Anyone have suggestions for good Lovecraft influenced games? I am currently reading through his work and am really enjoying myself.
>>339729897
Bloodborne and Xcom: Terror from the Deep.
Bloodborne is the best.
Call of Cthulhu
Fallout
Lovecraft is as fedoracore as it gets. Why do you think so many sonyfags praise bloodborne?
You can find minor references to him littered everyone from Alan Wake to Witcher 3 if you look hard enough.
I'd personally recommend that you download an emulator and try out Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem though, that's one of my favorites.
Quake 1.
Eternal Darkness
>>339729897
hes overrated as fuck
>>339729897
Darkest Dungeon is pretty fun in my opinion, but a lot of people blame the RNG in the game instead of just "making the best out of a bad situation" like the game says
>>339731021
because its a fun game?
Is lovecraftian the new steampunk?
legacy of kain
although I'd say LoC is better than anything every written by Lovecraft
>>339731021
Hating Lovecraft is the real fedoracore, m8
Nothing even comes close to Bloodborne
Dhadow of the Colossus, somewhat.
Darkest Dungeon is pretty Lovecraft.
Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of the Earth is literally Shadow Over Innsmouth the game.
Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver has heavy Lovecraft influences as well as gothic.
For a fairly buggy but still enjoyable point and click, Sherlock Holmes the Awakened is fairly respectful to both Lovecraft and Doyle.
>>339731373
Pathologic has nothing to do with Lovecraft
Quake
Bloodborne
SOMA
Call of Cthulhu obviously
Penumbra
I think Amnesia, with the knowledge curse and shit
Legacy of Kain
and some other indie games I cant think of rn
>>339731490
Maybe if you only played one Lovecraft inspired game on your life. Fucking obnoxious BB fans I swear to god.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
dead space
>>339731671
How is SOMA Lovecraftian, Anon?
>>339731239
this
Eternal Darkness is basically a bunch Lovecraft stories crammed into a single game
not sure how good gamecube emulation is nowadays, but you should be able to get a first gen Wii for pocket change
>>339731756
I'd say that one is more Poe influenced.
It doesn't really have the Lovecraftian feel to it. Although with the living halls I guess it does borrow somewhat from it.
>>339731828
I remember watching a video about it that goes pretty deep about it but is in spanish, althought I might say its because of the "humanity" feel of the game and how you are losing it a bit for bit, or something like that,sorry if im wrong senpai
>>339731181
I miss the style of Q1, now its all Stroggoloyd bullshit.
>>339731709
Theres not many your tard
Are you just too poor to pick up a ps4 or something? Ive never understood people who only own a PC. PC + ps4 or nintendo is the only way to go.
>>339731021
>Why do you think so many sonyfags praise bloodborne?
Because Ape Escaoe 4 hasn't even been announced yet.
Why has no one said eternal darkness yet?
>>339731410
You have to be joking
>>339732262
learn to ctrl+f
Litteraly Darkest Dungeon
Half Life
>>339732075
Look on the bright side, when Bethesda eventually makes the inevitable Quake game, it'll hopefully be more Strogg shit and they won't try to touch Q1.
Because they fucking can't.
>>339731338
Maybe. Though right now it's hard for trendy hipsters to like him because he was racist, so it might be able to survive the cancer that killed steampunk aesthetics.
Turns out it's hard to appropriate a style of horror that is all about cosmic indifference to fit special snowflakes.
Come to think of it, horror movies seem to hold out well against these types of people.
Silent Hill series remind me Innsmouth stuff
>>339731338
came around the same time if I'm not mistaken, lovecraftian just outlived steampunk
>>339732007
No no, it's cool. I played through it and didn't really get a Lovecraft vibe from it, though.
Maybe I'm the one wrong here,or some /lit/ fag can help us out. Anyone else play SOMA? I am having a hard time commenting as I only know of Lovecraft via vidya and movies, never having read his books.
Undertale
>>339732665
nice meme
>>339732665
DELETE THIS
>>339732223
>picking outdated shitware to play one game
Sorry that I'm not as retarded as you anon. At least I don't feel the need to justify bad purchases.
The only reason nu-fags hate on Lovecraft is cause their sociology teacher told them he was a meany racist. They sure as shit don't read his work.
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion has that one quest in Hackdirt.
Shame they didn't do more with that. Those caves under the village were maximum spooky.
>>339730520
>>339730648
>>339731021
>>339731490
>>339731671
>bloodborne
>lovecraftian
Who started this meme? Adding tentacle aliens does not make your game Lovecraftian theme.
>>339732282
hey, it's not only me saying it
You can clearly make a huge difference between say Doyle and Poe and Lovecraft's quality of writing.
I put him in the same class as Tolkien on that part although in terms of writing Tolkien has the upper hand although for LotR and prequel books pacing was absolutely atrocious.
It's out of the mainstream of what's considered a generally well written book. Although I'm not a fan of King even though he practices these principles of effective writing.
I'd say a lot of scifi writers are very good at concise clear and good writing.
