WickedLaharl
Member
I'd sooner burn my money before giving a hack like dyack any and I hope he doesn't sucker anyone with his failboat crowd funding round 2.
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Eternal Darkness spiritual successor, 'Shadow of the Eternals', alive again ; Trailer
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Dyson Industries
Banned
Does he still have that convicted child-molester on his team as a designer/programmer?
Is he a Gator or something? A mess.
Don't believe he is a GG. Think he had issue with how Kotaku and some other sites reported on the crowdfunding operation handling and felt the reports they did hurt the game in the eye of the public.
partyphone
Banned
you maybe had a point before he went full gator. but he's beyond the pale at this point. also he's a fucking liar and scammer now, too.
that sounds bad until you consider some of the awful shit you do take time to make videos out of
then it sounds worse
RPGCrazied
Member
Isn't he in prison? He should be.
SmackAttack
Member
HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHA
Give it up, Dyack. I don't want this from you. Many don't. Just let Nintendo give an actual, talented developer the opportunity to make a true sequel. Just stop.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Really want to play this game. Eternal Darkness was amazing.
partyphone
Banned
invent an interdoemsional transporter so you can go to a reality where this game exists and is good.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Ha. That's the said thing, Eternal Darkness was fucking amazing. I just want to play a good sequel/spiritual successor is all.
Wish Nintendo would just take charge
I mean
He made an absolute ass out of himself back then and hasn't done anything since that has made an argument for him growing up. If anything, him tying himself to GG makes him look even worse than when he was "only" embarrassing everybody in order to promote an awful game.
Why should they at this point? They own the rights to ED and can easily hire out to a more competent studio that doesn't come with a lot of baggage. If they actually did go with Precursor, it's not like they'd really be getting anything of value.
SinCityAssassin
Member
It sort of says something when the moment the company stopped having Nintendo's development supervision and riding on Dyack's alone the whole thing went down the drain.
Also that Dyack is begging them to give him another chance when he's the one that walked to begin with.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Lmao @ Denis looking to appeal to gamer gate types since everyone else has rejected his game. Worked for Donald Trump I guess.
DICKS AHOY
Banned
The did dyack ever get to talk with the canadian prime minister about gamergate like he wanted to
EDIT: On second thought, it probably literally was just something regurgitated from their previous attempt I was reading so I'll drop it. Still bizarre they're trying to resurrect interest so far mostly through just reshowing material from the previous crowd-funding campaign which went so publicly wrong.
EDIT: On second thought, it probably literally was just something regurgitated from their previous attempt I was reading so I'll drop it. Still bizarre they're trying to resurrect interest so far mostly through just reshowing material from the previous crowd-funding campaign which went so publicly wrong.
cartographer
Member
I believe he was given time served and is out.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Rated by "the Lovecraft Game Association of America Inc."
Is this a comedy game now?
Is this a comedy game now?
Lee Chaolan
Member
Hey, you're preaching to the Choir. Whatever needs to be done to make an excellent sequel, I'm on board.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
BAM! HEADSHOT!
Did you know [Gaming]?
Nintendo has made use of the Eternal Darkness name in recent years so it isn't completely dead.
IT'S ALL TRUE! The default name for a heavy metal song in the concert hall mode found in the game Tomodachi LIfe is 'Eternal Darkness' if you play the UK version.
Nintendo has made use of the Eternal Darkness name in recent years so it isn't completely dead.
IT'S ALL TRUE! The default name for a heavy metal song in the concert hall mode found in the game Tomodachi LIfe is 'Eternal Darkness' if you play the UK version.
cartographer
Member
You missed the Kickstarters by a few years.
When has a game being fun ever mattered to gaf
SinCityAssassin
Member
I'll stop giving a shit about everything else when it actually gets past pre-production and we see gameplay. These are the exact same trailers he used 3 years ago and nothing has changed besides the company logo.
The dude's recent track record for fun games hasn't been good if you weren't paying attention.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
trailer looks exactly the same it did back then. As in Cryengine pre Crysis 3.
WordAssassin
Member
I don't know what kind of Virtual Console bullshit Nintendo is going to try and pull with the NX but so help me God there had better be a way to play GameCube games. That Wind Waker was the only re-release/remake/up-port they did from GameCube's library for Wii U, yet they're porting fricking Wii games to the digital service, is maddening. I don't want to have to plug in my GameCube just to play Eternal Darkness again! Remaster! Remaster!
I hope this.. this isn't port begging is it?
I wonder if there'd be any way for Nintendo to make what was planned for ED2 or if Dyak has all the notes and stuff.
