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"Eternal Darkness: A few impressions"

Had this delivered over the weekend and consequently had a short burst at it for a couple of hours.

Initial impressions. Impressed. I can see a lot of people likening this to Resident Evil. The gaming dynamics are similar, but the story itself flows so well and enthralls you from the start, which makes it hard to put this one down.

Quite a lot has been said about the graphics and whilst they're not *that* great, there not bad either. Some of the textures are a little bland and the general tone is quite dark, making certain segues of the game hard to distinguish.

The sound is on par with the likes of Silent Hill IMO. It's got that atmospheric ambience that sends shivers down your spine. The kind of game that makes you want to play behind the sofa.

Quite impressed with it thus far.

Strafex wrote:
> ADH wrote:
> Um, unless i'm hugely mistaken, Eternal Darkness isn't out in
> Britain
> yet right?
>
> So, i'm asumming you're playing an imported copy on an imported GC?
>
> If not, HOW ARE YOU ACCOMPLISHING THIS!?
>
> Bleeder's Gamecube is a US import.
> He smuggly bought it back in November and has been rubbing it in ever
> since!

Moi? Would I do such a thing to the nice people on this forum ;)

Wait till I gets Mario Sunshine in the next two weeks, cor' your in for it then buddy ;)

ADH wrote:
> Um, unless i'm hugely mistaken, Eternal Darkness isn't out in Britain
> yet right?
>
> So, i'm asumming you're playing an imported copy on an imported GC?
>
> If not, HOW ARE YOU ACCOMPLISHING THIS!?
>
> I bought WWE Wrestlemania X8 a couple of days ago and am now waiting
> for the release of an adaptor of some kind so I can play it on my PAL
> GC. There's no adaptors out yet right?

Your right.

But I've got a modded Japanese GameCube that lets me play American and Japanese games :)

ADH wrote:
> Um, unless i'm hugely mistaken, Eternal Darkness isn't out in Britain
> yet right?
>
> So, i'm asumming you're playing an imported copy on an imported GC?
>
> If not, HOW ARE YOU ACCOMPLISHING THIS!?

Bleeder's Gamecube is a US import.
He smuggly bought it back in November and has been rubbing it in ever since!

Still, I've heard that there's some sort of freeloader disk for playing imports. If not, from what I've heard, you're not missing much from WWE 8X anyway...

Solskjær wrote:
> I also reckon Eternal Darkness will be a good game, but not a great
> one. It wasn't sposed to be all that great when it was planned for the
> N64, so why should it really be that much better now?

Because that was over a year ago which is plenty of time to work on the game. Judging by the reviews i've read it's gonna be damn good and i'll definetly be getting it.

Check out meh Freeloader topic ADH.

Um, unless i'm hugely mistaken, Eternal Darkness isn't out in Britain yet right?

So, i'm asumming you're playing an imported copy on an imported GC?

If not, HOW ARE YOU ACCOMPLISHING THIS!?

I bought WWE Wrestlemania X8 a couple of days ago and am now waiting for the release of an adaptor of some kind so I can play it on my PAL GC. There's no adaptors out yet right?

According to some magazine reviews i've read in GamesMaster and NGC, Die Hard: Vendetta could be the next GoldenEye!
So i'll get it! :)

I also reckon Eternal Darkness will be a good game, but not a great one. It wasn't sposed to be all that great when it was planned for the N64, so why should it really be that much better now?

I want all three!

Hmm, tricky, but DH:V is going to be a refreshing change.

Yes but is DH going to be any good? Nakatomi plaza for the PC is in the same mould and wasnt amazing.