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    Alone in the Dark

    Game » consists of 22 releases. Released Jun 24, 2008

    A reboot of the Alone in the Dark series, once again following Edward Carnby in his fight against the vile creatures of the darkness.

    Anyone else love this game?

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    #1  Edited By Bkorns4

    I'm probably going to write a full blown review for Alone in the Dark in the near future, but in the mean time i would like to discuss how much i loved this game. Of course as most survival horror games have their flaws, Alone in the Dark is far from perfect. But despite camera angles, awkward movement, and bad car chases, i thoroughly enjoyed this game. I know the reviews for this game were far from impressive, so i'm wondering who else picked up this game and what they thought of it.

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    #2  Edited By pbhawks45

    Oh yeah, I enjoyed it as well. Although I agreed completely with Yahtzee's review on the game, I still really enjoyed the game a lot.

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    #3  Edited By Termite

    I should pick it up, It looks kind of interesting

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    #4  Edited By LouChou

    I had it from my Netflix, but then my XBOX crapped its pants and died, so I had to send it back. I was interested in the mechanics, and how it relied on so much user input; but at the same time found the idea daunting. It seemed like a good thing used too much.

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    #5  Edited By SpaceMonk

    I picked this game up the day it came out and I really tried to like it, but there were too many flaws for me to even finish it.

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    #6  Edited By Mourne

    Well, my full thoughts are in the review I posted here, but basically: I loved the ingenuity, but not so much the execution. There's a lot to like, but there's also too much to loathe by the game's end.

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    Mourne said:
    "Well, my full thoughts are in the review I posted here, but basically: I loved the ingenuity, but not so much the execution. There's a lot to like, but there's also too much to loathe by the game's end."
    I just finished the first episode, and I already feel that way. I'm not sure I'll be able to play through the full game. I know you can skip stuff; but dammit, I want my achievements!
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    #8  Edited By DarkLegend

    The game is creepy and intense but it just wasn't for me.

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    #9  Edited By Mourne
    MagusMaleficus said:
    I just finished the first episode, and I already feel that way. I'm not sure I'll be able to play through the full game. I know you can skip stuff; but dammit, I want my achievements!"
    I would say it's worth a complete playthrough if you can bear it, as you'll see a lot of innovative features (although not all implemented well) you'd probably enjoy more in similar games.
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    #10  Edited By epic_pets

    Cant get into it:(

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    #11  Edited By EnderX80

    Yeah, I really like this game! I had some trouble with the controls in the very beginning, but after a little time everything fell into place. This game has some great innovations that really need to be implemented into other games. Once I finish I'll write a review.

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    #12  Edited By TheGamerGeek

    This game is a real surprise to me, I love this game, like you said, beside the awkward moments and horrid driving this game performs very well.

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    #13  Edited By Octopus_Prime

    It got all those reviews for a good reason

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    #14  Edited By psykhophear

    I love this game but it's a real shame that the developers really screwed with the controls. It's like Eden Games and Atari went "hey, this game is too good for the public. Let's mess up with one element of the game so that we won't get Game of The Year award...yay." Switching between 1st person and 3rd person is ok but swinging things and driving are absolutely horrendous. I tried playing it on my PC but the game keeps freezing because my computer's spec is not good enough. I think I'll buy the XBOX360 version.

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    #15  Edited By GobiasIndustries

    This game is fucking bad. It was, however, absolutely hilarious to play.

    The main bad part about it is that it was absolutely broken.

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