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I hope you’re keeping count because Alone in the Dark is the second time the seminal survival horror has hit the reset button. 2008’s first attempt didn’t seem to leave any long-lasting impression. In the shadow of more high-profile remakes, 2024’s edition appears to walk back to the series’ roots. […]

Alone in the Dark – PS5 Review

March 25, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged adventure / alone in the dark / david harbour / jodie comer / Louisiana / lovecraft / pieces interactive / puzzle solving / spooky mansion / survival horror / third-person combat by Mike

It’s the season for spooky tales and what better way to close out October than with a visual novel with some heavy supernatural leanings? Hermitage: Strange Case Files is a detective story that puts a heavy emphasis on the bizarre goings on. I feel the genre needs no excuses to […]

Hermitage: Strange Case Files – PS4 Review

October 30, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged arrowiz / hermitage strange case files / japan / lovecraft / monsters / mystery / narratively-driven / supernatural / visual novel by Mike

Dread Nautical comes to us from Zen Studios of Pinball FX fame. It’s a turn based strategy game on a cruise liner. Only as well as people on the ship, there are various monsters out to kill you. The ship is made up of twenty decks and your ultimate goal […]

Dread Nautical – PS4 Review

April 30, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged cthulhu / dread nautical / lovecraft / this is dread man / zen studios by Ian

There’s an unknown quality to space that media loves to plunder and explore. H.P. Lovecraft’s work is an obvious example of this and Moons of Madness looks to take heavy inspiration from the Victorian horror writer. Now, forgive me if I’m a little worn out by the relatively recent influx […]

Moons of Madness – PS4 Review

March 24, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged cosmic horror / lovecraft / mars / moons of madness / rock pocket games / space / story-driven / walking simulator by Mike

Frogware’s output marks them as something of an adventure game specialist. Working almost exclusively with Sherlock Holmes titles, they’ve now swapped the deer stalker for some Eldritch tentacles. The Sinking City substitutes Victorian England for Massachusetts with some Lovecraftian horror thrown in. It’s well-trodden lore but what’s delivered is a […]

The Sinking City – PS4 Review

July 5, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged Adventure game / frogwares / investigations / lovecraft / Massachusetts / private detective / survival horror / the sinking city by Mike

This particular reviewer is partial to quirky retro-tinged games and indie curios, so it’s with a little alarm we find ourselves reviewing Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics, a board game conversion from UK devshop Auroch Digital. Simply described in press releases as a Lovecraftian turn-based strategy game, we don’t have much to […]

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics – PS4 Review

November 30, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged cthulhu / lovecraft / silly / turn-based combat / ww2 by Ian