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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.
>>339732932
There's also the Dunwich Building in Fallout 3, easily the best part of the entire game
>>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.
>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]")
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?
>>339739319
Ebrietas frenzies.
>>339735154
>>339735519
Disrespectful, degenerate filth.
>>339739240
I'm sure they've been inspired by many of his novellas, but afaik the game's set in the eponymous city. Wouldn't surprise me if they included bits from At the Mountains of Madness though.
>>339739319
Also, while you don't see the frenzy bar build up as it's a cutscene, I would say that after killing Rom you do get some frenzy stuff from seeing the red moon
>>339735453
Path of Exile, too. There's an enormous creature that lies dreaming under Wraeclast, its dreams shaping reality. Various people contacted it in their dreams, learning some forbidden lore, their bodies and minds being corrupted.
>>339739562
Alright, I missed that since I just stood between the twin-tails.
>>339739693
Tbh that would be a pretty silly thing to get frenzy from.
>>339739480
If you cared to read my posts I already said why those games aren't enjoyable for me and it's probably the same for many people. But do continue with your retarded straw man in place of actual arguments you complete dumbass.
>>339735759
The Color out of Space is really great. Has that Lovecraftian feel of things being really wrong, though it's more of a sci-fi piece than a horror piece when you think about it.
Dreqm-Quest of Unknown Kadath is really comfy.
>>339739629
>strawmanning this hard
>>339739849
>If you cared to read my posts
You first stated how I'm a fucking dudebro and shit and whined about how they cater to lowest common denominator. Then you said how they are the same shit year after year.
And then, moving the goalpost again you said "that's why I don't care about them :^)"
Wake up.
>in place of actual arguments .
Pot, kettle.
>>339739319
Yeah you are right, it is really limited nut when you do get it, it kinda makes sense atleast.
>>339729897
The sixth house in Morrowind
>>339740071
I obviously misquoted and then couldn't be arsed to quote the right post.
>>339732636
You might say SOMA is very loosely Lovecraftian in it's humanity/sanity themes, sure.
People are oddly pedantic when it comes to Lovecraftian Horror and videogames for some reason. The number 1 offender seems to be Bloodbourne, how anyone can play it and not see the Lovecraft in it is beyond me but in every single thread like this people get all mad at anyone who dares mention it.
>>339737169
There is literally a caryll rune shaped in Lovecraft's initials that transforms you into a tentacle monster, and you REALLY don't think this game is heavily inspired by his works?
Man you are really trying.
>>339739807
After Rom, everything turns to shit bro.
>>339735759
The Colour out of Space, At the Mountains of Madness; I really like the whole science expidition into spooky ass antarctica. Tfw they found large lakes under the ice that haven't been exposed to the surface in who knows how long.
>>339738016
What I just did was install calibre ebook manager. It's a free program. Then I just downloaded that first epub format on that arkhamarchivist page and extracted the rar into the calibre library folder. Then I started calibre and picked add ebook from the top bar. Then you just pick the file that came out of the rar and it adds it so that you can read it right on your computer, I don't own an ebook reader like kindle or anything. It was pretty quick to get it all done, 5 minutes. Calibre looks like it supports all formats and you can read any of them on it as long as it's not DRM protected.
Clive Barker's Undying
>>339740078
I said they're rehashes from the very first post, buddy, maybe you should work on your reading comprehension.
>this upset someone called you a dudebro
Oh my little anon is offended? Do you want a pat on the back?Maybe a copy of the latest CoD installment?
>>339740287
Sure, but Red Moon itself.
"That is *funny*. You think you *see* Orz but Orz are not *light reflections*.
Maybe you think Orz are *many bubbles* too. It is such a joke.
Orz are not *many bubbles* like *campers*. Orz are just Orz."
I am Orz I am one with many *fingers*.
My *fingers* reach through into *heavy space* and you *see* *Orz bubbles* but it is really *fingers*."
>there are concepts in their language that are so bizarre that your futuristic auto-translator shits out
>tries to make best guesses
>they imply that all the members of their "species" are just small parts of some alien not of your universe
>implied to not exist on the electromagnetic spectrum or have a molecular structure
>knowing too much about them allows them to be able to *smell* you
>one of your crewmates can learn too much and become insane
>and they get injuries that come out of nowhere
>this happened to an entire species in the backstory
Star Control 2
>>339740513
Yeah >>339737536 I just how you make a creat case with your blanket statement and fantastic insults on top of that.
Nothing to do with actual games themselves.
>Oh my little anon is offended? Do you want a pat on the back? Maybe a copy of the latest CoD installment?
Acting condesending makes you look desperate, dude.
>>339740254
I don't get the Bloodborne debate, it's pretty stupid. One side says Bloodborne is the best Lovecraftian game, the other says it's not Lovecraftian at all. Despite not being a perfect representation of the themes Lovecrafts work are focused on, it was clearly very much inspired by his work. Something doesn't have to be entirely derivative for it to quality as an -ian of anything. Even then, Lovecraft is obviously not Bloodborne's only inspiration; it's an amalgamation of various gothic horror sources rather than a single thing.
>>339740641
But what happened to the androsynth?
Pathologic
what do people mean when they say "lovecraftian"?
some unfathomable ancient horror from outer space?
Hellnight (PSX) kinda gives me such vibes, but I don't know if others would agree
starts innocently enough and then just keeps getting progressively weird and insane
>>339740591
Dat shit gets normies panties in a twist in real life
>>339740742
>boring
>rehashes
>pandering to the lowest common denominator
>doesn't apply to CoD and sports games
Sure thing buddy, keep being delusional and thinking you're actually more enlightened than anyone here because everyone else just follows le /v/ hivemind. It's ironic to say the least that you enjoy those types of games and claim it's other people that are following an hivemind.
