When Reed asks about a place to rest, van der Berg hands him the key to The Devil’s Reef. Ever since the flood, the city has become ghastly, haunted by grotesque creatures called Wylebeasts. Van der Berg informs Reed about a person of interest called Robert Throgmorton who could help explain the source of his visions. The mysterious, yellow-suited van Der Berg introduces you to the ill-fated city. Not much is known about the protagonist’s past or why he became a private detective. For a private eye, he seems very aloof. Reed, a former navy veteran and private detective, is invited by the enigmatic Johannes van der Berg to a pier, determined to find out the cause of his nightmarish visions. The game is set during the 1920s in the fictional city of Oakmont, Massachusetts. The Redemption Church is a hideous destination for occultists. Its emptiness creates a sense of devastation, yet the sheer monotony of its amateurish game design and the banal narrative is far worse. In some ways, it surpasses Call of Cthulhu but in many others, it falls far short. As bleak as it may be, it also feels bland, rushed and ravaged by bugs and glitches. But it forgets the most important ingredients of successful open-world games. The Sinking City‘s bleak world tries to reach the level of a Lovecraftian tale. There’s not much here to sing the praises of. Developer Frogware’s The Sinking City tries to break these boundaries to create a dilapidated world plagued by terror and unspeakable monstrosities, but it fails to generate the atmosphere typical of Lovecraft’s fable, something that sets his work apart from every other type of horror. Their complexity makes them nearly impossible to translate. Lovecraft would agree that it is extremely hard to capture the horror conveyed by his legendary stories.
Reviewed on PC.Īvid readers of horror author H.P. Review copy provided by Bigben Interactive.
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