Poll of the Day > Any good games that prominently feature Lovcraftian themes?

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green dragon 07/12/18 6:22:28 PM #1:	So, like, ancient gods, cults trying to revive ancient gods, etc. I'm reading Lovecraft and am loving a few of the stories. The best example that I can think of is maybe spoilers ~~bloodborne~~ Literally my favorite atmosphere of any game that I've played (and can actually recall). I also remember that one of the CoD games had a Nazi zombi dlc that had you playing in a Lovecraft setting. So, any good recommendations? <cite>green dragon posted [p:904967559] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>So, like, ancient gods, cults trying to revive ancient gods, etc. I'm reading Lovecraft and am loving a few of the stories. The best example that I can think of is maybe spoilers bloodborne Literally my favorite atmosphere of any game that I've played (and can actually recall). I also remember that one of the CoD games had a Nazi zombi dlc that had you playing in a Lovecraft setting. So, any good recommendations?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smarkil 07/12/18 6:26:05 PM #2:	i dunno call of cthulu --- I promise that if the game stinks I will make a topic about how I hate it and you can all laugh at me - Mead on Fallout 76 <cite>Smarkil posted [p:904967738] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>i dunno call of cthulu</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GreenKnight127 07/12/18 6:35:03 PM #3:	Legacy of Kain. The Elder God is basically Cthulu. --- ~Gamefaqs logic: Q: If it's so obviously a troll topic...why are you responding to it? A: "Because I have to tell them it's a troll topic!" facepalm <cite>GreenKnight127 posted [p:904968183] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>Legacy of Kain. The Elder God is basically Cthulu.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
green dragon 07/12/18 6:41:32 PM #4:	Smarkil posted... i dunno call of cthulu LMAO, that game is due out this year, and I never knew it was being made. Dope <cite>green dragon posted [p:904968507] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote><cite>Smarkil posted...</cite> <quote>i dunno call of cthulu</quote> LMAO, that game is due out this year, and I never knew it was being made. Dope</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
green dragon 07/12/18 6:42:23 PM #5:	GreenKnight127 posted... Legacy of Kain. The Elder God is basically Cthulu. I remember playing the first one way back in the day, and I thought it was just about vampires <cite>green dragon posted [p:904968546] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote><cite>GreenKnight127 posted...</cite> <quote>Legacy of Kain. The Elder God is basically Cthulu.</quote> I remember playing the first one way back in the day, and I thought it was just about vampires</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Blighboy 07/12/18 6:42:24 PM #6:	Resident Evil 5 portrays black people as monsters right? That's right up his alley. --- https://imgur.com/ymuEJsp <cite>Blighboy posted [p:904968551] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>Resident Evil 5 portrays black people as monsters right? That's right up his alley.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
green dragon 07/12/18 6:43:23 PM #7:	Blighboy posted... Resident Evil 5 portrays black people as monsters right? That's right up his alley. I love shooting black people in that game. But not because they're black, but because they're people <cite>green dragon posted [p:904968621] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote><cite>Blighboy posted...</cite> <quote>Resident Evil 5 portrays black people as monsters right? That's right up his alley.</quote> I love shooting black people in that game. But not because they're black, but because they're people</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
slacker03150 07/12/18 6:47:13 PM #8:	cthulhu saves the world? --- I am awesome and so are you. Lenny gone but not forgotten. - 12/10/2015 <cite>slacker03150 posted [p:904968834] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>cthulhu saves the world?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
green dragon 07/12/18 6:48:31 PM #9:	slacker03150 posted... cthulhu saves the world? I actually have that game, but have never played it. Isn't it just satire? <cite>green dragon posted [p:904968904] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote><cite>slacker03150 posted...</cite> <quote>cthulhu saves the world?</quote> I actually have that game, but have never played it. Isn't it just satire?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DocDelicious 07/12/18 10:54:37 PM #10:	Sunless Sea Planescape Call of Cthulu: Dark Corners of the Earth The Shrouded Isle Stories Untold Eldritch (this one is very basic but heavily Lovecraft inspired) --- o7 Let strength be granted so the world might be mended. <cite>DocDelicious posted [p:904982195] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>Sunless Sea Planescape Call of Cthulu: Dark Corners of the Earth The Shrouded Isle Stories Untold Eldritch (this one is very basic but heavily Lovecraft inspired)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 07/12/18 10:57:28 PM #11:	Well, there's... oh wait, you said good. