Add lovecraftian cosmic horrors please!

[NopeFather]

I think that the best option for halloween is to add some Lovecraft to the game. We need space horrors and nightmare planets please!

[Moriarty!]

There are enough different authors to not fall into the lovecraft bandwagon (and which probably fit better). For example HG already mentions Philippe K Di ck (Electric dreams....) who is a very good author Scy Fy / horror in NMS loading screens. (edit: name censored by steam)

[rpgError]

"lovecraftian". I just learned a new word.

[NopeFather]

Originally posted by Archmage Hogrid:

I think that the best option for halloween is to add some Lovecraft to the game. We need space horrors and nightmare planets please!

And why is so wrong to go with Lovecraft? Just because there are other authors? If Lovecraft is used by so so many game developers as an inspiration it's because of something... Even Tolkien used lovecraftian kind of creatures to honour him.

[Heisenberg]

It would be cool to find Cthulhu deep underwater or Azathoth floating in space somewhere.

[Just_Dias]

Originally posted by Moriarty!:

There are enough different authors to not fall into the lovecraft bandwagon

he's a good author, regardless of how many people use his things, but however cool it would be to see lovecraftian monsters in NMS, I believe it would not fit the theme of the game, as it is incredibly difficult to achieve that Lovecraft Feel in a game. It isn't impossible, and the sense of isolation already exists in NMS, so it could work

However, I do really want space whales, like please. Nothing is cooler than a massive pod of giant whales in the middle of space

[MechWarden]

H.P. Lovecraft mythos/settings is counter to the classic sci-fi setting NMS trying to portray.

Classic space Sci-fi is, if I recall right, set in a more hopeful setting, where there is exciting and strange worlds one can explore and adventure in. The huge expanse of space is awe inspiring and possibly humbling; with dangers, but ones that can be overcome with bravery and skill.

Lovrcraftian myhos and horror is about how uncaring and extremely dangerous the vast voids are to both to the mind and body of humans, with no way to resist or protect oneself from it. Beings of unimaginable power exist in the cold and hostile emptiness of space, and spaces between space, any of which can drive a man insane if they gain some understanding of it.

There are some horrors in NMS, and HG has done their own spin on it, but is nowhere near as harsh and grim as Lovecraftian horror. That's not to say that the cosmic horror mythos is bad, but it just isn't what NMS is based on.

[Pul Myfinger]

The 'eyeball' in the waters is sorta Lovecraftian. I jumped outa my skin the first time I saw one.

[Tenor Sounds]

I think an allusion to this would be cool, but like the others have pointed out straight-up cosmic horror wouldn't really fit the overall theme and feel of the game.

[MechWarden]

Originally posted by Tenor Sounds:

I think an allusion to this would be cool, but like the others have pointed out straight-up cosmic horror wouldn't really fit the overall theme and feel of the game.

I think that's about all that HG is going to do, and that's perfectly fine.

I'm still looking for that real World of Glass that was referenced in the logs found in those flesh covered abandoned buildings, other than the short peek you get in the Artemis quest, which sounds pretty close to being Lovecraftian, but done in a totally different way.

Having something like that in the world, but be something you'd have to hunt for, is probably the best way to go about it.

[Captain Fekry]

Originally posted by Moriarty!:

There are enough different authors to not fall into the lovecraft bandwagon (and which probably fit better). For example HG already mentions Philippe K Di ck (Electric dreams....) who is a very good author Scy Fy / horror in NMS loading screens. (edit: name censored by steam)

Ursula K Le Guin...
Edit: Not horror, but still my fave.