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Watch the first Gameplay from Shadow of the Eternals - the Eternal Darkness Successor

06.05.2013

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Precursor Games has launched their crowd-funding campaign for Shadow of the Eternals today, with the first Gameplay footage.

The upcoming spiritual successor to GameCube classic Eternal Darkness was announced last week as an episodic series under the Shadow of the Eternals brand.

The story will span over 2500 years of human history, where players will "question their own perception of reality as they progress through this mind-altering psychological horror".

The first episode, currently in development for Wii U and PC during Q3 2014, is titled "A Dream within a Dream" and follows detective Paul Becker as he's summoned to a brutal massacre in Louisiana. The clues lead Becker to the home of noblewoman Erzébet Bathory, who happens to be a notorious serial killer. You take on the role of her handmaiden and lover Clara with events that'll chain Clara's life forever.

Piece together this complex mystery using magick, combat and sanity to maintain a perception of reality in this horrific first episode.

Today the Canadian studio launched their crowd-funding campaign to support development plus posted the first snippets of in-game footage on IGN - which appears to be running on Wii U hardware, or have Wii U interface elements at least.

The campaign is aiming to conjure up $1,500,000 in just thirty days and the studio need your support.

What do you think of the first episode of Shadow of the Eternals? Will you be supporting the project?

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~~Vorash Kadan 06.05.2013~~#1

If I had the cash I'd donate in a heartbeat but alas I am of the lower middle class. I only hope enough fans canpool their resources to help this game get finished.

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jb 06.05.2013#2

$1.5 million is pretty darn huge, hope they can make it. Going pretty decently so far with 30k banked already. Nintendo do need to step in and help, looks great.

( Edited 06.05.2013 21:27 by jb )

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crackedthesky 06.05.2013#3

I don't think they'll hit 1.5 million, but I think they said they can afford to hit a little lower than that.

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Canyarion 06.05.2013#4

They also said they're keeping your money even if they decide not to make the game.

RudyC3 06.05.2013#5

It's the exact same chapel as in the chapter with Anthony, in Eternal Darkness. Plus, the hand of Jude? Charlemagne? It looks far more like a reboot but without the original brand attached to it, to me.

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Hawk 06.05.2013#6

Canyarion said:
They also said they're keeping your money even if they decide not to make the game.

It is actually a little unclear whether you will be refunded or not if they decide to not make the game. Check out my post on the Wii U forum, and you will see what I mean.

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crackedthesky 07.05.2013#7

Canyarion said:
They also said they're keeping your money even if they decide not to make the game.

Um, what? The site says:

Our financial goal is a flexible one. All contributions will go directly towards the development of this game and making it a reality. We are committed to making this game, however, if it becomes apparent that we cannot raise enough to develop this project then we will refund all pledges.

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Darkflame (guest) 07.05.2013#8

I think they only meant that they would keep the money if they were under the target, but still feel they could make the game.
Some people misinterpreted it as they would keep the money even if they couldn't make the game.

Canyarion 07.05.2013#9

justonesp00lturn said:
Canyarion said:
They also said they're keeping your money even if they decide not to make the game.
Um, what? The site says:
Our financial goal is a flexible one. All contributions will go directly towards the development of this game and making it a reality. We are committed to making this game, however, if it becomes apparent that we cannot raise enough to develop this project then we will refund all pledges.

Apparently they added that later.

Not sure to be honest, I saw another member here quote a part from their website.

crackedthesky 07.05.2013#10

Canyarion said:
Apparently they added that later.
Not sure to be honest, I saw another member here quote a part from their website.

Yeah, it does say it's been updated, so it was probably a lot less clear before they changed it, haha. I would definitely be wary of donating to someone if they made no guarantee they'd deliver the product or refund the money.

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