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Boring after the first playthrough
I started a new game in Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem the other day. When this game came out, all the reviewers talked about how it was the Greatest Game Ever, and how unique and cool and fun it was. And for the first playthrough, they are right on. I played through the game with a deliberately low Sanity Meter just to see all the different insanity effects. And the storyline was complex enough to be interesting through the whole game. <
>But on the second playthrough? Not so great. Skip the cutscenes, strip away all the insanity effects (since you've seen them all several times over by now) and you're left with a bland, slow-paced and quite linear action-adventure game. For me it's way too easy and at times very annoying (those stupid Trappers keep teleporting me, gaaaah). Underneath the sanity gimmick, this game is seriously lacking in gameplay meat. There are only three different types of enemies (which come in 3 variations each) that you'll see across the entire 10 hour playtime, and killing them off doesn't take any great strategy - R+up, A. Repeat. I certainly don't have enough interest to play up to the repetitive ending part where you have to backtrack nine (!) times. And there is (I think) one lone unlockable feature: beat the game three times over and you're given the ability to play through with unlimited life, mana and sanity. Whoopee. <
>Don't get me wrong: this game is a trip the first time through. If you haven't played it, you owe yourself a rental. But it's too bad this game doesn't hold up on multiple plays. No other franchise has yet duplicated the Sanity Meter, but the rest of the game's mechanics have been refined in a half dozen games since ED's release.

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A Gamecube Classic
I sold my Gamecube a number of years ago and always regretted it for a few reasons. This game is one of them. When I got the Nintendo Wii, I made sure to track this game down. It is just as entertaining as it was when I first played it. For fans of survival horror, I would definitely recommend it. I would also recommend this game to readers of H.P. Lovecraft as the theme of the game is most definitely in his style. <
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>A great game, and a unique one at that. You will not be disappointed with this one.

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great
good game play n great purchase <
>thnx for everything <
>will buy from dis company again