Alone in the Dark

List Price: $59.99 Discount Price: $27.99

Features:

• A New Inventory System ¿ Players utilize the pockets of protagonist Edward Carnby to hold items which they can view, switch and combine without leaving the game.
• Narrative intensity ¿ Taking its cues from blockbuster TV dramas, the story is told in a TV season style narrative structure based around episodes that deliver maximum intensity throughout and keep the player hooked.
• A Captivating Story ¿ Centered in iconic Central Park long-time series protagonist and paranormal specialist Edward Carnby returns to delve into the frightening events occurring in the Big Apple.
• Real World Rules ¿ In-Game movement has been designed to allow players to do almost anything that is physically possible in the real world.
• Photographic Rendering ¿ Game developer Eden¿s Propriety ¿Twilight¿ technology creates a lavishly detailed game world with highly realistic and advanced cinematographic effects.

Accessories:

Alone in the Dark: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)

Customer Reviews:

Great graphics don't make a great game [Posted on 2008-07-05]
When I saw this on the shelf, I jumped for it.
There was a good reason they waited until the last few months to release trailers and previews. This game is soooo slooow.
If I had known the game forced you into a different POV everytime I picked up an item (making it hard as heck to aim) and had no tutorial telling you how to aim or use items, I'd never have bought it.
Also, it forces you to blink to clear your vision? What?!
I love a run and gun game but this is a walk, walk, walk and then search through your inventory while fire is all around you or monstaers are coming, game.
I was so bored I gave up. This will rank up there with Assassins Creed and it's forced "windowed mode".
I do not recommend it.

Alone in the Dark is now Alone in the Trash [Posted on 2008-07-09]
My biggest gripe is the same as everybody else's. The controls. No mouse movement in 3rd person. What were the developers thinking? Most of the game is played in 3rd person, so your movement is very cumbersome. I played for about 30 minutes and removed the game from my computer. I sent a complaint to Atari about this. Everyone who is dissatisfied with this game should do the same. There is no reason why they can't issue a patch to fix this problem.

Do not bother [Posted on 2008-07-18]
This is a terrible game. Low frame rates, poor character control. Extremely poor port from console version. I was very disappointed and wanted to like this game.

Don't Bother [Posted on 2008-07-21]
I had such high hopes for this game after seeing the trailers with the awesome fire effects. I couldn't get it to run initially and my e-mail to Atari support went unanswered, to this day even. Finally I posted on a forum and someone helped me there, so now it runs. Unfortunately, as others have stated, the controls are horrible. Luckily, the monsters are slow and stupid, so while you fumble about pushing half your keyboard, the monster stumbles and groans and every once in a while swipes or regurgitates at you. Finally you get him in the fire and he dies for good. I haven't persisted to get to the driving sequences, but I hear those are similarly flawed. Its not very often I buy a game before its released, and after this experience I probably won't again. "Nice" job, Atari!

Could have been spectacular, but marred by technical and control issues [Posted on 2008-07-22]
The Alone in the Dark series goes back a long way (even pre-dating the Resident Evil franchise) in terms of pioneering the survival horror genre, with this new installment kind of being a re-boot for the series. Once again filling the shoes of paranormal investigator Edward Carnby, Alone in the Dark finds Carnby caught in the middle of an apocalyptic event while investigating strange happenings in Central Park. The first thing you'll notice is that Alone in the Dark boasts some wonderfully creepy and spooky environments that drip with eerie atmosphere. In fact, the areas are so well designed that you'll often find yourself admiring your surroundings while dodging demons and beasts. The game looks good in general as well, despite a few graphical glitches that occur, while the game's solid score adds to the overall survival horror atmosphere. What's really sad about Alone in the Dark is that the game's potential to be something special is marred by technical issues. Namely, just moving around can be a chore. The control issues that present themselves during combat and puzzle solving only add layers of frustration to the game, which is a crying shame. Despite it's flaws, Alone in the Dark does present some innovation in terms of it's item inventory use and some dramatic moments that will jolt you out of your chair. The game's story is intriguing, and there are some great lighting effects too. All in all, Alone in the Dark is a worthwhile trip that could have been something truly great, but in the end is brought down thanks to it's technical issues. Still, for survival horror fans, Alone in the Dark is worth a look, even though the game falls vastly short of it's potential.

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