@Weaselfingers:

LOOOOL!!

I would also simply looove an ED2 :]

nardsy

I would comment on this in more depth. I loved the original, and don't think it got nearly enough attention. A sequel on any system would be welcome.

But I am far to occupied, I'm afraid. Because you see, I am currently holding my second child, just born hours ago, and I just felt the need to thread jack this posting for my own selfish bragging.

So, my post is about half on topic. Not ALL bad, right?

PapaBear434

@Struct09:

It was originally being developed for the N64, but you know how things go with Silicon Knights. By the time they were actually finished with it, it showed up on GC.

LittleBigPlaneteer

@Weaselfingers: Old. They already released Turning Point.

Erwin

@CHU BOI: ED64? I don't know how to break this to you, Eternal Darkness was on the Gamecube :o

Struct09

Spoiler alert: While Silicon Knights is publicly working on Too Human, they've also had a team of hundreds working secretly for the last few years to create a new bathtub scene in which players actually feel the sensation of death wash across their very souls. In HD.

Weaselfingers

ED 2 would be awesome! Probably won't see it though until next gen.

mexfreak86

I played ED at 2am. Was very creepy, but nothing that turning the lights on didn't get rid of.

Then the doors started, and I had to open every door in the apartment.

Then the bathtub scene.

Lyrai

This would be great! HD sanity effects as well as DTS sound? The potential is there to scare the shit out of people. The bathtub scene in the first one made me swear out loud.

prawnmatic

Please-please-pleaaase!
From what I've seen so far, Too Human's combat hasn't exactly won me over, it looks a bit too much like a One-Man Army vs. Hordes Of Cloned Bad Guys lootfest. And the last time I experienced Right analog stick combat was *shudder* Death By Degrees.
I hope the final product will be good, I really do, because the setting and premise have potential.

Eternal Darkness 2? There is no way they could screw it up. Unscrewupable, I tell you!

Anyway, talking about "a strong chance" sounds as close to an official commitment as it gets.

Antiterra

I didn't like Eternal Darkness as much as most, but it did have huge potential, great voice-acting, intriguing story, etc. What turned me off was returning to the same levels again and again in different times. It felt like a clever way to get around the space limitations of cartridges for the N64, which I'm guessing it was as the game was originally being developed for that console. Still, I'd welcome a sequel and wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be one of the best survival horror franchises ever with the space and power of current-gen consoles.

Sloopydrew

Hot damn, I hope it shall be so.

Bakeroo

Eternal Darkness is like a fine wine. If I ever need something to cleanse the gaming pallette I go back to that aged piece of stunning gameplay and great story.

William "Killer" Shatner

Biggest WTF Moment in ED64: You're walking around then all your limbs slowly start falling off.

CHU BOI

@tsukasa1288:

Yes, there was one moment where it could give you a blue screen of death, citing hardware faults and everything.

Delano_J

This some speculation I can get behind, even if they don't make a game in the same series. The same people that made this game just need to make another horror game.

Marooner

I'd love a new Eternal Darkness, it was the best in the genre at the time.

Delano_J

Is this that game that messed with your head all the time like when you tried to heal your guy would explode or when you tried to save the game would pretend to delete your saves and stuff?

tsukasa1288

idk if i want to waggle my way through a Eternal Darkness sequel maybe a ps3/360 game or all 3 but if it came out out only on wii i'd buy it cause i love Eternal Darkness.

Raziel Dune

Yesssssss. Eternal Darkness was awesome, I'd love to see Silicon Knights go back to it. With that recent story of them hiring a bunch of new employees, maybe they're getting big enough to work on two games at once? *crosses fingers*

Stormrider

I would pay more than normal retail price for a new Eternal Darkness. Hell, the only reason I'm even considering buying Too Human is to help Silicon Knights make it.

Archaotic

I'd love for this to happen. :)

Eternal Darkness on the Wii would be a wonderful thing.

