Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Review (GameCube)

[@A_real_Ha_So]

My ex wife and I bought this when it came out. Very underrated story and some of the happenings actually got me to say, "wow" when they happened.

[@goatbone]

Thank you for this. I played this game about 15 years ago and I remember liking it but I have so little memory of it, so it was like it was being presented new again to me now.

[@FormaThought]

I really loved Eternal Darkness when I played through it, but that was over a decade ago now. I'm glad to hear it still holds up!

[@Turk_2023]

I can't think of more horror than the blue screen of death. It freaked me out just seeing it on youtube.

[@satibel]

I think some things could be updated, like if it got re released on pc, showing a fake steam uninstall prompt or "deleting cloud save" would work just as well. fake gpu artifacts would definitely be scary.

[@oliverman6168]

Turn Ur PC/console off,on again.

[@drowningin]

You can disable the KB/M with code, make all the lights on the KB blink. Make your computer look like it's off. Only problem is it will look wrong on Linux for some things.

[@-DeScruff]

I can imagine some other modern tricks: Your character freezing and a fake "low battery" prompt popping up. (PC use the windows default device disconnected sound) Or something like "Your friend xǝl∀ is playing: uoᴉʇdnɹɹoɔ ɯǝʇsʎs ɹoɹɹƎ ". If they want to be extremely devilish, play something like the Discord notification sound.

[@Turk_2023]

Blue screen of death is pretty locked n my brain an scared the shit out of me for a second while watching this

[@MsamaB3]

This game really is in a league of its own. A remake would be amazing, I would be very curious to see how they would handle the "messing with you" mechanics on modern PCs and consoles.

[@wolffster25]

I always like to point this out but the weakness system in Eternal Darkness is basically Pokémon starter logic. Green->Blue->Red ->Green kinda funny how that plays out. Also the voice cast for this game is superb and carries a lot of this titles best moments.

[@brokenman4668]

This game needs to be remastered for the Switch. Imagine how many other fourth wall breaking sanity effects you could put in. You could have the game automatically taking you back to the Home Screen and pretending to uninstall your game. Throwing in subtle hints of your gaming history on your console and maybe even creating disturbing versions of the images on your console’s gallery and flashing them on screen, imagine that. If this game gets a remake on the Switch I’m definitely playing it.

[@the1ucidone]

This game is truly a masterpiece.

[@Wolfdogg]

It's funny, I actually managed to play through Eternal Darkness for the first time this year on livestream. And as much as I enjoyed it, I do have to wonder what a re-release would entail, especially given many of the era-specific Sanity Effects.

[@xvct2661]

Wow bro when you said soon i did not think this soon and snake just uploaded where eating good tonight boys

[@Aboveup]

Honestly, neither did I. Rendering and YT checks went by way faster than usual.

[@fallenswan1670]

I played at least 5 times through that game. All four ends, and at least one of three normal ends twice. "This...can't...be..happening!!!" is still quote what I may use in some situations in real life.

[@Worlorn]

I just started this game for the first time since it came out. Spent way too much money buying a physical copy and a Wii RVL-001 (since my GameCube died) all the while having to explain to my 11-year-old what the fuck any of this mess of wires and archaic hunks of plastic were. Totally worth it. This game (somehow) holds up!

[@RealBradMiller]

Someone broke into our basement while we were playing this game, and me and the family friend thought the bumps and subtle sounds we were hearing was the game messing with us. Happened in Pinehurst, NC, dunno if the police report is public or not.

[@jasonviande5053]

Loved it so much back in the day, and it felt so unique, with so many other games copying directly from RE, SH, or just straightup Japanese horror movies. I think I'm okay with not seeing a sequel to this game, but it is really a shame it never saw a rerelease.

[@Firionhope]

I ultimately voted action because of the two categories I'd put all of the horror games where you just run and hide into survival, and I dislike those kinds of games quite a lot. Anyway great review as always. Another one for the list™

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

13:37 That was so unexpected, you made me snort.

[@rapideye85]

This game was unbelievably great. A masterpiece. I would encounter these twists in the game and think the game was malfunctioning and then boom I'm back to the game or dead

[@vincentkranenburg9334]

As someone who bought a gamecube to finally get rid of the BSODs plagueing my PC diablo-playthroughs, the BSOD sanity effect in this game caused me to throw my gamecube against the wall in a fit of knee-jerk rage. As soon as I realised it was part of the game I bought a new cube. No game has ever fucked with my head as much as this one did, save perhaps Half-life Alyx's physics.

[@thegobbojones]

very soon indeed

[@oliverman6168]

Loved this when it released,Best game Eva! Especially the brilliant endings.

[@jalliboy]

best game ever ? maybe in it`s genere! but not throughout history and between all games !

[@Rosen1983]

This game is amazing.

[@gloriouskatatsumuri]

What are you playing this on? It looks a tonne better than I remember it looking on the original hardware!

[@Aboveup]

Dolphin, not much upscaling done though.

[@Andrew_Erickson]

It looks really good on a VGA modded GameCube too!

[@Pridetoons]

I'm too much of a coward to play horror games.

[@Andrew_Erickson]

BOOOOO!

[@prog00017]

As someone who is also a big baby about horror games, this is the one I was able to play through. There's all of 1 jumpscare I can think of. So much more is about the atmosphere and the sanity effects. It's a great game.

[@promania8956]

If you want a introduction game maybe try Echo Night. Nitro Rad did a review of it and it doesn't seem like the scariest game although its still a horror game. If you're interested the game is available on the American PS3 Store. Also i included a link to the his review of Echo Night: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imTIoIeNaMtnZ6c

[@drowningin]

I'm usually way too scared for horror games like RE7, but this game doesn't have jump scares (well maybe a few) it's more of a traditional type of horror that it really freaks you out to think about. I highly recommend this game. It's a must play for the GameCube like Metroid Prime. The experience is so good that it has to be experienced no matter your preference of game genre

[@Azazel5021]

comment for the YT god

[@karamarakamarama]

yo

[@rachelfriedman1904]

The girls outfit doesn’t seem consistent with that time period lol