>>339740971
>what do people mean when they say "lovecraftian"?
>some unfathomable ancient horror from outer space?
That's just one part of it. Problem is that a lot of people seem to think that only very specific things make a game "Lovecraftian". A Lovecraftian game is anything that draws a lot of inspiration from his works, be it the whole "humanity is insignificant and the protagonist can't do shit and then kills himself", or the ancient civilisation that was here before us and is now slumbering beneath the ice and/or the surface of the sea, or maybe the whole formless tentacle monster thing from space which might be the most superficial of them all, it's still no less Lovecraftian.
>grandfather dying of cancer
>gave me (among other books) his copy of The Complete Fiction of Lovecraft
Lovecraft's work is interesting, but fiction can't even begin to compete with the real cosmic horror that is life.
OP here, thanks for the suggestions guys. Went to get some dinner and came back to 300 replies of people arguing.
Good shit
>>339740953
Well well, what do we have here?
>>339732963
>lovecraftian
When did this meme start? Anyone who attributes cosmic horror to just lovecraft simply because he is the COD of that genre is a retarded memedditor
>>339741304
lol
>>339729897
Eternal darkness
>>339741214
Oh look, just buzzwords that mean nothing on their own. The first one is literally the counter-part for "fun".
> thinking you're actually more enlightened
Your projecting is heavy.
> It's ironic to say the least that you enjoy those types of games
Uhh... How exactly? Because I like a game that's popular because I find it enjoyable to play and not because "But everyone says this and that so I must too"
>>339740762
I think everyone would agree it has lovevraftian themes. Anyone who doesn't, is a retard.
I think one side thinks it's just tentacles and barely lovecraftian, while the other thinks it's the definition of lovecraftian.
Imo, as you say, it has many of those themes but takes from others too. BB isn't not-lovecraftian though.
>>339737147
thanks man. I appreciate it
>>339729897
Eldritch, cheap little game and its ok but its got the influence fo sho
>>339741304
I also just found out like 20 minutes ago my grandad has cancer. He felt bad in the shower, went to a doctor and it was all bad news.
>>339741323
If you're actually well versed in Lovecraft, then Bloodborne. If you're not, then Eternal Darkness.
Amnesia : the Dark Descent and Eternal Darkness comes to mind.
>>339735186
Is this a new copypasta
>>339741304
>He hasn't read The Thing on the Doorstep
I wouldn't worry so much about your granddad, Anon. You, on the other hand, well...
In the mood for some mild spook. Should I play Pathologic, Call off Cthulhu DCoE, STALKER CoP, or something else?
>>339741475
I don't think you know what buzzword means.
>Your projecting is heavy.
This is rich coming from the guy that spent the entire thread projecting his insecurities and getting upset because someone called him a dudebro.
>Uhh... How exactly? Because I like a game that's popular because I find it enjoyable to play and not because "But everyone says this and that so I must too"
And everyone that doesn't find them enjoyable is following the /v/ hivemind? Get a grip, retard.
Plus,
>The first one is literally the counter-part for "fun".
>because I find it enjoyable
My sides. Nice way to shoot yourself on the foot.
>>339736378
egypt and transilvania are pretty lovecraftian too
he didn't only write about fish people
>>339741562
I really laughed hard at this post for some reason.
>>339741887
Play DCotE, it's really scaryhow buggy that game is.
>>339741401
>CoD is the originator of the genre
Spicy meme there
>>339741987
Is this bait?
>>339741401
Oh anon, I just love it you you try to sound cultured.
Before Lovecraft we have what? The King in Yellow? To think of Lovecraft when cosmic horror is employed is only natural and "Deep Sea cosmic horror" is 100% Lovecraft.
What Lovecraft book would you recommend as a entrance into the genre?
>>339741562
Sorry to hear that anon. It's a shitty situation for everyone, just try to be there for him.
>>339734178
>catfags
>>339729897
bloodborne best unless PCuck
I thought the setup of Alien Isolation could work well in a Lovecraft game with some exception. For the alien bits you gotta run like the bitch you are because you can't hurt it; you're not even close to being its equal, BUT you also get to beat the shit out of other humans, alternatively watch them get torn to shreds by the previously mentioned alien. I think a good mix of occasional deliberate combat (as in; not super fast paced) vs non-spooky enemies, running or hiding from your cosmic horror of choice and a fair bit of exploration and puzzle solving (these kinds of mechancis can either be great or absolute trash) would be optimal. Keep ammo for your shitty revolver incredibly rare and make each encounter that ends in a murder feel jarring enough, etc etc.
I enjoyed bloodborne, but a fair few other games have done it better
eternal darkness, probably my favourite of the bunch, makes good use of multiple timeline/unusual reality themes, and involves plot consequences over multiple playthroughs, you never actually feel very powerful within the world, and they integrate the rune system into the gameplay in a very satisfying and unique experience that makes the gameplay feel like puzzle solving, which works really well for the game design.
In bloodborne, I felt the dream aspect, and most of the great ones were underutilised, really, moon presence was the only one that left a noticeable impression, they felt like statues in the games story, rather than beings that held influence.
BB's story was at it's best though when it focussed on the split in byrgenwerth, and the events in yharnam, I feel that this is represented both by the game diminishing in quality after old yharnam, and the general substance of the game world's relevance into the lore feeling malnourished. Byrgenwerth was a vital location, and yet in the actual game it had been reduced to a couple of rooms and a courtyard.
