Dyack: 'Strong chance' that Eternal Darkness will return

41 Comments by Justin McElroy May 14th 2008 12:30PM
Filed under: Action

You know, it's a funny thing about adjectives in the video game industry. Final Fantasy is never actually final, the company that made Cabela's 4x4 Off-Road Adventure III was called Fun Labs and with its one appearance on GameCube, Eternal Darkness seemed to be anything but. Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack provided some hope however yesterday, while speaking at Microsoft's Spring Showcase.

TVG reports that Dyack said "We don't want to be pigeon-holed [into a genre], we want to be known for strong content...There's a strong chance we'll return to it, but there's no announcements yet." It's not much, but if you've played the game we know that's enough for your day to be officially made. If you haven't -- what are you waiting for?

Tags: denis-dyack, eternal-darkness, microsoft

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danny.: May 14th 2008; 12:35PM

Great game... just got my copy back from a friend. I thought I lost it years ago. I'll have to try it again and see if it held up.

heckthor: May 14th 2008; 1:17PM

Prepare yourself to be shocked cuz believe it not it did not hold up very well...
I loved it back then and i probably still do but the combat is bad, i mean really bad... but this game keeps you going for the story, and the insanity effects. Badass Game... I Loved it.

MinimumWageNinja: May 14th 2008; 12:38PM

Wicked! One of the real reasons to own a Gamecube.

GRANTED: May 14th 2008; 12:41PM

Anything but... dark? OHHHH anything but ETERNAL i get it.

You what else is eternal? Too-Human development time.

Dirty: May 14th 2008; 12:47PM

I imagine with the length of time they spent on Too Human that this may take until 2020 to complete.

Cant wait.

Sloar: May 14th 2008; 12:48PM

What would be funny is if one of the mind tricks that it played on you was the RRoD. Now that would be great!

Zootittles: May 14th 2008; 12:52PM

I'm not sure what the correct response is here:
A) Oh snap!
B) I see what you did there.

Rauten: May 14th 2008; 1:01PM

I'd shit my pants. Literally. First one made me believe my TV had died on me, damnit >_

Viridium: May 14th 2008; 12:50PM

F*ck yeah, I love this game.

umm....hello???: May 14th 2008; 1:02PM

...except for the fact that FinalFantasy was intended to BE the last game made by Square--ever. Fortunately it became one of the best and most popular RPGs for the NES and was the start of Square's future as we know it today...Squeenix!!

Lonecow: May 14th 2008; 1:07PM

No offense but I don't think you are teaching anyone who visits a video game blog anything new with this info. It is pretty much as standard as saying, "Did you know Mario was originally named Jumpman?'

Tell your brother or sister who doesn't know much about games. Everyone here knows it already.

umm....hello???: May 14th 2008; 1:33PM

no offense?? You are right Mr. Lonecow! How could I have ever doubted you?

Lonecow: May 14th 2008; 1:46PM

Yes it is hard to beleive.

See one thread at a time I will have everyone saying that.

Maybe I should run for President... or start a cult.

umm....hello???: May 14th 2008; 4:10PM

IMO cult status would be much easier to achieve...= )...

kingalekz: May 14th 2008; 1:07PM

Doesn't Nintendo own the franchise?

jynxycat: May 14th 2008; 7:38PM

Probably no more than they 'own' Banjo Kazooie.

Silicon Knights was a second party, just like Rare. So it's definitely possible it could show up on any or all three systems.

Martez: May 14th 2008; 1:10PM

YEAH RIGHT. How long did the first Eternal Darkness take? How long is Too Human taking? How long with the two sequels take?

In all seriousness, though. I'm sure that my kids will enjoy Eternal Darkness 2 when they get out of college.

Yourself: May 14th 2008; 1:21PM

ED was the best survival horror game ever and an all-around classic. Whether they played the original or not, everyone should be praying for a sequel, regardless of console.

tmacairjordan87: May 14th 2008; 1:36PM

Yes I'll pray that a sequel to a game I never played and care little for is made for a console I don't have.

Perfect logic.

Yourself: May 14th 2008; 1:56PM

Sorry, I should have said: "Anyone who has any taste in video games whatsoever should pray for a sequel."

But based on your posting history, you already believe Sony is God. And praying to them I don't think will help.

tmacairjordan87: May 14th 2008; 2:27PM

Shouldn't go off posting history then cause I'm more 360 than ps3, but a (un-healthy?) balance of both.

Yourself: May 14th 2008; 3:02PM

Sigh... whatever happened to the age when people just wanted good games?

