Countdown to Eternal Darkness

[gekko]

7 days!!!! w00t!!!! w00t!!!!

So let's take another look at it, shall we?

http://homepage.mac.com/gekko85/ed01.jpg
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http://homepage.mac.com/gekko85/ed03.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/gekko85/ed04.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/gekko85/ed05.jpg

Ya, well, why not start from the beginning? :D I'm so glad they put this game on Gamecube. Imagine if this game was still for N64. Eww.....

7 days!!! w00t!!!! w00t!!!!

[Jonbo298]

Originally posted by gekko

http://homepage.mac.com/gekko85/ed02.jpg


Don't you just wanna give him a biiiiiiiig hug?:D But I wish I could buy this game. But I can't get a job (darned back surgery) so basically I'm just gonna have to rent it:( But my experience will be great with it:roll:

[gekko]

That sucks.

Did I mention I got my new surround setup just in time for ED? 6.1 channel reciever supporting Dolby Digital EX, DTS, and Pro Logic II with some Bose speakers. It's not perfect, there's this 7.1 channel reciever supporting DD EX, DTS-ES, Pro Logic II, THX surround EX, and THX Ultra 2 that I really wanted, but for $4300 I decided to pass. Still, I need to buy another speaker. I'm pimpin the 6.1 channel setup with 5 speakers :D

ED here I come!

[JamesDark]

I can't wait to play it!... on a 13' Mono TV! :(

[Night Stormer]

I'm totally gonna get it. but uh... those screen shots don't do the game any favors... looks like u tired to blow it up to big =/. Anyways, the game looks soo good! :D

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by Night Stormer
I'm totally gonna get it. but uh... those screen shots don't do the game any favors... looks like u tired to blow it up to big =/. Anyways, the game looks soo good! :D

Methinks those shots were from the N64 version...

Anyways.. I'll most likely get it (unless it gets bad reviews... it's one of those games that like I'm not 100% set on getting... like it looks good, but I'm still not 100% sure of it... and in cases like that, if it gets bad reviews, I rent it first)... but not right away... no moneyz... yep...

[Ginkasa]

Woooooo!!!!



*dances*





*realizes he won't be able to buy it until a few weeks later*




*sigh*



:(

[Angrist]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA! THE DARKNESS IS COMING!!!!

*realises he probably isn't going to buy it*

EU launch is ages away anyway.

I'm very curious about the reviews it'll get. :D :unsure:

[marionette]

Originally posted by Jonbo298


Don't you just wanna give him a biiiiiiiig hug?:D

Oh of course! My brother pre ordered the game, so we're getting it the day it comes out. I think this game look awesome. Can't wait to play it.

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by Angrist
I'm very curious about the reviews it'll get. :D :unsure:

Same here... On one hand I hope it gets fairly dissapointing reviews... to see what people say... Specifically NGCRULER and Thatmariolover ;)

On the other hand I hope it's good cuz if they do it right, it will be an awesome game...

But hey, either way, some good comes from it... for me at least ;)

[Revival]

Where's Emrak when you need him? ;)

[Joeiss]

This game looks and sounds really good. I hope that Silcon Knights can pull this game off.

Was it displayed at E3? I do not remember seeing it....

[GameKinG]

So far the sites seem to drool over it. PlanetGamecube reigning king of the droolers. So I expect reviews to be good for the most part. Maybe 8.0+ quality.

Anyway, the reason I want the game is for the challege and how everything you see means something towards the future or past.

[Jason1]

I wouldnt be at all surprised to see this game rank 9.0 and above. Maybe even 9.5.

[gekko]

Originally posted by GameKinG
So far the sites seem to drool over it. PlanetGamecube reigning king of the droolers. So I expect reviews to be good for the most part. Maybe 8.0+ quality.

Anyway, the reason I want the game is for the challege and how everything you see means something towards the future or past.

Maybe because the story is sweet, the whole concept of sanity effects is sweet. I mean, it's a game I didn't care much about until I saw the videos of Denis Dyack talking about it at E3 2001. Now you can't keep me away.

[Ridley]

Oh I plan to be heading for the stores to get this game on June 24th.....unless that eclipse kills us all :sneaky:. I even saw the commercial for it while I was watching RAW last night....like 3 times....because I'm special :p :sneaky:.