Honestly I just really want more Eternal Darkness and if it's a direct sequel or spiritual successor I don't care just give it to meeeeee
I hope this.. this isn't port begging is it?
I wonder if there'd be any way for Nintendo to make what was planned for ED2 or if Dyak has all the notes and stuff.
Honestly I just really want more Eternal Darkness and if it's a direct sequel or spiritual successor I don't care just give it to meeeeee
SinCityAssassin
Member
It's some sort of begging, sure. Just don't expect this particular project to see any light considering how Too Human turned out (By which I mean being in development for like 15 years before being mediocre).
My largest concern here is that all of these failed attempts to make Shadow of the Eternals might hurt the chances of Nintendo trying to resurrect the original Eternal Darkness IP. Because there's no way I trust Dyack to get this game made, let alone make it good.
Also, I love (sarcastically) that he's trying to push he's been the victim of unethical journalism, as if he's just trying to bait some Gamer Gate cronies into looking at the project. I was excited for the inevitable Jimquisition until I saw Jim's post in this thread. Still, there's bound to be a lot of entertainment coming from this development. Some awful, cringe-filled entertainment.
Also, I love (sarcastically) that he's trying to push he's been the victim of unethical journalism, as if he's just trying to bait some Gamer Gate cronies into looking at the project. I was excited for the inevitable Jimquisition until I saw Jim's post in this thread. Still, there's bound to be a lot of entertainment coming from this development. Some awful, cringe-filled entertainment.
SuperAndroid17
Member
I want to play it...Eternal Darkness had some amazing voice acting, story and atmosphere for its time.
At that point, why even bother working with them on it? If they were interested in an ED2, they'd be much better off just going with somebody else entirely, rather than get bits and pieces of a product that can't possibly be *that* far in development, would still require them to build up an actual development team, and comes with an amazing amount of baggage.
-shadow-
Member
Watching it right now. Absolutely stellar work so far!
DICKS AHOY
Banned
I'm under the impression there's so little here properly developed in the first place Nintendo would be better off just making ED2 from scratch.
EDIT: Beaten, though I vaguely remember ages back wanting a Pious AT in Smash that would trigger all sorts of crazy insanity effects mid-match.
I just thought it would be good to get as much of the original game's dev team on board. That being said I have no idea if any of them are involved with this.
The Baron Count
Member
Oh my god.
That guy is is responsible for pretty much the most important parts of one of my favorite games of all time.
It's one thing to have Dennis Dyack being an asshat, but this is nuts. What a piece of shit.
Necron
Member
It's kind of a shame that similar game mechanics (sanity effects) from Eternal Darkness weren't used in other horror games to my knowledge.
Although, you could argue that gaining Insight in Bloodborne drives your character more and more insane (e.g. new enemy moves, seeing Amygdalas) but I haven't seen something quite like it.
Although, you could argue that gaining Insight in Bloodborne drives your character more and more insane (e.g. new enemy moves, seeing Amygdalas) but I haven't seen something quite like it.
The Baron Count
Member
Amnesia definitely did stuff with that kind of thing when you stayed in the dark too long.
Sad thing is I loved Eternal Darkness and would love a sequel and I even think the gameplay video for Shadow Of The Eternals looks pretty decent.
But Dyack is such a dick.
The fact that he's using the exact same footage from the Kickstarter campaign with his new company really undermines the claim that he wasn't in charge or involved in managing money at Precursor, which is what people were afraid of.
Yes the Kotaku story hurt him, and it should have. I realize every story has two sides, but he ran Silicon Knights into the ground despite having been given multiple chances with Canadian government funding, etc.
But Dyack is such a dick.
The fact that he's using the exact same footage from the Kickstarter campaign with his new company really undermines the claim that he wasn't in charge or involved in managing money at Precursor, which is what people were afraid of.
Yes the Kotaku story hurt him, and it should have. I realize every story has two sides, but he ran Silicon Knights into the ground despite having been given multiple chances with Canadian government funding, etc.
grandwizard
Member
The fact that the reality of GG's 'developers are on our side!' ended up being Mark Kern, Derek Smart, and Dennis Dyack will never not make me laugh.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
I absolutely want to see what a Dyack game looks like in 2016. Too Human was such a train wreck that I'm morbidly curious.
FreedomFighter
Member
I really don't know why so many in this thread are against this game possibly coming out. I must be missing something. I'd love to play it. ED was great on GC.
SinCityAssassin
Member
We're against the man, the trailer continues to look alright and has since it was first revealed in the Kickstarter.
Now if only he had a new trailer.