Oh, that's right. It never existed.

KeenCommander: May 14th 2008; 5:55PM

It did exist, from the time the NES launched to the time the Genesis launched. After that, everything fell apart.

Of course, even before that there was Atari vs. Intellivision wars - so maybe the only true peace was when all we had was the Magnavox Odyssey.

Maic: May 14th 2008; 1:22PM

This could have great thinks like making you believe all your friends in xbox live deleted you, that your xbox gold membership expired, that the disk is dirty when you are with a boss, or that microsoft erased all your achievement due to cheating. That last could be so dramatic.

Jnas: May 14th 2008; 1:24PM

Yay?

Joel: May 14th 2008; 1:24PM

Heck yes, best gamecube game ever. Played this game over and over. One of the best stories ever that just pulled you in and made you want more. Loved the insanity level lol...i loved walking down a hall way and all of the suddenly your head blows up lol! or the blue screen that made you think that you gamecube broke! Damn I am excitied now for a new eternal darkness!

RitchCORRUPTION: May 14th 2008; 4:01PM

hail to the darkness!!!

I'd buy a console for this.

Any game with such flawed combat that STILL shines through as fun and not tedious even for a second has GOT to be great.

Plus.. a sequel means they can iron out problems.

hell i'd go for a remake even, with or without ironed controls... and id still buy a new console for it if i had to.

commen-cents: May 14th 2008; 1:52PM

dead chick in bathtub ftw

Markez (MKWii 4339-2878-5120): May 14th 2008; 2:33PM

That part ruled.

Cluckyx: May 14th 2008; 1:54PM

Eternal Darkness left so many unanswered questions. Like the source of Yellow Magic and the fate of Mantorok. I dug up Eternal Darkness a few months ago and it was awesome. If this turns out to be true, I will be nothing short of delrious with joy. But they have a lot to live up to storywise.

We'll have to wait and see.

is: May 14th 2008; 3:45PM

I enjoyed the game alot - not enough to play through multiple times, but alot.

I thought the magic ststem was a little convelouted though. If it were up to me (and of course its not, irate fanboys who may well flame me for this comment) I would ditch the "majik" And just make it all about puzzles, monsters and insanity effects.

In respect to the latter though, where have they got to go? Seems liek most of the good ideas may have been used up in teh first game. But no question I would buy a sequel if it were to show up.

Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376): May 14th 2008; 3:46PM

I don't care what system it ends up on, I want this damn game! It'd be sweet on the Wii, though. Just a cool little idea would be to have fucked up noises come out of the speaker every once in awhile.

Gewurztraminer says: R.O.B. is the last Cylon!: May 14th 2008; 4:29PM

That's a great idea and would totally creep me out. Maybe a sequence requiring great precision with the remote for a puzzle and, depending on your sanity level, it rumbles right at the wrong time.

To be honest though, I only ever watched Eternal Darkness. Always meant to buy it and play it myself, but I'm too much of a wuss. Luigi's Mansion made me jumpy. =O

Crazylink: May 14th 2008; 4:43PM

What a coincidence! I just started playing it for the first time last night!

Sidepocket: May 14th 2008; 5:45PM

I love how everyone assumes this will be a 360 title.

Its not. Nintendo co-owns the franchise, some of the code and owns the entire sanity effects system.

If it would be on something, it would be for the Wii.

Mayle: May 14th 2008; 6:08PM

yeah that contract ended in 2004. they still own stock, but if you want to say they co own it I co own Microsoft and Disney...Im rich..how do you think they were making too human

Sidepocket: May 15th 2008; 3:44AM

Uh, what part of they own part of the brand (not stock), coding and own the entire game play function that makes it work did you not understand?

chris mayle: May 15th 2008; 12:30PM

I am saying you're completely wrong about everything except the side effects

Sidepocket: May 15th 2008; 3:44PM

Actually...no.

Nintendo owns the Sanity Effects system and helped code it in the game, meaning any code they wrote they also own. They also co-own the title of the game, much like how studios have titles and thus can let different developers work on the same brand.

Kokomadeta: May 15th 2008; 3:24AM

Good. I only recently acquired this game and I think it's great. Whoever says it doesn't stand up today is dead wrong. If it doesn't stand up, then Resident Evil 4 is old and outdated. And for the record, Condemned 2 sucks.

JeffyP00: May 15th 2008; 9:16AM

Ugh, that game was an over-hyped piece of shit. Biggest letdown of all my 'cube purchases.

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