![]() ![]() Hardly a day goes by without a massacre or entire department disappearing into a different dimension, so there is plenty for her to do.Īfter being guided around the campus grounds and getting introduced to the faculty, Charlotte’s job takes a turn for the mysterious when she decides to nose around an abandoned outpost. The player takes on the role of Charlotte LeStrange, an American witch who has taken on the dangerous job of working security for the institute. In this world of insanity and eldritch abominations, The Miskatonic institute serves as a gathering point for the world’s wisest and those still relatively sane. All of England has turned to cannibalism, witchcraft runs rampant, people and monsters live side-by-side, it’s completely derailed. The story is set in a world where all Lovecraftian horror turned out to be true and the entire world has become affected by various shades of madness. Delighted to see it finally released, I opted to get it right away and give it the review it never got on my old site. One of these was The Miskatonic a curious, Lovecraftian visual novel, that I ran into again by complete chance whilst browsing Steam. There are quite some games I was still covering around the time that I left, which did leave me feeling guilty. It was tough to keep reporting on these games and get them the spotlight they deserve. News about the likes of Our Darker Purpose just doesn’t attract the numbers or hype that anything Resident Evil-related will generate. As the resident expert on indie games, it was often difficult to convince dedicated fans of big horror licenses to also get excited for the kind of obscure crap that I am into. I still look back fondly on my time writing for Rely on Horror, but it was not a job without its drawbacks. ![]()
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