A melhor parte depois do Lovecraft é como a história é direta e ainda sim mantém o jogo convidativo
ooooh man i wanted to see the fish man up close...
in all seriousness, i feel like some of the interactive novel bits could have been swapped in favor of something more akin to a walking simulator or just cut. some sections just felt dragged out, and replacing those with some type of interactivity would have helped to keep the player interested (or me personally, at least). this and the camera constraints for each scene made the environments feel underutilized.
i can't really comment on the audio, i had a weird issue with the narration sounding weirdly balanced and compressed when using headphones. i'm not completely sure what caused the funkiness, when playing with my laptop speakers instead it sounded fine. I did enjoy the narration, it's at the level of a good audio book. the music adds nice ambience, but is otherwise forgetful.
overall, it's a good introduction to lovecraft's works, but know it's more of a kinetic visual novel more than anything.
in all seriousness, i feel like some of the interactive novel bits could have been swapped in favor of something more akin to a walking simulator or just cut. some sections just felt dragged out, and replacing those with some type of interactivity would have helped to keep the player interested (or me personally, at least). this and the camera constraints for each scene made the environments feel underutilized.
i can't really comment on the audio, i had a weird issue with the narration sounding weirdly balanced and compressed when using headphones. i'm not completely sure what caused the funkiness, when playing with my laptop speakers instead it sounded fine. I did enjoy the narration, it's at the level of a good audio book. the music adds nice ambience, but is otherwise forgetful.
overall, it's a good introduction to lovecraft's works, but know it's more of a kinetic visual novel more than anything.
Very simple little game, a great retelling of one of my favourite Lovecraft works.
An incredibly well-made short interactive Lovecraftian visual novel. But I expected see some more monsters.
An immersive experience with immaculate visuals (99% of times) and perfect atmospheric music
I am still new to gaming so my rating and my opinion of this game might be conflated, but as a fan of HP Lovecraft's stories, I loved playing this. Despite being a fan of his stories, I hadn't read Dagon before. I think reading this in a Interactive Visual Novel format elevated the experience to some degree, but not having awfully lot of things to click at had made it less fun gradually. Especially for like 50% to 70% mark of the story. Graphics at some points were not as good due to some minor lighting issues, but for the most part, I am just angry at myself for not having a VR to play this. This would have been even more of an immersive experience otherwise. The sound effect and the music really does wonder, especially some of the sound effects used around the end of the story.
Would recommend, especially to someone who is a fan of HP Lovecraft's Works
I am still new to gaming so my rating and my opinion of this game might be conflated, but as a fan of HP Lovecraft's stories, I loved playing this. Despite being a fan of his stories, I hadn't read Dagon before. I think reading this in a Interactive Visual Novel format elevated the experience to some degree, but not having awfully lot of things to click at had made it less fun gradually. Especially for like 50% to 70% mark of the story. Graphics at some points were not as good due to some minor lighting issues, but for the most part, I am just angry at myself for not having a VR to play this. This would have been even more of an immersive experience otherwise. The sound effect and the music really does wonder, especially some of the sound effects used around the end of the story.
Would recommend, especially to someone who is a fan of HP Lovecraft's Works
Una historia de Lovecraft con muy buena atmósfera y narración. No te cambia la vida pero echas un buen rato.
No puedo describir con palabras la tensión constante que he sentido jugando este juego es asombroso
Esse jogo passa uma vibe bem boa eu diria, fiquei imersivo, alem de ter varias curiosidades durante toda a jornada.
Eu não conheço muito as historias de Lovecraft, porem gostei bastante do que vi.
Recomendo, é de graça e de bônus ta em Pt-Br.
Eu não conheço muito as historias de Lovecraft, porem gostei bastante do que vi.
Recomendo, é de graça e de bônus ta em Pt-Br.
Posso afirmar que este jogo apresenta uma narrativa instigante, curiosa e um
tanto perturbadora.
O medo do desconhecido é um sentimento curioso, semelhante a assistir a um filme
de terror, onde a cada segundo você espera ver aquilo que tanto o assusta. E
quando finalmente aparece, chega a ser um pouco cômico.
Basicamente, o principal problema e injustiça deste jogo é que, infelizmente, é
gratuito. Primeiramente, consideremos a possibilidade de falta de verba para
desenvolver um final mais digno. Do começo ao fim, encontramos toda uma
narrativa e clímax perfeitamente incorporados nos ideais dos desenvolvedores.
Literalmente a todo momento, você está em estado de alerta, esperando o pior. A
voz que narra essa história é fria e melancólica, e o estado de alerta apenas
aumenta a cada capítulo. Parece que você está sonhando, aprofundando-se cada
vez mais na narrativa.
