Author Topic: Just Finished Eternal Darkness. WOW! (Read 10365 times)

OsonCubed320 · « **on:** July 10, 2003, 04:38:41 PM »

Wow you guys, you all have to go out and buy this game if you haven't already. It is probably one of my favorite Video Games next to Super Mario 64 and Legend of Zelda

oT. Just please go out and buy this! It is a really good under rated game and deserves some recognition. I promise you it will leave you with some great memories.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2003, 05:13:30 PM »

We're all proud of you.

Now if only more people bought the damn game WHEN IT CAME OUT, it would've had an even stronger show of support.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2003, 05:17:42 PM »

I don't think it's underrated, it's just a sleeper hit. everyone seems to love it, it's just that that everyone is a small group. Anyway, i gave the game a rental, and i didn't like the controls, especially fighting. But i loved the atmoshere, it's not the things that scare you, it's the anticipation you have waiting for something to pop out and suck on your innards that gave me the creeps. I just didn't give the game enough time to unfold.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2003, 05:20:00 PM »

Hey, Pro 666, you posted while I was typing you big meanie

kennyb27 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2003, 05:44:28 PM »

I recently bought ED because of the "Buy Eternal Darkness in 2003 Campaign" over at IGN. I got it for $15 and could not be happier, I clocked 14 hours and beat one of the three paths in less than four days (which is alot for me). It definitely jumped up to one of my favorite titles available for GameCube.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2003, 05:56:46 PM »

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Originally posted by: KnowsNothing
Hey, Pro 666, you posted while I was typing you big meanie

You are the tortoise. I am the hare.

Koo kooka choo.

Michael8983 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2003, 06:29:58 PM »

The game was brilliant. The gameplay wasn't quite up to par with other Nintendo titles IMO but most games with as complex a story and as many cinamatics as ED have barely any gameplay and hardly qualify as games at all. So ED is definitly in a league of its own.

I'm actually hoping SK will remake ED for Nintendo's next console.
It could even be marketted as an entirely original game since so few people played the original. The game deserved to be a massive hit and Nintendo should give it another chance at becoming one.

Moonwatcher · « **Reply #7 on:** July 10, 2003, 07:10:56 PM »

Yes ED is great. I want Too Human now. Are you listening Silicon Knights?

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #8 on:** July 10, 2003, 08:20:52 PM »

Yea me want Too Human also. I beat Eternal Darkness 6 times but my friend is still borrowing it from me and I wana play it a 7th time.

thecubedcanuck · « **Reply #9 on:** July 11, 2003, 02:09:07 AM »

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The gameplay wasn't quite up to par with other Nintendo titles IMO

I think the gameplay is the best of any cube game to date.

HolyPaladin · « **Reply #10 on:** July 11, 2003, 04:57:48 AM »

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The gameplay wasn't quite up to par with other Nintendo titles.

No, it blew past it.

Man, this game owned everybody else's nuts so bad that it can't be put into words. If anybody hasn't yet beaten it through all three paths, do so now, because the additional ending sequence that gets tacked on adds the final and ultimate twist to the whole story. *voice=diabolical laugh* Mwa ha ha ha! *end voice* Talk about passive agressive. *voice=diabolical laugh* Mwa ha, ha ha, ha ha, ha! *end voice*

Chasefox · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2003, 06:00:01 AM »

ED is such a great game. I saw it at Babbages for only $15. I haven't beaten any of the paths yet, but I'm close, since I've only rented it and played it at my friends house.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #12 on:** July 11, 2003, 06:07:14 AM »

It constantly amazes me how many people haven't played the game.

Anyways, I'm glad that you enjoyed the game, and I assure you that we were all just as amazed when we played the game for the first time. Without a doubt, it's one of the greatest games ever made.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #13 on:** July 11, 2003, 07:16:24 AM »

Underrated? No- it got rave reviews. Hardly anypne bought it, though, which is really a shame because it's easily one of my favorite games ever. I REALLY hope Silicon Knights makes a sequel- I want the rest of the story, Denis!

