It is, ostensibly, a Metroidvania title with procedurally-generated dungeons upon each death – which carries no penalty, save for wasted time – and attained abilities for both combat and mobility to proceed. Regardless, it’s not enough to carry the rest of the experience. One can never fault Sundered‘s developer, Thunder Lotus, for their art direction and design along with the graphical fluidity of its character animations – imagining the painstaking work required to achieve such and how that, by itself, is admirable.
There’s nothing as disappointing as wasting so much talent on something that’s otherwise lacking in quality. May as well start with the bad news before getting to the good stuff. These games, on the other hand? It depends – but let’s get the worst out of the way first. Though, even as a videogame, it failed miserably…
The fact Dark Corners of the Earth tried to be a first-person shooter where you incinerate Starspawn with a flame-thrower, mow down Deep Ones with a machinegun, blast Dagon in the face with a ship’s cannon, and take on a Flying Polyp with a retro-futuristic blaster is more than enough to prove why faithfully adapting Shadow Over Innsmouth as a videogame is impossible without ruining the source material. Though Lovecraft in videogames is neither uncommon nor recent, when considering Alone in the Dark or the point-and-click adventure Shadow of the Comet, it’s often difficult to gamify the author’s work without cherry-picking elements and creating an original story around them. Howard (yes, thatone) and as recent as Brian Lumley and Stephen King. Lovecraft (minus the virulent racism, thankfully!) along with those who followed in his stead, as far back as August Derleth and Robert E. They’re not other Soulsborne titles but love letters to the various works of H.P. I needed me some vidyagames, but not just any vidyagames – ones like Bloodborne!
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