Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace

Given the legacy of Lovecraft and Arkham Horror, the game does feel a little rough at times, but it still has its charm. I’d say the "Mixed" rating is pretty fair.

It could have been so much better if they had focused on the investigative part and hadn’t tried to include weird tactical combat and awkward inventory management. The story is way too generic for Lovecraftian stuff, and boy, do I hate the mandatory asylum level — it’s way too clichéd at this point.

As a fan of the Arkham Files universe, I went in with tempered expectations and came out with mixed feelings. The Lovecraftian atmosphere is genuinely well-crafted — the locations, music, and narrator all contribute to an immersive 1920s horror setting — but the gameplay underneath feels underbaked. Investigation mostly boils down to clicking everything in sight, the turn-based combat never evolves beyond basic gun-and-overwatch tactics, and the inventory system is frustratingly tiny. The sanity mechanic, which should be the heart of any Cthulhu-themed game, ends up feeling more like arbitrary punishment than meaningful tension. If you can snag it on a deep sale and love the Arkham Horror IP enough to overlook clunky animations, pathing bugs, and shallow systems, there's a serviceable 8-10 hour story here — but everyone else should look elsewhere.

Graças a ser fã do Lovecraft joguei essa bomba. Esperava baixar na steam e fico mínimo 15 reais, caro para ele. Então vi no eneba por 4,29 e ai foi na hora compra. O combate do game é em turno e um tanto confuso, e a história vai sendo digerida vagarosamente como se fosse gotejo de soro. E simplismente acaba, tiveram todo trabalho de criar cenários ok e arquivos oks e a história mostrada ruim. Sistema de trauma e insanidade estao presentes, e trabalha de forma diferente de outros games. Uma forma que a cada 5 erros ou danos no combate dão um dano. Aceitável até certo ponto, é uma pena que este game não tenha fluído.

This game was difficult for me in deciding to give it a recommendation. I love the Arkham Horror brand. I love the boardgames, the LGC and the books. Which makes sense that the story in this game is top-notch. I really enjoyed it. I loved how you got to play various Arkham Horror Investigators. This is the whole essence of Arkham Horror, the characters that live in a unique connected universe, that makes it compelling. With the great voice acting and story, you get to know and understand who these characters are a bit more. If this sounds like what you are looking for then I am recommending it. But in reality this game should not get a positive recommendation because it's janky. The PCs get stuck in different spots when they walk around and it becomes hard to get them unstuck. This happened many times. The controls are not intuitive and require some getting used to. Backgrounds drop out even at the highest settings. The biggest problem is the turn based combat, it's just not fun. It's distracting and it seems random at times. It took me out of the story and honestly is not really necessary for this game. Don't know why this choice was made? It should have been a point n' click investigation game or a survival horror game, instead. Even if you are a fan of turn based combat it does not work that well. Firstly, I found there were not enough slots to carry all the things you need. The combat is uneven, some scenarios are easy and some very hard. It was very chill in the beginning few scenarios and then it gets excruciating difficult and frustration around the middle of the game (not the end) and then it gets easier again at the end. The ending seemed anti-climactic. That was a bit strange. Keep all this in mind if you are playing this game. You will get a great story (especially if you are a fan) and enjoyable investigating mechanics but it will we a slog to get through because you have to master the combat before you can progress.

So, well aware the game runs on rails for the most part. I'm fine with that. Also a big fan of the turn based combat, since most survival horror winds up with me dying before even getting past the first zombie/nurse/dinosaur. Biggest issue I run into is when one character is blocking the movement path of another character, but that's fine. Really just happy to be playing something atmospheric and creepy with several nods to the oddball Cthulhu fanbase that's arisen over the past few decades. GO 'PODS! One note: there are a few places in here where you can get stuck and have to restart the scenario. So far, Act 4 has a spot where one of your investigators can get behind a bookcase long before you're supposed to, and Act 5 has a moment in Lanuit's shop where the exit is off screen due to the screen width with no way to move the camera.

No entiendo las reseñas negativas, la verdad es que he recibido lo que esperaba (o incluso más) Obviamente no se puede comparar con los juegos de mesa, pero como jugadora de Las Mansiones de la locura en mesa, se agradece poder jugar sin montar todo el chiringuito y con una muy buena cinemática, que te mete de lleno en la historia desde el principio. Así que iré por partes (contando positivo y negativo también): - CONTROLES: a mi se me hace muy incómodo jugar con el teclado, pero he enchufado el mando de la xbox y he jugado la mar de bien poniéndolo en la tv del comedor con el cable hdmi y veía la historia cómo una película. - LA HISTORIA: es una historia muy típica de las mansiones, con personajes del juego de mesa y otros nuevos que van apareciendo. a mi me parece bien hilada y con una buena trama (eso supongo que irá a gustos) - JUGABILIDAD: me parece fácil de jugar, aunque a veces sientes que das muchas vueltas por los escenarios. una cosa que me ha gustado mucho es que si te matan o algo te sale mal tienes varias opciones: 1- volver al último punto de guardado automático 2- volver al último punto de guardado propio 3- volver al principio del nivel Esto te permite investigar todo y probar hasta que lo haces en el orden ideal (si eres un psicópata como yo que quiere todo al 100% en un juego tienes horas de diversión) - NIVEL DE LOS "PUZZLES/ENIGMAS": ni lo suficientemente fácil para que te aburras ni difícil para que te frustres...ideal para pasar un rato relajado sin querer lanzar el mando o pegarle una patada a la pantalla -SISTEMA DE BATALLA: Aquí llega el punto que me ha costado un poco pillarle el punto al principio, pero luego ya he llegado a hacer mis estrategias y a decidir quien era el "capitán" en la batalla y quien se queda en trincheras. Pero incluso eso me ha parecido interesante cómo reto. En definitiva, lo inicié para probar el tutorial y me he comido las 13h del tirón (parando a comer algo jaja) Me parece una buenísima alternativa para jugar tanto si conoces el juego de mesa y el mundo de Lovecraft cómo si no No soy de poner reseñas, pero esta tenía que ponerla y hacerle justicia, dale a la manita para arriba y esas cosas, que me lo he currado ;-)

Very annoying, dialogs are very childish and simple, mechanics are just ridiculous, sanity checks with each step its just stupid, looks like they can do a good lovecraft game but they dont want to, at least its cheap and i didnt wasted a lot of money

Nice story, fights where a bit too easy but then there is all the sanity getting you when you take too long

I loved this game so much! I played it twice and went for a 100% run. This is Arkham Horror done right! The story is great. The mechanics were fair. Thank goodness you can't miss attacks in this game like the board game. My only real critique is that Carolyn Fern is worthless. She's one of my favorites in other games, but in this game she's far outpaced by her companions. Never used her. Really well done. If you're a fan of Arkham Horror games, don't sleep on this one.