>>339732410
Quake remake is happening and since doom and quake are somewhat similar i can almost guarentee the remake will be more akin to 1 i mean listen to Doom 2016 soundtrack theres some trent reznor like stuff
>>339732729
What games do you play if you dont even like Bloodborne or souls games?
I have played pretty much every popular game on PC and nothing comes close to bloodborne, not even PC version of Dark souls 3.
>>339732963
>>339732932
There's also the Dunwich Building in Fallout 3, easily the best part of the entire game
>>339732963
>>339732963
Do you even know what lovecraftian means retard?
Anything with cosmic horror or horror of the deep is pretty much based from lovecraftian. Bloodborne is literally the closest video game to lovecraftian horror in the modern era
I guarantee you havent read a single one of H.P. Lovecrafts works.
>>339733000
Are you seriously trying to argue BB is better than every PC game ever released? If you're not baiting please kill yourself.
>>339732963
Play the game anon, it's more than tentacles
SPREAD OUT
SEARCH THE AREA
>>339731021
>Lovecraft is as fedoracore as it gets.
no. he didn't like atheists.
Lovecraft is very /pol/-core though because he was a really intense racist.
>>339732846
It's mostly because it's edgelordy
Do boardgames count OP?
Arkham Horror is pretty fucking awesome with a couple friends and beers for a good 2-3 hour game.
>>339733195
not OP
the principle Lovecraft introduced was unimaginable mysterious horror
he basically borrowed from folk horror and tuned it up to eleven
I haven't played BB, so I wouldn't know how close it comes.
>>339733195
Guess Call of Duty Zombies is lovecraftian too xD
Idiots.
WoW
>tfw no post-apocalyptic fps where you play as a ghoul
There is akickstarter of a rpg called Styngianor something like that, it seems alright. Dark Corners of the Earth is the obvious choice, and Eldritch is basically a blocky homenage to Lovecraft.
>>339733230
Im just asking you to tell me what games you like.
The last three games ive played are pic related and I think they are all great. But Bloodborne is definitely better.
If you dont like any of those games then Im curious what you actually like. Dont tell me you like anime games? DO you anon?
>>339733301
If he was such an intense racist then why did he marry a Jew and move to NYC?
>>339733557
forgot pic
>>339733614
Because NYC is Trump City!
>>339733614
He hated NYC, Red Hook horror is basically he shit talking the city. His jewish wife is were stuff gets weird, since he was muh wasp culture
>>339733450
Ive never played this game but you are a fucking moron if you dont think what you posted is based of off Lovecraft.
Theres a fucking kraken coming from the sky you retard.
>>339733557
I like a lot of games. My favorite ones are probably Thief 2, RTCW and VtMB. Eternal Darkness is my favorite lovecraftian game. How is that even relevant?
>>339732983
>doom and quake are somewhat similar
This thinking is why the remake is gonna be shit.
Doom and Quake are only similar insofar as being FPS games made by id. Quake is a much slower, meatier game, with fewer enemies who are more damage-resistant and smarter with their attacks, and level design that is usually compact with lots of overlapping and circling about over previous areas thanks to Romero and the others' fantastic mapping.
On top of that it's a very moody, dull game- there's no cheeky Metallica songs remade in MIDI format, no ripping and tearing with a chainsaw or a double-barrel shotgun that blows away everything short of a Cyberdemon. Lots of browns and greys that still look clean due to limitations of the time, unlike modern filter-obsessed browns and greys, little story beyond "go into the slipgates and shoot the things" (even less than Doom!), you don't even get a +use key to interact with things in favor of smacking it with an axe.
Quake 1 is a result of rushed development and smashed-together ideas that, in combination with Carmack's new engine wizardry, a group of excellent mappers and artists, and Reznor's fantastic sound design, turned out way better than the sum of its parts, and I can't help but feel like any attempt at recreating that by-chance mixture will end up too similar to another Doom (because who the fuck knows what a Quake is anyway, right? Give 'em some demons and a machine gun instead of a nailgun and give Ranger a closed helmet, that's what the kids like).
>>339733794
he was also borderline autistic
so the mystery might not actually be one
>>339733614
>why did he marry a Jew
I think he didn't know but he still liked her a lot because she tried to get him a job.
>>339733727
fun fact: he wrote a story called "That you build wall".
>>339733882
All of those are shit/mediocre games though. Nothing you listed even comes close to a souls game let alone Bloodborne.
>>339733821
H.P Lovecraft isn't exclusively aliens/tentacle monsters but go ahead and keep believing that.
>>339733794
He lived in the heart of a bustling city full of immigrants and came to the conclusion that this might not be the best direction for society to go in. Nothing wrong or racist about that.
This is to contrast with, say, you, who read some articles about Trayvon being a straight A high school student while living in a gated, upper class, 90% white, 10% asian community somewhere, Tim Wise.
