Spiritual Successor: Seems to owe much more to the original Quake than Quake II, Quake III: Arena, and Quake IV ever did.The Steam version lacks this glitch, though the time limit is so tight it is hard to notice. It makes the game nearly unwinnable when the last level ends with a desperate run toward a gate while the ceiling is collapsing.
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Porting Disaster: The speed of every character is decreased in the PC version compared to the Xbox version.Jack: Noooooooo, I'm toooooo laaaaaaaate. This is mainly noticeable on the rare Non-Standard Game Over where Jack is still alive to say something, like failing to save Hoover. Narm: The slow motion effect that kicks in upon a Game Over also slows down dialogue.Namely, he fought his way out of Innsmouth, killed a number of cultists, destroyed a shoggoth with factory machinery, blew up Dagon by blasting him in the face, vanquished the cult leader Robert Marsh armed only with a knife, took on two Flying Polyps on very unforgiving terrain, dismantled the Esoteric Order of Dagon and electrocuted Hydra. Moment of Awesome: By the end of the game, Jack has done several awesome things within the week.Memetic Mutation: Thanks to 4Player Podcast, the guard in the general store has gained the Fan Nickname "Giant Spook Man".The nightmares/hallucinations that Jack has about Arkham Asylum can be considered the larval form of The Evil Within, which Bethesda later published and also had psychological horror as a central theme.Four years after Dark Corners of the Earth's release, publisher Bethesda would acquire a company known for developing another Lovecraft-inspired First-Person Shooter.Guess what happens in the next game that Bethesda released? There's even a side-quest in that game that's a direct homage to The Shadow Over Innsmouth, the story that Dark Corners is based on. Hilarious in Hindsight: Dark Corners of the Earth has you battle a Religion of Evil that plans to take over the world in the name of a deity named Dagon.He's Just Hiding!: Some fans believe that Jack didn't really die at the end, and instead secretly swapped bodies with someone else, and is now carrying out his mission to dispose of the remaining Flying Polyps, using another person's body to accomplish this task.However, it makes a lot more sense when you realize that it's an inherited Yithian trait, the ability to swap bodies across space and time. Fridge Brilliance: Jack's ability to take over the body of a Deep One seems out-of-context at first, since up to that point his Psychic Powers only went as far as a few random visions.The last two levels are particularly problematic. It's quite clear that most of the game's development went into the first half of the game. Disappointing Last Level: A pretty serious case too.Continuity Lockout: Those unfamiliar with Lovecraft's work will probably find the reveal that Jack is part Yith and has the body-swapping ability to go with it somewhat confusing.Unless you get the Game-Breaking Bug in which the ship doesn't get close enough to shore for you to target correctly, resulting in a game that can't progress until you get the fan-made patch. With almost everyone else on the ship dead, Jack singlehandedly takes down Dagon with the main gun by firing missiles into his face before Dagon manages to sink the boat. The crew arm themselves with Springfield rifles and Tommy guns, eventually fighting off the Deep One assault. To go into further detail: Jack has been fished out of the water by a Coast Guard Cutter (a ship operated by the coast guard that is at least over 65 feet long), when suddenly it comes under attack by the Deep Ones, who pour onto the deck and start killing everything. all you can do is run, bolting doors behind you while desperately trying to find a way out. You have no weapons, no allies, no mission. Best Level Ever: One of the most praised levels in the game is the hotel escape, where you have to flee an entire town of cultists.She has no way of actually attacking you, her only defense is a bunch of respawning Deep Ones, but they are absolutely no problem when the Yithian Lightning Gun can kill them in one hit and has infinite ammo.
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