ANTORBOK MAGORMOR XEL'LOTATH!

[mr_bad_example]

It took me a while to get around to it, but I've begun playing Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. Gee. A guy who's the nervous type playing a scary zombie game. What could possibly go wrong?

I've been losing a lot of time to it. I mean I've been spending a lot of time playing it, not that it's sent me into catatonia or a fugue state or given me the willies or the heebie-jeebies or the screamin' meemies or anything. Although that's certainly possible; the thing that makes this game awesome is the Sanity Meter. As your character encounters the undead and finds out more of the secrets of the Ancients, their sanity takes a nosedive. The game fully depicts the whole process: You start out seeing blood dripping from the walls and hearing voices, then things get really weird. I'm a Lovecraft fan from way back, so this is good old spooky fun.

Also, one of the charaters is voiced by PORKINS! I'm not going to spoil what happens to his character, but I will just say damn...guy just can't catch a break.

Comments

[daisyglaze.livejournal.com]

I loved this game so much I played through it all 3 times to see the "good" ending. Have you got to the modern times and the guy who's fighting oil fires in Kuwait yet? He has VERY little sanity to begin with so he gets the most coolestestestest sanity-loss effects EVAR. I cackled a lot.

[mr-bad-example.livejournal.com]

I haven't gotten that far yet. I just finished the level with the architect.

My favorite insanity effects so far have been Alex's. Floating books!