The Sinking City Remastered

I'm glad to see that Frogwares were able to regain ownership of The Sinking City after their publisher dispute. It was great of them to release a remastered version and provide it for free to owners of the original game, especially considering the proceeds from earlier sales were taken by the publisher. My review is based on the original release, which I completed before the remastered version replaced it. The Sinking City is an excellent game for fans of Lovecraftian horror. The premise is unique, following a detective drawn to a mysterious, flooded city. The visuals are fantastic and perfectly capture the eerie atmosphere you’d expect from a Lovecraft-inspired world. The dialogue system is solid, and I appreciate that your choices don’t lock you into specific actions, allowing you to backtrack on previous decisions, which feels refreshingly flexible. The voice acting is good, though not outstanding, and the character models are well-detailed, adding to the unsettling vibe of Oakmont. The story is interesting and fairly well fleshed out, though it dips into goofiness at times. Combat can be a bit janky and frustrating, but I mostly got used to it as the game progressed. The difficulty felt well-balanced overall, I never felt either underpowered or overpowered. What really sets this game apart is the investigation system. While some clues can be cryptic, the Mind Palace mechanic is engaging and adds a lot to the experience. You can expect to finish the game in about 15–20 hours. I enjoyed it enough to go for 100% completion, which took me close to 30 hours. I highly recommend this title. It frequently goes on sale for under $20, which is an absolute bargain in my opinion. I'm also really looking forward to the announced sequel.

You might as well just buy the base game, the remake is a disaster. The frameGen doesn't work, They know about it but aren't doing anything at all. It requires far too many resources to be only slightly better than the original. The game stutters a lot for no apparent reason. It's a total scam, and the developers have completely abandoned it.

Ryzen 7 9800x3d + 5090 y va a 70 FPS con DLSS calidad. El juego peor optimizado que me he encontrado.

Jogo investigativo lovecraftiano muito bom, as vezes vc vai se sentir o próprio Sherlock Holmes resolvendo as coisas fácil fácil, mas as vezes... vão te pedir pra achar a pessoa e a única pista q vc tem é q ela tem cara de peixe ( sim, a maioria tem cara de peixe '-') Obs: Se tiver labirintite q nunca te faltem antipsicóticos

对于克苏鲁游戏爱好者，这款游戏刚刚好，但如果不是请慎入

O jogo é bom, mas ele é cansativo, tem que ir preparado pra muita leitura, ele é um simulador de investigação, vc tem q passar por muitas etapas e investigar muitos detalhes pra ter o panorama geral das quest. Mas não me entenda mal, o jogo é interessante sim. A ambientação e a historia são de longe a melhor coisa no jogo. O combate é bem punitivo, tem q regrar bastante a munição, não senti que compensa sair por ai caçando monstro.

Style is super cool, but the gameplay is extremely frustrating. It takes about half an hour to go to a new location on the map, because you have to read the street names and mark the map yourself, then try every door on that street till you find the right one. Your guns constantly run out of ammo, and materials for crafting are very sparse. When the sanity meter drops even a little bit, the screen warps and twists, and the character starts to hallucinate monsters and horrors. Any time your character sees a dead body, he loses a chunk of the sanity meter. Any time he even hears a monster in the building, he loses a chunk of the sanity meter. Using the detective vision also causes the sanity meter to drop.

This is a story-driven game with simple combat mechanics. If you are after nicely written, eerie stories; it is a very good game. There is an interesting investigation mechanic and I suggest turning off any hints. Figuring things out somewhat on my own was very enjoyable.