What a fantasy, an amazing thing, isn’t it?? And how individual it is. When reading books, the brain produces images that are not even close to those that others have imagined.

And many are familiar with the situation in which the release of a film adaptation of any work brings complete disappointment. Or we are already afraid in advance that our “pictures of the world” will not coincide. That’s why I still can’t decide to get acquainted with the film “Color from other worlds"with Nicolas Cage. If only because it is impossible to convey a Color that does not exist in our world.

In this case, the situation with the perception of Lovecraft. Fear of the unknown causes the brain to produce incredible pictures. The same one INDESCRIPBLE HORROR, which reigns in his stories, leaves everyone its mark.

Coming up with an image of a villain who has no essentially specific description other than maybe “a terrible creature” or “a formless shell” is not difficult, since your imagination is not limited. Plus, our culture already has established images. You can create anything from them and your imagination.

So, what about looking at images of Lovecraftian creatures in game implementation?? If you thought that I was about to start listing all the games inspired by the Lovecraft universe, then no! I think their number has already exceeded the indecent level and continues to grow.

I won’t pull Cthulhu’s tentacles! So, Lovecraftian creatures. How the developers saw them?

His image is very vague, since most often the ritual itself is described at his call. Ya! Shub-Niggurath! Almighty Goat with the Legion of the Young! Therefore, where there are sectarians, he will most likely appear there too. Here it is in the game The Sinking City there is a location where cultists summon such a creature. They talk about him as "fertile mother", which gives new life. The creature spits out human limbs, just like a true Shub-Niggurath, who eats his offspring.

How "deity of perverted fertility"Shub-Niggurath spawns new demons. And the boss is out Quake, which appears in the form of a huge creature with three tentacles, in battle it summons a bunch of mobs that will try to prevent you from performing a whole “ritual” to destroy it. And all the enemies that come across throughout the game are his doing. He gave birth to everyone.

Well, in the game South Park: The Fractured But Whole a rather comical representation of Shub-Niggurath, and also a racist who needs to be fed “white meat” in order to defeat.

His appearance is much clearer. In the book "The Somnambulistic Search for the Unknown Kadath" he is described as "a nightmare of boundless form, a terrible spirit and messenger of the Other Gods». But he has one feature that not many deities have – Nyarlathotep can directly interact with people, as he easily takes on human form. This makes it easier to influence them and win them over to your side. It is in the form of an ordinary mortal that he appears in Persona 2, later revealing his true form. Where there is darkness, there are shadows. I, myself, am all of you humans!

In the game Sundered Nyarlathotep tries https://prime-slots-casino.co.uk/ to turn the world into madness. He tied his mind to a shining trapezohedron in order to manipulate people through it. Fight with "creeping chaos» gives players inexpressible “pleasure” with its chaos.

Nyarlathotep [one of the translation options, referring to the ancient Egyptian gods] in DUSK, as the source of the Cult’s power, appears in the form of a huge creature with tentacles, a large mouth and green eyes throughout its body.

Shoggoths, unlike the power manipulator Nyarlathotep, were created as a common labor force. They recreated cities for their masters [elders]. Until one day they developed their own intelligence and fought back. "A shapeless mass of bubbling protoplasm – weakly illuminated, forming thousands of eyes that flashed with a greenish light and immediately went out».

In the game Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth it is found in some abandoned factory, like mold that has taken root there and is spreading along the walls. It’s easier to blow up a factory than to try to exterminate this creature. In Lovecraft’s story "TDaylight over Innsmouth"Shoggoths are also mentioned, and the events of the game take place in this strange town.

IN TES V: Skyrim added a mod where you can summon creatures called Shoggoths. Apparently in the form in which they could find themselves if they used the opportunity to grow not only temporary organs, but also temporary limbs. Using the same mods in Minecraft you can find them swimming in bodies of water, because these creatures are adapted to both land and water.

It seems to me that they should not be underestimated.

An omniscient god who is simultaneously in all times and spaces. "He is seen in person, he has no body, since his body is the universe itself». In the series The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim you can meet one Ancient deity named Hermaeus Mora. He, like Yog-Sothoth, is the keeper of the gates between worlds and the source of forbidden knowledge. "A nightmarish black shiny creature, at least fifteen feet long, that spewed a stench"- this description perfectly matches the appearance of the gloomy entity that appears before us in the game.

