Author Topic: I think Eternal Darkness sucks (Read 26547 times)

KDR_11k · « **Reply #50 on:** December 09, 2003, 05:26:51 AM »

luke: Eh? The Bone Thieves just cause damage while they sit on you. If you let them inflict too much you're dead, but I never saw them do an instakill.

I found the horrors (or Shamblers, as I call them) to be really difficult. I tried aiming at the heads, but that just meant it took me longer to kill them and left me open for enemy attacks. The red zombies were pretty annoying, too, because they could take so many hits.
Also, I don't know why people call the mana fast loading. It takes me minutes of running to recharge that metre. That's also the reason why I don't use every spell available to me, after maybe two of them the mana is empty and I need to play threadmill.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #51 on:** December 09, 2003, 06:27:12 AM »

"luke: Eh? The Bone Thieves just cause damage while they sit on you. If you let them inflict too much you're dead, but I never saw them do an instakill."

They sure killed me instantly a few times. Maybe it depends on which path you take. I took the red one which is supposed to be the hardest and those stupid things killed me at nearly full health a few times. All they have to do is jump on you and borrow into your neck.

I thought the game was a little easy but I did die a few times and there were a few enemies (bone thieves, horrors) that I dreaded encountering. Again though the enemies in the red path are supposed to take the most damage so maybe the game's a lot easier if you're on the green or blue path. I think the game would have been better if you either couldn't use a heal spell or your magic either didn't replenish on it's own or replenished slower. However if they made a change like that then they would have to have more healing items in the game. Otherwise with the current design in the later levels there would be no way to heal yourself which would have been a little too hard for my liking. I think the reason they went with the heal spell was because they probably felt that having items that heal you or replenish magic wouldn't fit with the realistic design. Using herbs to heal mortal wounds in Resident Evil does look a little silly.

One thing I really liked about ED over RE was that it was hard to screw yourself over in such a way that you couldn't beat the game. In RE you can do that by using too many items or ink ribbons and it REALLY sucks when, because of choices you made earlier, you can't continue on. In my opinion that's poor game design.

"i didn't like the fact the levels were reused"

I actually really liked that. It was cool to play a level and notice how things had changed over hundreds of years. I remember how cool it was when I discovered that the cathedral I was in was the same church that I had played in centuries earlier. If it was just the same levels with different characters that would have sucked but because the levels were similar yet different it was cool. It was like when you become adult Link in Ocarina of Time but on a much grander scale. I think incorporating something like that into a Zelda game where you revisit a dungeon hundreds of years in the future would be great.

CHEN · « **Reply #52 on:** December 09, 2003, 07:33:28 AM »

I have it for a year now and I still haven't finished it. This game gives me nightmares. One time, I thought people around me were those aliens in disguise that possessed them and would kill me. It scared the hell out of me in the game, when suddenly people shedded it's skin and became a alien ready to kill me. The story makes it believable too. I'm in the fat architect level, even with the invisible spell, I'm still too scared.

the_zombie_luke · « **Reply #53 on:** December 09, 2003, 07:51:32 AM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
luke: Eh? The Bone Thieves just cause damage while they sit on you. If you let them inflict too much you're dead, but I never saw them do an instakill.

You're lucky then! Any manner of the bone thieves can take control of your body if you don't shake them off, and they are harder to force off then zombies. The reason they "just cause damage while they sit on you" is because they're using their blades to bury themselves in your body and take control! I hope ED2 has more bone thieves and even more creepier monsters than before.

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #54 on:** December 09, 2003, 08:28:52 AM »

Yeah, the green ones instantly kill too, and I assume the blue ones do as well. They miss their leaps at you by a country mile if you just run in pretty much any direction, though.

the_zombie_luke · « **Reply #55 on:** December 09, 2003, 09:32:15 AM »

Dang Super. Did you like anything about Eternal Darkness? You didn't seem to enjoy it very much.

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #56 on:** December 09, 2003, 09:36:24 AM »

Oh, I don't think I ever said I didn't like it, I was just whining about how easy it is. For me, I think it falls in the "oh, it's okay" range.

