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IamAwsome on 23 April 2011
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RolStoppable said:
Khuutra said:

Nonsense. There is no inherent prestige to any given property that determines what can or can't be done with it, save as a lower limit. The least we could expect out of Retro is what Silicon Knights managed to do, and even though I loved the original Eternal Darkness I would expect that Retro could make an experience that would be really timeless and genre-defining.

Eternal Darkness uses a lot of powerful themes and timeless ideas (particularly fear of the unknown) - combine that with Retro's even-handed design and penchant for superior storytelling in game media and you'd get something that is really special.

Nonsense. You don't assign a project like Eternal Darkness to one of your top development teams. Even if properly executed the chances to go beyond a niche status are slim. Instead of letting Retro Studios work on an ED game, allowing them to create a new IP is a much better choice.

Having Retro make Eternal Darkness 2 is about the biggest disservice to the studio possible.

 I don't understand "You don't assign a project like Eternal Darkness to one of your top development teams." . So you are saying that a low profile team should try to bring it back? I don't think that would be the best decision.

If Nintendo wants to bring Eternal Darkness back they need talent to do it. Who else in the industry has talent on the level of Retro?  If Nintendo believed Silicon Knights could do, they would have contracted them by now. Can Monoith Soft, or NST make a project like this? Probably not. I'm not saying that this is the best thing for Retro, but I respect Nintendo's decision.