CoC: Dark Corners of the Earth PC

[Dr. Boogie]

Yes, I know it came out for XBox in February, but now it's fucking finally out for PC, and frankly, this thread is probably one of the only pieces of advertisement for the game.

I'll be trying it out this weekend, and I'll be trying not to let the extraordinary wait for its release to ruin my opinions of it before I even start playing.

[the_dudefather]

yeah its awesome. its on my 'complete at some stage in the future' list

[Zomboid]

It was fucking awesome :O

[Sam]

I got it on Xbox last monday and I have been waiting to play it. Badly. :tear

[Zomboid]

What's stopping you? :/

[Supafly345]

I should get this too!

[kahljorn]

What does CoC stand for?

[Supafly345]

Call of Cthuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuufaandorkfuckerrrnerdss

[ArrowX]

Its one of the most atmospheric games ever. It has that same touch that Silent Hill has in terms of just looking around will freak you out.

[executioneer]

so do you guys love CoC

[Sam]

What's stopping you? :/

My Xbox was 3 hours away and I couldn't go get it. :tear

But I just played it today for the first time and loved it.

It's super creepy. :eek

[ArrowX]

I think the best part of the game is the fact that your on the run and don't get a weapon untill after like 3 hours of play.

[EisigerBiskuit]

so do you guys love CoC

haha yeah CoC is great

I wish I had a copy of Clive Barker's Undying. :(

[Dr. Boogie]

So yeah, it is a great game. I was worried that it would suck because of the huge delay before its release, but aside from a few bugs, it plays well.

Not being able to shoot with any accuracy when you lean is kind of annoying.

I haven't quite figured out what sneak mode does. It is just supposed to reduce the amount of noise you make when you move, because it sure doesn't decrease your visibility?

Also, the shoggoth battle was classic. As was barging in on the fishwoman while fleeing the townsfolk.

[ArrowX]

Really The shogoth part was horrible on the Xbox, I know it was cool and all but goddamned you had to be exact on timing or else you were fucked and had to start the fight over again.

[Dr. Boogie]

What are you talking about? It was more about doing things quickly than timing.

[Zomboid]

I'm gonna go ahead and agree with boogie and say that you must suck at video games cause that part wasn't exactly tough.

And yeah, that fishwoman thing was awesome. First time I ran through there, my guy lost a nice chuck of sanity and I tried to jump onto the balcony but the screen was too blurry and I broke a leg :(

[executioneer]

you can break your leg in this game?

awesome

[Zomboid]

Yeah, and it slows you down quite a bit, AAAAND you hear it crunching every time you take a step.

[executioneer]

hahahahahahaha

[executioneer]

ok that coupled with

Dynamic Sanity system resulting in hallucinations, panic attacks,
vertigo, paranoia, and more!


means i have to play this game :(

too bad i ain't got money, oh well internet steals AGAIN :(

[the_dudefather]

looking at a statue of cthulhu for too long will make you go insane and eventualy kill yourself.

reason to play. (the only other game that i could do taht in was tresspasser using its bendy arm physics by walking into a wall)

[executioneer]

man you know a game is good when you stop playing and go "wtf it's 2:30 AM? when did that happen?" :(

[executioneer]

ps also "oh shit i forgot to eat anything"

[executioneer]

seriously, the way vertigo affects you in this game is making my regular (mild) fear of heights get worse :(

[DeadKennedys]

too bad i ain't got money, oh well internet steals AGAIN :(

hey man hook a brotha up

[executioneer]

its on filesoup

[ArrowX]

What are you talking about? It was more about doing things quickly than timing.
whe I said that I meant the second half of the fight (after it moves into the second drainage pool) If you keep careful eye the Shoggoth repets several movements that it timed right you can run by without taking any damage. Regardless the majority of the game wasn't very hard untill the Deep Ones assault and the bossfight there.

PS I also love the little touch of adding the Crustaceans in the game :lol

[Dr. Boogie]

Ah yes, I remember that part. Gonna have to agree with Zomboid on this one.

[executioneer]

me too, christ for a v. young person you've got shitty video game reflexes

[Chojin]

jesus christ this game is hard ;<

[executioneer]

idk if i should put spoilers up or not but anyway SPOILERS








holy fuck, that scene where you're strapped to a table and have limited vision movement, and they're gonna torture you and you hear some piece of machinery but you can't turn your head far enough to see WHAT you're going to get tortured by is by far the scariest fucking thing i've ever seen anywhere :(

[Chojin]

so uh, guys, i went to start the game just now and hit ESC to get past the bethesda logo as usual. Then the screen went black and I heard this orchestral hit and heard a girl panting and fumbling with a lock. Then everything went silent and i had to CTRL+ALT+DEL out of the program :<

[Chojin]

oh lol it was just the headfirst intro but it didn't play video and locked up :x

it's just something i would have expected this game to pull ;<

[Dr. Boogie]

Yeah, a little buggy, this game.

