Gibbous – A Cthulhu Adventure

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Image is a photo of a video game main screen for Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure. On the main screen is a black cartoon cat, a man with both of his hands over a book glowing in bright neon green and a detective wearing a top hat and a coat. On the left are the game options which say: Continue New Game Load Game Options Language Cutscenes Help Quit
Gibbous A Cthulhu Adventure. Photo screenshot taken by me.

I’m back to writing regular posts! After hosting a Halloween party followed by the US election, I wanted to take a week off from writing posts. I can’t believe Halloween is already over, and Thanksgiving is a couple of weeks away. I wanted to write a post about one of the spooky games I played leading up to Halloween this year. This was one of the games I mentioned in my “Spooky Steam Haul” post. Gibbous – A Cthulhu Adventure is a spooky, point-and-click game with a magical talking cat.

Image is a photo of a man wearing a red shirt and jeans. There's a black kitty on his right. It's a photo from the game and he appears to be standing in a market in night time.
Buzz and Kitteh. Photo screenshot taken by me

The story focuses on two major characters. Detective Don R. Ketype is a PI tasked with recovering the Necronomicon. For those unfamiliar with Lovecraft’s writings, the Necronomicon is an evil book filled with spells destined to bring the world to its end. Don visits the library and meets Buzz Kerwin, a college student. An explosion occurs, with Don getting kidnapped, and Buzz finding the Necronomicon. Buzz takes the book back to his apartment and repeats a spell that allows his cat, Kitteh, to speak to him. Both Don and Buzz need to find out who’s after the Necronomicon and return Kitteh to her normal kitty state.

Image is a photo of Buzz and Kitteh in a red world that looks menacing. Buzz is wearing a red t-shirt and jeans, kitteh is a black cat. Behind them is a huge red circle that looks like a moon. There are several red boulders in the distance. Buzz and Kitteh are on a platform of dark brown and black rocks.
Buzz and Kitteh! Photo screenshot taken by me

I adored this game. I liked playing as Don and Buzz, although Buzz was my favorite since he had Kitteh with him. The game was well-designed and never glitched. The game was challenging enough that certain levels took me a bit of time because I would get stuck on what I was supposed to do next. Being a fan of Lovecraft’s work, there were several references to his work throughout the game.

As far as replayability, I ended up playing this game twice through. The first time to complete the game and the second time to unlock all the Steam achievements. There are story-based achievements and missable achievements. The missable achievements were slightly annoying at times because you can’t go back and play a level. If you miss the achievement, you would have to play the entire game over to get that achievement. According to Steam, I played this game for 13.9 hours. This is with two full playthroughs of the game. It’s safe to say this game will take six hours to complete.

Gibbous – A Cthulhu Adventure is a fun, spooky game perfect for any cat lover or HP Lovecraft fan. Gibbous – A Cthulhu Adventure can be purchased on Steam for $19.99.

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