>>339734060
except they do
![385cdd3eae95a5cd3b1bbaa7267b2e95[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/grZf3fR.jpg "385cdd3eae95a5cd3b1bbaa7267b2e95[1].jpg")
Dog's Life for PS2
>>339732358
I wish this was more than just fan art.
>>339734086
Do people really think Lovecraft is tentacles?
There's barely anything about it in his writing.
>>339733134
and there's also this area in Fallout 4
>>339733435
>unimaginable mysterious horror
Thus is literally the basis of what Blooborne is about and the arent even trying to hide it.
People that think Blooborne isnt Lovecraftian are delusional or trolling
>>339734086
I never said it was, learn to read. But most games with tentacle monsters coming from the sky are still based off of Lovecraftian horror
>>339734060
Why do you think so?
Don't tell me you're underage anon.
>>339734225
Judging by this thread, yes. People legitimately believe that.
>>339734285
>But most games with tentacle monsters
>are still based off of Lovecraftian horror
I'm done, why don't you go actually read some of his works?
>>339734286
Just because a game is old doesnt make you cool for playing them.
You /v/ fucks are so fucking pathetic its hillarious
>>339734231
>tfw sequence broke this area and didn't get the trippy story behind it
At least the sword was nice I guess
Fucking plebs, nobody has mentioned this heavily lovecraftian game yet?
Most of his writing is subversive to how all foreigners are invading monsters bent on infiltrating society and wearing our skins. How Edison and Tesla were taking science too far. And how he was scared of the notion of space and the dark. He was a man afraid of everything.
>>339734187
I want this so badly
Darkest Dungeon
Eternal Darkness
CoC: Dark Corners of the Earth
Bloodborne
Demon's Souls to an extent
Pathologic
Quake 1
Eldritch
Not to sound repetitive but... you know.
>>339733435
>unimaginable mysterious horror
That's pretty much BB's theme, and what happens to everyone who tried to become a Great One, or something similar to one.
BB deviates from LC in the fact that you can actually harm Old Ones, your mind isn't always blown, or you aren't dragged into suicide, etc etc
But then again you are infused with the blood of a Great One and you are being (kind of) controlled by one too, doing him a service, unknowingly, so the protag's OP-ness is a bit justified.
There are a lot of shared themes and direct references to a plethora of his books. The last third of the DLC is pretty much shadow over innsmouth almost copy/pasta'd
>>339734086
And BB isn't just about ayy lmaos and tentacle monster either. You're both acting like retards. You more than him, at least he played the damn game.
>>339734402
Do you not understand reading comprehension?
H.P. Lovecraft came up with the idea of Chthulu a tentacle space monster coming from the moon, Therefore if game has any visuals or mention of this it IS based of off Lovecraft.
I never said anywhere that ALL of his stories include the same theme, its just his most popular and mainstream story.
You are fucking retarded if you dont think tentacled space/deep creatures arent lovecraftian
>>339734495
writers who write interesting stuff are not very well adjusted in a lot of cases
I'm of the opinion that the artwork can be dissociated from the artist
>>339734495
You would be if you only understood how meaningless every word you type is compared to the eons past and forth.
sunless sea
>>339729897
The Last Door.
>>339734428
When did I claim I'm cool for playing them?
Your insecurity is showing anon,
I'm still waiting for your arguments on why Bloodborne is better.
>You /v/ fucks
Don't tell me you're from reddit or neogaf anon. You're breaking my heart.
>>339734645
Hello, I am a alien originating from space, and I am also a Tentacle Monster.
I am Lovecraftian :-)
Gamers don't read, they are the scum of the earth.
>>339734592
I'm sure BB is influenced by LC, but I associate Lovecraftian games more with horror/mystery ambiance and the true evil being outside of the player's scope.
kind of like Cloverfield before you see the monster
>>339731541
>is literally Shadow Over Innsmouth the game.
I don't remember shooting Dagon in SOI. Or shooting stuff in general. Or superpowered MC.
>>339734860
I dont see tentacles on this thing nor does it look like it comes from horror.
Do you not know how to read anon, be honest?
>>339734645
>coming from the moon
what
Codename STEAM on 3ds features lovecraftian style enemies, locations such as Miskatonic University show up and you can Randolph Carter as a playable character during the story.
It's alright because it's a fun time killer.
>>339732636
>Askin /lit/ for help
Might as well ask /v/ for help with videogames.
This thread is proof to why Lovecraft is a blight to weird fiction.
Why is Lovecraft so overrated bros? He wasn't even the first to do dark or eldritch horror by a long shot.
>>339734318
To many Lovecraft = Cthulhu
>>339732963
This was your plan all along right? You're just the same fucking faggot who keeps making Lovecraft threads to have people suggest Bloodborne (which is absolutely lovecraftian btw you butthurt piece of shit) and then post these comments arguing to the contrary.
Fucking go play some videogames or something
HOW QUICKLY
THE
TIDE
TURNS
Darkest Dungeon
>>339733472
WoW is a disgusting conglomeration of several different bastardized genres all at once these days.
It's truly deplorable.
