History YMMV / CallOfCthulhuDarkCornersOfTheEarth

* PortingDisaster: The speed of every character is decreased in the PC version compared to the Xbox version. It makes the game nearly unwinnable when [[spoiler:the last level ends with a desperate run toward a gate while the ceiling is collapsing]]. The Steam version lacks this glitch, though the time limit is so tight it is hard to notice.

* MemeticMutation: Thanks to Podcast/FourPlayerPodcast, the guard in the general store has gained the FanNickname "Giant Spook Man".

* ThatOneBoss: [[spoiler:The pair of Flying Polyps. Though they don't do a lot of damage to you when the attack, the terrain they are on is narrow enough to fall off if you walk carelessly. Add in that their method of attacking involves pushing you our pulling you towards them with [[WeaponOfChoice powerful winds]] makes this even harder.]]

** The penultimate level in the Deep One's underground city is absolutely ''infuriating'' in just how annoying it is. Mostly because it has one of the most insane, long, and GuideDangIt puzzles in the history of video games that requires a bunch of backtracking and searching.
* WhatAnIdiot: Sebastian Marsh has Jack at his mercy towards the end of the game. So what does he do?
** '''You'd expect''': He kills him.
** '''Instead''': He throws him into a brig. With a chisel inside.

* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler:Sebastian Marsh has Jack at his mercy towards the end of the game. So what does he do? Instead of killing him, he throws him into a brig. With a chisel inside.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Mrs. Waite and why she [[OffingTheOffspring killed Ramona]]. Did she really kill her because she had become a wild and ferocious beast, or did she read her husband Thomas's diary (which was in the attic with her) and discover that Thomas was disgusted by their marriage and was considering giving their HalfHumanHybrid daughter a MercyKill before she became a full Deep One herself? Mrs. Waite could've killed Ramona to either spite her husband, or as an attempt to make him happy by relieving him of having to kill their daughter himself.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Mrs. Waite and why she [[OffingTheOffspring killed Ramona]]. Did she really kill her because she had become a wild and ferocious beast, or did she read her husband Thomas's diary (which was in the attic with her) and discover that Thomas was disgusted by their marriage and was considering giving their HalfHumanHybrid daughter a MercyKill before she became a full Deep One herself? Mrs. Waite could've killed Ramona to either spite her husband, or as an attempt to make him happy by relieving him of having to kill Ramona himself.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Mrs. Waite and why she [[OffingTheOffspring killed Ramona]]. Did she really kill her because she had become a wild and ferocious beast, or did she read her husband Thomas's diary (which was in the attic with her) and discover that Thomas was disgusted by their marriage and was considering giving their HalfHumanHybrid daughter a MercyKill before she became a full Deep One herself? Mrs. Waite could've killed Ramona to either spite her husband, or as an attempt to make him happy that he no longer had to worry about their child transforming.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Mrs. Waite and why she [[OffingTheOffspring killed Ramona]]. Did she really kill her because she had become a wild and ferocious beast, or did she read her husband Thomas's diary (which was in the attic with her) and discover that Thomas was disgusted by their marriage and was considering giving their HalfHumanHybrid daughter a MercyKill before she became a full Deep One herself? Mrs. Waite could've either killed Ramona to spite her husband, or as an attempt to make him happy that he no longer had to worry about their child transforming.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Mrs. Waite and why she [[OffingTheOffspring killed Ramona]]. Did she really kill her because she had become a wild and ferocious beast, or did she read her husband Thomas's diary (which was in the attic with her) and discover that Thomas was disgusted by their marriage and was considering giving their HalfHumanHybrid daughter a MercyKill before she became a full Deep One herself? Mrs. Waite could've either killed Ramona to spite her husband, or to make him happy that he no longer had to worry about their child transforming.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Mrs. Waite and why she [[OffingTheOffspring killed Ramona]]. Did she really kill her because she had become a wild and ferocious beast, or did she read her husband Thomas's diary (which was in the attic with her) and discover that Thomas was unhappy with their marriage and was considering giving their HalfHumanHybrid daughter a MercyKill before she became a full Deep One? She could've either killed their child to spite her husband, or to make him happy that he no longer had to worry about their child transforming.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Mrs. Waite and why she [[OffingTheOffspring killed Ramona]]. Did she really kill her because she had become a wild and ferocious beast, or did she read her husband Thomas's diary (which was in the attic with her) and discover that Thomas was unhappy with their marriage and was considering giving their HalfHumanHybrid daughter a MercyKill before she became a full Deep One? She could've either killed their child to spite her husband or to make him happy that he no longer had to worry about their child transforming.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Mrs. Waite and why she [[OffingTheOffspring killed Ramona]]. Did she really kill her because she had become a wild and ferocious beast, or did she read her husband's diary (which was in the attic with her) and discover that he was unhappy with their marriage and was considering giving their HalfHumanHybrid daughter a MercyKill before she became a full Deep One? She could've either killed their child to spite her husband or to make him happy that he no longer had to worry about their child transforming.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Mrs. Waite and why she [[OffingTheOffspring killed Ramona]]. Did she really kill her because she had become a wild and ferocious beast, or did she read her husband's diary (which was in the attic with her) and discover that he was unhappy with their marriage and was considering giving their HalfHumanHybrid daughter a MercyKill before she became a full Deep One. She could've either killed their child to get revenge on her husband or to make him happy that he no longer had to worry about their child transforming.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: ''Dark Corners of the Earth'' has you battle a ReligionOfEvil that plans to take over the world in the name of a deity named Dagon. Guess what happens in the [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion the next game]] that Bethesda released? There's even a side-quest in that game that's a direct homage to ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth'', the story that ''Dark Corners'' is based on.

* MostAnnoyingSound: "Spread out! Search the area!", which is repeated over and over and ''over'' again by the Innsmouth residents.