If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. The most common enemies in the game show up far too often and are too uninventive for something that is supposed to represent an ancient evil. Just when you think you have it all figured out you'll be fooled again, and there are several points where you'll have problems guessing just what is or isn't real. Like many video games, Eternal Darkness has a health meter as well as a magic meter. As a company widely known for being family-friendly, this was unheard of at the time. You’ve also got the question of whether the game is good enough to justify a comeback, on which opinion differs greatly. Like in most adventure games, there are some puzzles to be solved in Eternal Darkness, though they're fairly straightforward. For many years, dedicated fans have hoped that Eternal Darkness would return. And when the game's environments do open up a bit, it's a sight to behold. When hearing about the sanity aspect of the game, it's easy to brush it off as a novelty, but nothing could be further from the truth. This old-school ideal holds true for Eternal Darkness as well.
However, the facial animation is excellent during the game's many real-time cinemas, as the characters' faces will animate realistically while talking. The character models are probably the game's weakest visual link, thanks to some low-resolution textures that can make their features a bit blurry at times. Despite Nintendo playing around with the trademark a few times, there have been no new developments. It was originally an N64 game. In this world, the battlefield was a pinball table, and the ball was a god helping to assist a war in Feudal Japan. Featuring a gripping story that never lets up, inventive gameplay, sky-high production values, and an attention to detail that is seldom matched, it's an experience like no other. For more. The game centers on the Roivas family and its ties to an ancient book called The Tome of Eternal Darkness. It may all come to nothing, of course, as this isn’t the first time Nintendo has extended its trademark over the Eternal Darkness name. With the classic psychological horror game Eternal Darkness recently rumored to be coming to Switch, a sequel certainly has a lot of potential. The 12 playable characters all have unique weapons and ratings for health, magic, and even sanity. When she ventures to her grandfather's mansion to inquire about his death, the game's branching storyline is set into motion. Causing chaos with Travis Touchdown’s beam sword is constantly paused by its need to be recharged by shaking the Wii’s Wiimote in a way that can be generally described as “suggestive” to say the least. Could 2002’s GameCube horror game Eternal Darkness be resurrected for a Nintendo Switch release? Dalton covers the latest breaking news for Game Rant, as well as writes reviews, guide content, and more. The animation features the same level of detail as the rest of the game--characters will bend down and step on a crossbow to reload it, and there are a dozen different walking animations for each character depending upon his or her level of health.
Dalton Cooper is an editor for Game Rant who has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Eternal Darkness in line for digital Switch release? The melee interface can seem clunky and unresponsive when you get your first rush of multiple enemies, but you'll soon learn to trust in the system and realize that it works remarkably well. As the player's Sanity gets lowered, they begin experiencing hallucinations, from the player's character sinking into the ground to their head exploding and more. Nintendo isn't exactly known for its horror games, so it's a bit odd that one of the most critically-acclaimed horror games of all time is exclusive to a Nintendo console. Blood, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity, Strong Language, Star Wars: Everything We Know About George Lucas' Abandoned Sequel Trilogy, Best Black Friday PS5 and PlayStation Deals, PlayStation Plus Games for December 2020 Announced, Walmart Will Have PS5 and Xbox Series X Available Tonight, Marvel's Avengers Hasn't Recouped Its Development Costs Yet, Giancarlo Esposito Explains Why Moff Gideon's Armor Is Similar to Darth Vader's, The Mandalorian's Darksaber Voted One of the 10 'Worst Toys of 2020', the most recent gameplay trailer for Death Stranding, Things Ghost of Tsushima Doesn't Tell You. Could 2002’s GameCube horror game Eternal Darkness be resurrected for a Nintendo Switch release?
Additionally, the game has one of the most ambitious stories of any survival horror game, spanning hundreds of years with over a dozen different playable characters. A story isn't worth its weight in beans if it doesn't have the gameplay to back it up, and Eternal Darkness delivers in this regard with a gameplay experience like no other. Similarly, some characters are more adept at using magic, while others rely more on their combat skills. Developed by Silicon Knights, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is regarded as one of the scariest games of all time, and still sends chills down player's spines to this day, with music, visuals, and a story that are sure to test the courage of even the most well-seasoned horror gaming veterans. Eternal Darkness is of course the the horror title released on GameCube back in 2002. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. In 2013, Eternal Darkness writer and director Denis Dyack attempted to create a spiritual successor called Shadow of the Eternals, seeking funding through Kickstarter. In general, you'll control each character for a couple of hours before having to switch to a new one, at which point you'll need to get accustomed to how the next character moves and acts. There are 12 different playable characters in the game, and their adventures all take place during distinct time periods.
Nintendo must have thought so as well, as the Japanese gaming company went so far as to patent the feature itself. In some respects, Eternal Darkness feels very dated with fixed camera angles, slow character movement speed, and a generally slow pace. Previous extensions were granted in 2010, followed by another in 2013. MORE: 10 GameCube Games We Want on Nintendo Switch. Instead of the obvious choice of Resident Evil 4, a remaster of GameCube's incredibly scary yet overlooked horror game deserves a new chance.
Releasing the series onto the Nintendo Switch would not only expose it to new fans, but also allow longtime fans of the title to experience it again on current hardware, with potentially new features that could help enhance it. It allows an incredible amount of detail to be displayed in each room--each object in each room is individually modeled. It seems that Eternal Darkness may be making some sort of a return, though, as just recently Nintendo renewed several game trademarks, including Eternal Darkness, among the company's other more popular classics, such as Ocarina of Time and Super Mario Sunshine. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is available exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube.
With the classic psychological horror game Eternal Darkness recently rumored to be coming to Switch, a sequel certainly has a lot of potential.