Bloodborne's twist was disappointing for me because it never felt like it expanded in a way that souls games could, the insight mechanic was underutillised, the amygdala, and the crying sounds were nice, but there could have been so much more, and at different parts of the game. There could have been more direct visual changes in enemies, weird unusual effects and sounds, or even cool sanity effects like endless hallways or anything to represent what the insight mechanic should really be doing to the player.
That being said, I do feel the DLC helped a lot, it expanded on the importance of the dream state and it's relevance, but I was still relatively disappointed by the lack of potential weirdness they utilised
>>339741909
You're just fucking calling them boring and not explaining why. It'd be the same as me calling them "just fun" and not why.
>spent the entire thread projecting his insecurities
Sheesh dude, shut down that projector
>and getting upset because someone called him a dudebro.
You're making presumptions.
>And everyone that doesn't find them enjoyable is following the /v/ hivemind? Get a grip, retard.
Considering you fucking whine about "lowest common denominator" and shit, it's easy to see you're just whining about them for the sake of whining. Whine about the game and its contents, not the fucking target audience as some sort of proof why it sucks.
>My sides. Nice way to shoot yourself on the foot.
I like sports games for making teams, own characters and shit and progressing. How about that?
>>339736160
you do visit the real place
its not all a dream
the dream is the hunters dream
thats why you "awaken" at the headstones
>>339737082
you are infused with the great ones blood if that makes it make anymore sense
>>339742419
As much as I love BB, I'm totally with you on Insight being heavily underutilized.
>>339741562
Wife's brother just made it out of cancer a month ago. He had 30% chance to survive and did it, dont despair.
>>339742110
The Shunned House and The Shadow Over Innsmouth are a good place to start. Lovecraft's writing style is complex compared to what's in most books today. One of my friends called it pedantic. Any way you look at it his stuff can be a boring chore to read for some people. The two I reccommended have enough mystery and suspense to hook a new reader. If you liked them then you can go on and explore his other works. At the Mountains of Madness is a pretty long one but it is good. Nice mystery and suspense there. The Alchemist is shit. Complete shit. Anyone with half a brain will see the twist coming from miles away.
kinda funny Mass Effect wasn't mentioned, the Reaper plot is straight out of The Dunwich Horror
>>339743045
> Guillermo del Toro of Pan's Labyrinth fame was going to make a film based on At the Mountains of Madness with James Cameron as producer
>tfw it was cancelled
Innsmouth (or "Insmouse") no yakata.
A Virtual Boy game released only in Japan based on The Shadow over Innsmouth.
>>339743093
Then the reaper mystery is shitted up in the next two games. They really fucked up with their handling of that.
>>339729897
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth.
It's the only single survival horror game that had me legit scared. First half or so of the game, you don't even get weapons; and healing requires your main character so sit down and stitch his own wounds instead of HEALTHKIT +20HP.
It has a BRILLIANT adaptation of the chase scene from Shadow over Innsmouth, not having read that book just yet, I was running around scared shitless. protip: bolt every fucking door you can.
Unfortunately the game is a bit bugged on the Xbox, and then the PC port was even more buggy. Just don't alt-tab out, since that crashed the game when I played it.
Also, you have to run on the inner route of the path to optimize your speed after the last checkpoint - if you just run on the middle of the road, you won't make it. You have to take the inner part of every curve, which was pretty odd at the time (I don't remember if diagonal running helped or not).
>>339733614
He had a cat called niggerman
eternal darkness familia
>>339743507
>Loves cat
>Call his niggerman
It's like if I called my lovely cat Sandnigger
"and then... the monster came"-the author.
srsly /v/, get classy
>>339733614
>why did he marry a Jew
maybe she was qt
>>339742101
Most people who are afraid of the deep sea have never even heard of lovecraft, its retards like you who jumped on the memecraft bandwagon and think he invented all of these concepts
>>339743270
I never heard about that but now I'm somehow disappointed as if I were hyped from the start.
>>339741304
>>339741562
>>339742962
>tfw my dog has cancer
>half one of his kidneys isn't working
>vet is surprised that he's still even alive at this point
>they told us he had like 2-3 months to live at best
>that was like a month ago
>>339743045
>The Alchemist is shit
>not liking howthe sorcerer couldn't actually curse people but he was so butthurt he literally spent his lifetime killing a bloodline at the age of 32
>>339743507
>niggerman
>Gherman
>Nig Gherman
Holy shit Miyazki did it again.
>>339734402
He's not saying that lovecraft has tentacle monsters, he's saying a lot of games with tentacel monsters take inspiration from lovecraft, or think they do.
>>339735519
frenzy
:(
>>339735519
>you will never be this self reliant
>>339742526
Because he was basically an autistic neet and he needed someone to take care of him when his mother died.
Megaman
>>339743764
MIYAZAKI
THE MADMAN
>>339743428
Nigga you fucking shoot dagon and shit.
All the rooty tooty shooting ruined the whole fucking game.
>>339743756
Would've been shit, don't kid yourself.
>>339733614
Couldn't resist that Jewess pussy, got his his genetics stolen and turned his seed into Jew spawn, now that's a real Lovecraftian horror story I tell ya.
>>339729897
That's a really shitty picture to represent Lovecraft. It looks nothing like him and demonstrates a precursory understanding of his work by having his mythos represented by tentacles.
>>339743270
>James Cameron
eewww
not that del taco is much better though
>>339743965
W-what's going on in this webm?
>>339744324
The gingers are coming. Make preparations.
The Witcher games actually has some Lovecraft stuff in it.