Last Friday I went in Zellers and sitting at the bottom of the top section of the GCN game display case, there was an empty case of it. It had one of those long red sticker things on it that said "Available June 24th". Anyone else see it? What if it really wasn't there? Like it was an insanity effect or something. Then the next time I go to the store, it won't be there.

:errr:

[thatmariolover]

Originally posted by DeathsHand


Same here... On one hand I hope it gets fairly dissapointing reviews... to see what people say... Specifically NGCRULER and Thatmariolover ;)

On the other hand I hope it's good cuz if they do it right, it will be an awesome game...

But hey, either way, some good comes from it... for me at least ;)

:) Now that's not very nice DH. I'm pretty depressed about the whole ED situation.

I won that Jap Cube off of IGN Cube and sold my US one so I need to get the Jap one to get a multiple region switch, but I can't find the time to get it sent off.

So basically I'm not going to have it on launch day. But hey, I'll get it. I've obsessed about the game since the N64 days so... :(

I'll get to play it on my friends Cube, but it won't be the same.

A few weeks later won't hurt I suppose, but... :Sigh:

[gekko]

You could mod it yourself.

[Blix]

I spent all my money buying some games and stuff. I got everything cheaper (really cheap)anyway so I can't complain :). So I guess I'll have to wait till I start working (hopefully) on August. :(

[gekko]

August? How can you wait until August? That's why the world has credit cards :D

[bobcat]

Originally posted by Angrist
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA! THE DARKNESS IS COMING!!!!

*realises he probably isn't going to buy it*

EU launch is ages away anyway.

I'm very curious about the reviews it'll get. :D :unsure: Yeh only 6 years to go :cool:

[bobcat]

Originally posted by Angrist
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA! THE DARKNESS IS COMING!!!!

*realises he probably isn't going to buy it*

EU launch is ages away anyway.

I'm very curious about the reviews it'll get. :D :unsure: Yeh only 6 years to go :cool:

[thatmariolover]

Originally posted by gekko
You could mod it yourself.

If I had a Gamebit I would consider it.

[Nine Inch Nail]

Damn, wasn't Eternal Darkness orginally going to be a launch title for GCN? :confused:

Hell, ED isn't even out yet (talk about a delay and a half).

[thatmariolover]

Originally posted by Biohazard
Damn, wasn't Eternal Darkness orginally going to be a launch title for GCN? :confused:

Hell, ED isn't even out yet (talk about a delay and a half).

I'd have to say ED is more than woth a "delay and a half." It's got to be worth at least a game and a half in my opinion.

[The_Dunadan]

how much is it? i reserved it ages ago with a down payment of 10$.

[Nine Inch Nail]

Originally posted by thatmariolover


I'd have to say ED is more than woth a "delay and a half." It's got to be worth at least a game and a half in my opinion. You don't really know, though. I thought JSRF, and Gunvalkyrie were going to be awesome...but, both disappointed. :( Same thing happened with WrestleMania X8...:mad:

You don't really know until you've popped the game into your GCN and give it some good playing time. :unsure:

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by Biohazard
You don't really know, though. I thought JSRF, and Gunvalkyrie were going to be awesome...but, both disappointed. :( Same thing happened with WrestleMania X8...:mad:

You don't really know until you've popped the game into your GCN and give it some good playing time. :unsure:

Don't doubt ED in front of thatmariolover... he.......... gets pretty upset :hmm:

:D

[Nine Inch Nail]

Originally posted by DeathsHand


Don't doubt ED in front of thatmariolover... he.......... gets pretty upset :hmm:

:D I really wish you would have warned me. Hell, I just registered here at GameTavern...I don't know each and every member here "inside out".

Anything else that I should be aware of? :confused:

[gekko]

Matt's through 8 characters already :( Mesa jealous.

Some kid just bought it from NOA too for $40. :(

Anyone know if PGC has it yet? I must know :devil:

[Mushlafa]

Originally posted by Biohazard
I really wish you would have warned me. Hell, I just registered here at GameTavern...I don't know each and every member here "inside out".

Anything else that I should be aware of? :confused:

ummmm...... Marc.....
Oh and BTW E_petit... or whatever your name is now... eaven tho you dont post much.. heen told me bout some ways you use to plan on gettin banned and stuff :p

Yeah.. hes got a noob shotgun so watch it..

