Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Comments by Tom Bramwell
Losing your mind? Buy this
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I like the sound of this game, but please can u tell me a few things about it that were not clear in the review...
1st. Is the control method akin to RES EVIL, as i absolutely hate that style, and it has put me off playing anything like that again. 2nd is the camera static as u enter rooms like res-evil, as once again im not keen on that sort of thing? these are the only 2 things that are stopping me wanting this game. |
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That's the problem with the "insanity" system... you're often hoping something is going to happen. It's like, "make me become insane,....this is going to be cool!" I wish that they had not included the bar which tracks your insanity levels, using the fact that crazy things are going on to tell if you need to heal yourself would have made this aspect of the game more real, and less "gimicky". :D
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Emma Roids
01/11/02 @ 12:59
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A good game released on the Cube shocker made better by the fact the fat plumber isnt in it.
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I'm currently three and a half hours into the game, now playing Karim's chapter and getting into the magic system. I love it. The control system is a lot more accessible than Resident Evil and while I wouldn't call it scary as such, it definitely is an unsettling game.
SPOILER AHEAD ----- spoiler spoileryspoiler spoilerspoiler spoiler that floor of screaming spoiler spoiler spoiler faces really creeped me out the first time spoiler spoileryspoiler spoiler. STOP SPOILER ----- A Cube must-buy imo. Going back to play it now. |
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JeetKuneMaul
01/11/02 @ 13:37
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Can't wait to pick this up but there are too many other titles on the release schedule just now or sitting by my consoles waiting to be played.
This time of year makes me go crazy enough without a game doing it. Too many titles so little time. :O( |
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terminalterror
01/11/02 @ 17:02
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Anyone else a bit disappointed the reviews have mentioned the missing controller thing? It's not going to have the same impact now is it?
NGC magazine used the same example in its review to illustrate the insanity effects, but left the rest for us to find out. At least the spoilers are the same. It would be nice if spoilers were preceded by a note saying: 'spoiler ahead, highlight text to read' with the spoiler writtin in the same grey as the background
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Ok, it's 3 am now, and I've been playing Eternal Darkness for three hours, with the lights out and my headphones on.
This game scares the shit out of me. Not the 'jump out of your seat'-surprise kind of scared, but it CREEPS me out. I really, REALLY don't want to open that door that is banging in the mansion. REALLY. The control system is what Resi's should be, and the graphics are wonderfully realised, with VERY nice use of shadows. They're also using your gaming veteranship against you! See, just because one monster of the three that lie on the floor wake up doesn't mean the other two will! Damn. Somehow I doubt it would be as scary in broad daylight with people around, though. So don't play it like that. I'm off to an (uneasy) sleep. |
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I found a very interesting interview with Silicon Knights' head honcho. Worth a read:
Interview with Denis Dyack from Silicon Knights Seems like SK might be Nintendo's new Rare... Also notice the implicit confirmation of Big N's continued presence in the home console business. That brings up some more questions. What is Nintendo’s controlling interest in Silicon Knights? That’s one of the questions I cannot answer. Our relationship has been very good, it’s permanent. We haven’t disclosed any of that to the public. Basically we’re working together with Nintendo on GameCube and all future platforms they create. (...) edit: also some bits about GC's successor here edit 2: for clarity. I really shouldn't post so late.
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Bill Gates is Evil
02/11/02 @ 08:01
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Peter McDougall mentioned there is a successor to GameCube in the works-- but i'll see it when I believe it. I'll eat half my shorts now then the other half later when the damn thing is officially announced. Nintendo barely released GameCube. I still think, with confidence, there won't be a GameCube 2. Nintendo may be researching for a newer console, but that may be just a "safe than sorry" plan for Nintendo, in case GameCube suddenly starts selling. Peter also might have said it to instill confidence in it's current console-- a category currently lacking.
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Bill Gates is Evil
02/11/02 @ 08:06
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"Seems like SK might be Nintendo's new Rare..."
That would be quite a downgrade. Eternal Darkness is good and all, but this game was in development for over four years. It should be perfect. If I had 15 months to study for college exams, I sure as hell better get an A+. And I don't think Nintendo is looking for a new Rare. If having a Rare-caliber developer was that important to Nintendo, they wouldn't have sold them to a competitor in the first place. |
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terminalterror
02/11/02 @ 16:37
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If having a Rare-caliber developer was that important to Nintendo, they wouldn't have sold them to a competitor in the first place.
The point is that Rare are no longer that high-caliber developer it once was, as Starfox Adventures doesn't seem to be up to previous standards. |
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gamesb*tch
02/11/02 @ 17:46
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got this game waiting at home and have just ordered a 21 inch WEga Sony Triniton off of let's buy it .com for... hold breath ... 250 quid... get on over there you bargain hunters!
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I really want to buy this game but i'm scared
I won't play it enough.I've got so many games on the go at the moment I probably won't have the time to play it very much. Why oh why does everything have to come out at this time of the year?.Surely at least one or two can come out in the summer months.It is just impossible to buy and play them all. |
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gamesb*tch
04/11/02 @ 02:02
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i agree but the doom 3 tech demo will keep me going til tomorrow morn!
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mechamonkey
04/11/02 @ 09:29
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Fantastic game, it just completely freaks me out.
It definately gets better after the first couple of hours. 9/10 |
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I thought the graphics were decidedly average, the control system cumbersome and most of all the story was predicable and tedious to say the least.
As for the graphics, fair enough if you didn't like them. The control system? Have you ever tried playing Resident Evil? Now THAT'S cumbersome. This is smooth, I don't even think about it. And the story - how far into it did you play? See, it doesn't unfold the way one might THINK it'll unfold. Also, it scares the hell out of me. Which can't be bad. But to each his own, I guess. |
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AnotherMartin
04/11/02 @ 17:14
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Out of interest which colour thingy did everyone pick at the end of the first chapter.
I went for Green, and it seems to crop up alot espec in cut scenes. Really enjoying this apart from when I had forgot to save, died and had to re-do a couple of chapters (but I did keep a couple of people alive that died first time round). Only had one BOO experience so far, the rest of it is a more subtle creeping out, than an in your face shock. |
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one BOO experience
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER IN SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER THE SPOILER SPOILER BATH SPOILER? I went for red at the start and that's the one that appears in cut-scenes. Did anyone know it affects the story other than the cutscenes? @ST it's a massive homage to Lovecraft. I guess with Cthulhu from Headfirst apparently coming out sometime this decade the license is tied up. |
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AnotherMartin
04/11/02 @ 17:27
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[sam_spade] yep thats the one, my sister almost pissed tea through her nose. Yet my seven y/o newphew found it most amusing.
I've heard that the game is different depending on what coulour, but I don't know by how much. I suppose it'll mean I end up playing through it at least twice and if the differences are big enough maybe more (though with all the games coming out between now and x-mas maybe not) |
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