The first game has that race of sea people that you fight in the swamp. Those are based off of a lovecraft story, though I can't remember the name of it off the top of my head.
Then in the Witcher 3 you can stumble upon an island on Skellege where everyone attacks you and it turns out the castle there has been taken over by cultists worshiping the old gods and waiting for their return.
>>339736160
>costume design and weaponry clearly get inspiration from the 18th century
>victorian
What the heck.
>>339744237
Del Taco shits the bed in the writing department. His visuals, when not heavily reliant on CG, are usually on point. Cameron's CG visuals are usually on point regardless how you feel about his movies. Since Del Taco is such a big fan of Lovecraft, very little liberties likely would've been taken with the writing. It was his biggest passion project according to him. It would have at least been ambitious.
>>339735248
what he said implies that he's fine with immigrants as long as they conform and adapt to the area they come to, and not try and force the culture of the place their from.
Much like with mudslimes today, but hating them for this type of immigration is seen as racist, and apparently his views were still rather racist for the time.
Seems that disliking immigrants for trying to turn your country into the shitty one they fled is seen as racist no matter the time and age.
>>339734109
>>339733794
>>339733614
There's also He in which the main character shares Lovecraft's thoughts on how he had at first been allured to living in NYC, when he got there he very much disliked it.
I wonder if Lovecraft ever was with/fucked anyone before her, or he had actually become a wizard (since they met when he was 32)
>>339742526
I already said they're rehashes, plus they lack depth or any other aspirations. I don't understand how can someone buy the same shit every year and enjoy it.
>Considering you fucking whine about "lowest common denominator" and shit, it's easy to see you're just whining about them for the sake of whining. Whine about the game and its contents, not the fucking target audience as some sort of proof why it sucks.
Expect the target audience is very representative of a what a game is you complete moron. Do you also enjoy Farmville? I sure as fuck don't.
>>339744840
Pan's Labyrinth wasn't badly written.
>>339732963
knowledge leading to madness
travelling into dreams
dreams which affect reality
invisible creatures and worlds that exist within ours
fishing hamlet is literally innsmouth
great ones , old gods
mad villagers trying to kill a foreigner is the core of a ton of lovecraft stories
arcane rituals to beckon unknowable ancients
themes of human alien/god/monster fusions
tons more
you've never read lovecraft or are meme'ing me
The Secret World is pretty lovecraftian in some parts. You can literally fight Cthulhu (tho it aint really him, but whatever)
>>339734231
i wont buy it todd
>>339731828
The WAU is borderline Lovecraftian in its size, incomprehensibility, and ignorance of humanity. It kind of reminds me of some of the higher Old Ones who lack sentience but wield enormous power.
Is Lovecraft the new Zombies?
There is just so much stuff that is 'Lovecraftian' nowadays in games, the market is so saturated.
This is coming from someone who has read and enjoyed most of his work.
>>339744975
>Still judging games by how popular it is (and as a result, fanbase and who they are)
It's becoming sad at this point.
>I already said they're rehashes, plus they lack depth or any other aspirations
Oh look, more words that don't amount to anything.
Why do people even fucking bother with yelling "depth" when "depthful" games are literally like 1% of games if even that.
>>339745598
>in some parts
ok faggot, play the game first
>>339745854
Sadly yes. And that's coming from someone making a game inspired by his works. I'm trying to stay clear of the tropes however, the tentacle Hittites alien monstrosity/sanity meter is overdone.
>>339745854
Lovecraftian CREATURE design seems to be catching on in some circles. It's relatively easy to do, and makes for memorably unique types of experiences that most audiences aren't familiar with.
Lovecraftian settings and storytelling are another matter, as they rely on dreams, vaguery, and other elements that make them harder to pull off/write around and make for stories that are somewhat unsatisfying to the general public. I don't think that part is catching on at all, Anon.
Don't worry, you'll always be our special little snowflake for reading things most other people haven't.
>>339746120
Hittites? Really phone? Meant horrors.
>>339742419
I've always wondered if Byrgenwerth was going to be larger, but was cut down to a smaller size.
>>339745906
>It's becoming sad at this point.
Quote me where I said games are bad because they're popular.
>t-these words don't mean anything
Nice arguments you fucking retard. Try picking up a dictionary someday if you don't find meaning in words.
>Why do people even fucking bother with yelling "depth" when "depthful" games are literally like 1% of games if even that.
Depth regarding context you moron, they aren't deep compared to many other games.
>>339734479
Sunless Sea has got to be the comfiest scary-as-fuck game in existence.
>>339746075
lmao i did. i played the entire game. just didnt want to make it seem like the whole game is lovecraftian
>>339743965
The Colour, it comes from the void
>>339745854
I think it's at least better than the previous saturation epidemics. Everything was WW2 shooters, then everything was zombies, now we have a split where everything is "retro" pixel shit with worse graphics than actual retro games. Or everything is "Lovecraftian". Or everything has survival and crafting. Lovecraft lite everywhere is better than the other shit at least by a little. Gotta be honest, though, I do kind of miss WW2 games now. We haven't had any good ones for some time now.
>>339746475
>lmao
great, It's reddit
>>339746441
>Quote me where I said games are bad because they're popular.
You're indirectly saying that the games are shit because they're popular because the popular games in fact do "pander" to the lowest common denominator.
>Nice arguments you fucking retard.
I said that they don't amount to anything. Fucking elaborate instead of just saying a word and then make up fictional quotes with stutter to prove yourself right.
> they aren't deep compared to many other games.
