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Rather than a hodgepodge of mayhem and unrelated playing experiences Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is one of the first masterpieces of game design. The developers have successfully mixed the experience of great horror movies along with their Victorian Roots.
Instead of monotonous boss battles that devour time and often enjoyment of the Horror Survival game Eternal Darkness is focused on the experience of suspense and puzzle solving. As game play changes style as you progress, a combination of protection spells and enchanting a broken item is more valuable than a grenade launcher. Environments that are revisited go through the ravages of time and history making a cathedral different to both a Benedictine monk during the Inquisition and later a journalist during World War One.
With ancient slumbering terrors, family legacies, malevolent cosmic deities and encroaching madness, Eternal Darkness owes as much to authors Edgar Alan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft as the game 'Fatal Frame' owes to Japanese horror films like 'The Ring'. Lovecraft character, Inspector Henry Legrasse, even makes an appearance in the story as well as a sanitarium named after Jeffrey Combs (known from several films based on Lovecraft's work).
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is one of the games that transcends its genre with a style that will be instrumental in opening up console game experience to users of greater diversity.
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pros
. the insanity feature is very cool
. the magic feature is also cool
. the characters are weel animated
. the story is really scary
. it gets you in the moode for a good freddy kruger movie
cons
. it is to dark in the graphics
. to few enemys
. not for young children
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Despite the stigma that the Gamecube is just for kids, a surprising number of high-quality games have been released aimed at more mature audiences. The most original of these would have to be Eternal Darkness.
Eternal Darkness follows a young woman named Alex Roivas as she investigates her grandfather's murder. During her search through his mansion, she comes across The Tome of Eternal Darkness, which gives the player control over nearly a dozen characters throughout history.
While the gameplay and controls are not as good as I would have liked, the haunting atmosphere and the wild "sanity meter" effects are worth the purchase price. Seeing flies on my computer screen or having the T.V. randomly mute itself just added to the spooky atmosphere. Considering that you can get this title for under $20 just about anywhere, you should definitely add it to your Gamecube library.
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The game started out really great. The insanity effects are definately cool and the magick system is well done too. The environments were nicely done and the characters were well varied. The big problem is that the game gets very tedious about half way through and then just boring at the end. The repetive ending levels are a drag and the lack of any real difficulty in the game makes it a snoozer. I say rent it or buy it used if your curious, but dont pay full price.
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I am have been a Nintendo fan for a long, long time. But one thing I always had to give other systems credit for was the fact: Nintendo doesn't make Horror games. They just didn't. Until now. The Darkness comes... Eternal Darkness, that is, and it's made by Nintendo. I know Resident Evil is for Gamecube, but that was made by Capcom. This is a Nintendo-made scarefest. And man oh man, is it a good one. This game is great. You get to play as over 10 different characters throughout the game, which is very cool, cos each character has different weapons, skills, and personalities. I also like how you can target different body parts of each enemy; adding more strategy to your gameplay. (Targeting their heads make them blind, or targeting their arms makes them unable to attack...) But the real gem to this game is its very original, and very cool Sanity Meter. I must say that I have never seen anything like the Sanity Meter before. It's crazy! Any monster you run into takes away a small bit of your sanity, and the only way to regain it is to "Finish" monsters, or killing them for good. If you don't, and you continue to lose all your sanity, crazy stuff starts to happen, like it telling you that your controller is unplugged (when it's not), or it pretending your TV turned off! (Yes that 2nd one really happened to me once...) It's really awesome and really adds to the creepy effect... You MUST buy this game. Nintendo made a classic horror game that you will play non-stop over and over again to defeat the Darkness... seriously, this game rocks!!!
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