>>339734592
Wouldn't it be neat to visit Yharnam before it got all fucked up
>>339733614
He made some really racist remark about why he married her. Something about her comforting/adapting really well and learning her place in society
>>339735186
>It's lovecraftian because I say it is!! LOOK TENTACLE MONSTER!!!!
Just stop posting kid.
>>339735154
Japan was a mistake.
>>339734645
>H.P. Lovecraft came up with the idea of Chthulu a tentacle space monster coming from the moon
>>339735084
I think a lot of games we say are inspired by Lovecraft could've been what they are just as well with Poe's influence.
Lovecraft is very mainstream and overrated. I don't think it's a blight though.
>>339734852
Im from /sp/
/v/ is for manchildren who rate videogames based off their popularity. You clearly dont like games that are popular mainstream so you play old outdated games that people played years ago to seem like you have "patrician" taste.
They are videogames anon, just get over it, Bloodborne is a better produced game in everysingle way compared to anything you posted.
Better visuals, better atmosphere, MUCH better gameplay. Those are the 3 most important aspects of video games.
Everything by yahtzee, of which consuming shadow is the best
Grim Dawn. Cryptic lore. There are ascended gods, fallen gods, primal gods, eldritch gods, spiritual entities, creatures of the void, this sort of thing.
>>339735186
Not him but aren't hunters in Bloodborne humans with monster blood?
Isn't this exaclty Innsmouth?
>>339735326
DELETE THIS
>>339735326
>posts on /v/
>calls others 'manchildren'
ok
>>339735326
>this entire post
wew lad
eldritch is a really not fun game
>>339735275
How about you get a fucking life and stop arguing the obvious? Are you going to say the sky is fucking green next?
>>339735474
He's right though.
>>339735519
Oh boy
>>339735326
I'm not even that anon but it's rare to see a speciment of your stupidity. Also did you purposefully call yourself a manchild? I guess at least you know what you are.
>>339735464
There are many more references to Lovecraft, and even Innsmouth, but yeah you're right.
The entire DLC is referencing Innsmouth, specially the last part.
>>339735326
I don't think you played those games, yet you continue to try to argue about them with dumbass blank statements while projecting your insecurities against me. By the way Wolfenstein and Thief are widely popular and critically acclaimed franchises, widely recognized as some of the greatest on video games.
Thanks for laugh anon.
>>339735548
>be wrong
>get upset
>g-get a life!
I'd suggest the same to you if being wrong gets you so flustered. Why not pick up a book? I'd suggest "The Color Out of Space". It's a good read and would you become a bit more knowledgeable on the subject.
>>339729897
How I get into Lovecraft or am I better off asking /lit/ about this?
>>339734779
Is it good ? I want to buy it but I'm not sure....
>read The Thing on the Doorstep
>the setup is essentially a shutin, intellectual, socially retarded wizard virgin who lives with his parents meets the perfect grill who does magic and shit and even has big moe eyes
>read The Statement of Randolph Carter
>that tension that starts building as his friend tells him to just leave
>all the shit leading up to hearing the voice of some monster
>You fool, Warren is dead!
What a disappointment
What's your favorite story lads?
For some reason out of the ones I read (have read the shorter ones recommended to me and am now reading through them chronologically as they were written), I think I enjoyed Herbert West: Reanimator the best despite the shitty recaps at the beginning of each part.
What's the best Lovecraft story and why's it The Outsider?
>>339735734
So would you touch THI4F?
>>339735519
Stress +200
>>339735753
Just skip Lovecraft and read Poe.
It's the same genre but better writing.
>>339735759
Call of Cthulhu
Call of Cthulhu 2: The Electric Boogaloo
Gone Home: Call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu on the Doorstep
The Call of Cthulhu out of Space
Call of Cthulhu: Reanimator
>>339735739
You have the audacity to say someone's mad? You, who starts a thread just so you can correct people when they're not wrong?
Can you not afford a PS4 or something? Is this how you lash out because you can't play the game? Its fucking great by the way. You're missing out, bub.
>>339735753
/lit/ for sure ,we are discussing Lovecraftian games here good lad
>>339733321
Its not though, not at all.
>>339734920
>horror/mystery ambiance and the true evil being outside of the player's scope. kind of like Cloverfield before you see the monster
So, the entire first half of the game?
I know it's not surprising now. Just like the Flood in Halo is common place today and expected. But when Bloodborne released people thought it was a victorian-era VanHelsing game through and through. Vampires, Werewolves and Clergy.
The lovecraftian cosmic/ocean themes are revealed later on, and every area is changed once you have enough insight or beat a certain boss. The way it's done is also nice.
Bloodborne is unquestionably lovecraftian. I just don't want to sperg out on details since most people won't bother reading this, but even basic gameplay mechanics and world design are neatly tied in with the lovecraft theme.
>>339735242
You never actually get to visit the real place. It's a dream (or nightmare, or realm, or dimension, however you wish to call it) created by a Great One.
