
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Sinking City Remastered brings the eerie, atmospheric world of Oakmont back to life with enhanced gameplay and fully relit environments, perfect for both newcomers and returning players.
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Experience the Lovecraftian horror of The Sinking City in a whole new light. This Unreal Engine 5 remaster brings the game's eerie atmosphere to life with stunning visuals and enhanced features. Dive into Oakmont's mysteries and unravel the city's descent into madness.
Remaster Highlights:
Lumen Global Illumination and ray tracing
4K textures and extra environmental details
FSR, DLSS, and Frame Generation support
HDR, photo mode
Improvements to controls, combat, game balance, crowds, and tutorials
Game Description:
The Sinking City is an adventure and investigation game set in an open world inspired by the universe of H.P. Lovecraft, the master of Horror. The half-submerged city of Oakmont is gripped by supernatural forces. You're a private investigator, and you have to uncover the truth of what has possessed the city… and the minds of its inhabitants.
Game Pillars:
An oppressive atmosphere and story inspired by the universe of H.P. Lovecraft.
A vast open world that can be explored on foot, by boat, in a diving suit…
High replay value thanks to an open investigation system: each case can be solved in a number of ways, with different possible endings depending on your actions.
An arsenal of weapons from the 1920s with which to take on nightmarish creatures.
Manage your mental health to untangle the truth behind the madness.
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Languages: English*, French*, Italian, German*, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil +4 more
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 69 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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Reviews
I'd love a good lovecraftian detective game and the world absolutely deserves one, but this one should be called "The way too large City with no content to fill it". Feels like 90 percent of the time my main job is traveling from point A to point B. Through a city full of facades, closed doors, repeating house layouts and assets, and npcs whose most interactive feature is complaining when you bump into them. I still spend quite some time in it in hopes the quests will be rewarding enough. But when a quest got unsolvable because I retreated one room too far from an enemy, which then just vanished, my patience was drained. I am looking forward to the second part, if they can make a better job then.
The Sinking City Remastered is a fascinating detective horror game that shines thanks to its eerie atmosphere, unsettling Lovecraft inspired world, and rewarding investigation mechanics. Exploring the flooded city of Oakmont feels genuinely mysterious, and piecing together clues yourself is far more engaging than simply following map markers. That said, the game still carries some of the rough edges of the original release. Combat can feel repetitive and clunky, enemy encounters often become more of an annoyance than a source of tension, and some animations and side activities lack polish compared to modern AAA titles. Overall, The Sinking City Remastered is at its best when it leans into investigation and cosmic horror
This game feels like busywork, the remaster is poorly optimized, the field of view is too narrow and you can't turn off motion blur resulting in very uncomfortable and very boring game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqSlwLS_jUg A pretty cool open-world detective game heavily inspired by Lovecraftian horror. You play as a private investigator in a flooded, creepy city trying to solve a bunch of supernatural mysteries. I absolutely loved the clue-finding mechanics and connecting the different pieces of evidence in your mind palace to solve cases. Unfortunately, the game becomes very repetitive in the second half, with a lot of back-and-forth travel and clunky combat. Other than that, solid atmosphere and really cool investigation gameplay.
Avoid the Remastered Version, play the OG included mode instead. They pulled a GTA San Andreas Remastered with this one by slapping an Instagram Fog Filter over the game footage and charging you 40 $. You can't judge the difference between the old and new version if you can't see the game. 4/10 Felt like I was looking for my wife most of the time.
The Sinking City Remastered оставила у меня сильное впечатление своей мрачной и давящей атмосферой. С первых минут игра погружает в серый, тяжёлый мир, где почти нет ощущения надежды на светлое будущее. Затопленный город выглядит сырым, грязным и уставшим, а нагнетающая музыка только усиливает чувство тоски и безысходности. По началу играть было морально тяжеловато - постоянная серость, тревожные события и общее ощущение упадка реально давят. Но именно это делает игру запоминающейся. Она хорошо показывает не только сверхъестественный ужас, но и жестокость человека, его слабость, страх и готовность идти на страшные поступки, причинить вред ребёнку или старой бабке. В кратце, игра очень хороша, постепенно накапливается ощущение, тот вайб, что от тебя, как от гг, зависит многое, изучая записки, историю персонажей, ты углубляешься в процесс и сравниваешь себя какой ты был в самом начале и уже в конце, чтоб ты не делал, всё равно пойдёт не так как ты планируешь. За 3.50$ игра шикарна, очень атмосферная.
decided to replay this game with the new one coming out and it reminded me even more why i was excited to hear another one was coming out. love the monsters, story and everything inbetween
[h1]The Sinking City — місто чужих мрій[/h1] Починаючи гру, я мав деякі сумніви щодо неї. Frogwares до цього займалися переважно іграми про Шерлока Холмса (хоча навіть там була частина зі всесвітом Лавкрафта), тож побачити щось зовсім інше та з абсолютно іншим масштабом було незвично. Мабуть, вона б так і лежала десь у кутку моєї бібліотеки Steam, якби не анонс та швидкий реліз другої частини. Тим паче це одна з небагатьох ігор високого бюджету, яка була зроблена українцями, тож я вирішив дати їй шанс. Що ж... З самого початку все йде важко. Проблема не у складності, а в посередній реалізації майже усього геймплею. Ідеш не туди? Персонаж застрягне. Бойова система наче й є, але ти бачиш її у перші пів години, і наступні двадцять вона майже не змінюється. Детективні елементи, пошуки зачіпок та користування паранормальними здібностями... ну таке. Гра прямо кричить, що вона категорії B і що розробники витискали все що могли з тих ресурсів, які у них були. Найбільше це помітно у кількості перевикористаних локацій. Тут буквально п’ять чи типу того варіантів помешкань, де змінюватися будуть тільки відкриті та закриті двері. Тож невже все погано? Ні! Бо все, що я описав, забувається після перших тридцяти хвилин. Світ — ось що допомагає грі продаватися. Місто, дощ, дивні люди, монстри: усе це просто кричить своєю атмосферою. Так, елементи повторюються, але видно ту любов художників, які малювали кожну деталь — від стільчика до місця жертвоприношень, усе пронизано духом творів Лавкрафта. А які тут тексти, побічні квести та навіть розкидані папірці! Це, мабуть, одна з небагатьох ігор, де я читав усе, що підбирав (дякуючи ще й гарній українській локалізації). Тому так, озираючись на час, який я провів у грі, можу з чистою совістю її рекомендувати, бо навіть не знаю подібних аналогів у цьому сетінгу. Єдиним конкурентом, схоже, буде тільки наступна частина. Однозначно рекомендую пограти перед продовженням.
I love the mythos itself, and the atmosphere of The Sinking City is fitting. The game is interesting to explore for a while, but there is just too much travel time. Most of the detective work is walking around looking for a random cue that feels more like hide and seek rather than solving a puzzle. The combat is okay but there are only 4 enemies that you'll face over and over again, then 2 additional ones that are all very simple in gameplay. The game definitely has its moments, especially with atmosphere toward the end, but the majority of the game felt drawn out. My main gripe is that there is no Cthulhu, boss encounters, nor cinematic scenes until the very end where it felt like far too little and too late. The store page is pretty misleading and just as you think it's getting good it will abruptly end.
Bought the remastered because I was always interested but heard the og preformed poor. Was about ready to return it as the remastered ran horribly and didn't look too good. However I decided to try the og since it was included. Why does the it look and run immensely better? The image is clearer, the color is better, the game does bounce from 60 fps to 25 every 9 seconds for no reason. Major disappointment with the remastered. Now I'll go play the {2019} version and see how the actual gameplay holds up.
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