bit-tech News: Alone in the Dark (PC)

news · June 27, 2008

Hi all,

We have just published a review of *Alone in the Dark* for the PC. If

you could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

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*Quote:

*/"Alone in the Dark is a game we really loathe to not like, but at the

end of the day we do have to admit that we don't like it and that the

game isn't really all that great. It's a real shame because we can tell

that //Alone in the Dark is actually a real good game underneath. The

story in compelling, the presentation is gripping and the gameplay

itself mixes a load of styles together to make a final product that is

unique and interesting.

Unfortunately, all of that potential is lost underneath a sea of

problems on the PC version. The controls are unwieldy and awful, the

graphics regularly freak out and break, the game can't decide what it is

or how it wants you to play it and the balancing has got more holes in

than the Incredible Hulk's underwear.

Instant-deaths and poor control schemes are really only the tip of the

iceberg, but they do reveal the real problem beneath the ocean of minor

gripes. Fixed camera angles and checkpoint saves? This is a console

game, ported poorly to the PC and left to fester.

On a console, we can see this game making a lot more sense and having a

lot more accessibility. This game was built from the ground up to be

played with analogue sticks and that's clearly evidenced by the many

mini-games and woeful handling. On the PC though, the game is part oil,

part water -- and that mix just doesn't work.

We want to like it, we really do -- especially since we had to go out

and buy it -- but the reality is that although the game may be good on a

console, on the PC the experience is more infuriating than fun and is

suited only to the survival horror hardcore. You know who you are."/

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*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net

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