Eternal Darkness

[NuclearPenguin]

How many of you have played Eternal Darkness?
How many of you remember Eternal Darkness?
And how many of you want a sequel to it?
Personally, I loved it. I still remember it.

 

[bodyklok]

I assume you mean Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem? And was this brought on by The Spoony Experiments recent review of it?

OT: Never played it, looks good though.

 

[NuclearPenguin]

I assume you mean Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem? And was this brought on by The Spoony Experiments recent review of it?

OT: Never played it, looks good though.

Whos recent review? And yes Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

 

[Fniff]

I have played it!

And it scared the crap out of me!

Of course I want a sequel!

Man,it was good.

 

[Radeonx]

It was pretty good.
If a sequel came out, I might look into it.

 

[DrDeath3191]

I like the game, but oddly I didn't find it all that scary. It seems to me that if you're in control of your Sanity level, then the whole Insanity thing loses its effect.

 

[bodyklok]

I assume you mean Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem? And was this brought on by The Spoony Experiments recent review of it?

OT: Never played it, looks good though.

Whos recent review? And yes Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

Spoonyies site [http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/page/2/], second one from the top.

He's a good reviewer, those aren't his best so check around the achieves if you want to look at some better ones.

 

[Iron Mal]

I thought it was a pretty good game although it did fall down a few of the pit falls that puzzle/survival horror games usually fall for.

While most of the puzzles were interesting and clever there were a few that felt a bit arbitrary and there were a few fetch quests to boot. On some occasions the puzzles felt a little bit too simple (namely where a symbol appear on the wall and you've got to cast a spell that's the same alignment/colour) and on other occasions they were a bit too vague or unclear (I'm still stuck on the Monestary level for this very reason).

The insanity meter was interesting and shocking at first but after a while my bursts of insanity became readable and predictable to the point where I found myself laughing when weird shit happened rather than feeling uneasy (this in turn can kill the tension which is ultimately important to a horror game and is a shame considering the great effort that went into the H.P.Lovecraft-esc atmosphere and mood of the game).

I guess a sequel could be good but I get the feeling that it make the same mistake that most sequals make and sacrifice some of it's good aspects to counter the weaknesses of the first game.

 

[ZeroMachine]

I never got the chance to play it

Always wanted to, though.

 

[eels05]

Yes this could use a sequel.
Great game.

 

[Jenova65]

Brilliant game, I love it. I leant my copy to someone once and moaned constantly til it was given back..... Never again!

 

[Wolfram23]

I really loved ED! I always made sure I was a little insane to see the sweet effects. I loved the passive ones like seeing a statue's head turn to watch you and bleeding walls or the sounds of monsters banging on doors. The "flashback" effects were great too. I think my fav was either falling apart or the first time it did the "mute" thing. So great. Story was awesome too.

Remember the part where the two servants get their heads blown open in the mansion? That part was crazy!

 

[Hazy]

How many of you have played Eternal Darkness?

I HAVE.
I remember Eternal Darkness fondly.

How many of you remember Eternal Darkness?

See: Above

And how many of you want a sequel to it?

I'm still praying that the promo featured in one of the sanity effects was real.
Sanity's Redemption needs to come out now, Silicon Knights. Let's get on it.

 

[Hazy]

I never got the chance to play it

Always wanted to, though.

Check it out:
Click me. [http://www.amazon.com/Eternal-Darkness-Sanitys-Requiem-GameCube/dp/B00005Q8M4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1268061621&sr=8-1]

The prices are surprisingly reasonable. And it's worth every cent.

 

[HellsingerAngel]

Never played the game until recently. Funny this thread came up about a week after I finally found -and purchased- this game at a local game shop.

To say it was a great game for its time is certainly an accurate remark. To say it still holds up to games now-a-days would be a false statement. It has some neat things in it, such as the insanity meter. But why do we get to see it? That just makes it easy to judge how far we've gone. The effects are also sub par, boardering on interesting rather than scary. Overall, a cool concept, but falls short of making a spiritual successor to the Call of Cthulhu video game.

 

[lachinti]

I played it. Finished on all three alignments. Loved every minute of it.

I'd surely want a sequel, but am not quite sure about the story. The game wasn't intended for a sequel I think and forcing one could ruin the fond memories of the original...


Well, here's hoping for a good sequel with Wii Motion plus requirement! (Sorry, I'm a Wii person)

 

[AVeryDrunkPanda]

I enjoyed it. I don't know if it merits a sequel, though. It was a good game, and maybe bigger environments and a non-fixed camera (in some places) would help a lot to make it better. It's been so long since I played it, though.. I should find it again and play it since I have my gamecube on my desk now, after all.
It was one of the few titles that made having a gamecube worth having.

 

[Senrab]

That game scared the ever living shit out of me when I was a kid. I tried replaying it again recently, but the outdated graphics have finally gotten "too" outdated, and it just doesn't have the same impact anymore. Would love to see a sequel, preferably on a console that could actually get some attention. Would love to see the sequel they've been teasing us with.

 

[GloatingSwine]

Great game.

Not sure about a sequel though, doesn't really need one. Another game with similar themes and writing, with similar sanity effects would be a winner though.