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:904982337] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>Well, there's... oh wait, you said good.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TES_Nut 07/12/18 11:01:45 PM #12:	Eternal Darkness for GameCube --- The ending of the word is ALMSIVI <cite>TES_Nut posted [p:904982565] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>Eternal Darkness for GameCube</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/13/18 4:12:32 AM #13:	Fractured But Whole. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:904993463] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>Fractured But Whole.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GanonsSpirit 07/13/18 5:30:12 AM #14:	Darkest Dungeon --- https://imgur.com/tsQUpxC Thanks, Nade Duck! [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] <cite>GanonsSpirit posted [p:904994876] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>Darkest Dungeon</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sensual_T_Rex 07/13/18 6:00:22 AM #15:	Dead space is a bit Lovecraftian. --- Babylon ah mosh up the sea and fear him da Rasta mon. <cite>Sensual_T_Rex posted [p:904995489] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>Dead space is a bit Lovecraftian.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EvilMegas 07/13/18 6:11:31 AM #16:	TES_Nut posted... Eternal Darkness for GameCube --- Official King of Black People https://imgur.com/Zk3VS3o http://imgur.com/a/UeQiE <cite>EvilMegas posted [p:904995695] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote><cite>TES_Nut posted...</cite> <quote>Eternal Darkness for GameCube</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shadowsword87 07/13/18 7:15:49 AM #17:	Sensual_T_Rex posted... Dead space is a bit Lovecraftian. Come to think of it so is the Doom series as well. Yeah, this is very not-Lovecraftian stuff. The solution to most stories in the stories was just to move away, not shoot them with guns. --- ImmortalityV, "I would like to kiss Icoyar to be honest in a non gay way though" <cite>shadowsword87 posted [p:904996858] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote><cite>Sensual_T_Rex posted...</cite> <quote>Dead space is a bit Lovecraftian. Come to think of it so is the Doom series as well.</quote> Yeah, this is very not-Lovecraftian stuff. The solution to most stories in the stories was just to move away, not shoot them with guns.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sensual_T_Rex 07/13/18 7:44:27 AM #18:	shadowsword87 posted... Sensual_T_Rex posted... Dead space is a bit Lovecraftian. Come to think of it so is the Doom series as well. Yeah, this is very not-Lovecraftian stuff. The solution to most stories in the stories was just to move away, not shoot them with guns. TC asked for Lovecraft themes which Dead Space and Doom definitely have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO90omga8D4" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAiHfqnbGYo" data-time=" Lets see Cosmic horrors from beyond? check Crazy cults? Check Main character going insane? Check Science gone wrong resulting in tenteclled monsters entering our reality? Check Gothic architecture? Check Talking to dead people? Check Just because you can shoot the monsters doesn't change the fact that they're Lovecraftian themes involved. I mean you shoot monsters in Resident Evil but it's still a horror game. --- Babylon ah mosh up the sea and fear him da Rasta mon. <cite>Sensual_T_Rex posted [p:904997467] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote><cite>shadowsword87 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Sensual_T_Rex posted...</cite> <quote>Dead space is a bit Lovecraftian. Come to think of it so is the Doom series as well.</quote> Yeah, this is very not-Lovecraftian stuff. The solution to most stories in the stories was just to move away, not shoot them with guns.</quote> TC asked for Lovecraft themes which Dead Space and Doom definitely have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO90omga8D4" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAiHfqnbGYo" data-time=" Lets see Cosmic horrors from beyond? check Crazy cults? Check Main character going insane? Check Science gone wrong resulting in tenteclled monsters entering our reality? Check Gothic architecture? Check Talking to dead people? Check Just because you can shoot the monsters doesn't change the fact that they're Lovecraftian themes involved. I mean you shoot monsters in Resident Evil but it's still a horror game.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kind9 07/13/18 8:01:14 AM #19:	Pretty much everything by Frictional Games(Penumbra, Amnesia, Soma). Their engine is called HPL. You can guess what that stands for. --- https://imgur.com/NkZUeFd <cite>kind9 posted [p:904997851] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>Pretty much everything by Frictional Games(Penumbra, Amnesia, Soma). Their engine is called HPL. You can guess what that stands for.