Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness

Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness is the second installment of the series of point & click adventure games based on the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, launched in 2017. The game, which is a prequel to the first part of the series, entitled Chronicle of Innsmouth, was developed by independent studio PsychoDev.

Plot

Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness was inspired by the short story The Shadow over Innsmouth and the novel At the Mountains of Madness. The action of the game takes place ten years before the events presented in the first installment of the series, in the 1930s. The main character is a private detective Lone Carter, who, after waking up on the beach near the Innsmouth, struggles with terrifying visions and nightmares. After returning to his hometown Arkham, the protagonist finds another mystery to solve. Trying to explain the disappearance and the ritual murder, Carter gets entangled in a plot that will put his sanity to the test.

Apart from that the game allows us to play as Abdul Alhazred (author of Necronomicon - a book containing secret and forbidden knowledge and information about Great Old Ones), in whose shoes we find ourselves in ancient Yemen. The third protagonist is H.P. Lovecraft himself, investigating the secrets of his family.

Mechanics

Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness is a classic representative of point & click adventure games genre. During the game we explore various locations, talk to the characters, among whom there are many well-known ones from H.P. Lovecraft's works, and collect useful items. The core of the game are puzzles that require us to be perceptive and inventive.

Technical aspects

The graphic design of Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness is kept in a retro pixel art style, thanks to which the game brings to mind the cult adventure games from LucasArts. The graphics is much more detailed than the visuals of the first part of the series and looks pleasing to the eye.