# Eternal Darkness **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-darkness/116630 "2002-06-30T01:33:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-darkness/116630/1 "2002-06-30T01:33:48Z")
Anyone play this game for the GameCube? So much for games that appeal to tykes! The game has it’s flaws and weak points, but makes up for all of that and more with it’s attention to subtle effects, accurate wardrobe and weaponry for certain time periods, use of magic, and its original and inventive “insanity meter”. I would have mentioned a “great story”, but I have yet to understand all of it, (there are very few things you don’t ‘know’ until you beat the game in each of the 3 ways, but you supposedly get to understand the story as a whole if you beat it once, which I have not yet done). So basically I can’t tell you how cool the story is until I’ve completed the game. There are a lot of story elements that I am now understanding with my progression. The insanity meter is the coolest part of the game. Not only does your character grow insane, but the you do as well. **“SPOILERS”** … …For instance, the Volume meter on my TV kept going down along with the sound of the game… I looked to see if I happen to be sitting on the remote, it turned out the remote was face up on the other side of the room. There are also many error messages that can come up. It also claimed one that the game was over and was to be continued in another installment of Eternal Darkness game do out later. **“END OF SPOILERS”.** I didn’t know if a single game was worthy of a new thread, but I saw someone created thread for the movie **“Bring It On,”** so… here we are. Anyone hear of **Eternal Darkness**? Anyone play it? Comments? ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-darkness/116630/2 "2002-06-30T05:56:15Z")
Can’t wait to play it, but I probably won’t be picking it up for a week or two. All the reviews I’ve read of it sang its praises. Gamespot gave it a 9+ rating! Not too shabby. A friend of mine purchased it bu I haven’t heard anything yet. Can’t wait to play, though. It has looked like a great game. ---
**Author:** ![Diff\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@Diff\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diff_T)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-darkness/116630/3 "2002-06-30T07:58:27Z")
Great game… Nintendo and Silicon Nights really did a great job with this. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-darkness/116630/4 "2002-07-01T15:59:00Z")
on Maximillian ---
**Author:** ![JaxBeachBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@JaxBeachBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaxBeachBoy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-darkness/116630/5 "2002-07-01T17:32:41Z")
I’m on chapter 8 right now. SPOILERS: Have also seen: Bugs crawling across the screen Screen goes blank Charachter shrinks Charachter grows Charachter sinks into floor Room tilts Room turns upside down , and u walk on the ceiling Charachter turns into a zombie Blood drips down walls Various sound effects (people wailing, or screaming) Various fake “deaths” --charachter dies suddenly, only to re-appear in previous room. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-darkness/116630/6 "2002-07-02T03:35:11Z")
How do you like it jax? ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-darkness/116630/7 "2002-07-02T10:42:20Z")
Omg I love this game. Playing it at two in the morning with the sound turned all the way up is a surefire way to piss yourself in fear at least twice in each setting. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-darkness/116630/8 "2002-07-02T21:19:43Z")
…the game and I are not talking now. I forgot to save it. Well, maybe I’ll make amends tonight.