Author Topic: I just rented Eternal Darkness (Read 9691 times)

Grey Ninja · « **on:** April 14, 2003, 10:00:44 PM »

I own the game, but it's at my sister's house, and we aren't on speaking terms right now. I would rather rent it than deal with her. So I got Skies of Arcadia and Eternal Darkness from the local video store. I intend to get the 3rd ending in Eternal Darkness once and for all.

I have been obsessing over this game for months. I still pray to Xel'lotath before writing every exam, and there are runes and pentagrams drawn all over my notes from this last year. I have numerous Eternal Darkness trailers and MP3s on my hard drive collected during my obsessive moments. I even have artwork created when I was still enamored with this game. It's been a long hard time without this game.

But this game is even better than I remember it, and I remember it as a perfect 10. Being seperated from this game for 8 months... it's like meeting your girlfriend after she left on a trip without you for a long time. She's more beautiful than ever, and you see absolutely no flaws. I am still very much in love with this game, and time apart has only strengthened my love for this game.

If any of you haven't played the game yet (SHAME!), then I suggest you do so. It's truly a game made by the gods themselves. Somehow I don't think that playing this game once more will help with my obsessive compulsive tendencies, but it will truly make me happy for the week I have it.

Hybrid Hunter · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2003, 12:05:55 AM »

Hah, i bought this game like the first day it came out in Australia.
You must like ED a lot to have all the ED stuff that you do.
I want to remember all the runes but just can't because i haven't tried, i also have downloaded the soundtrack too! Can't wait for what SK has planned next.

thecubedcanuck · « **Reply #2 on:** April 15, 2003, 02:22:48 AM »

I agree, ED rules. I can find myself playing it for hours on end without even knowing it.

Toolvana · « **Reply #3 on:** April 15, 2003, 02:48:48 AM »

Easy Grey Ninja, zip your pants back up you weirdo. It's a good game, but it's not THAT good.

reivned · « **Reply #4 on:** April 15, 2003, 04:55:44 AM »

Your damn right pal, it's a good game worth your playing time, but not the game of the decade as some people tend to call it.

Anyway it's a matter of opinion, so I don't even know why am I writing this. Oh yeah, I remember, I'm losing some time here instead of doing some important work.

Hmmmm.... procrastination !

:-)

monk72 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 15, 2003, 06:01:55 AM »

I bought ED last November with the intent of playing it. Since then Metriod, zelda OOT, animal crossing, SSBM, SMS kept me busy so I never got the chance to play it...until last night.
WOW!!!! I am so impressed with this game. I played for HOURS last night, and can't stop thinking about the game. Everything about it is fantastic. The movement, the graphics, the fact that your player gets exhausted, the insanty effects, the magic system, the targeting, the story, the presentation as a story....
VERY impressed. I may have under estimated the game a little (after all it sat brand new and unplayed for months). This 30 year old LOVES the gamecube while I can play the bright, fun mario sunshine then play ED for a dark, violent experience. The experience with this console has been the best I've ever had.
The diversity of the games is great fun.

The Omen · « **Reply #6 on:** April 15, 2003, 06:23:17 AM »

I just bought ED for 19.99 about a month ago. But between Zelda OOT, Zelda WW, Metroid(game erased, so i had to start all over), ASB 2004(FRANCHISE has me hooked!), Knockout Kings, Tiger woods and RE 0, i barely played 2 hours of ED. I definately have to set some time aside to get into the meat of the game. I was impressed with the game though, the little i've played of it.

Michael_82 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 15, 2003, 07:34:08 AM »

This really is my favorite Gamecube title. I cannot understand why it did not sell better.

ThePerm · « **Reply #8 on:** April 15, 2003, 08:51:10 AM »

crappy advertising...most people i know have never heard of ed...and everyone else thinks its a resident evil clone....despite being more liek zelda then anything.

NWR_Lindy · « **Reply #9 on:** April 15, 2003, 08:57:19 AM »

I'm in the same boat as Omen72, I bought it a few months back for $19.99. I always knew it was reviewed very highly, but I couldn't afford to buy it when it was new. When I saw the cheap price I had to get it, and man it's among the best $20 I've ever spent. ED sucked me in and just would NOT let go. I haven't played a game that rabidly for a long time. I really think it's the best game on the GameCube.

silks

StRaNgE · « **Reply #10 on:** April 15, 2003, 09:24:21 AM »

Grey ninja, an obsession over anything not real like that is very unhealthy.

Hope you were exaggerating a little at least?

Artimus · « **Reply #11 on:** April 15, 2003, 10:31:17 AM »

Someone call a doctor, we have an insane satanist in the building!

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #12 on:** April 15, 2003, 12:19:05 PM »

Yes, I am insane. Satanist? No. I am more of an atheist, but I am superstitious, and I feel that the runes in Eternal Darkness bring me good luck, and it certainly couldn't hurt.

I really really really love the game though. I am very pleased that in spite of the game not selling well, I am not the only fan out there.

Ninja X · « **Reply #13 on:** April 15, 2003, 01:13:00 PM »

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Originally posted by: ThePerm
crappy advertising...most people i know have never heard of ed...and everyone else thinks its a resident evil clone....despite being more liek zelda then anything.

