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The editors liked
Beautifully realised world
Truly Lovecraftian characters and narrative
Great atmosphere
Writing is interesting
Intense sense of dread
An imagaintive location that feels new
Thoughtful detective puzzles that don't hold your hand
Incredible atmosphere that really unnerves
The Sinking City is a dark Lovecraftian detective tale. You must solve the many crimes
Help the inhabitants of Oakmount
And fight insanity to resolve your demons. Can you uncover the mystery that surrounds your haunting visions
Or are you cursed to liv
The editors didn't like
Dull
Monotonous gameplay loop
Plenty of bugs and a general lack of polish
Lifeless combat
Getting around Oakmont is boring
Combat is boring
The cases are also boring
Actually the whole game is peppered with lots of boring bits
Combat is a bit flat
Racism is a bit much
Traversing the city can become tiresome
The combat is slow and feels underpowered
The clues are cryptic and lead you to guess your answers
The Sinking City is a dark Lovecraftian detective tale. You must solve the many crimes, help the inhabitants of Oakmount, and fight insanity to resolve your demons. Can you uncover the mystery that surrounds your haunting visions, or are you cursed to liv
Traversing the city can become tiresome, The combat is slow and feels underpowered, The clues are cryptic and lead you to guess your answers,
Published: 2019-07-02, Author: Steve , review by: theguardian.com
Abstract: Video games have enthusiastically mined the oeuvre of gothic author HP Lovecraft, but The Sinking City might just be the most Lovecraftian game yet. Based on two of his stories – Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and his Family, and The Shadow Over...
Great atmosphere, Writing is interesting, Intense sense of dread
Getting around Oakmont is boring, Combat is boring, The cases are also boring, Actually the whole game is peppered with lots of boring bits
The Sinking City is a near-miss, and a unique foray into surivival horror. It doesn't coddle you, and it certainly doesn't do any hand-holding, which makes it a unique detective outing let down in its execution by a number of tiny flaws. A sequel that foc...
Rough edges run through The Sinking City - both the city and the game itself - but in the case of the latter it's mostly down to over-ambition.There are a multitude of systems and ideas stitched together here and most of them aren't quite done justice, ra...
Abstract: The Sinking City is Frogwares' latest, and it's the team behind The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes series - a series that's been running since 2002 - most ambitious title to date. It tries to apply the dev's brand of detective gameplay to a sprawling open w...
An imagaintive location that feels new, Thoughtful detective puzzles that don't hold your hand, Incredible atmosphere that really unnerves,
Combat is a bit flat, Racism is a bit much,
Reviewed on PCThe Sinking City has an incredible atmosphere that really grips the darkest parts of your mind. Oakmont feels hostile, unwelcoming and full of secrets, but the game makes it clear that it might cost more than just your life to find out wha...
The mystery solving element of the game is highly satisfying if you can push through its flaws
Absolutely riddled with technical problems that can't be blamed on Cthulhu, Sometimes not entirely clear what you're supposed to be doing, There are only so many conversations with dead eyed NPCs I can take
Frogwares has delivered a nice game with The Sinking City, but has not been able to fully meet my high expectations of the game. Although it works well on certain fronts, it is difficult to look through the frame drops and enormously wooden gameplay. If s...
