Alone in the Dark

I wanted much more than this. This is just buggy mess. Story isnt something special, bad graphic. Game is around 7-8 hours long. I really have hight hopes about this one. There are plenty graphical and sound problems. Sometimes game looks like it is from mid 00's. I played as Edward Carnby, probably the game is same as if you play as Emily. The ending of the game is similiar to RE 7 but the feeling at the end isnt same. For me only good thing in this game are locations. Alone in the dark series deserves much better game than this one. At the end my suggestion is to skip this game or if you are a big horror fan as I am, buy it on big sale.

Once upon a time there was a video game that invented a terrifying genre but got worse as the series went on. One day THQ resurrected themselves in Norway and decided to resurrect a video dead gaming franchise called Alone in the Dark.

They tried remaking Alone in the Dark but the only thing on their mind was copying Resident Evil 4 and the Last of Us Wooooh! Which made a fun romp but was nothing like Alone in the Dark original.

The art style is good but the character designs are uncanny! WoooohH! Except Miss Hartwood is so hot. (The lust of 100 demons humiliate you for a cartoon chick.)

This game has nothing to do with the original besides there is a frog in the intro. There are more outside zones like Bourbon Street for whatever.

The monsters are the least terrifying thing in this game. None of them have supernatural behaviors and the combat doesn't elicit that because Melee in the original was so important. So crucial. The enemies are just zombies but with Eldritch horror monster characters. Nothing weird or terrifying.

You know, It's ok to deviate from the original but Alone in the Dark 2024 isn't it. It doesn't know what it wants to be. I wanted a 1:1 remake made in Unity but we can't all get what we want so we have Alone in the Dark 2024.

If you want a generic horror game. Go buy it on sale. But if you wanna remake of Alone in the Dark from 1992? Summon Cthulhu cause you ain't gonna get it here.

I won't go into too much detail here. Graphics - decent. Acting - well done. Plot - was ok .

Mechanics - was...... ok.

To be honest though..... I haven't finished the game! I have spent the last two days trying to work out a bug / find a patch, that can help me push past this area I'm stuck in.

But my average score is purely based on my experience and inability to play, read next to the other plays who had issues.

FYI. I'm in the library, in chapter 2.

Just got the shotgun.

Really hope they're fixed, as I was really enjoying.

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Solid story, good acting for the most part and a stellar setting! Absolutely loved exploring all the locations and the great detail put into those locations. Combat was a bit janky for me. Struggled especially against one small enemy that would consistently glitch under the floor on PC. Frustrated me greatly and is my biggest knock on this fun game.

I completed the Edward Carnby run in about 11 hours which is probably a bit longer than average. I encountered a few other glitches (like getting stuck on objects and walking on air instead of descending a stair case). Overall, I had a mostly good time and recommend this game to anyone who is a fan of old-school horror games as it has some good references to the original in here.

Very good idea but I would have expected the stories of both characters to be more related to each other.

For the price of the game, I expected the second character with whom I repeated the story not to be 80% similar to the other character, same puzzles, etc.

It was noticeable that the game imitated older gameplay mechanics but at times, it was a pain in the ass.

Nice but simple puzzles, and I believe the story truly had potential for much more development, especially with two different characters who could approach the story from their unique perspectives.

With the benefit of hindsight, I would have expected the game to be cheaper before buying it since I generally enjoy this kind of games, but I feel that in this case, it wasn't worth as much.