New Eternal Darkness Titles Promised

1up reports that Silicon Knights, maker of the Too Human and Eternal Darkness games, have promised they plan to return to Eternal Darkness at some point in the future. I wouldn't hold your breath for it, though. Any sequel to the Lovecraft-inspired horror title will be some time in coming. From the article: "'Although this [Eternal Darkness 1] is just one story we had in mind for the Eternal Darkness universe, there are even more manipulations, great ancients, and numerous other stories to tell...' The outspoken developer continues on by describing how their plans for Eternal Darkness tie into Too Human, as well; the upcoming trilogy represents an evolution of the studio's concept for Eternal Darkness. Instead of holding off on sequel treatments, however, they've instead decided to plan an overarching three-part story from day one. "

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Since the OP didn't say what the F these games are

[mbourgon]

Ya know, it helps if people are familiar with whatever the heck you're talking about, when you mention some sort of sequel.

http://cube.ign.com/articles/363/363071p1.html

"Developer Silicon Knights' psychological thriller Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem [...]travels gamers through the depths of time and challenges them to complete quests using a dozen different characters[...]GameCube"

It's apparently some sort of Alone In The Dark survival horror thing, on the Gamecube.

Why you should care

[DoctaWatson]

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is one of the best games for the Gamecube, putting it squarely among the top games of this ending generation.

You could call it a "survival horror" and leave it at that, but it hardly seems much like Silent Hill or Resident Evil. In those games, the fear is created by the big scary monster in the next room. You can eventually desensitize yourself to that kind of fear by playing on the assumption that there's a monster around every corner.

In Eternal Darkness the fear is created by the sense that you are losing your mind. There are hundreds of little tricks the game uses to mess with your mind, and they're so varied and frequent that at least a few of them will catch even the most hardened player off guard.

On top of the sanity system, the game has a fantastic atmosphere that's Lovecraft-inspired but spans many different eras in human history. You'll play in Ancient Persia, Medieval Europe, 1950's America- and each time as a different (and likely doomed) protagonist.

There's also some fairly complex (in console terms) magic and combat systems.

If you own a Gamecube, this game is very much worth playing (or even owning). It can easily be found used for under $10.

Re:Since the OP didn't say what the F these games

[Anonymous Coward]

Ya know, it helps if people are familiar with whatever the heck you're talking about, when you compare a game to some sort of other game.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/aloneinthedar ktrilogy/review.html

"The Alone in the Dark games cast you as private eye Edward Carnby (in the first game you can also play as a woman named Emily Hartwood), investigating a series of deaths and disappearances, all of which are
linked to the occult or the supernatural."

It's apprently some sort of nothing-like-eternal-darnkness survival myster thing, on PC.