Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace

Mixing a turn-based SRPG with a detective thriller sounds interesting so let's see if Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace can pull it off.

Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace is a passable translation of the mythos that board games, books, and graphic novels have been telling and retelling for decades, but stops just short of making it feel new or modern. That goes doubly for the repetitive and simple combat it throws at you between sections of uninspired “detective” work. So while I hoped this might sate my Lovecraftian hunger for an Ar...

It’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.

Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace suffers from a bland and unspectacular combat system, a questionable sanity gimmick, and a litany of technical issues that are too glaring to ignore. Although it's an adaptation of a board game, you might as well call it a "bored game" due to the tedium and frustration you'll experience.

While there are elements of the gameplay that can be dull at best and problematic at worst, Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace is otherwise a creepy, well-constructed and overall enjoyable horror-mystery that should appeal well to fans of the genre -- and it is easy enough to pick-up that gamers curious about the universe should find some enjoyment as well.