#16 Eternal Darkness
Eternal Darkness is one game that came a bit as a surprise. Survival horror games generally do not release exclusively for Nintendo but back in 2002 Eternal Darkness was one game that made the cut. Though Eternal Darkness wasn’t a massive commercial success, it’s praised by survival horror fans not only for its interesting storyline but also the psychological effects tossed towards players during gameplay. Players take on the role of Alexandra Rovias as she investigates her grandfather’s murder, roaming through his mansion and uncovering dark secrets along the way. Development studio Silicon Knights added in an element known as “sanity effects”: a false blue screen of death, unsettling noises, skewed camera angles, fake volume indicators, among other events, were created to mess with the player’s mind. Silicon Knights has since disbanded and Nintendo has shown no signs of reviving this video game series, so it is unlikely that we’ll ever seen another title. Writer and director of Eternal Darkness, Denis Dyack, have been looking to release a spiritual success known right now as Shadow of the Eternals.