But either way the place would be fucked, Old Ones or not. People migrated en masse to the city to search for the magic cure. A plague would occur, no doubt. There are pigs, dogs, ravens and horses in the city. Before modern medicine you'd be better off in the countryside.
Now that I think about it, people went there for the blood, which wouldn't be a thing if Old Ones wanting a surrogate child, and humans wanting to transcend wasn't a thing.
You're right, might've been a nice place.
>>339735472
>>339735654
Im not a /v/ kiddie though who cares about peoples taste in video games or cares about anything other than actually playing the game. Just because you post here doesnt make you a /v/ manchild.
This guy is the perfect example
>>339735734
>>339735753
Just read the fucking stories. You can get them in a single fucking package.
They're boring as shit though because Lovecraft couldn't into dialogue
>>339735854
I did and it was inferior to the originals and even 3 in almost every way. What's your point here?
>>339735326
>browsing the most autistic board on the whole site
embarrassing
>>339736012
That anon is better off reading Frankenstein. The monster is better developed character.
>>339736215
>You can get them in a single fucking package.
What's the package called then?
>>339736228
Most on /v/ wouldn't. Most wouldn't touch things like sports games, cod, bf anything of the sort (at least admit to it) because /v/ loves baseless whining.
>>339736161
>Im not a /v/ kiddie
t. kiddie on /v/
>>339736160
>So, the entire first half of the game?
I didn't play the game.
No need to get upset.
>ctrl f secret world
>0 results
ya'll motherfuckers need jesus
>>339735754
You definitely have to be in the mood reading and have a taste for late the 19th century.
>>339735753
The corrected version of H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction by Barnes & Noble is probably the way to go these days, although I personally got aquatinted with his works trough The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (and the succeeding two books) witch featured great annotation by leading Lovecraftian scholar S.T. Joshi.
>>339736341
Absolutely, but Frankenstein is in a different category I'd say.
>>339736030
>All these assumptions
1.) I didn't make the thread.
2.) I already beat the game + DLC 5 times.
You can keep up the temper tantrum my friend.
>>339736342
Literally Necronomicon is one. Pretty sure it includes pretty much everything, something like 800-900 pages hardback.
>>339736378
Only one area actually focuses on that shitAnd it's awful. Both the area and the game.
>>339736379
Ok ,I'm gonna watch some gameplay on Jewtube
>>339736542
The gameplay is shit. People actively suggest you to cheat your way through it.
>>339736358
I see, wrong assumption on my part, then. Didn't want to sound moody either but oh well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8VHIvluRNQ
>>339736161
>didn't claim my taste is superior or anything of the such
>starts sperging out saying BB is superior to those games yet has zero arguments
>starts sperging out calling people manchildren and claiming /v/ is le hivemind
I think we all know who's the real manchild here.
>see lovecraftian thread
>its a bunch of sonyggers shitposting about memeborne
everytime, why do i even bother coming to /v/ lovecraft threads, back to /lit/ for me
>>339736597
But wasn't it some kind of submarine crew simulator ,like dealing with hunger and sanity ?
>>339732963
The game borrows heavily from Lovecraft's aesthetic and a good number of his themes. The one part the game really fails at is allowing you to actually go toe to toe with them unlike in the majority of his stories, but even then they don't really die in game, and even in Call of Cthulhu the guy got it to back off by slamming a boat into it.
>>339736486
>Literally Necronomicon is one. Pretty sure it includes pretty much everything, something like 800-900 pages hardback.
Thanks
>>339736485
You've played the game 5 times and not realised that its based on the works of Lovecraft? Holy shit man, you should go to the doctor. You might have some sort of deficiency.
>>339736748
Ship, actually. But it's boring as shit with grind and bullshit deaths.
Some people will claim how great it is to play but it really isn't. When the free weekend was around most suggestions were "cheat".
>>339736310
What's UTV in this context?
>>339736347
>sports
Same shit every year.
>CoD
Same shit every year.
>BF
Shit since Battlefield 2.
What are you even trying to say? That most /v/ doesn't play shit generic rehashes? Well good.
>>339736470
I would say it's in the vein of weird fiction. Nay, even precursor to it. Thematic of science gone toon far and questioning existence and humanity.
>>339736920
You just proved my point, dude.
Literally
>It's shit because /v/ told me so and I really can't think with my own brains or actually fucking give them a try because I might like them and then /v/ would get mad at me :(((((
>>339736796
Ebrietas dies
Kos (their literal god) is dead
Moon Presence dies, but is reborn alongside you.
Amygadala dies.
Old one reborn dies.
Rom dies.
>>339736905
A tripfag.
>>339735326
>Better visuals, better atmosphere, MUCH better gameplay
Eternal Darkness has a better atmosphere than BB, but I'll give you the other two.
>>339736342
Here you go.
http://arkhamarchivist.com/free-complete-lovecraft-ebook-nook-kindle/
Though I really recommend shelling out the shekels for a physical copy of his works such as >>339736393 in order not to get lost in the text and to be able to get a better sense of the writer and the history behind them.
