Lovecraftian—the delightful adjective we have assigned to all that borders on cosmic horror. H.P. Lovecraft wrote some of the greatest weird fiction tales of all time, yet is perhaps used as a crutch a little too often in contemporary storytelling. Call of Cthulhu is a game that does a lot of things right, but gets some other bits wrong here and there; in fact, some…
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Great use of environmental horror.
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Confused pacing that actually adds to the game's uncanny nature.
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An art style that deserves serious praise for the atmosphere it creates.
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Poor animation.
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Tired mechanics and a lack of copy proofing.
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Far too reliant on Lovecraft's existing work and not willing enough to innovate on top of it.