And again, 99% of games aren't deep in any shape or form and are really self-explanatory. Again, to appeal to the "lowest common denominator".
>>339746593
>leddit boogeyman
>in 2016
>when half this site is reddit
Ya'll fuckers should read the short story, Bulldozer.
>>339734808
this
i dont particularly care for point'n click games, but i loved the last door
>ctrl f They Bleed Pixels
>nothing
>>339747105
Cause it's shit
>>339747105
>le tentacle maymay
it's for the best.
>>339746491
The one true place where there is actually Lovecraft saturation is boardgames. Although in that case it's just 99% Cthulhu X Cthulhy Y Cthulhu Z
>>339733794
>>339744970
Lovecraft became a new deal socialist in his final years, strongly supporting FDR's proposals and talking shit about Republicans.
Also the Old Ones society presented in Mountains of Madness is a utopian socialist one that impresses the archeologists who are reading the wall mural with.
>>339746662
>You're indirectly saying that the games are shit because they're popular because the popular games in fact do "pander" to the lowest common denominator.
Pandering to the lowest common denominator doesn't signify popularity, it just happens to result in popularity many times.
>I said that they don't amount to anything. Fucking elaborate instead of just saying a word and then make up fictional quotes with stutter to prove yourself right.
I made myself pretty clear. If you don't understand what I said you might have brain damage.
>And again, 99% of games aren't deep in any shape or form and are really self-explanatory. Again, to appeal to the "lowest common denominator".
I see you really don't know what words mean. What part about 'context' do you not understand?
>>339734860
In wow there are the old gods
>>339746450
I can never seem to unlock any of the interesting missions
>>339747187
>le tentacle maymay
The games draws themes from all kinds of horror author so please contain your autism.
>>339747196
>Lovecraft shit-talking nostalgia
wow whoa
Besides the few DOS games..
Shadow of the Comet
Prisoner Of Ice
Daughter of the Serpent
The Legacy
The newer ones..
Eternal Darkness
Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of Earth
Bloodborne is the best "lovecraftian" game as of now, you won't get it better.
Honorable mention: Forbidden Siren 1 & 2
I only listed the ones I consider good in terms of lovecraftian. Bloodborne blew me away.
>>339746832
YES! By Laird Barron right?
High tier story.
>>339747372
Honestly when it comes to reading Lovecraft, I think it's best to read one of his popular stories or two and if you enjoy the writing style and everything to just start reading his works as they were chronologically written. Most of them are short enough to get through really quickly and you're sure to not miss references to things mention in past stories
>>339744324
Looks like a sprite to me.
>>339729897
Eternal Destiny.
Here's a review of it.
http://pawnsperspective.com/Eternal-Destiny/
Best Lovecraftian story not written by Lovecraft?
Mine would be the Terror from the Depths by Fritz Leiber.
>>339729897
I was thinking of reading Call of Cthulhu and/or the one with Necronomicon, are the stories actually good or just have some sort of meme cult following?
>>339747993
I like the Repairer of Reputations.
>>339748146
Call of Cthulhu itself is kind of overrated. The first part out of three is probably the best one. It's fine to read it first, just be aware that it isn't the "best" one.
>>339729897
What games let you play as an eldritch abomination?
>>339738206
>I haven't seen that kind of dedication since Bitchaaron was on /co/barneyfag
>>339732963
>entities from space come down to earth
>people worship them as god
>madness ensues when looking at them
>literal shoggoth imprisoned
>other npcs try to remove their eyes and ascend to become a great one
>not Lovecraftian
>>339738206
>He neglected to respond and continued to shitpost at other anons.
This happens all the time.I would know because the same has happened to me when discussing other topics
>>339737482
Same three as me. Loved Rats in the Walls.
>>339744970
>I wonder if Lovecraft ever was with/fucked anyone before her
She was his first - and probably only - sexual partner. Kinda sad really, that he couldn't see past his xenophobia and live happily with her in NYC. Would have made his later life happier, everyone needs some love.
>>339749169
well, maybe he fucked he's cat?
he hate negros anyway
>>339731532
what a fucking shitty game
alright guys got a great idea for a game its an arena shmup but with auto aim + autofire
>>339731541
>pretty Lovecraft
If it wasn't a homage from start to finish (from the writing, the themes, the monsters, the stories), it would have been plagiarism. For someone like me, who actually enjoys reading Lovecraft, playing DD was a fucking blast.
That is, until I realized I can't possibly play anymore because I have no desire to grind 6 hours worth of new heroes after I lose a bunch to the final dungeon, and lost some of my trophy trinkets and knew I'd never see them back, and just said "fuck it" and uninstalled.
>tfw no game/game area based off the aesthetics of "The Color from Outer Space"
That always disappointment me
>>339749916
It's a bit hard to pull off, considering the Colour in question is supposed to be completely alien to our senses.
>>339749916
How would you present a color, impossible to exist in our universe, in a videogame?
>>339750078
I know, but the rest of it seems like excellent game material
>Enter an area where everything seems a little off-color and is glowing
>As you progress everything turns to gray with animals and people rotting and breaking down
>>339749916
thats purple man
>>339733000
>What games do you play if you dont even like Bloodborne or souls games?
holy fucking shit I have a PS4 and PC and I think bloodborne was mediocre shit
fromsoft couldn't code a good game if it'd say their goddamn lives, stop letting buyer's remorse delude you into thinking shit tier games are good lmfao.
>>339732963
Youre fucking retarded, right? Did you... or rather have you ever read his works or any book in general? Shadow over innsmouth is completely seen in the fishing hamelt part of the old hunters dlc. Theres a lot of influences including dagon, in the mouth of madness and so on.
