H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos is a shared universe far larger and more terrifying than that of humanity, where ancient, malevolent beings known as the Great Old Ones slumber in the depths of space or time. After Lovecraft's death, the Mythos has been expanded and developed by many authors, including August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard. These and many other authors have helped to flesh out the Mythos into a rich and complex Dark Universe.
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I never see Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem on these Lovectaftian game lists, but it was so good! The controls kinda sucked from what I can recall, but I loved the fourth-wall-breaking antics that began occurring when your sanity meter dropped too far and brought into question the player's own sanity.
Yes! I think this is still one of my favorite games of all time. And it definitely has a Lovecraftian feel to it.
Eternal Darkness is still one of my favorites. Tank controls didn't age well, but (imo) doesn't distract from the unique experience this game offers. If you play on Dolphin I highly recommend the HD texture pack (https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-eternal-darkness-hd)
Adding a few of my favorite lovecraft or lovecraft-ish movies and games.
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It looks so dated now, but I loved Prisoner of Ice.
Would love a proper Color Out of Space that is true to the original and set in the proper time period. The Nicholas Cage one is a fucking joke, and I had come fresh off of the original story when I had seen it.
My dream production would be an anthology series of Lovecraft's work, as true to the source material as they can possibly be. Doesn't matter if they're only 30 minute episodes.
Both The Thing (1982) and Alien (1979) if taken as stand alone works and not viewed with the hindsight of any later added material are very Lovecraftian. Not just in vibe and surface aesthetic, but in the central mythos thesis that learning more about the universe and scratching away at the sleeping secrets never ends well for humanity.
For gaming, I'd add Stasis and Stasis: Bone Totem (shudder especially Bone Totem) to games that follow the central themes of Lovecraft without explicitly placing themselves in the mythos.
I love to see They Bleed Pixels on this list. It's an adorable game that got me into frustratingly difficult action platformers.
