Comments on: Today in Gaming History: 10/24/2013 /2013/10/24/today-in-gaming-history-10242013/ Play, Share, Unite! Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:57:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.com/ By: cary /2013/10/24/today-in-gaming-history-10242013/comment-page-1/#comment-1605 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:50:12 +0000 /?p=1136#comment-1605 We recently went on a Lovecraft kick after seeing a documentary about him — his writings are pretty great…strange, but great. I can only imagine that it would have been difficult then (and even now) to synthesize his works into a game; but it sounds like Headfirst tried their best with decent results.

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By: gimmgp /2013/10/24/today-in-gaming-history-10242013/comment-page-1/#comment-1598 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:31:37 +0000 /?p=1136#comment-1598 Dark Corners of the Earth holds a special place in my heart. It was during my freshman year of college that I really started to sink my teeth into H.P. Lovecraft’s writing; scouring our huge school library for worn-out tomes of his works. Over the summer, a friend and I found this game at a local rental store and immediately brought it home to play.

The visuals and sound design of Dark Corners were excellent, with haunting melodies laid over old seaside towns and musty caverns. The plot was a bit disjointed, as it was trying to include as many of Lovecraft’s stories without overloading the game. The gameplay was above average first-person shooter/puzzle solving game, which worked well but there were some frustrating boss-type encounters that required several replays. Overall, Dark Corners of the Earth was a good game and solid adaptation of Lovecraft’s work that I wish was more readily available today.

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