Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of earth VS Call of Cthulhu 2018

[Nihil]

Hey all,

Just want to open up this question for people to answer later on who
- Played the older Call of Cthulhu dark corners of the earth
- Finished this title
about how similar these 2 games are.
I mean storywise.
I know they confirmed that this is not a 1:1 remake of the previous title, but fromthe trailers, it looks really way to similar to the Call of Cthulhu DCoE.

Did they recycle the story? Or did they just try to take some inspiration from the Lovecraft inspired pen and paper game?

What you fellow fans think about this new title.,

Or so early on: What do you expect from this one?

[Wenzel]

Originally posted by Nihilus:

it looks really way to similar to the Call of Cthulhu DCoE.

That's the case with many Lovecraft novels and short stories. Nothing to be bothered about.

Originally posted by Nihilus:

Did they recycle the story? Or did they just try to take some inspiration from the Lovecraft inspired pen and paper game?

As far as I know (and have seen) it is more the pen & paper kind of game.

Originally posted by Nihilus:

What do you expect from this one?

15-25 hours of a Cthulhu style horror investigation.

[Spadie]

I think the title is colouring a lot of peoples expectations who have played Dark Corners of the Earth.

For those who don't know, Lovecraft wrote his story "The Call of Cthulhu" back in 1928 which centered around the narrator finding a bunch of his grand-uncles notes and a statue of Cthulhu. Some stuff happens after that.


Then, in 1981, Chaosium released the Call of Cthulhu Tabletop RPG which encapsulates the entirety of the Cthulhu mythos. Though it borrows its title from that one story, it's everything, from Shoggoths to Mi-go to Azathoth and Cyaega. You could be hunting the Skunk Ape in the everglades one week and investigating a cult of Vampires in London who worship Nyarlathotep the next, all without ever hearing the name Cthulhu.


2005/2006's Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, while named "Call of Cthulhu" it is more an adaption of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" with some extra Yithian influence at the end. So, once again, the name Call of Cthulhu is technically inaccurate.


Now we have the straight up Call of Cthulhu 2018 which is the official adaption of the Chaosium Roleplaying Game and not necessarily the original Call of Cthulhu storyline. Hence, Dark Corners of the Earth and this game are entirely unrelated, though they seem to hit several of the same notes like creepy villagers in a portside town.

Most of the cultists in Dark Corners of the Earth were cultists of Father Dagon and Mother Hydra, Cthulhu was just thrown in in a few mentions for the name power.


That said, it's not an adaption of the original Call of Cthulhu, nor is it telling the same story as Dark Corners of the Earth (AKA The Shadow Over Innsmouth), though from what we've seen, Cthulhu Cultists are most likely involved.

Similar notes but not a remake.

[Nihil]

Steam reviews are mixed. But we know how much that means on day 1. :D

[⎛⎞﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽ ﷽]

Which one is the best?

[Spadie]

Originally posted by ⎛⎞﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽ ﷽:

Which one is the best?

Played both, enjoyed both! This game has some really neat setpieces and great atmosphere.