Edited: okay, what I actually like about the game is, well, yeah, the story (also nice bit of troll mastery there GN), the insanity effects (especially the comedy ones) and definitely the art and presentation. It played well, too, but how it plays doesn't mean a whole lot when I'm in almost no danger of dying whatsoever. : (

the_zombie_luke · « **Reply #57 on:** December 09, 2003, 10:05:55 AM »

Well, to each their own. Eternal Darkness was close to my dream Zelda game for this gen. And this is off the topic, but what is your avatar? Those pictures look pretty weird.

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #58 on:** December 09, 2003, 10:11:41 AM »

It's only Faust, the best video game character ever made.

the_zombie_luke · « **Reply #59 on:** December 09, 2003, 10:15:35 AM »

From Guilty Gear?

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #60 on:** December 09, 2003, 10:22:05 AM »

Yeah, but let's keep this topic about ED plz.

the_zombie_luke · « **Reply #61 on:** December 09, 2003, 10:27:01 AM »

You have to admit that Pious Augustus is awesome. He is my favorite villain in any videogame. (Sorry Ganon.)

ThePerm · « **Reply #62 on:** December 09, 2003, 07:32:57 PM »

i wish pious was in the next smash bros

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #63 on:** December 09, 2003, 08:06:50 PM »

Now that you mention it, I would fully support the return of Pious or a successor of sorts. Let's get a sequel out, plz.

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #64 on:** November 10, 2005, 02:26:17 PM »

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Eternal Darkness is a very intellectual game, and the true genius of it may very well be over some people's heads, given the truly literary atmosphere of the game. If you don't like to read, and you don't like deep things, it's entirely possible you don't like Eternal Darkness.

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mouse_clicker has it right. I was referring to the rather deep literary references and epic backgrounds that joe-blow-works-at-gas-station would not normally understand. I didn't bother fighting with you SUPER, because frankly, I think you are one of the people I was referring to.

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Hostile Creation · « **Reply #65 on:** November 10, 2005, 03:30:10 PM »

I've played and own this game now.
Hooray for things.

Mario · « **Reply #66 on:** November 10, 2005, 03:34:02 PM »

I don't like Pokemon Colloseum

I can't see why everyone thinks this game is so good. I tried playing it but all it did was give me a headache, i didn't find it fun at all. It was slow, uninteresting and unexciting. I tried sticking with it for a bit but i just got annoyed. Could someone please tell me what makes this game so good and whether or not it gets better. This is the first game i've heard good things about then not liked myself. Please tell me what you think and don't be afraid to criticise

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #67 on:** November 10, 2005, 03:34:49 PM »

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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation
I've played and own this game now.
Hooray for things.

Eternal Darkness is a very intellectual game, and the true genius of it may very well be over some people's heads, given the truly literary atmosphere of the game. If you don't like to read, and you don't like deep things, it's entirely possible you don't like Eternal Darkness.

PIAC · « **Reply #68 on:** November 10, 2005, 03:37:10 PM »

I tried playing Eternal Darkness at the petrol station but a QUANTUM PHASE SHIFT FLUX sucked my gamecube into another realm. Or maybe I was all high on petrol fumes and I gave it to Joe.

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #69 on:** November 10, 2005, 03:42:18 PM »

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Originally posted by: FREE KEVIN
I tried playing Eternal Darkness at the petrol station but a QUANTUM PHASE SHIFT FLUX sucked my gamecube into another realm. Or maybe I was all high on petrol fumes and I gave it to Joe.

mouse_clicker has it right. I was referring to the rather deep literary references and epic backgrounds that joe-blow-works-at-gas-station would not normally understand. I didn't bother fighting with you SUPER, because frankly, I think you are one of the people I was referring to.

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #70 on:** November 13, 2005, 11:53:43 AM »

I found the game was alittle too easy, but it was quite creepy and I never did finish the game.

I would not put it as one of the best gamecube games out there...its just above average.

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #71 on:** November 13, 2005, 12:21:55 PM »

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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation
I've played and own this game now.
Hooray for things.

I'm guessing you paid less than 10 dollars for it

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #72 on:** November 13, 2005, 01:03:23 PM »

Just about.
Well worth my money.

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #73 on:** November 13, 2005, 01:09:53 PM »

Haha, man. 2003 was a big lump of horse poo. (just like ED am i rite )

wandering · « **Reply #74 on:** December 18, 2005, 04:56:46 PM »

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