Darkness Equals Death: In chapter 9, when Pierce is trapped by the Shambler in an alternate dimension of the hospital's first floor, running out of oil for the lamp results in the Shambler catching and killing Pierce.Cult: It wouldn't be the Cthulhu Mythos without one of these at work.Creepy Changing Painting: Encountered in Chapter 10, where Pierce encounters a painting of a man looking at a cultist scene in the distance - and as Pierce moves out of frame, the figure's face has turned to reveal that it, too, was Pierce.
#CALL OF CTHULHU SHAMBLER FULL#
Lovecraft inspired story, Edward Pierce is called to investigate a town that is full of secrets and may result in The End of the World as We Know It. Color Wash: The entirety of Darkwater Island has a green filter on it to make the place seem more alien and sickly.The final hallucinatory segment ramps this up, with several "choices" that happen no matter how much the player resists, to show the Leviathan's control over Pierce. You have no choice but to look upon The Shambler painting for instance, despite being very well informed at how bad an idea it is at that point, and while you get a choice the first time, the second time the Leviathan comes offering Pierce truth all your dialogue choices are to take it. But Thou Must!: A few, mostly pertaining to ensuring the player does at least a few things that affect Pierce's sanity.Mind you, Edward did save the world, it just wasn't necessary to do it that way. How best to summarize the Counter-Ritual ending.Sarah Hawkins successfully banishes the Dimensional Shambler but the mental exhaustion makes her susceptible to Leviathan's brainwashing.When you go back to Darkwater port in chapter 12, backtracking to the location of the statue reveals that it has been destroyed offscreen. Brick Joke: In chapter 2, Pierce encounters two local fishermen who are pissed off because someone vandalized the statue of St.Brainwashed and Crazy: Most of the town of Darkwater Island are this rather than willing followers of Cthulhu.Booze-Based Buff: Drinking alcohol regularly might seem like a terrible idea given your current situation, but it actually helps protect your sanity from the Mythos and helps you get the "least bad" ending.Body Horror: Happens to a few characters throughout the story including Sarah's husband, who is now a full blown Humanoid Abomination.His mere presence drives the cultists and Pierce to kill each other in a fit of murderous insanity. His writhing tentacles can be seen in the background of the final level, obscured by storm clouds and is briefly seen in the "Perform the Ritual" ending, illuminated by a lightning flash when he's summoned. Cthulhu himself is the Greater-Scope Villain, with his impending summoning being a major plot point.Even then it is ultimately Sarah Hawkins who is the one who will bring about the rise of the Great Old Ones. He is actually just a pawn for the Leviathan, though, who serves as the game's true antagonist. James Fitzroy the head of the Cult of Cthulhu on Darkwater Island is planning on bringing about The End of the World as We Know It.So, it's not a good thing when Edward Pierce ends up imprisoned there. The patients are treated as prisoners, tortured, experimented on, and apparently dissected on a regular basis.
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Namely Marie Colden, Sarah Hawkins, and Cat Baker. And Now for Someone Completely Different: There are three chapters in which Pierce sees through the eyes of different characters and you play through events as them.Call of Cthulhu contains examples of the following: