#41 Eternal Darkness
"May the rats eat you eyes, the darkness comes!"
The first instance of me enjoying horror games. I played it first at a time when I got really creeped out buy scary movies. But this game just took it up a notch and bringing the "horror" out to the real world. The sanity effects of Eternal darkness is still my favorite use of third wall breaking in video games. Shout out to Psycho Mantis from Metal Gear Solid that also is great but I experienced Eternal Darkness first so.
In classic horror style gameplay the controls are a bit stiff by todays standard. The battle system where you can strike at individual body parts was good for the time even if it feels a bit off today makes it interesting to revisit. Blood dripping from the walls, statues following you with their gaze, strange knocks on the other side of the wall, who changed the channel?? I never had to change my pants playing. Not. Once.
