{"id":47205,"date":"2021-04-16T21:37:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T18:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=47205"},"modified":"2021-04-16T21:37:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T18:37:24","slug":"chronicle-of-innsmouth-mountains-of-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2021\/04\/16\/chronicle-of-innsmouth-mountains-of-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another week, another Lovecraft game. Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness<\/em> (Psychodev, March 2021) was successfully crowdfunded just before Christmas 2018, and is now complete and published for all on Steam<\/a>. It follows Lovecraftian games such as the recent The Shore<\/em> and Call of the Sea<\/em>. Both hard acts to follow, each in their own way. Chronicle<\/em> doesn’t try to rival either title in slickness and instead purposely evokes the style and mechanics of the classic old-school Lucasarts point-and-click games. The art style is accordingly pleasingly home-spun. All plus-points, in my book.<\/p>\n

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Loosely based on “Shadow over Innsmouth” and “At the Mountains of Madness”, and apparently “written by a Lovecraft expert” in Italy. We’re promised “many Easter eggs that only the geekiest of Lovecraft geeks will get”. More plus-points. <\/p>\n

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It’s more than a bit detective-y and has some Lucasarts-style puzzles, though. The player lands in the well-worn gumshoes of Lone Carter, trying not to totter into madness while investigating a series of murders to the beat of an original soundtrack. Sounds fun, as long as fiendish puzzles don’t bring the narrative to a grinding halt, which is always the problem with such games.<\/p>\n

Apparently it runs about six hours, or two evenings, for experienced gamers. Maybe three evenings for occasional gamers, or for those not used to detective-puzzlers.<\/p>\n

* “a solid point-and-click adventure game … deserves investigation” — TechRaptor<\/em>.<\/p>\n

* “The game is completely voice-acted and that is done excellently … [the art] is looking quite stellar, especially the cut scenes … [game mechanics are] a very smooth experience … a fascinating narrative and characters to go along with it” — Gaming Outsider<\/em>.<\/p>\n

* “… a love letter to Lovecraft [but] the narrative feels cohesive despite shoehorning such disparate [Lovecraft themes and references] … the voice-acting ranges from ‘quite good’ on one end to ‘serviceable if a bit corny’ … it gives a sense of agency beyond discovering otherworldly secrets and being driven mad … strongly suggest giving this one a try” — Indie Gamer Review<\/em>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another week, another Lovecraft game. Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness (Psychodev, March 2021) was successfully crowdfunded just before Christmas …<\/p>\n

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