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It rarely ever happens that I come across a game that harbours an identity crisis. Alone In The Dark is one of those games. After the diabolical film adaptation based loosely around the Alone In The Dark series (directed by the infamous Uwe Boll, so it...
Fantastic graphics, Great cinematic experience, Thought provoking puzzles...
Awful combat system, Complex controls, Glitch after glitch after glitch after glitch after...
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Josh Nelson7.6don’t play it alone! The game that started the survival horror gaming genre and ignited the Resident Evil phenomena has returned to the 21st century with Alone in the Dark returning to the world of gaming. With releases on both the PC...
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A handful of memorable visions might linger in the minds eye after Alone in the Darks credits roll for the last time, but youll still need supernatural patience to make it all the way to the feeble cliffhanger ending.
Concentrated moments of outlandish action, physics puzzles, homebrew weapon construction...
Broken collision detection and poor controls ruin combat, tedious driving and grinding, unaffecting story and wretched dialogue The Final Word A handful of memorable visions might linger in the minds eye after Alone in the Darks credits roll for the...
A handful of memorable visions might linger in the minds eye after Alone in the Darks credits roll for the last time, but youll still need supernatural patience to make it all the way to the feeble cliffhanger ending.
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they lied. There comes a point in Alone in the Dark, about 80% in, where Eden Studios pulls a very cheap trick. It artificially boosts the longevity of a game perilously close to the wrong side of the six hour mark by featuring a root-killing colle...
Brilliant ideas balance boring fetch quests, Setting things on fire, The first six hours of the game...
The notsomysterious mystery of Central Park, Setting yourself on fire, The last six hours of the game...
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While the episodic nature may be a fantastic idea, it’s a shame the rest of the game cant cut the mustard...
Looks quite pretty, sounds quite nice too...
Horrible controls, quite short, absolutely no scares...
While the episodic nature may be a fantastic idea, it’s a shame the rest of the game cant cut the mustard...
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It’s difficult to like a game that’s constantly firing a shotgun into its own foot. Before you skip to the end and see the poor score we’d just like to point out that at times we actually liked this game, at least for a few short moments during its fru...
We so wanted to like this game but it kept slapping us in the face with bad controls, repetitive puzzles and the annoying inventory. 5.5/10Print this pageUser reviews (0)Share this pageNoticed something wrong? Report error/mistake...
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Alone in the Dark was one of the first ever survival horror titles released 10 years ago – since then the genre has moved on to produce fantastic titles like the Resident Evil series as well as the top title – Resident Evil 4 on the Gamecube and wii...
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Alone in the Dark is a collection of excellent ideas, none of them quite polished to completion and all put together in a relatively ho-hum story resulting in a rough-edged title that can sometimes be a lot of fun to play and sometimes drive you mad.Th...
Overall Alone in the Dark could have fairly easily been a better/much-better game if the gameplay aspects (like controls, perspective shifts, puzzles, etc.) had been refined. The engine that drove the game brought enough technical prowess to the table...
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Never in my life have I been so conflicted about reviewing a game. Even though I have reviewed literally hundreds of games, I have never been as torn as I am right now. In some regards Alone in the Dark is a masterful accomplishment that should be noti...
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So I’m very late to the party on Alone in the Dark by Atari, but after finally getting through my review copy I had to take a moment to give my spin on the experience. It’s certainly no secret at this point that the general mood in the room among thos...
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While some people might be able to look over this game’s faults, I wasn’t. The language of games is its gameplay, and this game just wasn’t talking plain (although it was dropping quite a few expletives).
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The buzz surrounding Alone in the Dark in the lead-up to its release was less than optimistic. Several early reviewers tore the game to shreds, and Atari, the game's publisher, threatened lawsuits against the publications with these reviews. Not only t...
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Playing through Alone in the Dark, you begin to feel a creeping sensation that something is not quite right. This unease is not born of the dark, sinister plot or engendered by your unholy, malevolent foes; rather, it is spawned from the sizable rift b...
Abundant opportunities for clever item use, Dramatic moments pack a punch, Bucks many action adventure game conventions, May encourage pyromania.
Control issues whether youre on foot or behind the wheel, Riddled with visual inconsistencies, May encourage pyromania.
If you can endure some vexing technical flaws, Alone in the Dark can be a clever, satisfying adventure...
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Serialized, episodic TV can captivate viewers in ways that feature-length films usually cant. Most games aim to recreate the cinematic experience, but Eden Studios Alone in the Dark aims for something different, aspiring for the high drama of an HBO...
The mechanics behind episodic content are a great idea; excellent presentation and atmosphere.
Atrocious gameplay, from unwieldy controls to awful driving, undermine the entire experience.
Serialized, episodic TV can captivate viewers in ways that feature-length films usually cant. Most games aim to recreate the cinematic experience, but Eden Studios Alone in the Dark aims for something different, aspiring for the high drama of an HBO...
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A few bright spots cant save this survival horror sequel from a cold, dark grave.
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1up.com
Updated: 2014-09-13 04:54:48
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It's hard to feel truly alone with such deliberate design decisions nipping at your heels every step of the way. Atari's Alone in the Dark is so busy being experimental -- giving players the tools and rules to solve problems on their own -- that it neg...
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I've never played a game that has thrown me in more directions than Alone in the Dark. At times Eden's ambitious survival horror game touches on brilliance, dazzles with blockbuster spectacles and revels in originality. Its problem is that these moment...
Some great puzzles, Impressive fire technology, Terrible controls, Realtime inventory is awkward...
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Every once in a while a game comes along that is chock full of great ideas that will inspire future titles to follow in its foot steps. Alone in the Dark is certainly one of these games, as it possesses several innovations that manage to immerse the pl...
Incredibly immersive, Lots of new and exciting gameplay mechanics, The score is phenomenal...
Lots of bugs and glitches, Inconsistent visuals, Controls are whacked most of the time, Feels unfinished...
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ign.com
Updated: 2014-09-13 04:54:48
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Ever heard of Wind Waker Syndrome? Its that point in an otherwise majestic game where, for reasons obvious to nobody with even a modicum of common sense, a single game mechanic of such staggeringly misjudged magnitude comes along that you immediately...
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Updated: 2014-09-13 04:54:48
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Phil Harrison is a big man, and hes got a big job to do. Before he became president, Atari parent firm Infogrames were in something of a muddle, with the financial wolves reportedly baying at the door. The ex-Sony exec seems to have settled investor n...
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ign.com
Updated: 2014-09-13 04:54:48
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Atari wants everybody to beat Alone in the Dark. That includes everyone from the most casual gamer up through the core gamer. If you hadnt heard, that would encompass you and so you may be wondering how the company plans to meet this lofty goal. We ar...
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