You should dig up corresponding episodes of http://hppodcraft.com/ to whatever you're reading, that is if you take to it.
>>339736827
Tentacles does not make lovecraftian.
How is this?
>>339736861
Well... Thanks for your advice chap ,I think I dodged a bullet thanks to you
>>339734986
Fucking pedant
>>339737176
Great. I thought it was comparable, superior even to Scratches.
Still haven't played the sequel though.
>>339737169
You do realise there's tentacle monsters in DeS and DaS and no one says theyre Lovecraftian right? Its not just the tentacles buddy. You'd know if you had actually read Lovecraft.
>>339734920
>>339734920
The first, maybe, half of the game Is just that.
It feels like some victorian werewolf hunting game with something else going on. Then it slowly leaks a bit to you. The enemies change and the bits of story you do get kind of craft that there's something bigger going on. Oh, some kind of factions? Hmm experiments? Slowly get sone questions answered but get an even wider scope of questions.
But yeah, after about 2/3rds of the way they're pretty prevalent, although not interactable.
>>339737284
...?
The game was shafted by Bethesda anyhow, making them push rooty tooty shooty into the game.
So while it's not literally dev's fault it still starts failing as a Lovecraftian game because of that.
>>339737042
I started browsing this piece of shit site like three years ago, and the last COD I've played was the fourth one, so you can fuck off with this "le you're just following hivemind mentality" bullshit, you fuckin retard.
>>339737140
Eternal Darkness was pretty original, but it's not as great as people make it out
The atmosphere you speak of, wasn't there for me
The best part was insanity and the bleeding walls and moving statues
>>339737169
yes, cosmic alien monsters horror and the unkown have absolutely nothing to do with lovecraft.
i'm sure the devs of bloodborne have never even heard of lovecraft
>>339735759
The Colour Out of Space, The Rats in the Walls, and The Hound are my favorites.
>>339737358
No tentacles in DaS my friend.
Only in Tower of Latria were there tentacles.
And a lot of people say Tower of Latria NPCs are lovecraftian.
>>339737365
I feel I might have to play this game now.
But please don't try to convince me, the thread will derail too much.
>>339737176
It's great. I mean, while you know that nothing will suddenly be behind you or some shit while exploring the music is extremely creepy. For someone who hasn't played too much horror the house creaking and shit was really spoopy for a long time.
You should use a guide to get all the clues and shit though. Some of them are really annoying to find.
>>339737042
How did I prove your point?
>might like them
But I played all those games and they're boring trash reahashes pandering to the lowest common denominator that buys that shit every year. Sorry you haven't grown out of your dudebro phase bud. Fuck off with your moronic ''''arguments'''', you're only showing how retarded you really are.
>>339735764
Was that the one where themonster is the narrator?
Sherlock Holmes meet Chtulu cult
>>339737176
Also, considering it (+ its sequel) were mostly by some Turkish brothers is pretty insane.
You'll get them cheap on sales and it's on sales often.
They also have a new game coming up which looks pretty great so far.
>>339735759
A number of his stories fall flat, but that is simply because we are more accustomed to this shit than his audience was in the early 20th Century.
>>339733000
>Trust me guys I've played every popular PC game and none of them are as good as BB
>You don't like souls games? What games do you even play?
I like BB and Souls but come the fuck on, they're literally just 3d metroidvanias.
>>339737495
DaS is much more classical horror although I couldn't pinpoint much of its themes to earlier written works.
The theme of a dying world for example.
Or the chosen being only one of many.
>>339735275
Alllllrighty then. Let us begin, I will make it simple for you since you are as dense as a block of ice;
>Setting is a place where the citizens have transformed into horrific beasts by a plague due to the corrupt religion being besties with eldtrich gods from outer space
>those gods by the way are called GREAT ONES. You know...LIKE GREAT OLD ONES.
>The other setting in the DLC is a fishing hamlet where the villagers are transformed into horrific fish monsters. Like another village that starts with "Inn" and ends in "smouth".
>There is a running theme of insanity whereas your character has a negative status, Frenzy, where he goes insane and dies and this is countered by Insight and by having more Insight you see the real Yharnahm and the Amygdalas that chill around the place, AKA not everything is as it seems a common leitmotif in Lovecraft's stories.
>The whole game is revealed to have been a cosmic horror story instead of a Gothic one.
>Eldtrich knowledge revealed to the ultimately evil and deceiving religion by the Space gods that led to the downfall of not only that religion but to its followers too as it was too much to handle.
and finally
>TENTACLES EVERYWHERE
Satisfied, faggot?
>>339736731
What do you expect? Within a niche theme in vidya the most popular and one of the best (within the few dozen or so games), which also has a large % of it based on lovecraft gets talked the most.
It's like making a thread asking for games wherin you hunt large beasts, and then getting pissed at everyone mentioning dragons dogma, monster hunter or witcher.
Or asking for military themes and getting butthurt that battlefield and CoD get mentioned more than ace of spades.
