Eternal Darkness - Sanity's Requiem (GC)

This game has been a long time coming. Originally it was set to appear on the N64 but because of the console nearing the end of its lifespan Silicon Knights moved their project over to the GameCube to allow more time working on the game. It is easy to liken this game to Capcom’s Resident Evil and, while it does have its similarities, Eternal Darkness is an altogether different game. There is less schlock horror with the zombies and weird monsters and more of an underlying tone of evil, which becomes apparent due to the heavy narrative story that you will witness during the game. The story begins with a phone call early in the morning. However this time ...  Read the complete review

Never a particularly bad console, but never one of the 'big players' on the scene, the Nintendo Gamecube was one of those consoles that attracted a fanbase almost solely through the quality of its exclusive games. It lacked the graphical punch of the X-Box, the world of variety of the PlayStation 2, and, heck, it didn't even play CDs or DVDs. It was a Nintendo games console for people who wanted from Nintendo only what they did best - high quality, quirky, unique games. They wanted the guaranteed killer apps that franchises like Mario and Zelda would bring to the table, along with the out-of-the-blue surprise hits like Pokémon and Animal Crossing that were destined to ...  Read the complete review

The game is set from before BC to 2000 AD. It tells the story of the fight against the 'Eternal Darkness', a terrible power that threatens the human race's existence. I know this sounds really corny, but rest assured, the plot is much better than I am making it sound! Quite simply, this is one of the most playable games on the Gamecube so far. Every facet of this game's mecahanics has been polished so bright it shines like a diamond. Like the game its most compared with, Resident Evil, it uses immovable camera angles but unlike Resident Evil it is not pre-rendered so the camera can move and thus never really gets in your way, while retaining the ...  Read the complete review

This is an adult game; I'd go as far to say this is even more adult than Capcom?s classic Resident Evil series because Resident Evil is more of a B-movie whilst this title is one of those epic tales of adventure and confusion. Nintendo don?t normally make adult game but you have the adult content rival consoles brag about but the fun gameplay Nintendo has always been famed for. Now Eternal Darkness features one of those storylines that is so in depth that even after ten hours of play you don't truly understand what exactly is going on. It all starts horrifically enough, you?re a Buffy look alike named Alex who, after hearing of her grandfathers death, ...  Read the complete review