OMGitsDarkMatter

@PapaBear434: Congratulations! Is it a Boy or Girl?

SPni

@InsidiousTuna:
@Erwin: @Weaselfingers: @sariah:

Thanks guys, but no worries. Wife and kid are both asleep, and I am on my laptop via the hospital's WiFi. Just fed the girl (second girl,) and now I'm just awake...

PapaBear434

@PapaBear434: CONGRAAAATS! Best thread-jacking I've ever seen, personally. ;)

Antiterra

This would be freaking awesome. Can't wait for the return of sanity meters and affects!

Leon31

@PapaBear434:

Congratulations! But really, what's more important: video games or family? I think we all know the answer. (I joke, I joke :P)

So, absolutely great news in both the post itself (I loved Eternal Darkness, and still do) as well as the comments. I think I'll sleep well tonight ^^

sariah

@PapaBear434: Drop the kid, you can type faster.

Weaselfingers

@PapaBear434: Congrats and you should really get back now.

Erwin

@PapaBear434: Congratulations. Get the fuck off Kotaku and back with your wife and kid. Congrats, again. Son or daughter?

InsidiousTuna

@PapaBear434:

Congrats man! =)

Reminds me of the time last year on my wedding day. I even snuck in here to post a comment or two. Yes! On my WEDDING DAY! Haha! =)

excaliburps

@PapaBear434:

pics or gtfo :P

Lol, this man right here, he proves the dedication of Kotakus commenters. Just had a baby and is on here, running around the ED topic.

Komrade_Kayce

@PapaBear434:

WHAT! Congrats man!

dead_red_eyes

@PapaBear434: Well that answers my question.

SPni

The cool elements of Eternal Darkness only came up when you were playing badly. I missed most of the crazy stuff that everyone raves about. I found the game dull, and wasn't going to force myself to play badly to make it interesting.

hagridore

i was JUST thinking about this an hour ago....weird. totally depressed there isn't a new one right now!! anyhow wouldn't it be great if they could make your 360 go RROD, instead of blue screen of death this time? forget doing a wacky Wii version.

FrellingDominar

@PapaBear434: Congratulations dude!

zoesch

@PapaBear434: Rock on! :D

ShaggE

Why the hell does it have to be Eternal Darkness? Really? Why can't they just say, "Yeah, Eternal Darkness -- we'll make another game like that someday, maybe."

People need to stop wanting sequels. Sequels get embarrassing.

And I mean, "Eternal Darkness" is a pretty lame title. Putting a fuckin' "2" after any title with "Eternal" in it is kinda moronic. Even more than putting a number after "Final Fantasy" -- I mean, at least with "Final" it seems like it's meant to be ironic.

108

I'm cautiously optimistic. Who knows if Silicon Knights has that kind of magic left in them? I mean we've all seen how RARE has tanked in recent years. However, if the game lives up to the original then I'll get it no matter if it's on the PS3, 360 or Wii.

silkylove

That thing in the bath was the scariest thing I have ever seen in any movie, TV show or game ahah. Even on my second playthrough it got me again because I forgot which time period it happened in.

vantesaur

@hagridore:

Then you didnt get far enough.

SK got MAD props from me when they decided to throw the Canadian Firefighter in the middle of the Gulf War my way. That was the most surprising and fucking BEST character of almost any game ever.

Once you're playing as him, it almost seems like everything else in the game was training to try to survive as him. I was breezing through it (loved every second) right up until playing as him stopped me cold. It got hard, it got gritty, it got messy. Found myself low on ammunition trying to use the fire axe to survive, freaking out because no matter what I did, I couldnt get that sanity meter to go back up enough to keep me alive.

Komrade_Kayce

Sequels get embarassing? Sequels are like money in the bank.

I want to see what Mantorok is doing. My favorite rotting-flesh-god of all time. Smart and a sweetheart.

Xiedo

@108: What difference does it make what they call it? If they're going to make another horror game in the same style as Eternal Darkness, what would be the point in not making it a sequel, apart from your silly quibble about the title?

