Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth | Xbox

About the Game

Detective Jack Walters arrived in Innsmouth to solve a case of a missing person. But soon he finds himself confronted with terrible mysteries older than humanity, and with ghosts of the mysterious events that led to his incarceration in a mental hospital years ago. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person action-adventure survival horror game, based on the H.P.

Gameplay & Core Systems

Lovecraft mythos and his short story "The Shadow Over Innsmouth". Initially, CoC: DCotE plays like an adventure game, but soon it gains elements of a stealth game and of a first-person shooter. The health system used in the game is uncommon. There is no "hit points" system; rather, Jack receives minor or major wounds in specific parts of the body, and if he breaks a leg he's slowed down.

Standout Features

• Jack: To heal himself and prevent death from bleeding out, Jack can pick up medikits which contain bandages, splints, sutures and antidotes, each of which is used to heal a specific type of wound.
• Ill effects emerging from the wounds can be temporarily suppressed with a fix of morphine.

Presentation & Atmosphere

Notably, the game does not feature an on-screen HUD (not even a crosshair); Jack's health is hinted at by visual cues; as for ammo, you need to remember how much you have left before you'll have to reload.