[Nine Inch Nail]

Originally posted by Mushlafa


ummmm...... Marc.....
Oh and BTW E_petit... or whatever your name is now... eaven tho you dont post much.. heen told me bout some ways you use to plan on gettin banned and stuff :p

Yeah.. hes got a noob shotgun so watch it.. Marc, and E_petit. Going by their names they don't sound very dangerous. :eyes: Of course...names can be deceiving. :unsure:

I'll be sure to watch out for these members...:wave:

[Mushlafa]

Originally posted by Biohazard
Marc, and E_petit. Going by their names they don't sound very dangerous. :eyes: Of course...names can be deceiving. :unsure:

I'll be sure to watch out for these members...:wave:

Well... uh.. marc aand E_petit are the same people.. now his name is.. like The Ibrox Fox

now thats plenty scary :p

[Nine Inch Nail]

Originally posted by Mushlafa


Well... uh.. marc aand E_petit are the same people.. now his name is.. like The Ibrox Fox

now thats plenty scary :p Is he a mod or something? :confused: How can he change? :eyes:

BTW, how many posts do you have to have to get a custom title under your name?

[Mushlafa]

Originally posted by Biohazard
Is he a mod or something? :confused: How can he change? :eyes:

BTW, how many posts do you have to have to get a custom title under your name?

Well theres a few ways.. YOu either gotta buy it with 5000 Doubloons.. you have 100 right now.... You have to be a former mod or admin or a curent one.. and ... uh...... or you can be deaths hand.. village idiot :rofl:

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by Mushlafa
or you can be deaths hand.. village idiot :rofl:

Yeah :D

I won that rank back before the dbln thing... so I didn't have to pay 5000 or nutin hahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAA!3EDWd~!# w00t... :banana:

Maybe I should change it... or do you think Village Idiot is both amusing and fitting? :confused:

:D

[Nine Inch Nail]

Originally posted by Mushlafa


Well theres a few ways.. YOu either gotta buy it with 5000 Doubloons.. you have 100 right now.... You have to be a former mod or admin or a curent one.. and ... uh...... or you can be deaths hand.. village idiot :rofl: *confused*

Umm...err...okay!!!??? :eyes: :confused: :eyes:

[thatmariolover]

Originally posted by Biohazard
You don't really know, though. I thought JSRF, and Gunvalkyrie were going to be awesome...but, both disappointed. :( Same thing happened with WrestleMania X8...:mad:

You don't really know until you've popped the game into your GCN and give it some good playing time. :unsure:

You did not just say that...

I'll let it slip this time. But if you mess up again, I'll be forced to sick Black Mage's Bolt 2 on your sorry ass. :nono:

[Nine Inch Nail]

Originally posted by thatmariolover


You did not just say that...

I'll let it slip this time. But if you mess up again, I'll be forced to sick Black Mage's Bolt 2 on your sorry ass. :nono: *gulp*

Umm...err...so your thatmariolover, huh? :errr:

*runs away like a frightened little girl*

[gekko]

Err... Fran loves the game, Matt won't stop playing the game. I've watched the movies and can't possibly wait. Just heard from Brian Vienneau at N-Philes.com who said this game is insane.

DAMNIT I WANT ME ED!!!!!

Oh, and if you live in Seattle, try to pick one up from NOA. This kid went there and got the game for $40. He could be lying, but he did make scans, so he got the game somehow. http://boards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=23505487&replies=93

Well my order from EBgames is now in processing, so I might have it sooner than expected. It went in processing with NWN and shipped that night. So I might have it tomorrow, or Monday, as long as they do indeed have it in.

God I can't wait. ED ownz me.

[Shadow_Link]

Like thatmariolover, I have vbeen anticipating this game since it's announcement on the N64, and from the looks of it, it should be mind blowing. I'm so glad I got me an NTSC cube :D Heh.

Oh, by the way Biohazard, you wont have to worry about Marc/E_Petit/The Ibrox Fox/Nova, as he isn't around these days, infact, he left... :(

Ah! Where did my coloured stars go :eek: :(.

Infact, where did everyones stars go :confused:...?

[gekko]

Neo broke the stars :D

[gekko]

From the RB catalog
Behold a unique genre: the "psychological thriller." As the player's "sanity meter" drops, both the character and player will question what is real and what is merely in their head. Characters will react to their enviornemt according to their mental state.