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EvilMegas 07/13/18 8:06:18 AM #20:	shadowsword87 posted... Sensual_T_Rex posted... Dead space is a bit Lovecraftian. Come to think of it so is the Doom series as well. Yeah, this is very not-Lovecraftian stuff. The solution to most stories in the stories was just to move away, not shoot them with guns. The theme is usually someone dealing with some sort of overwhelming horror that can't be explained by science. Not whatever you said. --- Official King of Black People https://imgur.com/Zk3VS3o http://imgur.com/a/UeQiE <cite>EvilMegas posted [p:904997999] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote><cite>shadowsword87 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Sensual_T_Rex posted...</cite> <quote>Dead space is a bit Lovecraftian. Come to think of it so is the Doom series as well.</quote> Yeah, this is very not-Lovecraftian stuff. The solution to most stories in the stories was just to move away, not shoot them with guns.</quote> The theme is usually someone dealing with some sort of overwhelming horror that can't be explained by science. Not whatever you said.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Blighboy 07/13/18 9:01:29 AM #22:	My favourite lovecraftian theme is just driving into cthulhu with a fucking boat. --- https://imgur.com/ymuEJsp <cite>Blighboy posted [p:904999515] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>My favourite lovecraftian theme is just driving into cthulhu with a fucking boat.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OmegaM 07/13/18 6:18:41 PM #23:	The Lurking Horror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lurking_Horror It was rather scary and had good puzzles, at least the part that I could beat before I played following the hints. >_> But the rest of the game seemed solvable if I'd spent a few months playing it off and on, and it would've probably been scarier too. <cite>OmegaM posted [p:905027546] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>The Lurking Horror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lurking_Horror It was rather scary and had good puzzles, at least the part that I could beat before I played following the hints. >_> But the rest of the game seemed solvable if I'd spent a few months playing it off and on, and it would've probably been scarier too.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dedbus 07/13/18 9:06:47 PM #24:	I wanna say I remember someone say the s.t.a.l.k.e.r. games have those themes. <cite>dedbus posted [p:905035455] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>I wanna say I remember someone say the s.t.a.l.k.e.r. games have those themes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BigOlePappy 07/13/18 9:41:33 PM #25:	Yoshi's Story --- "Oh, you think lag is your ally. You merely adopted lag. I was born in it, molded by it. I didnt have cable until I was already a man." <cite>BigOlePappy posted [p:905037256] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>Yoshi's Story</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
chaosbowser 07/13/18 11:33:29 PM #26:	I'm kind of shocked bloodborne wasnt mentioned already. The latter half of the game is very heavily lovecraftian. Example: Boss on this page https://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Ebrietas,+Daughter+of+the+Cosmos --- I love people. I hate people. <cite>chaosbowser posted [p:905042480] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>I'm kind of shocked bloodborne wasnt mentioned already. The latter half of the game is very heavily lovecraftian. Example: Boss on this page https://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Ebrietas,+Daughter+of+the+Cosmos</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Link_of_time 07/14/18 12:22:52 AM #27:	chaosbowser posted... I'm kind of shocked bloodborne wasnt mentioned already. The latter half of the game is very heavily lovecraftian. Example: Boss on this page https://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Ebrietas,+Daughter+of+the+Cosmos It was mentioned. <cite>Link_of_time posted [p:905044482] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote><cite>chaosbowser posted...</cite> <quote>I'm kind of shocked bloodborne wasnt mentioned already. The latter half of the game is very heavily lovecraftian. Example: Boss on this page https://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Ebrietas,+Daughter+of+the+Cosmos</quote> It was mentioned.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 07/14/18 12:24:44 AM #28:	EvilMegas posted... TES_Nut posted... Eternal Darkness for GameCube it might be hard to get a copy maybe. but yea. it was very heavily based on Lovecraft stuff. <cite>Zikten posted [p:905044550] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote><cite>EvilMegas posted...</cite> <quote><cite>TES_Nut posted...</cite> <quote>Eternal Darkness for GameCube</quote></quote> it might be hard to get a copy maybe. but yea. it was very heavily based on Lovecraft stuff.