Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2005) (VG)

Director:

Lani Minella

Writers:

Chris Gray (writer)
H.P. Lovecraft (characters and story)

Release Date:

15 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Detective Jack Walters is called to a standoff between the Police and a strange cult. After exploring...

Plot Keywords:

Cult | Private Detective | Sewer | Suicide | Hanged Boy

Cast

Marc Biagi	...	Brian Burnham / Cutter Urania Seaman / Innsmouth Human / Victor Holt / Arkham Doctor / Yithian / Hybrid
Deem Bristow	...	Jack's Father / Cult Member / Cutter Urania Navigation Officer
Brook Chalmers	...	Officer Winter / Sebastian Marsh / Young Officer / FBI agent / Nervous Sailor / Hybrid
Scott Dreier	...	Constable Nathan Birch / Seaman Gene Henson / Henry Garrison / Jacob Marsh / Thomas Waite / Agent Scott Nelson / Arthur Anderson / Arkham doctor / Hybrid
Ryan Drummond	...	J. Edgar Hoover / Seaman Willie Thompson / Experiment / Poorhouse Resident / Cutter Urania Seaman / Yithian
Phil Gerbracht	...	Officer Henry Nichols / FBI agent / Hybrid
David Heath	...	Priest of Dagon / FBI agent / Hybrid
Milton Lawrence	...	Jack Walters
Max McGill	...	Robert Marsh / Officer Robert Armstrong / Dr. Eric Hardstrom
Lani Minella	...	Rebecca Lawrence / Ruth Billngham / Ramona Waite / Female Hybrid / Innsmouth Humans
John Nutten	...	Lucas Mackey / Cutter Urania Seaman / Cutter Urania Light Operator
Dave Rivas	...	Zadok Allen / Lance Corp Norman Flynn / Innsmouth Human / Private Joe Parker / Cutter Urania Tactics Officer / Cult Member / Young Officer
Jon St. John	...	Charles Gilman / Joe Sargent / Sergeant Sam Carter / Chief Constable Andrew Martin / Cutter Urania Seaman / Capt. Stephen Hearst / FBI agent
Chris Wilcox	...	Seaman Roy Baker / Cutter Urania Lookout / Innsmouth Human / PFC Charle Hodge / FBI agent / Hybrid

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:M

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The game is set in 1922, but features the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI was not under that name (at the time of the game it would still be called the Bureau of Investigation), and did not use the seal featured in the game until 1935.

Quotes:

Jack Walters: [diary] I do not expect the reader to believe what I am about to relate. Any sane mind must reject such a fantastic tale. And yet I do not know which would be worse: for my story to be the truth, or for my mind to be capable of imagining such things.

A must buy for Lovecraft fans and others

But before we get into the content of the game itself, let me say that this game has the most unique gameplay of any recent FPS and could even be classified as a revolution. People who are not into Lovecraft may find the story and ending a bit strange since this title only covers a small portion of the Cthulu world but people who have already read Lovecraft's works may be familiar with the story. There has been no game with such high production values for a long time. The major weakness of this game is in the nonexistent lip syncing, which could have been much better given the amount of dialog in the game and its very difficult to make out what people are daying without reading the subtitles. There are also plenty of bugs in this game which affect gameplay often.