Current Events > Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

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Also what's your favorite sanity effect?

In retrospect, while the file erasure is an old favorite, I think my current favorite is when you complete a chapter and it gives you a sequel hook screen for "the next game in the series", implying the game ends there. Hits better these days.

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I just replayed this game last summer. A masterpiece

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When the game makes like it cut off

Ulyaoth.

The controller not working freaked me out at first

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What a fantastic game. One of the best GameCube games

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the best sanity effect for me in high school was the volume bar going up and down. Because my TV had literally the exact same style. I remember being all high the first time I played and thinking I had sat on my remote and was looking for it for like a minute lol

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AvlButtslam posted...

What a fantastic game. One of the best GameCube games

One of the BEST games ever!

How has this never been remastered. Ugh.

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I cant sell it. Ok i mean if you offer me enough but i dont want to and it already goes for a lot.

Mantorok, of course.

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TendoDRM posted...

How has this never been remastered. Ugh.

Although I've never played this game, I can sympathize.

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Remaster it and ill consider selling it. For some reason remasters can jack up the originals price even more.

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TendoDRM posted...

How has this never been remastered. Ugh.

I know right!

Xel'lotath was my favorite ancient.

the sanity effect I liked the most was the one where the character appears overwhelmed, and has a heart attack.

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Mantarok, but Xelatath is good too

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Cocytus posted...

I know right!

I'm sure it's some legal thing with Silicon Knights. Still, get on it, Nintendo. Imagine Eternal Darkness on the Switch.

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Ooo we got a good split here so far. I like.

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You'd have to be crazy not to go with Mantorok.

And yeah, the sequel screen was my favourite sanity effect. But it only works once.

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I mean what is it about the game?

The puzzles are largely uninspired. The combat is clunky. The story is okay but it's honestly pretty standard Lovecraft stuff at the end of the day.

And this is me saying it as a guy who still finds it incredibly charming (I wrote a guide for the dang game).

Is the game entirely carried on its aesthetic, framing, and sound design?

Because if so, that's amazing kudos for those elements.

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pargon pargon pargon pargon pargon

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TendoDRM posted...

How has this never been remastered. Ugh.

This. I never played it but would live to someday. I probably should pick up a copy of it before it gets more expensive.

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CyricZ posted...

I mean what is it about the game?

The puzzles are largely uninspired. The combat is clunky. The story is okay but it's honestly pretty standard Lovecraft stuff at the end of the day.

And this is me saying it as a guy who still finds it incredibly charming (I wrote a guide for the dang game).

Is the game entirely carried on its aesthetic, framing, and sound design?

Because if so, that's amazing kudos for those elements.

I bought it on a whim and played maybe 30 minutes and thought it was bad.

I just shelved it and like a year later a friend said it was great and give it another shot. I did and loved it after that.

I guess after getting into the magic more i was having a blast. The magic imo is really what sets it apart. Sanity is a non issue cause it a joke to keep it high.

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CyricZ posted...

I mean what is it about the game?

The puzzles are largely uninspired. The combat is clunky. The story is okay but it's honestly pretty standard Lovecraft stuff at the end of the day.

And this is me saying it as a guy who still finds it incredibly charming (I wrote a guide for the dang game).

Is the game entirely carried on its aesthetic, framing, and sound design?

Because if so, that's amazing kudos for those elements.

Aesthetic, framing, sound design, generally likeable or at least interesting characters, fairly novel combat, weird meta nods.

It's that thing where it's clearly a person's vision brought to life, rather than a focus-grouped product. Some individual parts are weak or generic, but as a whole it becomes spectacular.

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I wonder to what extent they planned on having the vast majority of the voice cast be the voice cast from MGS Twin Snakes. Like did they just schedule them for similar times for recording or was it just the same agency, or the fact that Kris Zimmerman Salter was the director for both?

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