/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.9381047]

This game can be very tedious

[Anonymous No.9381060]

>>9381047
>Pick up new page in the Tome of Eternal Darkness
>Its another Persia Chapter

THIS CANT BE HAPPENING!

[Anonymous No.9381086]

>>9381060
>Low on sanity
>Have to use the "Finish him!" prompt on downed enemies and watch the animation 6 or 7 times so they don't get back up again
>10 more enemies spawn in and lower your sanity back down to zero and there's not a damn thing you could have done to stop it

[Anonymous No.9381116]

>>9381086
>Finally set every single rune in Edward's chapter
>Have to do it all over again for Alex
>my message to the devs

[Anonymous No.9381147]

the gameplay is unfortunately its weakest feature

[Anonymous No.9381150]

>>9381047
Agreed
Really not a fan of this title
Big letdown after hearing all the hype

[Anonymous No.9381494]

>>9381047
It's more "the game is tedious until you have certain spells, then it becomes piss-easy"

[Anonymous No.9381806]

I was hoping the N64 was going to be in the gigaleak. I wonder how different it was.

[Anonymous No.9381818]

>>9381047
In what way? I never had a problem with this game outside a few areas, really its just when you choose Xel'owhatshername and your sanity goes down to zero in like two seconds of encoutering a monster.

The atmosphere and setting alone makes me love this game. The combat is fine enough, don't really understand people who complain about it.

[Anonymous No.9382185]

>>9381047
It's a great Lovecraftian atmosphere, but the game has not aged well. I beat it four times back in the day when it came out to get the secret ending and I don't really think I'll ever pick it up again. Fond memories though.

[Anonymous No.9383153]

Oh cool, the game's story takes place across the world and throughout history. I bet that'll lead to some really creative levels and interactions:

>Tomb level, temple level, catacomb level, re-use of temple level, re-use of catacomb level, re-use of main hub with barely anything different, re-use of tomb level

Oh

[Anonymous No.9383232]

>>9381147
It's a staple in this genre

[Anonymous No.9383267]

Oh? A WW1 level? Awesome, can't wait to see what the setting is:

>It's the same cathedral from two other levels

[Anonymous No.9383704]

>all those filtered zoomies
I have played the game on release and immensely enjoyed it and I have finished it for the n-th time just a week ago to commemorate its 20th birthday and I still enjoy it.

[Anonymous No.9383982]

On the last level I just turn on invisibility and run past everything I can.

[Anonymous No.9384551]

>>9383267
The game was originally made for the N64 and then ported over during development when the gamecube came out so that probably explains the limited number of areas. Too bad we never got a sequel, it could have been amazing if was given a decent budget and focus instead of that piece of shit flop 2 human.

[Anonymous No.9385775]

>>9384551
Eternal Darkness is one of the better executions of a game reusing assets over and over again. Specifically Roivas Manor, the Cathedral & Mantorok's Temple never felt particularly tedious for the number of times we had to retread each location since each iteration changed things up enough that it felt somewhat fresh. The Persian City gets used a few too many times though.

[Anonymous No.9387090]

>>9383267
cathedral levels are kino though

[Anonymous No.9387092]

>>9385775
Yeah I thought it was cool seeing the familiar areas in different settings.

Two funniest parts of the game are when you see the stupid Purple monster stuck in the temple and it has big eyes and can't do anything, and when the red lobster crushes the guy in the cathedral and ends the chapter.