Call of the Elder Gods

The game feels sluggish and tedious. At first the puzzles are engaging and make you want to figure them out, but by the end I just wanted to skip them. Not only do they become more boring, but solving them also requires you to go all over the location — or rather slowly walk around it, since the game doesn’t even ha…

It was a good game which felt fun to play especially for someone that played Call of the Sea. If you like puzzles and simple narrative adventure, this will be up your alley. These games feel like going through an escape room. However, I think as a sequel it is not as good as Call of the Sea. It definitely misses som…

One thing that the Call of... series does better than many "set-piece puzzle" games (for me at least) is that feeling of learning a "language" (sometimes literally) with each puzzle. These games end up being about putting your brain in an unfamiliar space to connect to Something Else across time, space, or reality..…

It is good, but not as good as Call of the Sea. The puzzles are not as interesting, so is the story. Also, it is missing the subtle horror elements of the previous games plus cthulhu imagery. If Call of the Sea was 9/10, this one is 7/10.

Without any connection to Call of the Sea, this could’ve been a pretty good game. The puzzles are clever, the visuals are nice, and music is great. But as a sequel it just didn’t land. The vibe that made Call of the Sea so special is missing: the charm, the emotions, the sense of mystery. Instead, the story leans he…

It's ... mid. The puzzles are the game's strongest suit, and they aren't by any means revolutionary. There is a lot more yapping and pointless back-and-forth, flashbacks, dream sequences, etc. than in the previous game, and between that and being an Established Universe game, it has probably killed some of the mysti…