Posted 08-07-2008 at 11:22 PM by Nothingness (The Blog of Nothingness)
I'm actually *gasp* in a good mood for once. Why? I have no idea whatsoever. Hmm.
Oh, Eternal Darkness is now one of my favorite games. Sure, the cut screens make me want to cry and claw my eyes out sometimes, but other than that it's fun. I like the targeting system, but fighting gets a little repetitive after a while. I'm at least halfway done with my first game, it's not too hard or too easy, just fun.
Oh, and the sanity effects= PURE WIN. Oh, they're so cool. Sometimes when your character goes insane, the screen looks like the game's been shut off, or statues turn to face you, or you hear something pounding on the door. . It's scary, and I love it.
Speaking of scary things, you know what's decidedly un-scary? The Shining, by Stephen King. I can't even bring myself to finish the thing, and I've only gotten past the part about the wasp nest. Maybe it's because the characters are just pieces of cardboard, the exact same characters from Firestarter. You have the father who has anger issues and is violent, maybe even angsty. He sounds like he might be interesting, but he isn't. You have the kid, who is bland, a generic kid, completely innocent and unwise to the ways of the world, completely unlike a real kid. Then there's the mother, who's just happy and pretty and a good little housewife. You don't really know much about her, she's just boring. Ugh. Then, the other characters are just cliches, really. Hippies, mean business and military people, good-natured cooks and the like. *sigh* But then, what do [I]I[/I] know about writing? I can't even write a chapter without hating what I've written. .
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