[executioneer]

i can't beat the last part where you're running thru collapsing shit, i get to the cave that wasn't open before and everything rumbles and i die, am i do something wrong :( maybe go faster, even though that seems unlikely? or should i go SLOWER

[Zomboid]

Is that after you kill the big bad?. If so, for me, it was all about timing and running like hell.

[executioneer]

is there some "run" command i missed somewhere :(

[EisigerBiskuit]

It's called morphine and running around stoned stupid.

[Trash]

This game is cool.

[Chojin]

so the game did this hellaciously gay thing to me where i entered a new area and it 'autosaves' you there, then i decided to restart the level and went to my old save, only my old save was way, way before that autosave.

Thanks.

[executioneer]

It's called morphine and running around stoned stupid.

morphine makes you run faster? wtf

[executioneer]

ADDENDUM: it doesn't. >:

seriously, what the hell do i gotta do to beat this part guys

according to gamefaqs

Head in and go straight until you reach another pedestal with a red button and carvings. Use the gold disc on the red button to open a gate out. Go through the gate to end the level and the game.


i haven't once been able to get far enough in the cave to even SEE a red button much less use the disc :(

[executioneer]

ok for some reason i decided that maybe the game slows you down the more stuff you are carrying so i shot all my ammuntion off, which didn't SEEM to help but either i got lucky or it actually helped cause i managed to win it this time :eek

[DeadKennedys]

Alright, I downloaded this son of a bitch, and I've got a folder full of files that say rld-coc.r(goes from 00-23), a .sfv, a .rar, and an MSInfo document called reloaded... where o where do I go from here?

[executioneer]

you need to unrar it and burn the .iso to dvd-rom

or mount it using daemontools or somesuch

[Mad Melvin]

Alright, I downloaded this son of a bitch, and I've got a folder full of files that say rld-coc.r(goes from 00-23), a .sfv, a .rar, and an MSInfo document called reloaded... where o where do I go from here?

Yeah, just exctract the .rar file. Get WinRar, if you don't have it.

[Dr. Boogie]

I had that same problem that you described, Willy. I'd get to that portcullis, and then I'd hear a torpedo noise and then die.

The problem seemed to go away after I quit and restarted the program, though.

[Comrade Rocket]

i got this game for xbox a really long time ago and i got all the way to the lame ass part were you ride in the back of the truck and stopped playing because that pissed me off really bad.

i picked it up the other day and started playing again and i got to this one part where right after you try to open a door it cuts to one of the Movies where you get to see through someone elses eyes and it just freezes. and i cleaned the disk off and my xbox and it still does it.

;_; you guys

[the_dudefather]

yeah that truck bit is annoying, as far as i remember i just kept my head down and only got up to kill anyone that was really nessicary (as far as i remember)

[ArrowX]

The assault on the Coastguard Cutter is frigin had :(

[Dr. Boogie]

I've found that crouching all the time and sticking to the walls of the truck bed help in the truck scene. Mouseaim is handy, too.

[executioneer]

yeah and make sure your medical bag is stocked up, so when there's a lull you can suture up your bad wounds

[Chojin]

this game is kinda gay, but now i have to finish it ;< it's all creepy and scary until you get a gun, and then you can just mow people down with reckless abandon; No-one will ever hear the gunshots and sometimes the people you shoot don't even turn around. And when they do, they just sorta run aimlessly all around.

Also, the way people just move their mouth quickly while talking really bothers me

as well as all the bugs

and the way that it's really hard, but not because it's a challenge, because it does queer things or puzzles that kill you instantly ;<

[Emu]

try playing through it without using a gun except where absolutely necessary

[Chojin]

the parts where i can drill people in the face are the only parts i enjoy

[Dr. Boogie]

The review in PC Gamer said that it was impossible to shoot accurately, and I couldn't help thinking of Arrowx.

[Chojin]

actually the way you aim in coc is probably my favorite of any game i've played

i don't play war games, you see

[executioneer]

The review in PC Gamer said that it was impossible to shoot accurately

it's called REALISM you jerks

[Dr. Boogie]

I think he just overlooked the fact that if you hold down the right mouse button, you can aim you gun.

[executioneer]

tru

and the (SPOILERS ONG) alien weapon doesnt aim easy cause its not made fro humans doi you creeps