The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu

the challenge in this game is not just combat... its losing your sanity.

I played two-player co-op for the most part with my friend (with in-game voice chat). We both played around 9 hours so far. The first dozen missions are great, because every map, enemy and weapon feels new, but things do become repetitive fast. This game needed more time to develop new mechanics and assets, because you keep doing the same thing over and over. Foliage and map designs need more variety. ...And perhaps more terrain interactions. Loads of potential there. They nailed the atmosphere and visuals, but it's quite lacklustre gameplay wise and also disappointing story-wise. If we had more gameplay mechanics, more enemy variety and/or more story elements, I could find myself become hooked for more than 5-10 hours. The game does not feel finished in its current state to me, even if the existing gameplay elements are mostly functional.

New and interesting game that is fun to play with friends. They seem to actually care and fix the issues that people complain about. It has been getting better and better the longer it has been out. I can't wait to finally get to the end!

Huge Lovecraft fan here. Very cool idea, pretty graphics, cool vibes... but it is [i]massively janky.[/i] Requires Sanity Checks every minute. You can barely hit the enemies. Or maybe you do, but it doesn't register or doesn't show? They hit you, then glitch out or despawn. Players become invisible with only their gear showing. Animations stop showing and people just slide around. Voice chat stops working when someone else disconnects. Things like that in every match. I guess the devs can argue it is all intended due to insanity effects though. Will try it out more after some patches.

Game feels not rewarding at all, it feels like you're just a courier going through hell because the employer tells you to, and you're not allowed to prepare with your own supplies. Few Problems - Expeditions is fun for a few times, then, its just becomes repetitives. - Bringing so many things and risking everything from expeditions is not rewarding at all. You only get tokens with barely any use. - Tokens that you get from risking your life, doesnt mean ♥♥♥♥. You can only buy meager supplies like torch, medallions, maps, and bandages. - Why aren't we allowed to keep equipment that we loot? Instead, the game gave you supplies based on what mission you take. Sure you can upgrade it with tokens, but then at the end of the expeditions you lost it anyway, so what for? - There's no sense of progression other than Levels, and Map. Even Levels doesnt give you anything, it just show everyone, Hey i played a lot of this game. I wish there are more of this game, it feels like we're paying for the graphical fidelity and not gameplay, with the price its in right now i do not recommend.

Not recommended as I have been unable to complete any missions. I get stuck on the loading screen when returning to the ship. I haven't heard back from the devs about how to resolve this, or had any response from them whatsoever.

These devs need to get their heads out of their asses and fix this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ attempt at a game. I've dated more stable women then this and I soley date women with BPD. Have some pride in your work and actually commit to polishing a game before releasing it to the public to grab all that $$$. This Ubisoft attitude of "I'll release this trash unfinished and take 4yrs to finish it" is getting real ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ old. Game creation and development use to have standards and effort, look at yourselves in the mirror and ask yourself "Am I proud to be remembered for this game?