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Slimebeast said:
RolStoppable said:
Slimebeast said:

All right. I would want such a game.

Did you play the original one?

Yes, I own it.

What did you think of it?

I love games with historical settings. I really really hope a sequel will come to Wii U.

So do I. I loved the setting, the mystery and a little bit of horror, the Lovecraft atmosphere, the exploration of the mansion. It's my favourite GCN game (not that I've played many, but still  ;) ) and I would be getting both an HD port and a sequel. For me this sequel would be a more important game in Wii U's portfolio than yet another Mario game.



Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!

My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/

My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.

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RolStoppable said:

5) Once your health drops below 1/3, you can't run anymore which makes it hard to get enough distance between your character and the enemies to cast a healing spell. (Spells take a couple of seconds to cast.)

Just imagine how much worse it would have been if Silicon Knights kept their original ideas in the game...

They wanted the character to take the time to actually write out each rune when they cast a spell...

You would still be playing the game if you have to sit through that with every spell cast...



Have a nice day...

RolStoppable said:
Slimebeast said:

What did you think of it?

I love games with historical settings. I really really hope a sequel will come to Wii U.

It was entertaining all the way through, albeit rough around the edges. Additional playthroughs (which are necessary to get the true ending) highlighted the flaws of the game.

1) Combat is simplistic and clunky.
2) Environments are reused. You play as twelve different characters, but only play in four different areas that look a bit different between time periods.
3) The sanity meter backfires. It's nice the first time around, but many of the insanity effects are timed. You know what you are looking at (because you've already seen it before), but have to wait about 15 seconds until the screen flashes and the game can be continued. It's annoying to be slowed down like this.
4) Speaking of which, all characters in this game can get exhausted from running. You are repeatedly forced to walk to catch a breath.
5) Once your health drops below 1/3, you can't run anymore which makes it hard to get enough distance between your character and the enemies to cast a healing spell. (Spells take a couple of seconds to cast.)

6) The changes that are caused by your choice of god at the beginning of the game are tiny. You basically play through the exact same game three times to see the true ending.

Bold:I think those sound like wonderful mechanics for a more hardcore experience. The rest does sound "rough around the edges" though.



Gamerace said:
Silicon Knights would love to do one, but they are virtually bankrupt and since the original Eternal Darkness didn't exactly light up the sales charts (and the last two SK games were... well let's just say not good) it's very very unlikely any publisher is going to fund a new E.D. game, especially so long after the first appeared.

Best bet at this point would be for SK to shutter completely, and someone else to pick up the license. Even then, it's so niche at this point, best I'd hope for is an HD remastering for E-Shop, PSN, XBL and iOS (because they wouldn't recoop cost keeping it Nintendo exclusive). IF that did great numbers, then you might get a new game.

When everyone turned Silicon Knights down for the first Eternal Darkness, Nintendo stepped in and made it happen. It didn't release for the N64 like originally planned, but it released, and was charished by the hardcore.

Nintendo has the money to fund a game like this, and I think they might, especially since they want a slice of the HD Gamer pie.

I hope it's true, and maybe co-developed by Retro Studio's? E3 will be epic.



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