Atingindo o ápice do jogo, chegamos à cena que quebrou toda a imersão,
descendo às profundezas. Finalmente, o terrível monstro faz sua aparição, trazendo
felicidade ao jogador, pois o monstro não é nada mais, nada menos do que um
Battletoad. Nesse momento, você se sente um tanto desapontado, pois esperava
mais, aguardava uma criatura verdadeiramente horrível, mas isso não acontece.
Como mencionei no terceiro parágrafo, prefiro partir do pressuposto de que, por ser
um jogo gratuito, não obtiveram recursos suficientes para criar um personagem mais
aterrorizante. Para ser honesto, fica aquele sentimento de que talvez não fosse
necessário mostrar o que estava causando medo; o medo do desconhecido poderia
se manter desconhecido e ainda assim manter o impacto.
Só para constar, eles erraram absurdamente ao escolher mostrar o monstro da
maneira que foi mostrado. No entanto, a cena final do jogo aprova a teoria de que
talvez teria sido mais interessante optar por não revelar o monstro. O que causa o
medo é o desconhecido, manter o desconhecido como tal não faz o medo
desaparecer, apenas o intensifica. A cena final demonstra perfeitamente isso; o
medo estava lá, mesmo sem saber diretamente o que o causava.
tanto perturbadora.
O medo do desconhecido é um sentimento curioso, semelhante a assistir a um filme
de terror, onde a cada segundo você espera ver aquilo que tanto o assusta. E
quando finalmente aparece, chega a ser um pouco cômico.
Basicamente, o principal problema e injustiça deste jogo é que, infelizmente, é
gratuito. Primeiramente, consideremos a possibilidade de falta de verba para
desenvolver um final mais digno. Do começo ao fim, encontramos toda uma
narrativa e clímax perfeitamente incorporados nos ideais dos desenvolvedores.
Literalmente a todo momento, você está em estado de alerta, esperando o pior. A
voz que narra essa história é fria e melancólica, e o estado de alerta apenas
aumenta a cada capítulo. Parece que você está sonhando, aprofundando-se cada
vez mais na narrativa.
Atingindo o ápice do jogo, chegamos à cena que quebrou toda a imersão,
descendo às profundezas. Finalmente, o terrível monstro faz sua aparição, trazendo
felicidade ao jogador, pois o monstro não é nada mais, nada menos do que um
Battletoad. Nesse momento, você se sente um tanto desapontado, pois esperava
mais, aguardava uma criatura verdadeiramente horrível, mas isso não acontece.
Como mencionei no terceiro parágrafo, prefiro partir do pressuposto de que, por ser
um jogo gratuito, não obtiveram recursos suficientes para criar um personagem mais
aterrorizante. Para ser honesto, fica aquele sentimento de que talvez não fosse
necessário mostrar o que estava causando medo; o medo do desconhecido poderia
se manter desconhecido e ainda assim manter o impacto.
Só para constar, eles erraram absurdamente ao escolher mostrar o monstro da
maneira que foi mostrado. No entanto, a cena final do jogo aprova a teoria de que
talvez teria sido mais interessante optar por não revelar o monstro. O que causa o
medo é o desconhecido, manter o desconhecido como tal não faz o medo
desaparecer, apenas o intensifica. A cena final demonstra perfeitamente isso; o
medo estava lá, mesmo sem saber diretamente o que o causava.
Boring, maybe better if I played in VR.
Dagon is my favorite HP Lovecraft story, but this game doesn't really do it justice. Showing the monster is definitely the biggest sin you can do. Furthermore, I played this in VR and it was very clearly not made for it. But eh, it is free.
Weird Fishes hold the Arpeggi
Not a typical game per se, but rather Dagon was a visual retelling of Lovecraft's classic short story of the same name. There’s no denying that Lovecraft has had a monumental impact on media today—you can find inspiration from his work literally everywhere— so allowing people to experience his stories in different forms is a respectable undertaking.
For a free product this adaptation was excellent, complete with quality voice acting. All that was required was to point and click through the story, so it was low effort while still being entertaining. I was also somewhat educational with facts about the author himself, as well as his other works.
For a free product this adaptation was excellent, complete with quality voice acting. All that was required was to point and click through the story, so it was low effort while still being entertaining. I was also somewhat educational with facts about the author himself, as well as his other works.
great eldritch horror type game with an interesting story and tense atmosphere for sure kept me guessing the whole time would recommend for anyone looking for games with storys like dredge or the like it is free but its also not that long maybe an hour still worth it if you like these types of games
It's hard to recommend this without VR at least.
