20 Mar 2024
20 Mar 2024 - PC (Microsoft Windows)
20 Mar 2024 - PlayStation 5
20 Mar 2024 - Xbox Series X|S
Main story
Main story + extras
100% completion
Alone in the Dark presents itself as a reboot of the classic 1992 survival horror game featuring a noir-setting with horror elements and a moody atmosphere of darkness and shadows carried by terrifying visuals. The game revolves around investigating the environments for clues and solving puzzles to advance in the story, which the player can choose how much the game will help on finding these clues and where to go next. This reboot bears an interestingly similar fashion to the first games' mechanics but massively modernized and improved upon.
Set in the gothic American south in 1930, Alone in the Dark follows Emily Hartwood with the help of private investigator Edward Carnby arriving at Derceto Manor, a home for the mentally fatigued, after discovering that her uncle Jeremy has gone missing.
Audio | Subtitles | Interface | |
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Arabic | ✓ | ✓ | |
Chinese (Simplified) | ✓ | ✓ | |
Chinese (Traditional) | ✓ | ✓ | |
English | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Spanish (Spain) | ✓ | ✓ | |
French | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Italian | ✓ | ✓ | |
Japanese | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Korean | ✓ | ✓ | |
Polish | ✓ | ✓ | |
Portuguese (Brazil) | ✓ | ✓ | |
Russian | ✓ | ✓ | |
German | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
What I can say for the time being is that I'm not very happy with this approach. As intended to be a love letter it really doesn't do much justice to the love aspect. There was so much ambition for this game that they shot themselves in the foot. I don't believe this game is as bad as people say. What I'd call it is unpolished, and all over the place. There was way too much ambition rather than potential when it should have been the other way around. What I feel right now is Confuison and a huge sensation of overwhelming at how underwhelming this game feels.
Again I won't say my final thoughts till I finish Jodie's scenario which won't be anytime soon