


Eventually, Reed crosses paths with the Klan. Indeed, it’s impossible to miss Oakmont’s vocal anti-immigration lot.

Many of Oakmont’s suspicious, longtime residents practically spit the word “newcomer” at you, when you chat with them. But for those who may harbor reservations about Lovecraft (whose writings have inspired many video games) because of his anti-Semitic and anti-integrationist leanings, it should be said that “The Sinking City” puts the racism of 1920s America on display. I found the game’s yarns about headaches, madness and monsters fairly tame. I enjoyed the game’s sleuthing mechanics but wished they had been served by a more engaging plotline than “The Sinking City’s” revisionary approach to the fancies of H.P. Sometimes clues can be interpreted in ways which will lead Reed to pursue different courses of action. There you can combine notecards with clues on them to draw different conclusions. Once you’ve gathered enough evidence from different sources you may visit your mind palace in the menus.
