Lovecraftian games

[Hiphophippo]

First off, http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/games/lovecraft/ have a link of cool Lovecraft games.

Second, There are a couple lovecraft or mythos inspired games out there but it seems a largely untapped market. What would you all like to see in a horror game like this?

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

What about Call Of Ctulhu? That was total Lovecraft.

I believe Bethesda/Headfirst games said so themselves.

 

[Hiphophippo]

Well, until it turned into a fps at the end I thought it was pretty swell.

Side note, I encourage everyone to at least check out "Ecdysis" from the link I posted. It's just a text adventure, but it perfectly captures his work, I think.

 

[Hiphophippo]

What about Call Of Ctulhu? That was total Lovecraft.

I believe Bethesda/Headfirst games said so themselves.

By calling it Call of Cthulhu, yes it would have to be lovecraftian.

 

[delet]

I'm currently working to read most of his major works at the moment. Games will come a good deal after.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

What about Call Of Ctulhu? That was total Lovecraft.

I believe Bethesda/Headfirst games said so themselves.

By calling it Call of Cthulhu, yes it would have to be lovecraftian.

The sanity system in that game was BRILLIANT.

 

[LogicNProportion]

Most of Bethesda's games have at least ONE Lovecraft bit.

Hackdirt, Dunwich, etc...

 

[The Madman]

Quite a few games borrow elements from Lovecraft without actually being 'lovecraftian'. Hell, the Reapers from Mass Effect are the robotic mutant offspring of Cthulhu while Warcraft has got it's own 'ancient evils' in the form of the Old Gods who... wait for it... have names like C'thun and Yogg-Saron. Meanwhile Age of Conan has many lovecraftian influences as well, but that's only to be expected considering originally the author of Conan and Lovecraft were good friends who's work often overlapped one-anothers.

That said there are few games actually 'based' on Lovecrafts work, which is a pity, so I'm gonna have to give those a try. Thanks for the link!

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

Too bad they didn't made much more stories with all the Cthulhu Mythos material...

 

[NoriYuki Sato]

...i just wish they never cancelled producion of At The Mountains Of Madness

 

[_zuul]

ehhh.


it gets tiresome seeing games with tentacles being touted as lovecraftian.

a real lovecraftian game would make you feel meaningless in an infinte unknowable cosmos, scared because you know the terror that lies outside humanity's profoundly limited understanding, awaiting the day when men will be taught new ways to shout, kill and revel.

 

[forgetaboutme]

Didn't the original Alone in the Dark have some Lovecraftian elements?

 

[Cosmic Humor]

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem was one of the best Lovecraft inspired games ever made and proof that the gamecube library, while the smallest, held the most classics.

 

[Hiphophippo]

ehhh.


it gets tiresome seeing games with tentacles being touted as lovecraftian.

a real lovecraftian game would make you feel meaningless in an infinte unknowable cosmos, scared because you know the terror that lies outside humanity's profoundly limited understanding, awaiting the day when men will be taught new ways to shout, kill and revel.

exactly! which is why I recommend checking out that link.

 

[Cosmic Humor]

ehhh.


it gets tiresome seeing games with tentacles being touted as lovecraftian.

a real lovecraftian game would make you feel meaningless in an infinte unknowable cosmos, scared because you know the terror that lies outside humanity's profoundly limited understanding, awaiting the day when men will be taught new ways to shout, kill and revel.

Sadly, most of popular culture's understanding of Lovecraft is 'Ia Ia! Ctuhlhu Ftaghn! lololololol!'. They then proceed to treat Cthulhu like Godzilla rather than the slow subtle terrpr that he is.

Also, gamers tend to play games for power trips which is counter-intuitive for a Lovecraftian experience.

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

Heres a few:

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners Of The Earth
The Penumbra Episodes (Not a directly lovecraftian game but inspired by it)
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Alone In The Dark (The original)
Necronomicon: Dawn of Darkness

 

[_zuul]

exactly! which is why I recommend checking out that link.

ok, if you say so.

i guess i will.