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[varin]

> Actually, it was a very good video game. ;)


I wouldn't say it was bad--I enjoyed it, but it wasn't in my top ten.  But 
I'm stingy with my video game ratings :P


> The point of Eternal Darkness' "sanity effects" was to show that reality 

> was

> breaking down for your character. In some cases they did this by trying to

> directly manipulate the *player*--with the "volume" going down, the 

> BSoD...


That's where I think the design flaw was.  While I liked the idea that the 
gamemakers were pushing boundaries by mixing (what appeared to be) real 
world elements into the game, they never really explained it.  I would have 
liked a clearer explanation as to why these things were happening to *me*. 
Perhaps something in the vein of The Ring.

Fancy doodads are nice, but they're nicer if there for a good reason.

Michelle