The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu reviewed by Len Hafer on PC, also available on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
If you have a reliable group to play with, The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu can be a challenging and entertaining horror excursion. Sometimes it feels a bit too oppressive, though, and could benefit a lot from more nuanced difficulty options, especially for introducing newer players into a high-level group. Still, clever sanity effects, great enemy variety, and an expanse of eerie, majestic jungle to explore are enough that this one will probably stay in my crew’s rotation when we’re up for something heart-pounding.
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Can confirm this is a decently solid game and worth $30, atmosphere is extremely bleak as it should be, genuinely innovative at times and had me questioning my own sanity or if I could even trust a single thing I was seeing. You definitely need at least one friend to hop in the party though.
all my friends are broke pieces of shit
Maybe… there are situations in Lovecraft that are hopeless and its a part of narration and experience? In the end, you end up in those kind of situations, as a result of your decisions. I dont think that difficulty is a propblem, its a part of peculiar experience.
Some devs are learning an odd lesson from Soulslikes. "People love being overwhelmed by enemies and throwing their controller across the room."
Advanced racism? You guys have lost the plot. Get a grip.
Is the game enjoyable with just 2 players playing thtough it?
Thought that was Arthur Fleck cry laughing at the beginning 😂
The ign reviewer sounds like such a dork “erm they didn’t take a strong enough stance against colonialism”
So I have to upgrade my friends or find my childhood friends.
This game is mostly for friends or family members if they play games or have time which mostly mine don’t play games 😂, since the game communication is so much easier. Playing with strangers? They be getting mad for no reason and always starting drama.. 😂 Halloween is a different story, though—it’s every man for himself. 😂 It doesn’t really require communication… it’s all about escaping.
Ngl the game did not do a great job describing it in the trailers. I thought it would be a more sons of the forest game.
This game is amazing. I had so much fun with the demo, even more so since I came in with low expectations. I bought it as soon as I could, and I hope it has a good lifespan.
can they get rid of Hafer? is this something we can sign on? what a chore to listen to
Game is pretty boring so far
Game looks fun. Sounds like we finally have a good lovecraftian multiplayer game to dive into. Looking forward to playing this one. Thanks IGN!
I'd rather have bad bot ai helpers than no bot ai helpers at all since eventually these games die and i'd like to still be able to plug them in and have a reminder of what the game is like. I feel in the no disc era we should stop giving deductions (i assume) for games that add bots that aren't amazing…but i get it, hopefully they can make the bots better in games, heck ill take ai just used to do that learning from all the players to act human.
Careful Mound! You've got Hunger closing in on your spot this year!
With Unreal Engine 5.8 , the future of gaming is bright !
IGN is staffed by poly sci undergrads who couldn't get jobs at CNN so their political screeds are disguised as game reviews. 0/10
– 7/10 a little something for everyone but no easy mode in the survival horror
IGN sucks. I hate smaller games because there's so few reviews I might have to support the actual worst company in gaming: IGN
The amount of ads on this 9 min vid is insane
Advance racism , huh? 😂
way to kneecap your "highlight experience" for other people within 30 secs of the vid — IGN keeps scoring
7GN
What is IGN even talking about, there are 4 things to evaluate out of a Game
1 How smooth the gameplay is
2 How fun it's
3 Little Introduction to the game
4 price
That's what a Review should look like, you own thoughts about how the game should be for you is not something that we as a Player care much and honestly you can keep those for yourself, rating negative a game just because your own opinion on how it would be instead of enjoying the experience sounds like something IGN would always do
Fantastic! I’m having a blast even playing solo. Thank you @ACETeamSoftware for another great game in such a saturated market. This one is unique and I urge you to buy it and try it out for yourself. You won’t be disappointed.
Had 5 ads in this one video. Terrible
not mentioning the poor optimization and the terrible performance is insane…
How do you guys listen to these people review games. Advanced racism and colonial….
well, nevermind i have no friends
God I hate ign…
70 fov be like
Y'all NEED to keep raw audio from playing the games you review. Remind people there are humans at ign
DOA 4/10
LOVE LOVECRAFT ♥
Nice, all I need now is friends.
Mentioning racism when Lovecraft comes up has become a liberal staple.
The high difficulty floor and general sense of hopelessness in situations is exactly what a Lovecraftian title NEEDS. I understand we are in an age of excessive tutorials, handholding and approachability above quality but it to really capture the atmosphere, none of that mess is welcome here. A bit odd that the only thing I keep hearing in the review is praise but then whine that a difficult and unforgiving premise is difficult and unforgiving