Robert D. Anderson & the Legacy of Cthulhu review

Could've been spawned by the mighty Zoidberg himself

12DOVE Verdict

Pros

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    Great license! Sigh...

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    Will remind you of good FPS games

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    It's "cheap"

Cons

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    Still not worth the price

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    Ugly

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    with a bad framerate

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    Tedious gameplay

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Dec 18, 2007

If a work is created from within the fandom, then surely that mixture of expertise, passion and knowledge will craft a masterpiece, right? Some hope. But that’s unfair, because this Lovecraft-derived storyline of an investigator who descends into madness is fairly engrossing. Still, the writers probably should have got pros to design the game itself, because the storytelling is interspersed with some of the most bitterly tedious FPS sections ever devised.

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GenreShooter
DescriptionDefinitive proof that H.P. Lovecraft's creation does NOT make for a good videogame.
Platform"PC"
US censor rating""
UK censor rating"18+"
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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