In this thrilling point-and-click adventure based on the works of H.P Lovecraft, you’ll traverse the haunting world of Gothic New England, solving puzzles and acquiring information to help Stanton solve the mystery of the Necronomicon.
Enter the world of Necronomicon- where quiet scholar William H. Stanton is suddenly thrust into the dark and enigmatic world of the occult.
The year is 1927. Stanton is in the drawing room of his Providence, Rhode Island home when his childhood friend, Edgar, appears at his door.
Edgar, seems distraught and delirious and gives Stanton a metallic pyramid, telling him not to give it to anyone- especially himself.
Still reeling from Edgar’s appearance, Stanton is visited by a doctor who tells him that Edgar has lost his mind and must be institutionalized. William knows there is more to the story and decides to find Edgar, but on his way discovers a horrifying secret that threatens all of mankind.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | 200 GHz | Intel Pentium III / AMD Athlon MP |
| VRAM | 256 MB | |
| RAM | 32 MB RAM | 64 MB |
| OS | Windows XP, Vista, 7 | Windows 95/98 |
| Graphics Card | DirectX compatible Video Card | nVidia GeForce 6200 LE / AMD Radeon Xpress 1200 Series |
| Direct X | Version 9.0c | DX 8 |
| SOUND CARD | DirectX compatible Sound Card | |
| HDD Space | 1 GB available space | 5 GB |
| Game Analysis | Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness is a 2001 video game, developed by Wanadoo Edition and released for Microsoft Windows based PCs and the PlayStation video game console.The game is set in 1927, where the life of William H. Stanton is affected by matters of the occult.The game starts off in William Stantons home where he is startled by a knock at his door. As William opens the door he discovers that it is one of his close friends acting in a suspicious manner. He gives William a metallic triangle and tells him not to give it to anyone including him especially if he asks for it.After going back inside there is a knock at the door again. This time it being his friends father asking him to meet him at his home soon.The game then picks up and the player has to solve a series of puzzles and question shady people to find out what is going on. | |
| High FPS | 200+ FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
| Optimization Score | 10 | |
Very atmospheric and very close to Lovecraftian mythology, but that’s all I liked about the game. The graphics where just bad for a game that was released in 2014. I do love retro grapics, but this one seemed just bad. Also the riddle where either too plain or unreasonably confusing. Especially the maze in the end. There isn’t much to see and almost none to talk to.
I mean, yes, it is Providens, people are supposed to be hostile and unfriendly, but I really missed the converations.