Stormrider

@Komrade_Kayce: Yep, I only got to the Persian boy who was trying to get the princess. I just found it too tedious to continue. I was interested in where the story was going, but not enough to keep plodding through with Aladdin.

hagridore

Eternal Darkness on the 360 HAS to have an Insanity Effect that makes your console get the RRoD... then get better 30 seconds better.

warrack

So the first time I played Eternal Darkness was after I took some strong acid. Then the screen melted. I looked down to find that I am squatting on the couch's armrest, muttering franticly to my friend "is that real?"

I fucking love this game.

Aside from all that, this game has some of the best writing in a video game. Simple descriptions were haunting, the storyline was unique and not afraid to reference Jung.

EdRoivas333

The mere subtle hints and possibility of this happening has me drooling. Eternal Darkness was and always will be my favorite title for the Gamecube.

I have expected some sort of sequel or continuation on the game for years now, but just to hear them saying they would like to do it but have nothing to announce is as good as its coming to me.

Can't wait.

VonDante

Eternal darkness was the only game i can honestly say i played through 3 times, and enjoyed every one. it's also the only game i played where i wanted to get damaged (sanity wise) just to see what happened. Even if they only made a remake of the original, i'd certainly buy it!

evolutionman

On the Wii? Count me in, I was a bit sad when read the news they were "jumping ship" from the SS Nintendo. They also did a terrific job on Metal ear Solid: The Twin Snakes. Eternal Darkness II Wii? Count me in.

Shiryu

"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting..." that I'll ever see a sequel.

juliopalio

@Struct09: Lol, my bad, I just wrote about PD64 in another post. Man, I hate finals week.

CHU BOI

Back during GDC, the guys from 1up interviewed Dyack, and it was strongly hinted that eternal darkness was in the works. I'd bet money it's been in development for months.

catapult37

@hagridore:

Dude, lol, you should have finished his story. What happens to him is pretty terrible.

You start to notice a pattern amongst everyone who comes in contact with the Tome. They all DIE.

If you had continued, you would have gotten to play as:

A knight during medieval times
A member of the family who got locked in the insane asylum
A WWI soldier
An Indiana Jones type dude looking for treasure

Im probably missing a few. But just as soon as you were getting tired of/emotionally involved in one character, bam, untimely end.

Komrade_Kayce

Great news!!! Eternal Darkness is my favorite Gamecube game right behind Metroid and Zelda. It was awesome switching between different characters and time periods. It was deep, had a great story and it was challenging yet fun enough to keep you going. There was exploration, a magic system and weapon combat. Don't forget the mind tricks the game played on you when you went insane! My heart dropped when the screen turned black and it said my game was lost! Would absoulutely LOVE to play a sequel on the Wii if the controls were done right; it would be nice in HD on the 360 too but there'a a lot they could do with the Wiimote for an Eternal Darkness game.

FullTimeGamer

Eternal Darkeness was excellent -- the short story style of the game made you think of authors like Lovecraft, so it was an excellent design choice. I'd love to see another one.

jayntampa

To this day, I remember throwing my Wavebird down on the floor in frustration when the message, "Thanks for playing the Demo!!" popped up during the game's final chapter. Then, I felt mega crunchy when I realized that it was just another fucking Sanity Effect.

Would love to see a sequel. :-)

djkibblesnbits

Hell yeah! Give me this over Too Human any day!

Maybe I shouldn't say "any day" with Silicon Knights, they might think I meant to say, "In a few generations."

Absent Blue

that game was amazing. i dust it off every october as halloween nears and start up a new game. make it happen, SK!

deathpie

I'll add - either way, why on earth would they keep this in switching from N64 to Gamecube? It's not like they could re-use any assets from the N64 version (they would have looked horrible). So they'd have been basically starting over anyways, other than perhaps storyline and overall design aspects.

