"Now you may be thinking that this is living up to the hype, with me explaining the diverse inventory system, the episode and sequences system, and the big blockbuster feel, but all this doesn't distract you from the horrible controls, dodgy fighting system, horrible camera, and the overall layout of the game. It's like Eden Studios spent all of their time on getting these original ideas in the game but forgot about the execution and how they would intertwine with the whole gameplay experience. Instead of using an over-shoulder camera with the ability to move the camera around, Eden decided to have the camera behind the character with no control what so ever."
Alone in the Dark developer Pieces Interactive has been hit with layoffs a month after its release, as per the latest information.
That genuinely, genuinely sucks. The reboot has clear flaws, but it really felt like a solid first step for this team to receive *greater* investment.
That's standard. Teams are together for a Project, after its done some..and sometimes most devs are fired until the next Project is in the works and people are needed again. Only the core members stay in the time between the hot phase of the game development.
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "In one sense, it feels strange to even think Pieces Interactive had big shoes to fill with this series' legacy. Given what's come before, did it really? And yet, even when considering the last two flops over a two-decade span, there's still something about Alone in the Dark emblazoned on a title screen that carries a sense of revered history. In that respect, perhaps this reboot's best accomplishment is in honoring that spirit through its inventive world. It's also fair to emphasize knocks against its survival-horror design, some puzzle-solving, and so on; it certainly won't be considered a trendsetter like the 1992 classic. Still, the amount of goodwill wedded to its brighter qualities makes for something that dawdles the line between unfortunately-flawed and impressively-enticing."
The new Alone in the Dark remake doesn't do anything especially noteworthy, but that doesn't mean it's bad. It's just... cromulent.
Good God, how could something that showed so much promise go so wrong? I may be tempted to give AitD a rent out of some naive hope, but I have a feeling that there won't be a ton to enjoy.