>>339732932
Anything to do with Hermaeus Mora is very lovecraftian.
>>339737536
Yeah, I'm sure you have played them. MM-hmm.
> Sorry you haven't grown out of your dudebro phase bud.
90% of my games are fucking Jap games. Including literal annual titles such as Atelier and Yakuza. Those sure have changed a lot over time, so pray tell, how has CoD or NBA (for example) not changed at all?
Not only that, you're using this stupid shit
>pandering to the lowest common denominator
Literally who fucking cares if it's enjoyable?
>>339734178
>catfags think their shit don't stink
Get a real pet you fucking faggot. Exotic toucans are where it's at.
>>339737594
Yep, sees himself in a mirror and shits it.
People always mention the cosmic horror shtick. A lot of his stories were also but the devolution of humans, blood curses and ancient linneages. People being compelled by their blood to act in certain ways.
Lovecraft was either really afraid of what he saw as a regression of man, orhe just really didn't like niggers, spics and gooks
>>339737630
Weirdly comfy for some reason.
>>339737495
Holy shit you're a retard. Play the games, then we'll talk.
http://darksouls.wikidot.com/pisaca
http://darksouls.wikidot.com/chaos-eater
In Demon Souls, the creatures that fuck shit up are called THE OLD ONES. Holy fucking shit do you suck.
>>339737465
Not autist anon. I don't know to me what Lovecraft conveys is not the monster's enimity but the protagonists overall powerlessness and losing struggle against forces greater than themselves. You can't have a true Lovecraft game that isn't about you losing.
>>339737147
>http://arkhamarchivist.com/free-complete-lovecraft-ebook-nook-kindle/
I don't know how to ebook, believe it or not I still go to book store if I'm broke I spend the the whole day there reading then I go home
>>339737780
>Frenzy means he dies
.....?
Also, Frenzy is a really limited (and shitty) mechanic
>Eldtrich knowledge revealed to the ultimately evil
What?
>>339737465
Not autist anon. I don't know to me what Lovecraft conveys is not the monster's enimity but the protagonists overall powerlessness and losing struggle against forces greater than themselves. You can't call a game Lovecraftian that isn't about you losing.
>>339737951
if I had to put Lovecraft horror in one sentence it's 'fear of the unknown'
it works very well as a horror theme in general
>>339737883
Wrong. He only disliked black people.
There's a fucking hispanic doctor in one of his stories that he describes positively.
I don't think he ever said a single thing about gooks, either.
>>339735186
It seems obvious at this point. Thread always starts a similar way, than the same faggot shows up a few posts in saying the same thing. Then proceeds to have the same arguments. I haven't seen that kind of dedication since Bitchaaron was on /co/
I know last time I saw one of these threads I went down a list of every single Lovecraftian theme based upon the very article our fervent shitposter quoted and described how every single one applied to Bloodborne. He neglected to respond and continued to shitpost at other anons. Fun stuff
>>339738126
More like fear of the known unknown.
>>339737885
I don't know , I had this game but never played it due to my PC being complete garbage ( I still managed to run Dawn of War for some reason)
>>339738259
yes, that's better wording
>>339738206
Yes, I've seen this >>339738094 post before too.
>>339737630
Those devs (Frogware) are doing a proper Lovecraft game called The Sinking City.
>>339738206
I'm pretty sure you're describing me, but I don't start these threads. Ever.
What I've linked to is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror#Themes_of_Lovecraftian_horror
Of which only
>Unanswered questions.
really applies to BB.
>>339738371
Huh cool , when does it come out ?
>>339737815
>CoD
Literally only graphics improvements and some gimmicks since 4, they're still using the same fucking engine based on the ID Tech 3 for god knows how long.
>NBA
Roster and (barely) graphics updates every fucking year.
If you like them more power to you, whatever. They're not enjoyable to me. Are you actually retarded enough to think people don't like or play certain games because they're following some kind of hivemind?
>>339738025
Yeah, evil might be an extremely farfetched termconsidering BB is really grey on those matters. As fore knowledge I'm mainly talking about the use of blood.
If somehow there is someone ITT who hasn't watched this yet, here's a good 10 minute time waster.
It was made before the DLC, which has another plethora of themes and references.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voMAx-lKfIw
>>339738371
>dead dogs and penguins
Ban this filth
>>339736160
>You never actually get to visit the real place. It's a dream
This is false.
>>339738443
Goddamnit dude, I went down the whole fucking list last time and you continued to shitpost at other people. You know how hard it is to write that much on mobile?
But, since you're decent enough to put yourself forward, what is your deal? Why the dedication?
I love how people are so elitist about BB not being lovecraft when there isn't a single game that does it better, not one.
Not even Call of Cthulhu does it better when it devolves into a generic shooter. No game tackles the themes of cosmic horror better than BB and anyone who disagrees is wrong or a troll :^).
>>339738481
>Are you actually retarded enough to think people don't like or play certain games because they're following some kind of hivemind?