WarlockSoL

Also, cockroaches running on the inside of the screen. Freakin' awesome.

Ghinn

@Sloopydrew: I disagree entirely. For one thing, the game didn't have HUGE environments. I'd say Ocarina of Time had more landmass, and that had no trouble fitting on a cartraige.

Aside from that, what are you talking about? Every single level was different. Even when you visited the same places, they were radically different - such as the church that becomes a WW1 hospital, or the ruins that collapse and open up and close different paths, adding new rooms and areas. Despite reusing the locations by name, the actual maps and objects in those locations were very different. So no, there is no way this was a "space saver" method.

Personally, that was one of the things I loved best about the game. It helped to tie the story together because these few locations became very important, and you got to see them from different perspectives during different time periods.

WarlockSoL

To this day, whenever I glance at the clock and see 3:33, I shudder.

Ghinn

Eternal Darkness was the only game I forcible stopped because the game messed with me way to much.

outofmind23

oh snap, I love this game and the sound and visuals were some of the best on the cube. I still pop it in from time to time and it even supports progressive scan and looks great on the Wii. But I really hope it hits the 360 or PS3 if not for the HD visuals and the game play could stay the same since it was mint.

JorgieX

Eternal Darkness was one of the most underrated games of all time. I would buy this game in a heartbeat.

thedouginator

Ghinn: Every time I see 3:33 (usually around the time I'm finally going to bed), it makes me smile every single time.

"Hell yeah, 3:33!"

Those numbers remind me of one of the best games ever made.

maxx77

Having only recently purchased a Gamecube, and having even more recently purchased this game from my girlfriend's brother, I have to say I welcome this news with open arms. It's rather splendid, and I'd always wanted to play it.

TearsandScreams

POSSIBLE SPOILAAAR!!! RESPONSE

@Komrade_Kayce: Not /everyone/ dies. And as technology advances more and more, more of them have a greater "chance". Early on it's "Dead", "eternal torment" "squishification of a really nasty sort.."... but as soon as the revolvers an OICWs come into play things tilt in humanities favor. Sure there's one case of insanity and a confirmed death, but others from the modern era were luckier. "Indiana Jones"-dude got away the cleanest. His impenetrable aura of "Awesome" proves to much for the hordes of the Outer Regions.

Also, "Eternal Darkness" was extra noteworthy for having a badass and likable Canadian. I know, weird. (;p)

Parsifal

I don't know that I would necessarily want a sequel to Eternal Darkness. I mean, I would give that game a Perfect 10. It's very high quality and unique. I don't know that I would want to potentially spoil my very fond memories of this game.

BaseVilliN

Eternal Darkness, in this age of hyper shaders and realistic ham sandwiches, still stares the shit out of me.

Please, for the love of god, MAKE NUMBER 2! Hell, I'de even settle for a "spiritual" sequel, as long as the game blows my mind all over the side of the wall.

Thorax

GOOD NEWS! VERY GOOD NEWS!

TheNocturnalSun

PARGON PARGON PARGON FRANCHISE RESURRECTION PARGON PARGON PARGON

grizzlywilliam

If it happens, it will be on the@OMGitsDarkMatter:

what would make it so wonderful if it was on the Wii?

Xcite79

@OMGitsDarkMatter

I don't think so. If a new ED comes out it needs some beautiful graphics and a decent control scheme.

darx

Also, 3 Words:

Random Door Pounding FTW!

Rammstein

@grizzlywilliam:

I think that^ has to be the best comment ever.

Also, FUCKING loved Eternal Darkness. The bathtub made me shiver... also the volume changing, the way the paintings turned to gory scenes, there was a bust on the second floor that actually followed you, etc. So many great posibilities for a new Eternal Darkness. TIER PARGON ARETAK!

From [en.wikipedia.org] :
However, as Nintendo own all rights to the game, including the patent to the game's insanity system, a sequel would be Nintendo's decision. Interesting!

Rammstein