosters. Use your wits to battle worm-eaten mutants that react to every sound and moving shadow. Train yourself to use the psionic amplifier and access 35 different psi powers including kinetic redirection, projected pyrokinesis, and neural restructuring. From the creators of [i]Thief: The Dark Project[/i], the [i]Ultima Underworld[/i] series and the original [i]System Shock[/i]. [Box blurb]***[b]missing images[/b] - title screen, more in-game screens [b]install OS limit[/b] - refuses installation on NT-based machines, citing DX6 limitations. This can be skipped by adding [code]-lgntforce[/code] command-line option to the setup program. [b]adv-xpdistr[/b] - there's really no experience, only "cyber modules" which are awarded at varying quantities upon completing tasks related to the main plot and occasionally found from the game world. These are used to buy upgrades to the protagonist's "cyber rig", each subsequent upgrade costing more cyber modules than the last (for skills the initial cost is also much higher than few of the following upgrades to them). [b]possessed[/b] / [b]parasites[/b] / [b]body horror[/b] - the host remains conscious quite far into the transformation process, often heard pleading to be killed while the parasite controlled body attacks the protagonist. Obviously there's no cure for them besides death (and even if there was, hardly any would wish to live as such horribly mutated creature). -- averted telekinesis - only used to take items from a distance, not to manipulate them or any other objects***Latest version: 2.3 (as of 1999-09)***"System Shock 2 is the sequel to [company=Looking Glass Studios]Looking Glass Studios[/company] / [company=Origin System]Origin System[/company] 1994 PC and Macintosh title, [game=#33139]System Shock[/game]. Like System Shock 1, there will be persistent levels (i.e., drop an item on one level, and you could go back later to retrieve it), gameplay elements like logs, inventory, skills, persistent world, leaning, hacking, RPG elements, multiple weapons and enemies, and a compelling storyline. Unlike most other first person shooters, the purpose of System Shock was not to kill everything in sight; nor was it a "find the key to move onto the next level" game. The plot was always present, but not so confining as in traditional shooters—there was almost always more than one task to accomplish. Levels were realistically designed and had logical reasons behind them. It is the principle of System Shock 2 to continue this game design." | labelimagesubject |