/v/ just keeps proving this right. Especially when it comes to popular videogames, especially ones that are popular with "normies".
>>339738594
>Not even Call of Cthulhu does it better when it devolves into a generic shooter.
Oh, why must you hurt me so
>>339738591
This is literally the first time I'm even responding to the comment chain about BB in this thread (and I'm pretty sure I've missed dozen threads).
BB is clearly influenced by Lovecraft (and I love BB mind you, can't really stand the Souls games) but I don't think it's a Lovecraft game in the truest sense. Lovecraft games only really work well in adventure game format since it's not about killing and slaying and shit. Being a normal human being and hopelessnes can shine in adventure game.
WHEN'S THE FUCKING FROGWARE CALL OF CTHULHU THO.
>>339737951
>true Lovecraft game
and it isn't.
it's not directly based on any of his works, it's just inspired, mostly in what you imagine lovecraftian aesthetic to be.
it's like saying something can't be tolkien inspired unless it has unbearably sluggish prose with loads of world building and characters doing nothing
>>339737782
Not really. He is just an old god that likes books and tentacles,nothing weird about him
>>339738594
>I love how people are so elitist about BB not being lovecraft when there isn't a single game that does it better, not one.
Sunless Sea
Eternal Darkness
Darkness Within 1 & 2
Maybe even the fucking Sherlock games.
Most definitely the old ass CoC games.
>>339738905
Fair enough. In that case, sorry for accusing you of being the guy that shitposts these threads constantly. It gets tiresome
>>339738025
Read somewhere how one theory for frenzy is when the player sees something new that is incomprehensible to them.
You gain insight regularly as you progress, seeing crazier and crazier things.
The more insight you have the more vulnerable you are to Frenzy. And frenzy occurs from the types of things that really fuck you up. E.g. Sonething that you thought was always good (like thedoll) and then seeing the same thing but actually dangerous to you and is completely fucked up (like theWinter Lanterns or whatever they're called; which are some weird disturbed dolls that are wrapped up in messenger body parts
Frenzy is rarely used, but with that head canon, it makes alot of sense when it does occur.
>>339737647
It's not really so much as it falls flat as it is that it's just a pretty silly sentence to be said considering his work consists of describing alien beings and such.
It definitely felt like it should have been something a bit more substantial than just essentially ending up as a glorified "boo!"
>>339738161
just read Beyond the Wall of Sleep today.
I don't mind Lovecraft's racism or his dislike of immigrants (since I share with him the latter towards mudslimes), but the lengths he went to trash and shit upon native americans felt a tad too much
There's also The Terrible Old Man where the robbers are obviously shitty immigrants with their foreign names and how they were going to rob an old man
>Angelo Ricci
Italian
>Joe Czanek
Seems like it's Hungarian, but he's the least shitty of the 3 (getaway driver and didn't want to see the old man get physically hurt)
>Manuel Silva
Portuguese or a BR
I think I remember seeing him shit on chinks in The Horror at Red Hook, but I'm not sure. He shit on a lot of people in that one.
Also he hated jews
>>339737082
Amygdala isn't a great old one in the sense that the others are. Have you even fucking played the game?
>>339738997
How is sunless sea?
I saw it show up on steam a while back and was interested, but ultimately didn't buy it
>>339737883
He have also hated civilisation and industrialism.
If he would've lived today I bet he would brose /pol/
>>339738636
Who's this /v/ person?
All I see is you making outrageous claims while proving shit all.
>>339738371
Judging by the art I guess it's heavily inspired by mountains of madness?
>>339739058
Frenzy in BB is basically Winter Lanterns and Mother Brain.
The only other instance I can actually think of is Queen Yharnam.
It's a really limited thing and there are far more fucked up things than Queen Yharnam in the game, like the several Great Ones.
>>339739153
Shit gameplay, good story and all that jazz.
>>339729897
Sunless Sea, to an extend.
>>339738463
Hasn't been announced yet, but my guess is late 2016 (doubtful) or in the first half of 2017.
People saying that BB isn't Lovecraftian need to understand something: you can have lovecraft THEMES mixed in without having the whole package. So yes, even a game that is more action focused can be greatly inspired by lovecraft.
Honestly, Bloodborne touches on Lovecraft themes really hard late game. Early on I thought it was just "muh werewolf hunter" but it takes a pretty interesting turn midway through the game. Plus the text on madmans knowledge (the "humanity" in the game) is lovecraft as shit.
"Skull of a madman touched by the wisdom of the Great Ones.
Use to gain Insight.
Making contact with eldritch wisdom is a blessing, for even if it drives one mad, it allows one to serve a grander purpose, for posterity."
>>339739236
>Try to say popular game X is actually enjoyable
>NO IT ISNT FUK U STUPID DUDEBRO ITS SHIT!!!
>Try to say how "cinematic experience game Y" is good
>HAHA """""""""""GAME"""""""""" :DDDD
If you deny this isn't the fucking truth then you're in some serious denial.
>>339738526
What else is a Shoggoth going to eat, Anon?
