Played a lot of Eternal Darkness yesterday. I picked up on my file of the beginning of Max's chapter and played through it (I felt sorry for Max, but hey, who wouldn't?) and Edwin's chapter (Man, this chapter's long, but I had already figured out putting "Protect" and "Self" together was a shield spell, so it was easy. And I got the Mantorok alignment rune, but forget to get the Codex. Oh well. Not that I really need it.), then stopped in Paul's chapter (at first this chapter really annoyed me. I went straight for the bell tower, neglecting to go find a weapon, and soon found myself fighting a bonethief with my bare hands. I restarted, wandered around for a while, and finally found a mace and a crossbow) after beating up Anothony. He's been sitting there for at least 500 years (I don't know the actual time differenct between the two), so he's not looking too good.

He limps toward me with his big ol' Double Edged Sword and here I am with this little mace, thinking "I'm so dead". But the fight was easy. It takes him a while to swing, so I eventually (after taking a couple hits from mindlessly hacking at him from the front) figured out I could taunt him into swinging the sword, then run behind him while he starts his attack and give him one or two whacks in the back of his head. First time I knock him down, the magick revives him and I'm thinking "Aw, crap, he's invincible...". But thankfully, a few more smacks and he went down for good. Then Paul swiped his sword :evil .

I wander around for a while, then I decide to open up the autopsy file from Max's chapter. When I wander into the file for the Xel'Lotath Zombie, Max starts saying something about the Zombie and its tortured life. I didn't know what it was, but when I was done, I said "Okay, I'm done for the night."

I recommend this game to anybody with a Gamecube. And Gamestop only asks $15 for this game.

I've noticed a possible reference, and an SAB in this game. First the SAB. I just realized that Mantorok looks almost exactly like the Profound Darkness' first form in Phantasy Star IV. And they're both somehow related to omnipotent bodies of darkness (Eternal Darkness? Profound Darkness?). Second, Edwin Lindsey seems to have been based on Indiana Jones, even if he doesn't have a whip.


Fun Cat Fact of the Moment:

The most popular cat names are Tiger and Samantha.