>>339733472
Why has he tied leather straps around his sword? And why is the blade so thicc it looks more like a sharpened club?And why did the warcraft movie suck so badly?
>tfw another aoi yuuki hacker meme girl has lovecraft persona in p5
wasted of a shitty meme girl
>>339735154
the logical conclusion is that you get a Venom Symbiote-type suit that you can also have sex with
sign me up
Can someone give me the link to a torrent of the LINUX version of Darkest Dungeon?
I don't wanna buy it if shit don't run
>>339744324
Sure looks like a jellyfish to me. Super fast, too.
>>339739402
Now this I can get into.
>>339743965
Damn that is like the best footage of sprites I've seen.
Honestly, and I say this as a lifelong fan of lovecraft, who's read everything by him.
Bloodborne.
One, because other lovecraft games simply aren't that good. ED was fun but relied too much on jump scares.
Two, because though it has some squids here and there, it actually sticks to the finer points, and the core, of lovecraft's work. Xenophobia, delirious writings of ancient madmen, crossbreeding with horrors to advance the race. Feeling powerless before the horrors of eternity.
Sure, you kill a couple of "old ones," but let us not forget that even in the mythos there are mortal eldritch creatures. Like deep ones and the Yith.
Only thing the game needs is some flying polyps.
>>339751403
It's like right out of Dagon.
>>339748391
dominions 4
My favorite lovecraft story was the Houdini in Egypt one
Will there ever be a game that features lovecraftian horror as good as Bloodborne?
Its literally everything I've ever wanted in a video game.
>>339747372
>Did Dagon spawn from somethingDagon probably is Cthulhu, its name borrowed from a more familiar source to the human/humanoid Innsmouthians who worship it, the Bible (Judges 16:23, First Chronicles 10:10, 1 Samuel 5)
>>339735759
Dunwich horror is pretty baller specially whendoc armitage's dog kills wilbur in a fit of rage, whenthe army gets to fuck with an invisible giant beast with a face for a backand more importantly thatfinal teamup with armitage, warren and francis going up against an eldritch horror.
>>339752463
that's not true at all
>>339751647
To be fair, very few games could accurately represent a Lovecraft story. The best win condition you could hope for is escaping and even then you're probably forever tainted in some way, assuming you weren't already.
If we allow the killing of the monsters, your description of Bloodborne is probably the best you can get.
>>339735759
The Rats in the Walls
You could feel the insanity bar rising through each page.
>>339752853
They've been separated into two entities by Cthulhu mythos stories by succeeding authors and the Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game preferring to have more Old Ones for the PCs to fight, but I agree with Robert M. Price on this one. Furthermore, if you read Dagon, Call of Cthulhu and The Shadow Over Innsmouth it's clear that Lovecraft was evolving a thematically similar idea ever since he had the nightmare that influenced Dagon. Hell, you could all but call Call of Cthulhu a less surreal re-imagening of Dagon.
>>339753352
They look differently, their sculptures look differently and I believe other Lovecraft stories that referenced his "pantheon" separated them as well.
>it's clear that Lovecraft was evolving a thematically similar idea
Um, what? Dagon's spawn literally breeds with humans. Cthulhu just fucks with people's dreams. He's also famous for being asleep, you know (except for the steamboat incident), while Dagon is active in the Dagon story (though it's kind of sleepy/nightmarish, but anyway). There's nothing common about them except for Sea. That's like saying Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath are the same thing because... well, they both are weird space god aliens?
>>339752202
As has been argued and re-argued in this thread and others, Bloodborne is a fine game and it's definitely Lovecraft inspired. But it's also very 30s pulp, and very Universal/Hammer horror monster movie inspired. There are games out there much more faithful to Lovecraft in spirit than a hack and slash where you can take down Lovecraftian horrors with your bare hands.
For that I recommend the following games:
-The Lurking Horror
-The Hound of Shadow
-The original Alone in the Dark
-Shadow of the Comet
-Prisoner of Ice
-Anchorhead
-The Dark Eye (1995 adventure game, more Poe than Lovecraft)
-The Black Mirror series
-Scratches
-Darkness Within parts 1&2
-Eternal Darkness
-Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
-Chzo Mythos series
-Amnesia: The Dark Descent
-The Last Door
>>339729897
There's a new Lovecraftian game in the works. It sounded great until they showed the gameplay.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1698219403/stygian-a-lovecraftian-computer-rpg
>>339735759
>Herbert West: Reanimator
Such a fucking good one, although pretty much all of his stories are great. I liked the rats in the walls because of how fucked it is at the end, I liked the festival a lot because of how fucked everything is aswell. Shadow over innsmouth is brilliant.
>>339753669
Where pray tell was Dagon described in detail in any of Lovecraft's prose beyond being tall and monstrous (traits that it would have in common with Cthulhu, as well as living under the sea)?
Also, it's been a while since I've read it, but in The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories its editor, S. T. Joshi, goes step by step in his annotations, quoting Lovecraft's own letters, on how Dagon came to be out of a nightmare (something Cthulhu conveniently incurs in "sensitives") , and how The Call of Cthulhu was Lovecraft's reworking of that idea.
>The volcanic upheaval that temporarily exposes long-drowned horrors above the waves, for example, reappears in "The Call of Cthulhu" (1926)".[14] Other parallels between the two stories include a horrifying tale told by a sailor rescued at sea; a gigantic, sea-dwelling monster (compared to Polyphemus in each tale); an apocalyptic vision of humanity's destruction at the hands of ancient nonhuman intelligences; and a narrator who fears he is doomed to die because of the knowledge he has gained. S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz call the latter story "manifestly an exhaustive reworking of 'Dagon'".[15]
>As you once did for the vacuous Rom, grant us eyes, grant us eyes. Plant eyes on our brains, to cleanse our beastly idiocy.
