Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Cthulhu Lurks In Dark Gaming Corners, Heeds Call

Posted by simoniker on from the go-fighting-cephalopods! dept.

Thanks to C+VG for its interview with Chris Gray of Headfirst Productions regarding PC/Xbox first-person action title Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, as "based on the Call of Cthulhu tabletop RPG and works of author H.P Lovecraft." Gray notes of the long-in-development title: "we've got a completely new engine... [featuring] vertex and pixel shaders", and elaborates: "It wouldn't be a Lovecraft game without some big monsters; these include a Shoggoth, Father Dagon, Mother Hydra, Flying Polyps and a few other surprises." Elsewhere, Yog-Sothoth points out the new publishing of the 6th Edition of Chaosium's Call Of Cthulhu tabletop RPG rules, as originally penned by Quake level designer Sandy Petersen.

3 of 28 comments (clear)

  1. Random Thoughts by vjmurphy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The video game is taking too long, and seems to promise more than it can deliver (I'm betting). I enjoyed some of the old licensed Call of Cthulhu adventures from years ago, though: Prisoner of Ice, I think, and Shadow of the Comet?

    For those looking for Cthulhu-like games now, I'd suggest Undying, an older FPS with a lot of great atmosphere.

    The RPG has always been a favorite of mine, though I haven't played it in forever. The character creation and mechanics are superior to the D20 system, I think. Plus, if you have a copy of Superworld (uses a similar system) you can try pitting superheroes against the eldritch horrors of the Great Old Ones. Nothing beats pitting Robin, the Boy Wonder against a shoggoth.

    I also liked the Delta Green expansion for Call of Cthulhu: a very nice modern setting that let's you more logically get disparate characters together for an adventure.

    --
    Vincent J. Murphy
    Spandex Justice
    1. Re:Random Thoughts by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Insightful
      "Nothing beats pitting Robin, the Boy Wonder against a shoggoth"

      "Holy giant amoeba, Batman!"

      "Don't worry, old chum. It washes off"

      --
      Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
  2. Popularity of this Game? by routerwhore · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I remember reading the Lovecraft stories as a youngster and even procurring the Necronomicon itself (you had to be 18 to buy it) and the mystery and fantasy that it provided for me. I was one of just a handful of kids that knew anything about the obscure writings at the time (and we were all rejects). Not that I'm exactly on the cutting edge of the next generation, but I wonder how many have heard of or read Lovecraft. It isn't like a major movie has been made recently to clue them all in. Should be interesting...