Firing Squad writes: "Seeing as I'm often buying crap games for review, I'm used to smartass comments from clerks. You throw down money for the likes of Stronghold Crusader: Extreme and Stranger and you soon come to expect some pretty choice insults. But the one I got when forking over $50 for the new Alone in the Dark was a new one. Since Firing Squad is a nice family website, I can't print exactly what the girl said to me, though I can say that it had something to do with all of the fun things you can do alone in the dark, and a wish that this game would be just as enjoyable as what I could be doing without my, um, joystick.
If only.
Just about anything I can think of to do alone in the dark for real--from counting sheep to sweating through a bout of West Nile to enjoying a few minutes with a skin mag (which is what I think the clerk had in mind, God bless her)--is a better option for killing time than this virtual Alone in the Dark. Eden Games' revival of the original survival-horror game is a frustrating, incompetent mess, loaded with so many design screw-ups that it seems like the developers were crossing their stereotypical flaws off on a whiteboard while programming this disaster. Clichéd, amnesiac hero? Check. Obtuse story loaded up with expletives just to get the game an M rating? Check. Clunky controls coupled with a jumpy camera? Check."
The original Alone in the Dark - hailing all the way back from 1992 - is re-imagined with Unreal Engine 4. The story and puzzle elements are dramatically overhauled, where PS5, Series X and S strive for 60fps gameplay in a decent performance mode. However there are technical rough points to this release which detract from what could be a much better game.
series S performance mode, 800x450p - 1600-900p
so NEVER hits 1080, and goes as low as a ps2.
this consoles dead to me
"Alone in the Dark (2024) squanders a thick atmosphere by playing it safe - a missed opportunity to resurrect a seminal title in the survival horror canon."
- Stuart Cullen, TechStomper
I will be the 1st to say that a great game
but this game not good needed better development - not sure if the dev's were rush or just needed direction ?
either way no biggies as there has not been a good alone in the dark in many many many years.
@ROCKY28 I loved The New Nightmare, that was 25 years ago. But I still wanted this to be good.
Is anyone surprised? It's looked bad the entire time and only apologists say nice things about it.
Some of the environments had a chilling atmosphere. But that evaporates when anything happens.
A mystery shrouded in New Orleans, a Detective pulled into an enigma, and the craziness of wondering what is real. Here is our Alone In The Dark Review.
