- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Inspired by the award-winning board game franchise, Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace is an investigation game served with turn-based combat, set in the cult universe of H.P. Lovecraft.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and plot-driven.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
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COGconnectedRhett WaselenchukApr 202156/100If you can look past all of the issues plaguing Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace, there are certainly worse games to spend a weekend with. Especially if you’re a fan of Lovecraftian horror, but steer clear of it if you’re somebody that asks of your 2021 gaming experiences to at least feel like you’re playing something made in the past fifteen years. Granted, I’ll be curious to see if this receives a sequel, as I do believe this series could become a sleeper hit. Stay tuned.
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Nindie SpotlightJustin NationMar 20216.4/10With a popular board game series serving as the base, it's easy to instantly see the lore this title brings to the table simply reading through the background bios of each of the characters you'll be able to begin your adventure with...
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TheSixthAxisJonny FosterApr 20215/10It's difficult to recommend Arkham Horror Mother's Embrace if you're not already a fervent fan of the universe, and knowledge of what this game could have done with the source material will leave you yearning for a better digital implementation of Asmodee's tabletop tour de force.
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- LUCKYHAMMERS Entertainment Inc.
- Publisher
- Asmodee Digital
- Released
- March 3, 2021
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Unity
IGDB rating 5.7/10 from 6 ratings.
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