"Even as the door swings open you know something is terrribly wrong. The creaking sound seems too loud, magnified by your fear, perhaps. By the light of a lone candle you see a small study, filled with books and scattered papers. And shadows. Too many shadows. Your heart rate doubles, triples. Dark shapes dance in your periphery but disappear when you whip your head to look at them. Suddenly the room seems smaller, darker, asnd there are more noises now...whispers and inhuman giggles dripping with malice. The fear consumes you.

err... GIMME!!! I want this game so badly.

Today official marks the start of Eternal Darkness week :D

[Night Stormer]

Ohh, sounds freaky! it's commin out tomorrow!!! I want!!!!

[gekko]

To kill the time until ED comes out, I recommend going back and watching IGN's commentary on the game, from way back at E3 2001. Denis mentions it's a launch title and we'll see it in November... :lol:

I was interested in ED a little bit when it was announced for N64. I mean, I love RE, and it can't possibly be as bad as Silent Hill. But when I saw these videos, my thoughts completely changed on the game, and I was sold, and will be Denis' little bitch forever. Anyway, here's a link to all the movies, and if you have a slow connection, basically what they talk about. A great way to pass the time for just a couple more days :eek:

Movie #1 (http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/previews/video/eternaldarkness/ednar1.mov)
Denis mentions that many people think they simply converted ED from the N64 game, but that's not true. They wrote the code from scratch and used a subset of the Too human engine. He goes on to say that there's a great number of detail put into the game. He mentions that if you were actually to look at some of the torn out pages of the books that you could actually read them. Then he shows the targeting system.

Moivie #2 (http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/previews/video/eternaldarkness/ednar2.mov)
Denis explains the sanity system. When you see the enemies, you begin to lose sanity, so you can't just run from them. The only way to regain your sanity is to kill them, and get some confidence. If you just run, you will go insane and die.

Movie #3 (http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/previews/video/eternaldarkness/ednar3.mov)
He explains that Gamecube uses raytrace lighting, and not your typical polygon lighting. And that there's actually geometry in the windows, and outside. Then he shows that the players actually react to the enemies, and turn their head and watch them. The characters can have over 80,000 facial animations, and always watches the enemies at all times.

Movie #4 (http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/previews/video/eternaldarkness/ednar4abc.mov)
The clip starts with 2 zombies attacking each other. He explains that if the zombies get mad at each other, they will begin to attack each other. This way the player has to think, and if there's a room full of 20 zombies, they shouldn't have to do much fighting if they play it right. He then talks about load times. The Gamecube can actually load faster than the N64. They put in a 1/8 second delay and a fade effect, because after testing it, they found players weren't able to mentally register that they were in a new room that quickly.

Movie #5 (http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/previews/video/eternaldarkness/ednar5abc.mov)
They show off a couple sanity effects. Of course, they also incorporate some great Hamlet. Then he says that players like to start going insane at first to see what happens, but then they realised the sanity effects can be really bad "doo-doo" and stopped trusting the game, but they didn't show that stuff at E3.

Movie #6 (http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/previews/video/eternaldarkness/ednar6abc.mov)
This clip is rather interesting. He shoots the arms off of 2 zombies, and this weird effect happens and they die. In the process, he loses health, magick, and sanity. And if you have a room of 20 zombies, it will clear the entire room, but you take an even bigger hit.

Movie #7 (http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/previews/video/eternaldarkness/ednar7new.mov)
This movie shows the intelligent camera system. The first time he enters and room and begins fighting, the camera is in a position that's optimised for fighting. But if he leaves the room and come back, the camera travels through the rafters, which he is also very proud of. All of the individual boards in the rafters are modeled, and detailed. They left nothing out.

Movie #8 (http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/previews/video/eternaldarkness/ednar8new.mov)
Candles all have radiocity lighting. And the weapons are affected by the geometry. So when you're using a bastard sword in a narrow hallway, and won't be able to do any fighting. So you need to think about which weapons to use.

Movie #9 (http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/previews/video/eternaldarkness/ednar9new.mov)
Shows some of the facial animations. Shows the reactive animation system. the torch pops as he walks by and he turns his head and looks at it. also shows the combos in the fighting system.

Movie #10 (http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/previews/video/eternaldarkness/ednar10yoi.mov)
48khz sound, above CD-quality, complete surround sound. And lots of rolling volumetric fog.

