The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu

This game does exactly what it sets out to do, and then some. What an experience. I've never played anything even remotely similar (maybe F.E.A.R is what comes closest). Now, evidently, it will never be a mainstream game, neither it's going to become your extraction of choice, but man, am I happy I came across this. I've been playing with a friend of mine and the first hours are so grim, oppressive and confusing (and I mean this as a compliment). I don't know if it's because I'm a Lovecraft fan, but the clunky combat, the lack of instructions, the pant pissing and the panic screaming have really captured me. I hate the small inventory, hate that you can't jump, hate there's no block button, and yet, here I am playing every day since release until 1 am despite having to wake up at 6 to work 12 hour shifts. Thank you, guys. This is something else.

Отличная игра, которая дарит огромный спектр эмоций, особенно в прохождении с вашими друзьями. Играем с друзьями через дискорд, потому что через внутренний фойс чат пока сложновато, но там есть интересные фишки и приколы. У меня не сильно крутой ноутбук, но со стороны оптимизации, вроде всё работает очень даже бодро, несмотря на то что игра создана как говорят люди на "ужасном UNREAL ENGINE 5", как говорится если у людей руки из правильного места, они смогут сделать хороший продукт. Да, есть технические моменты, но я думаю в скором будущем, баги по типу анимации на лестнице, когда ты по ней не можешь подняться, или повозка которая иногда странно себя ведет, иногда проблемы с текстурами, будут в скором времени решены.

我日您🐎？刷怪的数量完全随心所欲，另外能不能初始武器给够，4人队经常会出现一个人没有近战或远程，还有我都跑到出生点了也能被怪创思是吗，农村、东西不会做就别做 哦对了，还有异次元的背刺判定，人已经潜行到脸上了，一刀平a就出去了，笑死你爹，Abfq

stop complaining about it being hard, thats the point of the game stop whining, amazing schizo simulation trainer

优化太差，游戏非常好玩，最好和队友一起玩，打击感较差，近战只能换血，bug极多。但是太好玩了，找队友，一起玩的加我一块

This game doesnt have as much content on release as one would hope but is it fun? absolutely its a blast to play with friends and has you looking over your shoulder all the time. personally id say this game is worth picking up and in future hopefully more content gets added and the game feels more fleshed out

Even though this game could use a bit of polish in certain areas, I think it's a very fun exploration experience if you're able to play in a group of 2-4 friends. :) I'm leaving a positive review for support and hopes of this game getting a bit of polish, because it has good potential of becoming even better.

Если в игре что-то не так, то это Ктулху.

Super cool game in concept. It puts me back to how games were made back in PS3/360 days which is a good thing. What I eman by that that it is straight to the point, mystery, no holding hands, has some rough corners that makes it better rather than worse. THe feedback from firing guns and fighting in melee are very satsfying However. This game suffers with a lot of painstaking bugs, issues in optimization and a very janky melee combat (devs said themselves this was more or less put in in the last minute) Which was 100% a good move becasue it would be a very strange without combat in a combat oriented game. Reaing their philosopy they have some very strange ideas about balancing the game and rather not wanted to havecombat,why? THe game became way more interesting that way. Why cant you block? THeir answer to that is ppl might become so good that they can overcome everything making the game not scary. Have you ever played darksouls gentlemen? I beleive you can have blocks and still have it skillbased/resource limit how long you can block. THe game has already so manydifficulties that sometimes it feels way too overwhelming with the illusions on top of that. THe caravan that follows you is sometimes incredibly frustrating as it sometimes runs away freom you.. why? Now I have to run after it... Why is it moving to other areas where I am not at? If this was intentional by the devs they should make it more clear to why that is. Otherwsie it wil lbe seen as a bug or a poorly written AI. When you play solo,which is doable and quite fun. However the AI companion you get is also incredibly frustrating of their AI. IT runs to other places where you are not at. This game rewards staying together... When you need to do a group thing, it does everything except helping you do the grp thingwhich ultimately locks you from reward areassince it doesnt know what to prioritize. Why cant you change inventory where the itmes sits so you can have your assigned hotkey on them? I have so much space but if I want to switch to my bow I need to press 2 and melee on 7 because that is where they were placed in my inventory slot andf I cant change it... Playing solo if you are unlucky there is a chance that the game could throw at you 10+ mobs at the same time and that is very brutal even when you are fully kitted with weapons and armor. THe game needs some seirous balancing in that regard. I would still recommend this game as I personally can look pass these issues and have fun and appreciate for what it is and hope they fix these issues and change their philosopy about the combat so it has the potential in becoming great. But not everyone will be able to look pass these issues and might transalte into a very frustrating expeirence. So if you wanna try, you will have an amazing expeirence of the world itself and the mystqiue at the cost of frustrating combat mechanics, bugs & poor optimized game. At its current state you will either love it and can look pass it like me or be frustrated and get overwhelmed by the jankiness, taking away that fun.

Es hat Potenzial. Mir macht es spaß. es fehlen ein paar interaktionen- Freunde die auch loot mit nehmen, springen fehlt noch im großem und ganzen ein geiles spiel und es ist ausbaufähig Grafik- 8/10 Gameplay- 7/10 Kampfsystem- 7/10 Gegner- 7/10