A short free experience
Try it if you like H. P. Lovecraft
Try it if you like H. P. Lovecraft
the best part was when the main character said "dagon!" and dagon dagon'd all over him
Uma experiência incrível e fiel sobre um dos mais famosos contos do Lovecraft. O jogo é imersivo, onde você utiliza apenas o mouse para clicar, mas que a ambientação casada à sonoplastia e à dublagem te deixam preso à experiência. Fico muito feliz em poder jogá-lo, visto que normalmente não conseguem adaptar as obras de Lovecraft com resultados positivos como elas merecem ter. Mas, aqui, isso foi alcançado. Estou ansioso para que mais contos sejam transformados em jogos diretos e de respeito para com a obra imortal de H.P. Lovecraft.
Ben Lovecraft temasını çok severim. Bu oyunun da temayı işleyebileceği kadar iyi işlediğini düşünüyorum. Umarım ileride diğer kitaplardan da aynı tarzda oyunlar çıkarırlar.
its a neat lil short retelling of an hp lovecraft story its also free so i would say its worth playing
This review contains spoilers
Dagon: by H.P. Lovecraft
Spoilers! 7/10. This game really shocked me. It was the first game I have tried on steam Vr (I downloaded it a while ago, but never played). The game is free so no matter what you don’t lose anything to try. The game is only around 30 minutes and is based off of an H.P. Lovecraft book by the same name. The game definitely did its research, as the game is chalk full of references, lore, and info about Lovecraft. You find out about his works, what some things represent, and you can even find info about old stories that some of his works are based on. The game's name “Dagon” was a god of fertility and crops in the Middle East. The name is often mistaken as “fish god”, due to the word dag meaning fish in Hebrew, and that’s what this game is about.
As the game starts you learn about the character, and how he has a serious drug and alcohol addiction. you find yourself in a boat, and you and 5 other people are taken captive by another boat. You escape with a boat and some rations + water, and sail out to sea. You can’t find anything for days. One night you wake up and all the water is gone. You see strange underwater creatures never seen before the eyes of anyone. The ground is muddy and you will sink if you try to go anywhere. You stay there for a couple days, slowly driven mad by the smell of fish, until the ground dries up and hardens by the sun. You decide to start traveling in one direction and come across a mountain far in the horizon. As you inch closer the mountain appears much bigger than anticipated. You sleep and in the night when the sun is not present and neither is the heat, you climb up. At the top you spot an assumedly bottomless pit, where no sunlight has yet reached. You decide to climb down and come across a small pond and a monolith that stretches hugely. The monolith has many strange carvings, and as you inspect them, you hear a noise and a ripple in the pond. A giant humanoid fish taller than the mountain appears, and doesn’t seem to notice you, paying its respects to the carvings. Out of sheer terror you run all the way back to the boat and try to forget what just happened. You struggle to fall asleep, but end up passing out of pure exhaustion. You wake up in an office on the ship being questioned by someone, but no one seems to believe nor pay attention to anything you're saying. You end up heading home, and are plagued with nightmares of that strange, mysterious place, never knowing if it was real, or all a delusion. The game ends with him writing a note before ending his life, as he has become a drug addict trying to forget, but only making it worse. Then, the door opens and a strange scaly hand appears. The door opens to show a fish-like creature, supposedly a follower of Dagon. He slowly walks forward, as your only choice is to jump out the window, and as the glass breaks, the credits roll.
Horror-wise it wasn’t that scary but more insanely cool. The game would be pretty bad on a normal flat screen. But in vr everything feels so life-like, and the giant creature feels unstoppable on a massive scale. Overall this game was pretty good, and an enjoyable half hour experience. Very cool
A decent overview of the main themes of H.P. Lovecraft, but nothing interesting or impressive. It simply falls flat.
+ Narrator voice is soothing and very fitting, reminds me of some of the older Lovecraft audiobooks.
- Lackluster environments - not only are the scenes (because they are just that) small and devoid of small detail, but they are also utterly boring, and do not leave anything to interpretation or imagination.
- The entire story is so short, you'd be forgiven to assume it was a demo version of something much larger.
+ Narrator voice is soothing and very fitting, reminds me of some of the older Lovecraft audiobooks.
- Lackluster environments - not only are the scenes (because they are just that) small and devoid of small detail, but they are also utterly boring, and do not leave anything to interpretation or imagination.
- The entire story is so short, you'd be forgiven to assume it was a demo version of something much larger.
I didn't like this game, it felt like they were reading a story to me while a just look around with the camera. Maybe it didn't hit has much to me because I'm not really into Lovecraft.