Cthulhu + Mechas = CthulhuTech - io9 Comments

Cthulhu + Mechas = CthulhuTech

Ghede — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:53:04 PST

Three words that will instantly deflate any love I have for this.

Ben 10, Vilgax.

Ghede

Cthulhu + Mechas = CthulhuTech

Oasx — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:31:56 PST

The game is basicly Humans vs Migou vs Cultists/Deep ones. If any of the Old Ones actually joined the battle it would be over pretty soon. I would reccomend checking out the forums since it will give a better idea of what the game is like, it is really one of the best looking rpg's i have ever looked at.

Oasx

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beelzebuddha — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:02:55 PST

@Plague: LOL! Kinda of like sharks with frickin' laser beams on their heads. I didn't realize Dr. Evil was a shoggoth.

beelzebuddha

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fant0mas — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:31:56 PST

I don't believe there are actually any Great Old Ones or Outer Gods with high tech in the game. Cultists worshipping said Old Ones & Outer Gods, Yes. The Mi-Go yes.

fant0mas

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tetracycloide — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:43:53 PST

why can't the great old ones keep giant weapons around to play with even if they aren't particularly combat effective from a practical standpoint? i could picture cthulhu using one like we'd use an M-80 on plastic army men, except in this case the plastic army men are actual people.

tetracycloide

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radio1 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:20:10 PST

This at first sounds awesome. But then it does not ring true. I mean I really really like the idea but this only works when fight against the Deep Ones and their followers.

Because as soon as a multi/hyper-dimensional portal opens, it ain't going to mean shit going against the Ones older than time...

It could work as some very, very weak cast-off from their dimension maybe...

radio1

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Amstrad — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:58:40 PST

40k Nurgle anyone?
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Amstrad

Cthulhu + Mechas = CthulhuTech

Eac_o_System — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:21:44 PST

Mechacthulu... Terror of Mechacthulu... Cthulu Raids Again...

Eac_o_System

Cthulhu + Mechas = CthulhuTech

Hekkashesh — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:37:34 PST

Although....hmmm...maybe a GPS....?

Hekkashesh

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Hekkashesh — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:26:41 PST

I have to agree with JEFF-MINOR. The notion of Nyarlathotep with a rail gun is about as silly as Yog-Sothoth with a Blackberry...I mean, he's the All-in-One...past, present and future. He doesn't NEED to text-message...just fry your brain with madness...

Hekkashesh

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kaosdevice — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:37:24 PST

I've looked at it and thought the production values were pretty top notch. I've heard there were some binding issues with earlier print runs but I assume this has been fixed. Not being an anime fan the setting doesn't do much for me, add the high price tag and I don't see myself buying this any time soon.

kaosdevice

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DrAllosaurus — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:18:10 PST

One wonders if the people who come up with this kind of clunky idea have actually read any Lovecraft. The fundamental nature of Cthulhu and his ilk was that they existed within dimensional complexities beyond what would could be comprehennded by beings, such as ourselves, who are limited to 4space. "At the Mountains of Madness" is all about what happens when beings in our universe face and try to harness what exists "beyond". Our tools and technologies don't mean a rat's ass in such situations.

DrAllosaurus

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Crunchy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:11:36 PST

My best friend is a Cthulhu and as for the tech stuff, he says its fashion trend some are trying out, although the tech stuff makes for great party favors... Ba Bang!!!

Crunchy

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Jeff-Minor — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:21:11 PST

For Gods' sake, this thing is an Old One, and Elder Being, a God by any other name. It does not have or need a gun. It can kill you with a thought!

Jeff-Minor

Cthulhu + Mechas = CthulhuTech

tetracycloide — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:16:31 PST

@Plague: don't punch babies it bruises all the tasty meat

tetracycloide

Cthulhu + Mechas = CthulhuTech

Sleepyhead — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:14:58 PST

Awesome sauce. Me buy now.

Sleepyhead

Cthulhu + Mechas = CthulhuTech

Plague — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:01:48 PST

@braak:
More than a few steps down. You can practically HEAR Cthulhu sayin' "lazers? Cannons? I don't NEED NO STINKIN' CANNONS!"

@Klebert:

Oh. I thought that was just a particular urge of mine.

Plague

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geekgrrl — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:46:51 PST

...pop a couple of shoulder cannons on it...

you mean like revenants from doom? cept maybe a little taller?

geekgrrl

Cthulhu + Mechas = CthulhuTech

Klebert L. Hall — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:38:59 PST

@Plague:
You mean everybody else doesn't always want to punch babies?
-Kle.

Klebert L. Hall

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braak — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:30:16 PST

@shudderstep: I think that's part of what makes the idea so weird. Why does Nyarlathotep need a railgun when he can rend space and time with his mind?

Putting lasers on the Great Old Ones actually seems like a kind of a step down.

braak

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Ed Grabianowski — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:26:51 PST

@Miranda Kali: Nice.

Ed Grabianowski

Cthulhu + Mechas = CthulhuTech

Rev-E — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:25:36 PST

A Colder War! Thanks Dr. Spaceman!

Rev-E

Cthulhu + Mechas = CthulhuTech

Whitt — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:19:48 PST

I saw this at a convention and actually blurted out the phrase 'That's the awesomest thing in the universe' while i handed over £30 for the thing. I'm not proud.

While I'm not 100% sure about the system mechanics, the background is pretty good and the art is great. Probably the only good book Mongoose have ever published.

Whitt

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Miranda Kali — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:11:47 PST

Shoggoth with friken laser beams on their heads. Who Lovecrafts ya, baby!

Miranda Kali

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Dr. Spaceman, Esq. — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:11:03 PST

Cuthulu and stealth bombers
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Dr. Spaceman, Esq.

Cthulhu + Mechas = CthulhuTech

Ed Grabianowski — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:55:03 PST

It's like I'm drowning in awesome.

Ed Grabianowski

Cthulhu + Mechas = CthulhuTech

SnotFare — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:49:25 PST

nyeh

SnotFare

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shudderstep — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:43:58 PST

It's actually somewhat in line with Lovecraft's mythos. The Cthulhoids and the Great Old Ones were aliens, not gods, locked in a huge universal war. Their technology was so far beyond ours that it looked like hoary magicks to us primitive apes. Lovecraft was a materialistic atheist through and through, even Dreams of the Witch House is more about physics than psychics.

That said Nylarhotep with a rail gun is really appealing.

shudderstep

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Plague — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:37:47 PST

@dancinbojangles:
If by "awesome" you mean "so stupid it makes you want to punch a baby", I totally agree.

Plague

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Mathmos — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:29:27 PST

The Great Old Ones are obviously benign. Foreseeing the destruction of humanity's habitat, they are pre-adapting the species for an aquatic existence, in Earth's oceans or those of a planet circling another star.

Mathmos

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dancinbojangles — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:27:13 PST

This is the most awesome thing that has ever and will ever be made.

dancinbojangles