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThickDaddy 07/14/18 12:57:03 AM #29:	Bloodborne, it's the greatest game of ever. <cite>ThickDaddy posted [p:905045727] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>Bloodborne, it's the greatest game of ever.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GanonsSpirit 07/14/18 1:37:48 AM #30:	chaosbowser posted... I'm kind of shocked bloodborne wasnt mentioned already. The latter half of the game is very heavily lovecraftian. It was mentioned in the OP. --- https://imgur.com/tsQUpxC Thanks, Nade Duck! [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] <cite>GanonsSpirit posted [p:905047151] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote><cite>chaosbowser posted...</cite> <quote>I'm kind of shocked bloodborne wasnt mentioned already. The latter half of the game is very heavily lovecraftian. </quote> It was mentioned in the OP.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
chaosbowser 07/14/18 8:05:26 AM #31:	GanonsSpirit posted... chaosbowser posted... I'm kind of shocked bloodborne wasnt mentioned already. The latter half of the game is very heavily lovecraftian. It was mentioned in the OP. Oh lel. It was spoiler tagged. --- I love people. I hate people. <cite>chaosbowser posted [p:905054869] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote><cite>GanonsSpirit posted...</cite> <quote><cite>chaosbowser posted...</cite> <quote>I'm kind of shocked bloodborne wasnt mentioned already. The latter half of the game is very heavily lovecraftian. </quote> It was mentioned in the OP.</quote> Oh lel. It was spoiler tagged.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 07/15/18 3:35:35 AM #32:	Sensual_T_Rex posted... shadowsword87 posted... Sensual_T_Rex posted... Dead space is a bit Lovecraftian. Come to think of it so is the Doom series as well. Yeah, this is very not-Lovecraftian stuff. The solution to most stories in the stories was just to move away, not shoot them with guns. TC asked for Lovecraft themes which Dead Space and Doom definitely have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO90omga8D4" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAiHfqnbGYo" data-time=" Lets see Cosmic horrors from beyond? check Crazy cults? Check Main character going insane? Check Science gone wrong resulting in tenteclled monsters entering our reality? Check Gothic architecture? Check Talking to dead people? Check Just because you can shoot the monsters doesn't change the fact that they're Lovecraftian themes involved. I mean you shoot monsters in Resident Evil but it's still a horror game. You left out forbidden knowledge (check) and lost cultures (check) --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:905103166] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote><cite>Sensual_T_Rex posted...</cite> <quote><cite>shadowsword87 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Sensual_T_Rex posted...</cite> <quote>Dead space is a bit Lovecraftian. Come to think of it so is the Doom series as well.</quote> Yeah, this is very not-Lovecraftian stuff. The solution to most stories in the stories was just to move away, not shoot them with guns.</quote> TC asked for Lovecraft themes which Dead Space and Doom definitely have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO90omga8D4" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAiHfqnbGYo" data-time=" Lets see Cosmic horrors from beyond? check Crazy cults? Check Main character going insane? Check Science gone wrong resulting in tenteclled monsters entering our reality? Check Gothic architecture? Check Talking to dead people? Check Just because you can shoot the monsters doesn't change the fact that they're Lovecraftian themes involved. I mean you shoot monsters in Resident Evil but it's still a horror game.</quote> You left out forbidden knowledge (check) and lost cultures (check)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Joelypoely 07/15/18 4:09:06 AM #33:	Terraria --- https://philoetryblog.wordpress.com/ <cite>Joelypoely posted [p:905103952] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>Terraria</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Superrpgman 07/15/18 4:50:32 AM #34:	No one here's played The Secret World? It's the best MMORPG ever made. The first raid boss is basically Cthulu --- http://myanimelist.net/animelist/MorteTorment Skyrim Fanfiction: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12597855/1/The-Delves-Saga <cite>Superrpgman posted [p:905104697] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>No one here's played The Secret World? It's the best MMORPG ever made. The first raid boss is basically Cthulu</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheCyborgNinja 07/15/18 4:53:18 AM #35:	There was a Cult of Cthulhu game for mobile that was like a war strategy game and a ton of fun... --- "message parlor" ? do you mean the post office ? - SlayerX888 <cite>TheCyborgNinja posted [p:905104740] in Any good g... [t:76801410]...</cite> <quote>There was a Cult of Cthulhu game for mobile that was like a war strategy game and a ton of fun...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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