Ian Sane · « **Reply #14 on:** July 11, 2003, 07:23:00 AM »

I find it really weird that ED sold so little copies and that so many people on this forum haven't played it. I remember when it came out everyone on the forum was talking about how great it was. Where did all you people who have never played it come from?

ED is proof that Nintendo needs to improve their advertising. Almost everyone I've met who has played it thinks it's amazing. If Nintendo just f*cking told the public about it then the damn thing could have been a big hit. The way Nintendo advertised ED it's like they wanted a mature Nintendo game to fail.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #15 on:** July 11, 2003, 07:40:28 AM »

Exactly, Ian- Eternal Darkness commercials only aired real late at night on channels no one watched a total of like 3 times. I'm SURE if the general public knew about the game it would've sold a lot better. I don't think I've met anyone who actually didn't like it.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #16 on:** July 11, 2003, 08:25:20 AM »

Mouse Clicker, describe to me an advertisement about Eternal Darkness that would explain why you wanted to buy the game without spoiling any story details, and takes 30 seconds or less.

I think it's like Denis said. Eternal Darkness is a game that is simply impossible to advertise.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #17 on:** July 11, 2003, 08:35:20 AM »

That doesn't mean you don't advertise at all- you're acting like it was doomed from the start. An ideal advertisement would start saying "For two millenia an ancient evil has been plotting the demise of mankind and 12 people must stop them, before they go INSANE! From the makers of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain comes the most epic game you will ever play- Eternal Darkness. Only for Nintendo Gamecube"- all the while they'll be showing shots of the FMV and zombies and various other monsters getting destroyed. If there were any reviews I'd include some quotes from them as well.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #18 on:** July 11, 2003, 08:36:13 AM »

"describe to me an advertisement about Eternal Darkness that would explain why you wanted to buy the game without spoiling any story details, and takes 30 seconds or less."

There's a couple options. Show a combination of game footage mixed with the opening FMV with review quotes from it. Review quotes always work well. Another option is to show something similar with the Edward Roivas voiceover from the beginning of the game. Hell just show the Maximillian "may the rats eat your eyes" scene and that would get people curious. Like many Nintendo games ED had some pretty cool trailers. Nintendo's trailers are often WAY better than their commericials and if they just showed their trailers on TV it would really help with their marketing.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #19 on:** July 11, 2003, 08:38:46 AM »

I suppose. But I remember seeing the commercials on TV all the time regardless of their quality.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #20 on:** July 11, 2003, 08:44:36 AM »

"But I remember seeing the commercials on TV all the time regardless of their quality."

That was likely the Canadian commercial. I believe they showed different ads in the US and Canada. ED ads were shown much more frequently in Canada, probably because it's a Canadian game.

MadMan · « **Reply #21 on:** July 11, 2003, 10:30:02 AM »

Nope, in the US. I saw tons of ads for ED. Some on cable some on the network channels. For a while, they were playing them at least once during every show.

Skyman_Welks · « **Reply #22 on:** July 11, 2003, 10:32:01 AM »

yeah I got it in November, after I saw an article about it in Gamepro and another one in Nintendo power. Up until then, I barely knew the game existed. I got it for $40, and I would have gladly paid $50 if I knew how good a game it was.

I played through all 3 routes. The first time took me about 20 hours, and the last took me about 4:30. That's because I wanted to see how fast it could be beaten

OsonCubed320 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 11, 2003, 10:43:33 AM »

My first time around I choose the Green Route and finished it in 13 hr. 22. min. 57sec. Pretty good?

marcos · « **Reply #24 on:** July 11, 2003, 01:40:00 PM »

I got this game in the IGN ED campaign. Right now I'm on Paul's level. Just wondering- what path do you think is the easiest? I'm doing the green path this time.

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