june gloom on 10/10/2009 at 19:26
You're just determined to be a contrary fuck, aren't you? The game may be an AAA title in terms of production values but that doesn't stop it from being a very boring, repetitive game with cookie-cutter combat, a game that isn't scary or atmospheric at all, which means it fails as a survival horror. Its sole gimmick is the sanity effects, and unless you completely suck at the game you won't see most of those sanity effects- and on top of that the game doesn't even really punish you for completely losing your sanity, because anything weird that happens all goes back to normal after a minute or two and in comes the large ham VA: "THIS ISN'T HAPPENING!" When you realize that, what little amount of scariness or strangeness the effects had is gone because once your sanity meter gets low you see it coming and you know that anything strange that happens is just another cheapass sanity effect that sometimes impedes your progress for no good reason.
It's not a bad game, but it is most certainly not the pinnacle of surhor or the best Gamecube game or even anywhere near deserving of the praise it gets. People who are scared by Eternal Darkness are fucking pussies who probably jump at their own shadow.
Aja on 10/10/2009 at 20:05
You're arguing against a lot of things I never actually said.
june gloom on 10/10/2009 at 20:18
it's not all about you, you know
Kerin on 10/10/2009 at 20:24
Quote Posted by Aja
more than leveraged by nearly all of the game's other aspects.
Anyone who uses the word "leverage" is either an engineer or an asshole, and I don't see you building any Goddamn bridges.
Quote Posted by Aja
You're arguing against a lot of things I never actually said.
No, merely against any number of things you implied.
Fragony on 10/10/2009 at 20:30
completely fair criticism, I like the game but Dethtol got more then one point here
EvaUnit02 on 11/10/2009 at 04:03
Quote Posted by Kerin
Anyone who uses the word "leverage" is either an engineer or an asshole, and I don't see you building any Goddamn bridges.
What kind of argument is this? A non-existent one, it's ad hominem. Grow up.
Aja on 11/10/2009 at 04:26
Quote Posted by dethtoll
it's not all about you, you know
Yeah, but your argument seems to revolve around the game failing at being a good example of survival horror, when it isn't actually a survival horror game at all. It's more of an action game with a horror atmosphere. Whether or not it's
terrifying is beside the point—I can't help that you found the story boring (personally I thought it was quite cleverly told), but to say the game lacks atmosphere baffles me. Whether or not you enjoyed it, Eternal Darkness is clearly
focused on being atmospheric (which is the whole point of the sanity effects, though I agree they weren't used to their potential).
Volitions Advocate on 11/10/2009 at 06:28
What? Silent Hill 1 on PSN? RIGHT ON! I finally get to play it. best 5 bucks spent on digital distribution. (maybe...)
