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Cthulhu Saves Christmas
Eldritch horror saves Christmas for fun & profit in this fast-paced turn-based JRPG comedy.
Details
- Released
- December 23, 2019
- Developer
- Zeboyd Games
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG) · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Indie
- Publisher
- Limited Run Games
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After the exhausting dev process of Cosmic Star Heroine, I can see why Zeboyd Games went with a smaller project for this round. It’s a simple game, with a hilarious cast of characters and it’s about the length of the Home Alone duology. Cthulhu Saves Christmas is a nice way to wile away a snowy November day while trying to figure out how to convert to J.... planning your Christmas holidays.
Truly well-crafted, bite-sized games (especially JRPGs) are rare, and Zeboyd has undoubtedly delivered a winner here. Though there are a few rough edges, Cthulhu Saves Christmas is a delight from beginning to end for JRPG fans. It’s hysterically funny, plays well, and best of all, genuinely works as a sort of Lovecraftian holiday special, like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer or How the Grinch Stole Christmas. In fact, why not make this a holiday tradition? Cthulhu Saves Halloween, anyone?
Oh boy, another game featuring Cthulhu. Another Lovecraftian indie title released over the past couple of years. And yeah, yet another game trying to poke fun at the literary world’s most famous racist’s works with a comedic title trying to water down the dourness and insanity of his universe, just like the mediocre The Innsmouth Case tried to do earlier this year. Surely a recipe for disaster, right? What if I told you that this wasn’t the case, but actually a really funny game that kn...
Whether this is your first experience with the satirical duology or a revisit to the tale, Cthulhu Saves Christmas is a short and sweet RPG that will have you laughing until Santa decides to leave the North Pole for Christmas this year. (spoiler: that’s a long time!) Its new and improved turn-based system will entertain even the most curmudgeonly jaded RPG fan.
Zeboyd has consistently done pixel art and solid turn-based battles well. Cthulhu Saves Christmas is no exception, proving to be a hilarious little breath of fresh winter air this holiday season.