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Alone in the Dark preview: a familiar yet unique southern gothic adventure

Preview | Moody psychological thriller meets survival horror in THQ Nordic's remake of a classic

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"The Granddaddy of Survival Horror Returns" - Alone in the Dark Preview

Alone in the Dark is a creepy & effective return.

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Alone in the Dark doubles down on its survival horror legacy, for better and worse

Survival horror fans have been treated in recent years with the revival of classic games in the genre. Resident Evil ha…

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Alone in the Dark encourages multiple playthroughs | Digital Trends

The developers behind Alone in the Dark's upcoming remake revealed what goes into reimagining a classic and teased a secret ending for players to find.

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Alone in the Dark Reboot Promises a Unique and Eerie Gaming Experience

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[adamsapple]

"Final" previews? Just days after announcing the game getting a 2 month delay ..

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

Sounding good. I want this to be great. The soundtrack will be great, for sure.

 

[The Cockatrice]

This looks like absolute trash. No delay will fix it. Cancel it and give it to someone who can actually animate a character that didnt come from a 2003 era of game animations.

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[adamsapple]

This looks like absolute trash. No delay will fix it. Cancel it and give it to someone who can actually animate a character that didnt come from a 2003 era of game animations.

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Of all the reasons, using the stair animation to call it "absolute trash" is a bit too much.

There's a free demo on all platforms, give it a try. It does a good job with the atmosphere.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Of all the reasons, using the stair animation to call it "absolute trash" is a bit too much.

There's a free demo on all platforms, give it a try. It does a good job with the atmosphere.

I can clip the entire video, the walking animations are horrible. Moving around with that huge ass motion blur is horrible. This looks bad. Like Frogwares levels of average but dropped down to the lowest possible.



You cannot tell me with a straight face that this looks good.

Also the demo was SHIT. Horror fans are so thirsty that literally any crap released these days is something they'll just accept. The horror genre is at its absolute low.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

I can clip the entire video, the walking animations are horrible. Moving around with that huge ass motion blur is horrible. This looks bad. Like Frogwares levels of average but dropped down to the lowest possible.



You cannot tell me with a straight face that this looks good.

Also the demo was SHIT. Horror fans are so thirsty that literally any crap released these days is something they'll just accept. The horror genre is at its absolute low.

not gonna talk about the walking animations, but saying the horror genre is at its low atm is insane. We had the bunker, re4 remake, dead space remake, and Alan wake 2 this year.

 

[Aion002]

The animations looks bad, like really bad. Also, according to the ign preview the combat isn't the main appeal... I like the series, but...

I might play it on gamepass or ps plus.

 

[Majormaxxx]

Give it to ND. It will be fixed.

 

[The Cockatrice]

not gonna talk about the walking animations, but saying the horror genre is at its low atm is insane. We had the bunker, re4 remake, dead space remake, and Alan wake 2 this year.

2 of them are remakes my guy, alan wake is like 20% horror and bunker was shit.

 

[Flabagast]

I find it exciting, us gamers should learn to be more lenient with lower budget devs.

I hope they do not focus too much on combat to favor atmosphere and puzzles instead

 

[tommib]

2 of them are remakes my guy, alan wake is like 20% horror and bunker was shit.

Ok, I’ll bite. What kind of horror would please you?

 

[justiceiro]

Sounds like a pretty average game, but can still end being the best aitd entry in decades.

Is this $60? I could consider getting day one if the price was lower, for sure.

 

[bender]

2 of them are remakes my guy, alan wake is like 20% horror and bunker was shit.

Stasis: Bone Totem and Fear & Hunger 2: Termina

 

[The Cockatrice]

Ok, I’ll bite. What kind of horror would please you?

Good horror games, not overrated average/shit ones that horror fans upvote on steam just because their desperate for anything horror-related. Remakes dont count. Visage and Alien Isolation where prolly the last good horror games.

Stasis: Bone Totem and Fear & Hunger 2: Termina

Have yet to play either tho I liked the Stasis games. His previous game was kinda meh tho.

 

[fart town usa]

"Final" previews? Just days after announcing the game getting a 2 month delay ..

Oh wow, didn't know that until I saw your comment.

March 20th it shall be then. I think it's clear that Embracer/THQ Nordic really don't want to risk this game having jank that'll cause scores of 7 and below.

But who knows, I feel like even if the game is a banger, it's gonna get put through the ringer by reviewers regardless. Absolutely Day 1 for me though.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

2 of them are remakes my guy, alan wake is like 20% horror and bunker was shit.

“My guy,” it doesn’t matter that they’re remakes, they’re still fantastic, and they were high budget high profile horror.

