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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: IPAndrews on April 21, 2006, 10:33:53 am

Title: Dark Corners of the Earth
Post by: IPAndrews on April 21, 2006, 10:33:53 am: So it was released today for the PC, I think. Anyone buy it? Any good? I had high hopes for this game.
Title: Re: Dark Corners of the Earth
Post by: Turambar on April 21, 2006, 10:49:32 am: earth is a big sphere

i was under the impression that it didnt have corners...
Title: Re: Dark Corners of the Earth
Post by: Rictor on April 21, 2006, 11:37:48 am: Quote from: IPAndrews on April 21, 2006, 10:33:53 am
So it was released today for the PC, I think. Anyone buy it? Any good? I had high hopes for this game.

:lol: :lol:

I just finished it last night; needless to say I started playing a bit before it was "released".

It's OK. It can be scary at points, and the gameplay is a mixture of FPS and an adventure game. You have to interact with objects, collect items, push levers and so on. Overall, it's not an amazing game, but decent enough if you're in to that sort of thing. You can't save anywhere, which is a bit irritating since there are areas that I had to replay five to ten times just to reach the next save-point. There are also parts where you don't exactly know what to do next, and spend too much time just wandering around, looking for stuff to try. I had to resort to the walk-through maybe five times in total.

One innovative aspect was how the game deals with Jack's (that's you, the player) madness. If he sees scary thing, if he stands too close to an edge, if he is frightened or distrurbed his vision goes blurry and distorted, his movements become a bit disoriented and so on. If you see enough crazy ****, you can even lose your mind and commit suicide on the spot (it's happened to me). If you play it, play it with the lights off (the game even tells you this.)
Title: Re: Dark Corners of the Earth
Post by: Ford Prefect on April 21, 2006, 02:12:13 pm: I'm intrigued by the whole game-based-on-literature concept. I think the next one should be Oedipus Rex.
Title: Re: Dark Corners of the Earth
Post by: Ace on April 21, 2006, 03:19:32 pm: It's actually out? :eek2:

Yays! Off to get it tonight...
Title: Re: Dark Corners of the Earth
Post by: Descenterace on April 22, 2006, 04:35:07 am: I HATE BEING AT UNIVERSITY.

Sadly, I don't have enough time to play this game at present. Maybe after exams...

This is especially annoying because I have been eagerly awaiting it for nearly a year.
Title: Re: Dark Corners of the Earth
Post by: Turnsky on April 22, 2006, 05:02:19 am: Quote from: Turambar on April 21, 2006, 10:49:32 am
earth is a big sphere

i was under the impression that it didnt have corners...

it may be spherical in shape, but it's not a perfectly smooth sphere, think of mountains, valleys, etc. :p

i shall keep an eyeball out for this title soon, regardless
Title: Re: Dark Corners of the Earth
Post by: Bri_Dog on April 22, 2006, 12:19:52 pm: Beware of Shoggoth :drevil: