Crow Country (Official GOG Installer)

2024 · horror · survival · PlayStation 5 · Xbox · SFB Games

Crow Country is an Indie Survival Horror Game by SFB Games that was released for PCs and Consoles on May 9th, 2024. This is the Official GOG Installer for the game. Description - Wikipedia Crow Country is a 2024 survival horror video game developed and published by SFB Games . Set in 1990, the story follows investigator Mara Forest, who travels to the abandoned Crow Country theme park in search of its owner, and uncovers the dark secrets the park hides. Gameplay focuses on exploring the park, solving puzzles, and defeating enemies. The game was announced in 2023. Its visual style and gameplay were designed to be similar to early survival horror titles released for the PlayStation in the 1990s, including Resident Evil and Silent Hill . The developers sought to closely emulate the presentation and design philosophy of older games while introducing modern features such as improved controls for movement and aiming, as well as accessibility options. Crow Country was released for PlayStation 5 , Windows , and Xbox Series X/S in May 2024, with versions for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 following in October. The game received generally positive reviews; critics praised its visual design, narrative, and evocation of earlier horror games, but were divided on its combat and puzzles. It was a commercial success, selling over 100,000 units within six months of release. Gameplay Crow Country' s presentation and gameplay are modeled after early survival horror games. In this screenshot, Mara engages in combat with an enemy. Crow Country is a survival horror game inspired by early entries in the Resident Evil and Silent Hill series. Players control Mara Forest, who is tasked with exploring the Crow Country theme park while finding objects, solving puzzles, and defeating monsters. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Combat requires players to aim and shoot at monsters encountered in the park using various weapons. Mara begins the game with a pistol, and can obtain additional weapons such as grenades, a shotgun, and a flamethrower. [ 4 ] Players cannot shoot while running, and must stand still to manually focus their aim. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Players have limited health , which is depleted by hits from enemies or environmental hazards and traps, and can be replenished using bandages, first aid kits, and antidotes. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Healing items and ammunition may be collected by interacting with vending machines and containers. [ 7 ] Players gain access to new areas through exploration, locating keys, and solving puzzles, some of which involve combining items found in different locations. [ 3 ] Certain puzzles offer secret items that reward players with weapon and equipment upgrades upon completion. [ 2 ] Players also collect notes and diary entries scattered throughout the park, which provide hints for puzzles and reveal story details leading up to the events of the game. [ 4 ] In safe rooms, players can save their progress and review a notebook to see all notes collected so far. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Crow Country features two main game modes : "Survival", which features combat and enemies, and "Exploration", which removes enemies and allows players to freely explore the park and solve puzzles. [ 10 ] [ 2 ] An additional difficulty mode, "Murder of Crows", was added in a post-release update. Enemies deal more damage, supplies are rarer, and Mara cannot run if she is seriously injured. [ 11 ] Plot In 1990, special agent Mara Forest arrives to investigate Crow Country, an abandoned rural amusement park near Atlanta , Georgia that shut down two years ago. Its founder, Edward Crow, mysteriously disappeared, and Mara is searching for him. Upon arriving at the park, she meets an injured Arthur Mole, a paranormal photographer who warns her of dangerous creatures. She helps him back to her car and continues her investigation, meeting Edward's daughter, Natalie Crow; his foreman, Tolman; lawyer Julie Baron; police detective Harrison James; and Edward's business partner Marvin Trumble, who are all there investigating as well. While searching Crow Country, she discovers that it hides a dig site that manufactured pure gold seemingly "grown" from root-like structures, and that the park is overrun with zombie-like creatures referred to as "Guests". With pressure from the government questioning where the gold was coming from, Marvin and Crow bought a dried-up gold mine in Brazil to cover their tracks. However, after bad publicity when a 15-year-old girl, Elaine Marshall, was seriously injured in the park, it was forced to shut down. It is revealed that Elaine was attacked by one of the Guests, which appear to be carrying some kind of infectious disease; and that the root-like structures are emerging from a pool deep below the park. As Mara travels deeper into the park, Harrison is found shot dead by Marvin, who is then accidentally knocked off a catwalk to his death during a confrontation. Mara tells the remaining survivors to escape to her car, while she goes down to the core of t