... I swear, I miss all the best shit in this thread when I'm at work. Catchup time!
First, I want to apologize for re-visiting the Eternal Darkness discussion, but... some people have their favorite games of that gen, and this is in my Top 5 across all platforms, so I really want to chime in.
Does nintendo completely own Eternal darkness? If so maybe retro could be devloping it?
I think it's complicated.
They could probably secure the game easily, though.
No, it's not complicated at all. Nintendo owns the name, the sanity meter mechanic, the original's content is theirs as they are the publisher... they own it. Any statement to the contrary is Dyack being.... well, Dyack.
So yes, it's Nintendo's to do with as they see fit.
Actually, that's the very reason that I think Eternal Darkness 2 is a bad idea. How can you fool the gamer when they know the kind of tricks the first was known for?
As has been said, the tricks were really only a shock-value-added treat. It was so well-loved because it understood that you have to put HORROR in a horror game, and Resident Evil just wasn't delivering anymore.
Whats so special about Eternal Darkness anyway? I've seen vids of it and it doesn't look all that impressive.
A playthrough on YouTube with a strategy guide in front of them isn't going to convey why it was so good. This was a game that punished AND rewarded you simultaneously for not relying on reading up on how to play through it on the internet. The struggle, and the effects to the atmosphere that came from the struggle in the form of over-amplified dread and horror to the setting that came with sanity drops, rewarded you with a more engrossing game overall. It was just a fantastic design decision.
Well they could always try to randomize things and/or use e.g. the internet or possibilites of the controller to spice things up.
Why not have the UPad at times show a slightly different image than what you see on the screen and the player has to figure out which one of them is true ? I don't know...plenty of things possible. Maybe not all of them are technically feasible (or some would bring up other problems), but there's certainly a lot of potential to spice things up.
You have some good ideas there. There's a lot of possibilities for what to do with an ED game now that we're out of traditional gamepad territory control-wise.
Why wouldnt Silicon Knights handle the game???
This could have something to do with it.
Still they could do a HD remake of the original game, as I reckon only a little segment of WiiU's potential userbase got to play Eternal darkness on Gamecube and it could easily sell decently.
You make a strong point there. Perhaps Silicon Knights recognizes this and that's exactly what they're doing.
*PHEW* Now that I got all that out of my system, it's time for the good stuff...
The IdeaMan quotes require no re-quoting at this point.
I have no problem believing there's 2GB of RAM in the system. At all. Because I'm sure there will be a bottleneck in there SOMEWHERE to even everything out. Just like I expect from the others in next gen. I think they'll all get something right and totally cripple themselves fundamentally elsewhere so they all end up close to the same arena, no matter what's on paper.
So a standard generation of consoles, essentially.
Ha!
While such a thing won't happen in a million years, your post prompted me to imagine the dramatic turnaround in media coverage tone/attitude if Nintendo were to have the most powerful console for a generation. It'd be hysterical.
The only turnaround in coverage would be journos turning emo that Sony and MS got beaten at the "arms race" by Nintendo BY ACCIDENT. They'd still slant their coverage, but they'd just be whiny little shits about it, covering Nintendo prominently like someone is literally holding a gun to their head.
Before everyone creams their pants: Have positive rumours about a Nintendo console ever panned out pre-launch?
Yeah.
Yeah, they have. "GCN hardware spec sheet not an indicator of raw performance" hits me first and foremost in memory.
I agree with others. We gave Arkam hell until he was verified and even then it continued. Ideaman should be held to the same standard. Doesn't matter if what he is reporting is positive or not.
I do. Anyone who operates within the published consensus gets the benefit of the doubt until something concrete proves me wrong.