>>339749957
Most lovecraft post in the thread. This makes me want to kill myself.
>>339754463
His offspring is described in detail in Shadow over Innsmouth. Why wouldn't he look similar to them.
I dunno what you quote is supposed to be a proof of. So the stories based on the same real life idea. That doesn't make their characters the same, assuming they exist in the same universe, anyway (Lovecraft liked having his works being set in that kind of universe, though, hence his common self-references).
Posting his headstone.
>>339754234
Yeah I really enjoyed it, which is why I was surprised when I went on the wiki page and saw that Joshi claimed it was universally acknowledged as Lovecraft's poorest work.
It was pretty simple but it worked, with the constant doubt ofthe first experiment still being out there, the dean having gone on a cannibalistic spree and is still living, locked up in an asylum, West having killed that guy to get a fresh specimen, that entire passage/description of the Harlem Smoke when it's on their doorstep, with the kids arm in it's mouth
I think what disappointed me a tiny bit was that theheadless guy who knew how to revive people didn't revive Herbert West's head as he carried it off as his final revenge
Personally, Rats in the Walls didn't really get to me, don't know why.
Haven't read the Festival yet
Shadow over Innsmouth is great except for the ending,the narrator suddenly going full cult in the span of a couple of paragraphs feels a bit rushed, and overall like Lovecraft got the idea last minute and sprinkled the family stuff in the beginning of the story so it didn't just simply come out of nowhere. I think there should have been a clearer decline and degradation over the course of the story so that it came more naturally[/spoiler
>>339755294
I liked herbert west because the main character seemed like a good guy that had done bad things, and the reanimated thing being out there is sort of like how you can't escape from your past actions.
It was just a cool story desu
I liked rats in the walls because it's like a typical story of going down into a scary place and finding a monster, except the main character was the monster.
>>339754901
You are looking at the Deep one's focus of worship too literally. Both "father" Dagon and "mother" Hydra are names borrowed from ancient human mythologies, worshiped by half human hybrids that had a foreign alien element introduced into them ages ago. Conveniently enough, if you mix the appearances of the mythological Dagon and Hydra, you'd probably end with something looking like Cthulhu, suggesting it might have been the spark that ignited such mythologies in the first place.
>>339755294
>>339755608
I too liked Herbert West. It feels closer to more traditional gothic horror than most of Lovecraft's other work. The character himself reminds me a lot of the Frankenstein depicted in Penny Dreadful, though it's no wonder since the two character overlap in more than one way. One might have even been derivative.
>>339749957
that is some videogames bruv
>>339755151
A fairly new one I'm assuming. I think the original said "I am Providence".
>>339755689
I don't even remember "mother Hydra" in the original story, to be honest, so yeah. I know the Expanded Universe has Cthulhu's Starspawn who look like cute little cthulhus (shut up DnD nerds), but ehh, that's kind of silly. Anyway, it makes way more sense that Dagon being Cthulhu, the only pro argument about which is that they are seemingly inspired by the same idea - which is a bit weak.
>>339755151
>>339755828
I don't think it's a headstone, those usually have date of death. Lovecraft died in 1937.
>>339732963
You got them good with this one!!
>>339756015
>>339755828
ya ur both right. Think its just a monument.
>>339756351
Yeah, here's the original.
>>339734178
>This is actually how catfags see themself
>>339734187
I feel again
Not really in the games due to the Halo games having a lighter tone then the novels, but the forerunner novels for Halo are outright cosmic horror with the flood and ancient ayy lmao's to ancient ayy lmao's.
It's actually pretty good cosmic horror too.
The first one starts off as a very dense, almost dull sci fi story taking place a hundred thousand years in the past, and is mainly just worldbuilding, but the further you progress the more fucked everything get, eventually getting into fever dream psychological horror and then full out cosmic horror.
>>339733450
That whole map is based off of lovecraft you fuck. You fucking retard.
>>339733195
> Bloodborne is literally the closest video game to lovecraftian horror in the modern era
Are you just a gigantic fucking idiot, or a Bloodborne fantard?
Ignoring the fact that Terror From The Deep is infinitely more Lovecraftian, there's also games such as Call of Cthulhu, which IS Lovecraft, or Dead Space, Alone in the Dark, Eternal Darkness, and Quake.
>>339735759
The funny thing about most of his stories is that in half of them the villains turns out to beFUCKING nyarlathotep
>All these combat focused games
Squidverse is real
>>339731021
I didn't wanna like it but it won me over. Idk senpaichi it's just a pretty good game.
>>339733896
This is the best reply I have read in this site in months.
I'm really impressed.
Anybody else here play Crawl?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH1BhKN9gEc
>>339752990
The point of lovecraft isn't that his deities are omnipotent. It's that they're so imposing that they might as well be, and speaks volumes more about our own weakness than their strength. Like an ant gazing at an elephant.
As for victory conditions, let us not forget some lovecraft heroes have confronted the horrors and come out ahead, like Carter.
>>339758567
Wow, a pixelshit almost up to par with average NES gameplay? Well I'd never expect to see that
>>339758334
What exactly impressed you, basic observational skill? Anyway Unreal was better in most aspects, especially map design.
>>339758567
>Anybody else here play Crawl?
I do!
>>339759010
Or in the Horror of Dunwich. They killed the abomination IIRC, or managed to somehow.
