7 Reasons Call of Cthulhu Is Mad But Muddled Mystery | PC Review
266As our Call of Cthulhu PC review explains - or Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game to give its full name (as if Cthulhu itself had licensed it) - is a mad but muddled mystery. If you watched Noa’s preview thoughts, here’s her final verdict. It’s all lovely PC gameplay, too.
Our full Call of Cthulhu PC review is on Rock Paper Shotgun: The Site - there’s a link down below - but this list breaks down what did and didn’t work for the Video Department. Cyanide’s descent into madness starts well, with a nice bit of detective RPG that lets you shape your sleuth and enjoy a variety of approaches to crime solving. It’s brought to life with some gorgeous sound design - all the better for hearing the Call of Cthulhu as you beging to lose your mind. As this Call of Cthulhu gameplay shows - it’s a pretty unhinged world to begin with.
In this video review, Noa looks at how the game’s approach to character building lays the foundations of a smart mystery game, but one that begins to wobble as more action scenes kick in. Some of the horror elements work fine - escaping a snuffling nasty in a dark hospital is very atmospheric - but there’s also some rough combat and action set pieces that don’t quite work. We also wonder if the game is too accommodating to detectives, allowing any combination of skills to blunder through to a solution. Don’t worry, nothing too spoiler-y is revealed.
If you watched Noa’s previous Call of Cthulhu impressions you’ll know that the game borrows some nice ideas from the tabletop RPG, and its interesting to see how they do and don’t make a big impact on the wider game. If you watch this Call of Cthulhu review and have any more questions about the game, do pop them in the comments below, so we can do our best to answer them. If you really enjoyed this review, why not check out the other reviews we’ve done on the channel - some links below - or even better, subscribe to Rock Paper Shotgun to get all our videos delivered straight to your eyes/ears.
Here’s a link to Rock Paper Shotgun;s full review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/10/29/call-of-cthulhu-review/
Here’s a link to Noa’s Dragon Quest 11 PC review: https://youtu.be/DWfeUaxAy8E
Here’s a link to Noa’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey PC review: https://youtu.be/pYA0n7fPyYI
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