Alan Wake is horror in the same way True Detective is horror. The game opens with a graphic ritual murder, we get a bloated rotting corpse attacking people in the first 30 minutes. Come on man. It’s horror.

The bunker is not shit.

What about Signalis and Dredge? Paranormasight? World of Horror? Aliens: Dark Descent? Dead Island 2? Stasis Bone Totem?

Lots of quality horror.

We just had Kojima announce a big budget horror title. Horror gaming is not in a bad place.

 

[Terenty]

bunker was shit.

Triggered! How was it shit man? It's one of the best realization of survival horror there is

 

[The Cockatrice]

“My guy,” it doesn’t matter that they’re remakes, they’re still fantastic, and they were high budget high profile horror.

Alan Wake is horror in the same way True Detective is horror. The game opens with a graphic ritual murder, we get a bloated rotting corpse attacking people in the first 30 minutes. Come on man. It’s horror.

The bunker is not shit.

What about Signalis and Dredge? Paranormasight? World of Horror? Aliens: Dark Descent? Dead Island 2? Stasis Bone Totem?

Lots of quality horror.

We just had Kojima announce a big budget horror title. Horror gaming is not in a bad place.

Ofc it matters. I enjoyed them but they dont count, theyre not new games. Alan Wake is a weak horror game but a decent psychological thriller. The bunker is shit, prolly the most overrated trash I've played in recent years. All you do is go from the save point, to a linear area, pick an item and go back all while waiting for one of the worst AI's to spawn and despawn. That is the whole game. Its maybe better than Rebirth but its bad. If you liked it good for you, I didnt.

Rest havent played yet tho but again, the term opinion seems to elude you. What you and the rest of the thirsty horror fans like, desnt mean I will too. Until a horror game surpasses Alien Isolation in everything, they're all mid in my eyes. Visage was close in terms of actual genuine scary horror but it had its flaws. Horror games are in a bad place.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

Rest havent played yet tho but again, the term opinion seems to elude you. What you and the rest of the thirsty horror fans like, desnt mean I will too. Until a horror game surpasses Alien Isolation in everything, they're all mid in my eyes. Visage was close in terms of actual genuine scary horror but it had its flaws. Horror games are in a bad place.

Opinion does not elude me. You’re the one who hasn’t played those games, is dismissing them and the remakes and stating it as fact and not opinion, and dismissing other people’s opinions.
Alien Isolation is amazing, one of the best horror games of all time. That is fact. You should try aliens: dark descent, because while relatively low budget, it captures Alien/Aliens essence, and features some bits from Isolation like the early androids and the space station type.
Horror games are not in a bad place. That, my friend, is your opinion which is not supported by the fact that this year had a lot of high budget, high profile, well received horror games, and it also had major, high profile horror game announcements with the dead by daylight single player game and Kojima’s game.

 

[Dutchy]

Looks like complete ass and has absolutely nothing on the originals. Might as well release it now and just take the L

 

[The Cockatrice]

is dismissing them

2 indie games that have horror themes and arent really scary isnt going to change my mind no matter how good they are. Announcements also dont count, but hey buddy enjoy your average games.

 

[IlGialloMondadori]

2 indie games that have horror themes and arent really scary isnt going to change my mind no matter how good they are. Announcements also dont count, but hey buddy enjoy your average games.

So indie games don’t count, remakes don’t count, and 2024 games don’t count. What else doesn’t count, O arbiter of horror games?

 

[CGNoire]

This looks like absolute trash. No delay will fix it. Cancel it and give it to someone who can actually animate a character that didnt come from a 2003 era of game animations.

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I got to admit that is a weird walk/running pose he does but I thought it was gonna look so much worse based on your reaction.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Remember the shitty 360 game? I still do. This series hasn't been good since the 90s. I have low expectations.

 

[The Cockatrice]

So indie games don’t count, remakes don’t count, and 2024 games don’t count. What else doesn’t count, O arbiter of horror games?

Live the lie you want. We'll talk when you're back to reality my clownish friend.

 

[SportsFan581]

Of all the reasons, using the stair animation to call it "absolute trash" is a bit too much.

There's a free demo on all platforms, give it a try. It does a good job with the atmosphere.

Didn't realize there was a demo up, I'll have to give it a go.

This will probably be appreciated more by people familiar with the original.

 

[adamsapple]

Didn't realize there was a demo up, I'll have to give it a go.

This will probably be appreciated more by people familiar with the original.

Not necessarily, the developers (admittedly so) said they're inspired by the RE2 remake for this. They want their own version of that kind of a Capcom-hit.