>>339759461
Sometimes people take time to give an exhaustive and detailed explanation to someone who's clearly talking out of his fucking ass.
Not me.
This would have been fun but it turned out Yahtzee is worse writer than he is a gameplay designer.
>>339750078
Maybe the movie could be black and white, except for "the colour".
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>>339740071
Fuck me I hope it'll be good
Got a huge Lovecraft urge after I tried Eldritch Horror the tabletop game, loved it so much I bought all the expansions.
And there's no vidya to satisfy my cravings for it.
>>339759956
I think that's what they did in the German movie, Die Farbe. No, I didn't see it.
>>339759640
It got struck by lightning.
Which sounds pretty gay, until you realize Cthulhu died in a boating accident.
ITT: We think Lovecraftian is Derleth.
>>339759640
>>339760263
Didn't they make some magic to make it visible and vulnerable?
It was just an offspring of a mortal woman and Yog-Sothoth, though. Yog-Sothoth itself is far more powerful.
>>339733301
>no. he didn't like atheists.
He called himself a "mechanical materialist".
>>339760496
wtf is that? sounds like verbal puke to me.
>>339760416
Yes I don't remember since it's been awhile since I read it but it came down the mountain, and the forest started to collapse as if something was trampling the trees. Armitage made some kind of spell and revealed the creature. It was something with appendices and legs but it had an old human face that looked like the rapist.
>mfw I found the parasite things inside the giant heart in Tower on Latria in Demon's Souls
>They look like what's described in the Dunwich Horror
Oh shit
>>339734231
what part is that?
>>339760803
Every Facebook "atheist" is verbal puke. No one truly understands what that word means to existensialism anymore.
So many atheists worshipping idols all around the internet, religiously.
>>339760803
See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmicism
Lovecraft was an atheist and skeptical to religion.
>>339732075
>Stroggoloyd.
I had a giggle, m8.
>>339761051
thanks.
>>339761028
>So many atheists worshipping idols all around the internet, religiously.
That those levels of oxymorons makes my head heart, its damn fucking sad is what it is or to use a real word relating to that blank check of existentialism, it's quite lugubrious, if you forgive me polishing off that old fancy word.
>>339761725
head hurt**
Head heart would be an awesome monster design.
>>339729897
you mean Cronenberg influence. Because lovecraft's creatures are meant to show an incomprehensible beings that the mere sight of them will confuse you and make you go crazy. even what we see as Cthulhu is more cronenberg then what is meant to be shown. giving a lovecraftian creature a lifebar takes the fear out of them.
I remember Beyond Good and Evil having some lovecraftian stuff mixed in with dystopian sci-fi. Then again, I was a kid back then and things seemed bigger and scarier.
The point of lovecraft is that you are never truly told what's going on, and that you cannot face the enemy directly; in fact, he doesn't give a shit about you or anyone for the most part - you're that insignificant.
Anyone read any of M.R James? Lovecraft cited him as a huge influence and a lot of his ideas could work well in a game.
Who /dreamlands/ here?
Reminder...
>>339763181
xD my friend.
Can i share it on r/4chan?
>>339763181
everyone said niggers back then. that's nothing special
>>339747196
he was a poorfag and needed universal healthcare, mane.
>>339759882
It sure would be nice if he'd get a fucking artist to help make his games not look like Newgrounds shitware. Hell, some of the games on Newgrounds still look better than his shit. He has all those fans, surely there are some artists among them that would help him out for free. He could make a good game and make it look good at the same time, there's no downside to it.
>>339733450
The newest map has even more Lovecraft shit than SoE did. Saying Zombies is strictly Lovecraftian is inaccurate, but you'd have to be a drooling retard to not see that they're clearly trying to go that route.
>>339764058
This. He was essentially a NEET his entire life, complete with racism and crippling fear pretty much everything. If the Internet existed during his time, he would probably end up on /r9k/, /pol/. or /lit/.
>>339729897
Sekien no Inganock
>>339764920
Nothing can save a txt narrative based game from that lack of talent
Seriously, his writing is on the lower rungs of slashfic tier and he's not aware of it.
>>339734231
Wasn`t the name of the guy who kill raiders Pickman or something?
>>339732983
Im just afraid of them reusing doom 2016 assets and making it a shitty design like nudoom, i get the game is fun but the atmosphere and design was so hideous to me. It feels so generic so I can't imagine them pulling off something close if not great to Quake 1, I can see them doing a Quake 2/4 homage type design, but im still hoping them get someone better to be behind the art design.
>>339760420
>there will never be an fps to top Quake 1 and Unreal 1
>>339733472
During Wrath I almost thought Blizzard hit their sweet spot with the Lovecraftian Old God stuff, but then Cataclysm came out and shit on everything. MoP's dead god stuff was pretty cool though.
>>339729897
Darkest Dungeon is pretty lovecraft in terms of setting and tone but it even nails it down in the mechanics.
Its also narrated by a guy known for doing kickass audio-book versions of Lovecraft's stuff.
>>339743271
It's kinda weird that Japan love Lovecraft so much.
>>339731541
the amnesia games also
>>339746450
yeah agreed
>>339770505
Level design is a forgotten art, shitters like Miyazaki get confused as good level designers because they have good art teams behind them.
I will say that I think third person perspective offers the most in terms of interaction with the level, Tomb Raider games pre-Pratchett spawn were outstanding in that regard.
>>339771598
sunless sea is good too
and they have a fear/stress mechanics also
i like how in DD some character can become worse if don't take care of them
>>339772430
>slow boat is good too!
>>339772501
yup
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