Movie #11 (http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/previews/video/eternaldarkness/ednar11yoi.mov)
The 3 paths! Which will you choose? AHHH!!!! He's a zombie!

Movie #12 (http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/previews/video/eternaldarkness/ednar12yoi.mov)
Contrary to what Minority Report wants you to believe, you don't want to run. If you run, you get tired, and then you can't do combos, and attack slower, etc. Walking is much more realistic, so do it. This is not RE. The character also begins looking at an enemy before the camera shows him on screen. Always gotta be thinkin.

[Nine Inch Nail]

Well...Eternal Darkness got a 9.6 from IGNCube. I'll be curious to see what GameSpot gives ED. Damn, I might have to buy a Cube just for this game.

Resident Evil, and now Eternal Darkness. Who said that all Nintendo games are kiddy??? :nono:

[Night Stormer]

Wow! i haven't seen those ones yet. Thanks Gekko :cool: . Couple of q's. How much does it take to kill a dude? it seemed to take forever in the clips and sumtimes it seemed to regengerate bodyparts... :hmm: Also, u know the one where he turned into a zombie? well in the clip it said depending on what one u take it would take u down a diff path... Well did that one take u down the path to death :p ? or wuz that just another insanity trick? one more... when he wuz slicing off the arms of those guys to make em blow up... do u have to do it to only 2 of the same type of guys to start a chain reaction or u gotta chop off arms to every guy u wanna blow up?

[gekko]

From my understanding, part of ED's charm is that it's a balancing act. Sometimes you may want to blast them a few times and kill them, sometimes you might just want to hit them once, then run. From the looks of it, 2 shotgun blasts kills them off, but i really don't know.

The 3 paths is a major part of ED. The story and stuff changes depending on what path you choose, and if you go back and do all 3, you get the Uber-ending. My guess on that was it's the end of the demo. They didn't want to show too much of the game, and didn't show any story, so I bet they just had him turn into a zombie and then ended it. But who knows, anything is possible. It could be a sanity effect.

My guess is 2. Having a room full of 20 guys, you're better off killing them one by one. I think it's just stuff that can happen if you're not careful, so you gotta think before you attack. Cause if there were 20 guys in that room, they might have died.

[Night Stormer]

Ohhh, so those zombies blowin all to hell is a side effect of not bein careful on where u chop off their appendeges. I C... hey if u started that chain reaction and ran like hell, would u be able to get outa the blast radius or go to a diff room and not take any damage? that would be pretty good to clear out a room wit a bunch of guys... or wut u still take damage even tho u r in a diff room...

[GameKinG]

Maybe it depends what you shop off and maybe what you chop off varies from zombie to zombie.

[gekko]

I get ED tomorrow right after Germany walks all over South Korea (hopefully). What a great day!

Gameing Age review posted: http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/reviews/review.pl?sys=gamecube&game=ed

[nWoCHRISnWo]

Originally posted by gekko
I get ED tomorrow right after Germany walks all over South Korea (hopefully). What a great day![/url]

Everything he just said applies to me as well.

[thatmariolover]

Originally posted by gekko
From my understanding, part of ED's charm is that it's a balancing act. Sometimes you may want to blast them a few times and kill them, sometimes you might just want to hit them once, then run. From the looks of it, 2 shotgun blasts kills them off, but i really don't know.

Well, when I played the Spaceworld demo (2k1, that is) it was different depending on where you shoot them. A shot to the chest and one to the head seems to kill them (both, not just one or the other).

That could be different now, though.

[gekko]

ED is 10 minutes away. Germany is winning. w00ty w00t w00t!!!

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Angrist]

I hope they lose from Turkey. That will teach them. :mad:

[Night Stormer]

MAN!! I WANNNTTT!!! After reading that review i almost pissed myself :p. The anticipation is unbearible! this just might spur me to get my surround sound system all set up! I'm soo gettin this game next time i'm in the city!! I'm gonna play it in the dark... that could get interesting :D. EEP! i'm scared already! ohh i went on the ED website and heard a dude say a spell and he sounded freaky! CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!

[bobcat]

Damn u lucky bastards.

I might get my cube modded to play NTSC! Sick of waiting!

Oh yeh now that my FAVOURITE team is out (S.Korea):rolleyes: I will go for Germany.

Go you Germans!