r/HorrorGaming • u/Thousand-King • 1d ago

CONSOLE First time

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This is a really unique experience and I love the ambition of the narrative. Each chapter is like a slightly different gameplay formula, so it always feels fresh even when it repeats locations. Very cool game.

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u/BroPudding1080i 1d ago

This game scared the shit out of me as a kid, but it was so good. I finally beat the game multiple times to get the true ending as an adult, and felt like I went on an actual lifelong spiritual journey with this game.

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u/Thousand-King 1d ago

Wow bravo! I likely won't go for the full ending as I struggle to replay games in quick succession. I know this would have scared the fuck out of me as a kid lmao.

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u/BroPudding1080i 19h ago

You have no idea 😅 I didn't know how to save (coming from Banjo Kazooie on the Nintendo 64 which auto-saved) so I thought you were just supposed to start from the beginning every time, which made it super stressful. And at the time, the sanity mechanics perfectly mimicked the actual console and TV menus that were common at the time, so I genuinely believed every trick they pulled with that. It was very stressful, disorienting, and effective. And that sounds horrible, but it made me love it so much more because of it. I wish games and movies could still get me like that.

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u/bold394 13h ago

It's so funny when I played it when I was younger I didn't realize that it was a horror game. Only after a long time I was thinking, hey, this was not an adventure game

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u/Coldcolska 1d ago

Insane ball knowledge. This game is very expensive now

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u/Thousand-King 1d ago

Playing on a modded Wii. Been making my way through a Halloween backlog and prioritizing things I can play on my CRT. Only way to get the full experience with this one considering many sanity effects are designed for these TVs.

Would love to own it someday, but just glad I get to play it on this screen and with a legit gamecube controller! Such a treat.

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u/Due_Goal_1091 23h ago

Insane ball knowledge and it's one of the highest rated gamecube game lol

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u/ogshowtime33 1d ago

Great game, love it

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u/ObvioSuk 1d ago

This is the remake I want. Brilliant game

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u/Thousand-King 1d ago

What would you want from a remake? I feel like the visuals and gameplay hold up very well. I'd prefer a proper sequel or spiritual successor, personally.

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u/ObvioSuk 1d ago

A proper remaster, like Silent Hill 2 or Dead Space. I’m not against a sequel or anything either. I love this game

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u/Thousand-King 1d ago

Those are interesting comparisons. Both are considered remakes I believe, since they were built from the ground up. Dead Space feels a bit more in the spirit of a remaster since it's primarily a graphical overhaul, but SH2 from Bloober had a totally different gameplay style. I really enjoyed it but I do also love the camera style of the original. I sort of doubt a remake of Eternal Darkness would retain the camera work, but it would probably be scarier with higher fidelity visuals! Mantorok would be disgusting lol

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u/Due_Goal_1091 23h ago

Gng first learn the difference between remake and remaster, whilst i love remakes, I have always found statements like wow this game is a 10/10 masterpiece won't touch it with s ten foot pole now they should remake it weird

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u/nova-prime666 19h ago

Finished this for the first time not that long ago after like 20 something years. What a fantastic game, I wish we got a sequel or successor or devs can make something inspired by it.

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u/BretHitmanFart 18h ago

Aww man. What a game.

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u/PanteraHouse 16h ago

I remember playing this game at launch, it was something special and unique for sure

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u/Dioearthshadow89 13h ago

Hey good luck playing the game. I’ve been wanting to play that game as well

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u/Shadowking78 3h ago

I want to play this one day

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u/Horror-scum 1d ago

Best game cube game by far

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u/Thousand-King 1d ago

Oh man idk. Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Melee, Sunshine, Super Monkey Ball, REmake. The Gamecube had so many heavy hitters it's hard for me to pick a definitive favorite. I wish this game had been ported to PS2 and XBox; I think it would have been a much bigger hit.

I'm only halfway through the game though, so who knows where I'll rate it by the end!

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u/Bag_of_lamps 23h ago

Without question

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u/Due_Goal_1091 23h ago

Fire emblem path of radiance and mgs twin snakes mog hard

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u/Beginning_Treat6462 19h ago

I know people might downvote me this ip belong to only nintendo but i wish that someday nintendo if remaster or remake they could at least port it to pc steam i will buy it full price

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u/JerseyCobra 1h ago

This is one of the GOAT games. No other game I have played has had such an effect on me. Cerebral as hell, and goes out of its way to make the player feel like they’re going mad. It’s the best Lovecraftian-based game to date, imo. I give this game all praise.

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u/Mohnbroetchn 1d ago

I don't like it

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u/Thousand-King 1d ago

That's okay there are lots of other games

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u/Due_Goal_1091 23h ago

Same,op saying it like we didn't know more games exist or were apologising for not liking the game

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u/Thousand-King 22h ago

I was just kidding, man. I'm not offended by anyone not liking this game lol.

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u/Due_Goal_1091 23h ago

Man this game was boring af,I had to drop it, the only good thing about this game which are the 4th wall break hallucinations can be watched on youtube

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u/nova-prime666 19h ago

It’s not for everyone. This is a slow game.

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u/Due_Goal_1091 19h ago

No game is for everyone gng

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u/nova-prime666 19h ago

I wish devs would take that comment seriously. Instead of catering to “the broader audience”

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u/Due_Goal_1091 19h ago

Ehh me personally i like when certain games try to appeal to a broader audience,i mean they still won't appeal to everybody but they make the franchise more accessible, like armored core 6