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Anyone pick it up today? Any good? What do you think?
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Embattle
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I saw it but not my type of game tbh, looked fairly good though.
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Yaka
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words wank come to mind. keep away at all costs
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NaveT
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Its really good, best game i have in my gc collection
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Embattle
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LOL well thats not going to help, two totally different views 
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wolfeeh
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hmmm
sorry to say this, much as i love yaka... but he can be overly strict with a lot of games :| i've never seen him to have a "middling" viewpoint on anything... something seems to be either crap or stunning with him... no offence yaka :>
of course you could remember that everyone's experience of playing a game is different, and some people HATE the greatest games ever made for computers....
sorry to say this, much as i love yaka... but he can be overly strict with a lot of games :| i've never seen him to have a "middling" viewpoint on anything... something seems to be either crap or stunning with him... no offence yaka :>
of course you could remember that everyone's experience of playing a game is different, and some people HATE the greatest games ever made for computers....
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whipped
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OK, I chopped in The Thing on the PS2 and hunted down £20s worth of EB vouchers to buy Eternal Darkness.
So far I've managed to get to the second chapter in the game and I have to say I'm impressed. The puzzles, while not overly complicated, are rewarding and the Indiana Jones-esque bobby traps are great fun.
Combat is nice and simplistic, with the ability to target decaying corpse's heads, arms and torsos. Knocking off a zombies head and watching him flail around trying to find you was very entertaining.
The way the actual game is laid out is excellent. After finding a big, dusty book you hunt a mansion to find missing pages. Each missing page comprises a chapter that lets you play the character portrayed. After you complete each chapter you return to the present day and continue your exploration of the obligatory Scary Mansion(TM) for more chapters.
The sound is excellent and the visuals are of the high quality we have come to expect from the GameCube.
The only thing I have to complain about is the camera. While it does avoid getting stuck in walls quite well, it is not controllable by the player. I've already come across points where I've unwittingly set off a trap because the camera was facing the wrong way.
If you like puzzles combined with Castlevaina/Zelda style gameplay then grab Eternal Darkness. If you like big hairy biker chicks then grab one of those instead.
Sorry for the mini review. All I was going to write at first was, "It's a good game". Got kinda carried away there.
So far I've managed to get to the second chapter in the game and I have to say I'm impressed. The puzzles, while not overly complicated, are rewarding and the Indiana Jones-esque bobby traps are great fun.
Combat is nice and simplistic, with the ability to target decaying corpse's heads, arms and torsos. Knocking off a zombies head and watching him flail around trying to find you was very entertaining.
The way the actual game is laid out is excellent. After finding a big, dusty book you hunt a mansion to find missing pages. Each missing page comprises a chapter that lets you play the character portrayed. After you complete each chapter you return to the present day and continue your exploration of the obligatory Scary Mansion(TM) for more chapters.
The sound is excellent and the visuals are of the high quality we have come to expect from the GameCube.
The only thing I have to complain about is the camera. While it does avoid getting stuck in walls quite well, it is not controllable by the player. I've already come across points where I've unwittingly set off a trap because the camera was facing the wrong way.
If you like puzzles combined with Castlevaina/Zelda style gameplay then grab Eternal Darkness. If you like big hairy biker chicks then grab one of those instead.
Sorry for the mini review. All I was going to write at first was, "It's a good game". Got kinda carried away there.
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Re: hmmm
true but i dont condsider this game to belong to "the greatest games ever made" group.
true but i dont condsider this game to belong to "the greatest games ever made" group.
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wolfeeh
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didn't say it was
but it was a point
but it was a point
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I agree with whipped it is a quality game, nice mix of puzzly bits and fighty bits.
The sanity meter thingy really adds to the creepy atmosphere as well
The sanity meter thingy really adds to the creepy atmosphere as well
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This is actually a very good game.
Better than Resi GC IMHO.
Scary as hell too.
Better than Resi GC IMHO.
Scary as hell too.
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If you remember immortal on the megadrive, it was brilliant
but ppl didn't rave about it. I see paralells with eternal darkness. Alas it won't get the respect it deserves because it's not film style or have lengthy fmv/cut scenes like res evil & silent hill, which tbh you play just for the story. I guess ppl don't want to waste their time playing physcologically disturbing games. Determined not to like it.
but ppl didn't rave about it. I see paralells with eternal darkness. Alas it won't get the respect it deserves because it's not film style or have lengthy fmv/cut scenes like res evil & silent hill, which tbh you play just for the story. I guess ppl don't want to waste their time playing physcologically disturbing games. Determined not to like it.