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Title: Alone in the Dark
Format: Video Game
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Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: Atari Inc.
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Review of Alone in the Dark

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Comments for Alone in the Dark

• Posted on 2009-09-20
  Believe the others.
  
  I have owned the game for the better part of 2 months and i wish to provide my own thoughts.
  
  Plot 4/10 The plot does start off compelling but near the middle point of the game and from there on it becomes so dry and predictable you start to wonder if the plot wasn't taken from that crappy horror/slasher flick you saw last summer that you wish you hadn't wasted the money to go see..yes its that bad.
  
  Controls 2/10 the controls through out the game are so sluggish its not even funny i won't begin to count the times i watched the character go left and right shimmying on a ledge instead of pulling him self up. the whole sequence where your being chased by the earthquake (hells breaking loose quake?) while cinematic to watch is such a pain to perform that you almost seem to have to constantly switch between first and third person views with it to just get that semblance of control of a car that seems to have been built out of wax with the steering systems provided by drifting enthusiasts, I mean last time i checked slightly pushing the stick should not put my car in to a sharp hairpin turn when i am trying to change lanes right?
  
  Graphics 8/10 the only real high point the graphics did tend to blow me away at points
  
  overall a 3 out of 10 a game shouldn't have to rely on eye candy to make it sell and obviously is what made this game sell as it did, until players noticed the not even b movie quality story line or the controls that make you wish you were playing Super Mario again so please DON'T BUY spend your hard earned money on something a lot better.
  
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• Posted on 2009-09-07
  Worst Game I Have ever played
  
  This is literally the worst game I have ever played. The controls just plain SUCK! Nothing works the way its supposed to. What should have been one of the most exciting scenes in the game (59th street escape) turned out to be 2 grueling hours just to get through the sequence because the controls just didnt work and it was very very unforgiving of even the slightest mistake. Apparently the game developers felt that this scene was SOOOOO exciting that you couldnt possibly have checkpoints in the middle of it and you absolutely HAD to just play it from the beginning every time you crash. It was exciting for the first 10 minutes but then it was like OMG when is it gona be over...... Then 15 minutes later you hit a puzzle where you have to use flame to make this black goop retreat so you can get to a ladder. You cant get most of the props you are supposed to be able to light into the area to get them lit because of pipes being too close. You cant light one drop it in the area then light another one to drop next to it because the controls dont let you do that. The first thing stops burning before you can get the rest in place if you even get that far. Just bad design, bad controls, bad checkpoint control. I dont know if I am going to bother even trying to finish it because of the complete waste of time and no fun it will be. Dont waste your money and dont bother even if its free.
  
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• Posted on 2009-05-22
  A for effort, and not much else
  
  Alone in the Dark follows Edward, an amnesiac followed possessed by a demonic entity that is ordered to follow the "Path of Light" in order to stop the demon from consuming New York City. Sounds pretty decent, doesn't it?
  
  AitD struggles pretty much from the getgo with painful controls, a camera system that is great for filming movies, but deplorable for trying to play a game, and an inventory system that, while inventive and original, tries so hard that it forgets what it was trying to do in the first place. Control of the character is difficult enough without straying into combat, which is forced on you repeatedly. And while you're strong enough to ignore bone deep wounds and cuts and bruises, you can't swing a flaming club around faster than a 4 year old trying to bat in the majors.
  
  The inventory controls suffer greatly as well, as its easy to pull stuff out and put it back, but it doesn't pause the game to stop the monsters from chewing half your face off. Also, there's no "holster" button, a standard staple from FPS time immemorial. So you can end up shooting half a clip while struggling to find the control to pull out your molotov to fight the monster that currently killing you.
  
  Its a sad letdown to something that's otherwise rather decent. The storyline starts off well and progress at a decent pace. The graphics are good even by today's standards, and the voice actors actually know what they're doing, which seems to be a rarity in today's dubbing.
  
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• Posted on 2009-04-13
  Alone in the dark is how it should be played
  
  This game is great for those who love horror movies and wondered what it felt like to be in one. This game has real nice graphics that keep the suspense alive. The controls however could use quite a bit of tweaking along with the camera. Once you get use to these faults the game itself is a must have addition to your Library if you can get it at a real good price. I would recommend buying if it's $15 or under.
  
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• Posted on 2009-01-21
  Well it looks fun.
  
  The controls suck. period. makes you not want to play the game. the character moves like he has arthritis. And im mad because it looked like a really interesting story.
  
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