Davis is a one-man designer/programmer team and a visionary who specializes in developing games for the very small niche best described as “board games specifically made for computers”. As fans of his previous games Armageddon Empires and Solium Infernum already know, Cryptic Comet pretty much means Vic Davis. It won’t win any awards for being unique and breathtaking, but as a video game adaptation, it delivers enough to keep me coming back from time to time.The first of the duo is The Occult Chronicles by Cryptic Comet, released in August 2013. It helped to teach me a lot of the aspects of the “Elder Sign” universe in general and even went as far as to urge me to purchase the board game the next time I found it on sale. I personally found the game to be a passable, even enjoyable experience when I wasn’t adding money to the swear jar. As such, those who enjoy strategic gameplay with little reliance on luck and those who become easily frustrated should avoid “Elder Sign: Omens” altogether. The game is also pretty darned challenging…I believe I’ve won about one out of five games on normal difficulty. This is the type of game to where the dice can completely screw you over, despite your attempts to play the game as perfectly as possible. Despite the items featured, the game is still heavily reliant on luck.
I won’t delve too deeply into the rules of the game, but suffice it to say that successfully completing adventures will sometimes reward you with Elder Signs, which is what you’ll need to win the game. These items will help alter dice rolls and will even go far as to avail you with extra dice to use during the attempt. Each investigator has a special ability and a set of starting items, though they can earn more of the latter by successfully completing adventures. While there is a lot of luck in the game via the dice rolls, you can limit your reliability on luck somewhat by observing the special abilities of the investigator in question. Each adventure requires that certain icons be rolled during the attempt, accompanied by a list of rewards or consequences, depending on the outcome. Each turn, you’ll be in control of an investigator and will choose one of the available adventures on the map. There is no online multiplayer…which is bad news for those of you who love the board game and wanted to play with others around the globe.Īs with most luck-based games, expect the dice to give you the middle finger from time to time. I suppose if you had a friend or family member sitting next to you, you could engage in multiplayer via pass-and-play. In the board game version, each player assumes the role of one investigator while in this version, you control all four.
Your objective will be to gather a certain number of Elder Signs before the monster’s doom track completely fills up. The premise behind the game is a fairly simple one: you control a team of investigators who are trying to stop a monster (also known as “ancient ones”) from being summoned. My sole complaint here was the overuse of flashy screens that popped up as you played, like when it was time for a new investigator to take their turn. You can access help whilst playing via the menu screen, so there’s that too. It doesn’t cover strategies, but it does cover the interface and what each icon/ability/gameplay mechanic is designed to do. There are both videos and text menus to browse through, allowing newcomers to become acclimated to the game as a whole. I was very impressed with the in-game help feature, I must admit.
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The game includes options for screen resolution, full screen, the ability to toggle music/sound, and some other basic gameplay settings. As an electronic game, the overall package functions relatively well.
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