Fortunately, Howard Lovecraft sketched Cthulhu and it was easier for many to continue to rely on the basics. For example, despite the fact that Cthulhu is a sea lord, he has a pair of vestigial wings. And also a head with tentacles. But the most important thing is that he is gigantic and his awakening will lead to the death of humanity.

"I’m afraid. Storms have never scared me, but something…or someone…seems to be moving across the reefs. Or is it just my imagination?». The game just recently came out Call of the Sea. She reeks of Lovecraftian. It’s like you’re being brought into contact with something powerful. And indeed, at some point we meet a giant creature on the horizon. And then only two huge purple eyes under water, which intently “look into our soul”. As a person who is afraid of depth, I find such moments very exciting and frightening. [I’m making my own adjustments, grandfather Dagon hid there, thanks to the user kilkaa for the amendment]

IN Call of Cthulhu [2018] there are multiple endings. In one of them you can perform a ritual and summon a dormant Ancient deity. It’s a pity that for just a second lightning illuminates the Great One, after whose summons all hell breaks loose. People go crazy and kill each other.

You will even have to fight Cthulhu in The Secret World. How did he end up there?? Everything is pretty typical. After all, he rises from the depths to the coast, where the player is investigating a mysterious shipwreck. The ability to drive heroes crazy with your hypnotic gaze is present. It’s just a pity that this is the simplest boss in the game.

But there is a battle that can exhaust you in addition to Magicka: The Stars Are Left, where will you also have such an honor?. In battle, Cthulhu summons small humanoids, sucks you in, hits you with tentacles throughout the entire location and fries you with purple lightning! [so this is what he does when he’s not sleeping?!] In the game you can also find the Cursed Sword of Cthulhu – a weapon that instills madness in your enemies. You can get it by being in detective form [and why all the main characters in Lovecraftian games must be detectives?].

Very funny image in the game Cthulhu Saves the World, where a mysterious wizard takes away the powers of Cthulhu, and what can he do to lift the curse? To be a hero! Well, or "save the world to destroy it».

In general, similar images can be found in different games, for example, the comparison may be so-so, but the Moon Lord from Terraria doesn’t remind you of anyone? [from it even true eyes of Cthulhu fly out]. Somewhere there are statues of Cthulhu, somewhere there are his patrons, somewhere rituals for his call are described, or a “black book” reminiscent of Necronomicon. A whole cult!

IN Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, In addition to Shoggoth, lesser deities Father Dagon and Mother Hydra also appear as antagonists. According to the books, they are both patrons of the Deep Ones and look the part – amphibians of gigantic size.

There is a secret daughter of Cthulhu named Cthulla,who hides in a secret place called Yuth. I can’t help but name it, because if it really exists. then it was she who “absorbed” the main character [naturally the detective!] in the game The Sinking City. In one of the endings you free the "sleeper’s daughter" and. a disaster occurs [following in his father’s footsteps!].

I would like to separately mention the game Bloodborne. The game itself takes place in a nightmare, which says a lot. You and I, perhaps, won’t have to speculate about what the creatures will be like and will be able to deal with them. I will name just a couple of those that drive hunters crazy: Mensis’s brain And Amygdala.

When, in absolute darkness, lighting the way with a torch, I came across a mess of hundreds of eyes – I was stunned. That moment when Mensis’s Brain can’t hurt you, but affects your sanity. If there had been a madness meter displayed next to my head, it would have clearly jumped at that moment. Well, what about the mystery of the Amygdala?? Only at a certain level of the main character’s madness can we “see the light” and see that they were there all this time. Giant creatures looming over the city. Just remember your first reaction. Breathtaking.

It’s probably hard to spoil the images of the Ancient Gods. It is enough to give them characteristic qualities and features, a pinch of power, create panic, paint the viscous atmosphere dirty green and fill the area with a slimy liquid. And now we understand that we are starting to lose our minds, which means they are nearby. Or maybe you imagined them completely different??

It’s been 84 years since the death of Howard Lovecraft. But his influence is felt everywhere. This is such a rich world, with its own pantheon of creatures, with its own history and background. You could even say that Howard created a trend towards the very phenomenon of alien beings invading the earth. Just took science fiction and nightmares together.

Guys, please don’t forget that somewhere in the depths of the waters under R’lyeh lies Cthulhu, waiting in the wings! Cthulhu fhtagn!