Horror Game Classics – Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem

by Spoony on October 30, 2009 · View Comments

To think that once I could not see beyond the veil of our reality… to see those who dwell behind. I was once a fool.

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Dragons_Dusk June 14, 2010 at 11:24 pm: Wow, another game review I somehow missed, I must have been slacking.

I really have to say, this looks darn interesting and I'm excited to hear about the simplified controls. I love the RE series but usually have to play in tandem with someone because my coordination bites big time. (seriously I can't even drive a car it's that bad…) so with the chance of being able to play my own horror game that's a huge plus for me.

Decent voice acting for the little we saw.

I was surprised that the first thing you showed us was the opening cinematic (I think it was anyway). It's got me completely hooked. Thanks for showing us the game without the spoilers :)
scottmctony June 17, 2010 at 6:22 pm: Thinking about what you said in regards to controls and horror games, I've never understood that argument. All it is is the most egregious form of “fake difficulty”, and ultimately an immersion breaking producer of “gameplay panic”, a feeling I find distinct from “in universe panic”. And, because it is such an immersion breaking way of creating it, I'm ripped out of the world slightly and ultimately feel a great deal less frightened.
Xathian June 20, 2010 at 2:14 am: Ok, I've been hearing this for years and I just can not get it. What do people find so hard about Resident Evil controls? I played those games avidly since the day of the release of Resident Evil 1 and I never *ever* had a single issue or problem with the controls. They don't feel stiff to me, they don't feel clunky, nothing.
wingzero850 June 23, 2010 at 8:38 pm: i never played it but i know it did the MGS when your fighting praying mantis were it says your mem card cant be read and it and the screen goes black and says video 2
Pierre- Luc Lachance June 24, 2010 at 8:54 pm: I bought this on it's release day, all thanks to IGN's raving articles leading up to the game's launch, in 2002. Like Spoony, this is the game that made me pick up a Gamecube (that and Resident Evil Remake). At the time, I wasn't at all familiar with H.P. Lovecraft's work and had no interest in reading it… until I played that game. After learning that the game was heavily inspired by Lovecraft, I went to the library and read all I could find written by him. So, I owe Eternal Darkness for my love (forgive the pun) of “Lovecraftian” literature. It turns out that ED only sold about a quarter million copies, which is a crying shame considered the controls were indeed far superior than that of the entire RE series.

I've lent my copy to a friend of mine who still hasn't returned it in almost a year! Time to pick up the phone;)
Matthew Roche July 16, 2010 at 3:28 am: I would say that Shadow of the Colossus is a work of art as well.
Matthew Roche July 16, 2010 at 3:33 am: RE's control scheme is easy to use once you get used to it.
Matthew Roche July 16, 2010 at 3:43 am: Want.
Gabriel Silvestre July 18, 2010 at 8:54 pm: had it for gamecube mad me shit bricks.
Gabriel Silvestre July 18, 2010 at 8:54 pm: also work of art. muy prfecto
Gabriel Silvestre July 18, 2010 at 8:55 pm: shadow collasas, i played it and it took to long
Heartless79 July 19, 2010 at 5:46 am: wow totally forgo5t i had that one spoon great now i have to play it again damn it all , btw great job tho!
Dallas July 27, 2010 at 3:59 pm: I agree and RE was much more about running than fighting. Eternal Darkness was much more like Survival Horror games of today with much more killing and a lot less evading. The control scheme reflects that.
rewind83709 August 2, 2010 at 12:48 am: I played this game too, and loved it. It wasnt really scary, as it was a huge mind fuck, with all the hallucinations your characters have from there sanity meters.
Long to play this game again.
gehayi August 3, 2010 at 11:30 pm: *deleted for inadvertent duplication*
gehayi August 3, 2010 at 11:34 pm: This isn't a game for anyone who has a phobia about bugs. The maggots in the intro freaked me out.

The rest of the game looks fascinating, though.
daniel August 4, 2010 at 10:10 pm: the 1700's guy is porkens from starwars!
goodguya August 7, 2010 at 7:23 am: I now from somebody that an Eternal Darkness sequel may be in the works, but that's the extent of my knowledge.
jesseastle August 10, 2010 at 6:28 pm: Ha ha! Wii.
Anonymous August 11, 2010 at 1:28 am: Ha ha! Wii.
Anonymous August 18, 2010 at 10:06 am: not sure if you still follow this crap, but a let’s play of this game would be fucking ARRsome, especially since it’s so fucking hard to find
Laura Davies August 26, 2010 at 11:06 am: I will counter your sheer love of this game with one minor irritation- that fecking scene when the Mayan girl’s dagger breaks and all you have is a freaking BLOWGUN to defend you AND the only one who can fix your dagger and they just. DON’T. DIE! But maybe that was intended :P Frustrating, nonetheless, but otherwise, yes, an immersive and scary game.