Indeed.

On the topic, ED is obe of the best story-driven titles I have played in quite a while.

oSiRiS · « **Reply #14 on:** April 15, 2003, 03:18:34 PM »

Everyone who i forced to play ED but used to think was a RE clone or whatever ends up absolutely loving it.

rpglover · « **Reply #15 on:** April 15, 2003, 03:46:01 PM »

yeah eternal darkness is not just one of the best games on the gc, it is one of the best made games ever
i find myself playing it for no reason at all- just to enjoy the story and the awesome gameplay
the sanity effects make the game worth playing all over again
after beating it the first time, i went back not just for the uber ending but also just for lowering my sanity all the way to see the effects
if silicon knight's next game is just as good- we will be in for a huge treat

dafunkk12 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 15, 2003, 06:27:49 PM »

I'm too much of a wimp to play/survive through RE. I played through the first several rooms and just stopped. Fortunately my friend came over and beat it for me that day.

But after play-testing the demo of ED, I knew it wasn't like the RE that I hated, and I bought my WalMart's first copy, fresh out of the cellophane multipak. Unlike most of my other games, I was intensly driven to finish. The switching of characters along with the great story kept the whole thing fresh, and the controls allowed me to feel in control ::cough:: RE ::cough::. I would really love to beat it twice more to get the special ending, but new games keep coming out!

Anyway, when it came time to choose an author for my Lit class' Know-A-Writer project, I went straight for HP Lovecraft. I haven't read any of his works, and though I've heard things about him from Penny Arcade and ED preview-type-things, so I didn't know what I was getting myself into. Fortunately it's not written in Ye Olde Englishe and they're only short stories. No serious mind-f*ckings yet, but there's certainly an unsettling feeling. Let's see if I can work in some ED in my presentation...

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #17 on:** April 15, 2003, 09:44:49 PM »

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Originally posted by: dafunkk12
Anyway, when it came time to choose an author for my Lit class' Know-A-Writer project, I went straight for HP Lovecraft. I haven't read any of his works, and though I've heard things about him from Penny Arcade and ED preview-type-things, so I didn't know what I was getting myself into. Fortunately it's not written in Ye Olde Englishe and they're only short stories. No serious mind-f*ckings yet, but there's certainly an unsettling feeling. Let's see if I can work in some ED in my presentation...

Ok, I have always wanted to read Lovecraft, but never wanted to sit down and read a long book, and I had assumed it would be written in old English, which I hate. If they are short and readable, I might just give them a go. Can you let me know what some of Lovecraft's better works are? I realize that you haven't read them all yet, but you seem fairly knowledgable in the subject.

Hybrid Hunter · « **Reply #18 on:** April 16, 2003, 03:02:42 AM »

Yeah, i have wanted to read HP Lovecraft too but haven't really found any books, most likely because i haven't really tried.
Anyone know how much ED have sold so far?

mojorizin · « **Reply #19 on:** April 16, 2003, 03:31:04 AM »

For linkage to ED, and a natural place to start anyway, try reading "Call of Cthulhu" its only about 25 pages and serves as the best intro. You can find great reading lists all over the net from there. Definite influence on today's horror writers. Don't worry about Ye Olde English, he wrote most of the stories in the 1920s. Not that it is necessary, but does give you a basic background for the concepts in ED.

godwheel · « **Reply #20 on:** April 16, 2003, 04:56:26 AM »

Glad to know I'm not the only one practicing the magik outside the game ; )

Syl · « **Reply #21 on:** April 16, 2003, 07:29:03 AM »

Amazing Game, thats definately for sure.

One of my favorite cube games without a doubt, and im not a fan of any sort of horror genre.

I never have finished the third file, I need to go back and do thatsomeday, perhaps once im done with Ikaruga (which i need to pick up today)

*SPOILER*
The "bathtub scene" is still the scariest videogame moment ever. It just caught me by surprise and scared the living **** out of me, I remember shivering there for the next few minutes after that..

good times...good times

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #22 on:** April 16, 2003, 02:02:40 PM »

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Originally posted by: godwheel
Glad to know I'm not the only one practicing the magik outside the game ; )

I have to say that I am totally AMAZED that I am not the only one.

There used to be a park around where I lived with a cement pad that was perfect for spells. Grab a roll of blue electrical tape and you are good to go.

Also, thanks for the advice on Lovecraft. I will definately be keeping my eyes open for some of his stories.

NWR_Lindy · « **Reply #23 on:** April 16, 2003, 02:31:21 PM »

Grey Ninja - check out Edgar Allen Poe as well (note the Poe quote at the beginning of ED). His horror stories are really creepy and bugged out (Cask of Amontillado anyone?), and many of them are quite short. I'd suggest buying an Edgar Allen Poe collection, Forty-Two Tales Including The Fall of the House of Usher being my favorite.

silks

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #24 on:** April 16, 2003, 02:41:12 PM »

Heh. Poe is indeed something I know and love. I read one of his stories as required reading in Grade 9 (The tell-tale hand), and I loved it. It's one of the few things I have read in school and really liked.

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