Eternal Darkness

Eternal Darkness

Publisher Nintendo

Developer Nintendo/Silicon Knights

I have to say I am blown away by this game. At first I thought how the graphics are kind of sucky, but as you progress through the levels the graphics and chaos in the game steadily gets better and better. So don’t judge the game at the first glance. The game isn’t for the gamers who would play it for just 2 hours and put it down. For this game you need to invest your time, I would say around 30 or 40 hours of game play. The game isn’t exactly over when it’s over, for there are three colors to choose from early in the game, and if a person finishes the game three times he/she would get some cool stuff at the end, I personally haven’t had the time to finish the game three times but I am working on it. I love this game and I hear nothing but praise from other people who played the game, but at times I find it very frustrating.

The puzzles just leave you so you can figure stuff out by yourself. It’s kind of throwing you in a pool and expecting you to learn how to swim. You do figure out the puzzles in the end, and you won’t question the stupidity of the puzzles. It’s just that I was going around for an hour with no progress in the game, then I figured out the thing I needed was right there in front of me. Other than the boring/amusing times where you don’t know exactly what to do the game is awesome all around. In my opinion it’s the second best game on the Cube, after Smash Bros, and tied with Resident Evil, since RE has better graphics. The game won’t make you jump from fright like RE, but you might say it can be more creepy, if you go insane and stay insane, you hear voices of people crying, screaming, whispering, you see blood flowing from the walls, and see hallucinations. The graphics could have been better, but since it originally was a N64 game I guess it’s okay. I have no other critique of the game and if you are a Cube owner it’s a must buy.

Chances the puzzles will annoy you to insanity 100%

Reason to play this game for 30 hours? The story comes together as you play with the different people, so if you play on the experience gets better and better, as it won’t leave you in the dark (in games like Devil May Cry).

Score 9.2