The Sinking City

 PlayStation 5
User Score
6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 52 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 52
  3. Negative: 16 out of 52

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  1. R1ck8r00ke
    Mar 29, 2021
    1
    I bought the Digital Deluxe version on PS4 when it first released, never finished it, so was excited to see a new enhanced PS5 version released.

    Sadly NO upgrade path ( free or paid ) for me is extremely disappointing and insulting to customers that supported this game at launch.
  2. Lother
    Nov 7, 2021
    0
    The more I played, the more it devolved into pandering, progressive woke nonsense. Every checkbox is ticked here and shoved in your face:

    - oppressed illegal immigrants that did nothing wrong? check - rich individuals who wont share their wealth with the poor? check - charitable individuals redistributing the rich one's wealth to the poor? multiple check - secret homo relationship    The more I played, the more it devolved into pandering, progressive woke nonsense. Every checkbox is ticked here and shoved in your face:

    - oppressed illegal immigrants that did nothing wrong? check
    - rich individuals who wont share their wealth with the poor? check
    - charitable individuals redistributing the rich one's wealth to the poor? multiple check
    - secret homo relationship heavy handedly shoved as an afterthought you discover from a photo and never mentioned again? check
    - women's rights movement? check

    The game also clearly bashes you over the head with what the creators think is the correct moral decision(the PROGRESSIVE one) in each instance. You're given stupid choices like: expose a clearly evil person part of a dark cult by poisoning the food they distribute to the poor in order to gain members or simply leaving her alone. I mean, seriously, what the actual F?

    Oh and the gameplay is pretty clunky and just annoying. You run out of ammo so damn fast then have to scrounge for more. It's not like you can AVOID monsters, most of the time you do have to fight them and they take so many hits to go down. What's the point of giving the player supposedly better and better weapons if those don't 1-shot weaker enemies? 4-5 shotgun blasts to take down a giant, same for rifle rounds.....huh?

    I only gave this a chance because it really did start out very promising and had SOME elements from H.P. Lovecraft done well. I should have suspected the level of wokeness when the game went exclusive to Epic for so long.

    Don't play this, play Eternal Darkness, a perfect adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft themes. Oh how I wish they would just make a remaster of that instead.    … Expand
  3. Gapinszczak
    May 2, 2023
    3
    Im very disappointed, because I love games from Lovecraft universe but here developers gave me some archaic stuff. The graphics look bad, like game from 2013 not from 2019. Gameplay and movement are wooden. You can forget about aiming, the aiming system is coarse and ineffective. But what about detective mode and cases. They are good, maybe not pretty good, but still funny. You roaming inIm very disappointed, because I love games from Lovecraft universe but here developers gave me some archaic stuff. The graphics look bad, like game from 2013 not from 2019. Gameplay and movement are wooden. You can forget about aiming, the aiming system is coarse and ineffective. But what about detective mode and cases. They are good, maybe not pretty good, but still funny. You roaming in the city, finding clues, suspects. It's the best part of game, and the only good things. I totally dropped out in a middle of game… Expand

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#63 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2021

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Jeuxvideo.com
    May 6, 2021
    75
    While it doesn't succeed in everything it sets out to do, The Sinking City remains a game that does not lack character.
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  2. CGMagazine
    Apr 14, 2021
    65
    If you can look past a plethora of bugs, backtracking and glitches, there’s an interesting game hidden here.
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  3. MGG Spain
    Mar 11, 2021
    75
    An interesting game that has some deep flaws. We love its story and the way you investigate, but the combat is plainly awful and we miss some more tutorial during the whole adventure. Also having to pay again for the same game if you already have it on PS4 doesn't rock.
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