Ahead of its release next month, the first hour of gameplay from Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game has been uploaded to YouTube, and can be viewed below. Although it won’t be a strict adaptation, developer Cyanide drew inspiration from both H. P. Lovecraft’s original novella and the subsequent tabletop role-playing game, so Lovecraft purists should be very happy with the final result. Publisher Focus Home Interactive are currently offering a ten percent discount to those who pre-order, so you might want to keep that in mind if you were thinking of picking it up.

As you can see, the main focus of Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game will be on atmosphere and exploration, and whilst there will be some combat, you certainly won’t be fighting your way through hoards of enemies. Similarly to the seminal Lovecraft-inspired game Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, there will also be a sanity meter, which means that the more horror you encounter, the weaker your grip on reality will become. And you’ll be encountering a lot of horror throughout the twelve to fifteen hours of gameplay.

The semi-open world RPG will place you in the shoes of private investigator Edward Pierce, who sets out to solve the death of a family on Darkwater Island, and soon uncovers a plot to unleash upon the world the sinister Great Old One known as Cthulhu. The new footage sadly does not give us a look at Cthulhu himself, so we’ll probably have to wait until Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game releases on PC, PS4, and Xbox One on October 30 to see how Lovecraft’s most famous creation will look in glorious eight generation graphics.