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lots to do

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have enjoyed all the "Alone in the Dark" games. Adventure games are my favorite genre. This one goes back to the basic mansion crawl. I downloaded a couple walkthroughs from the internet plus the cheat codes and game hints. I am playing it with infinite health, ammunition, and almost 100 saves. I need help to get through any computer game. Still, it's taking a long time to complete. My walkthrough did not point out that most rooms and hallways have lightswitches, but when I discovered that, it greatly enhanced the enjoyment of the scenery. This is something new that allows the player to see the artwork. It's also a 2-for-one game in that it can be played as either of two characters, and both are different enough to make each time through enjoyable.

underated

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A very good underated game. A steal at under $5.00. I wish there was a sequel because i would buy it.

1 of the best games I've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

(I suck at spelling keep that in mind)When I first found this game it was at gamestop for Ps1 I thaut it looked cool so I got it and i'm glad I did.To start out with I disliked the camra it was seen by seen(NOT point and click)and you didnt no where it would be placed(in a window,right next to you,a few yards away,stuff like that) but when I got use to it I relly liked it.well I got stuck more times than I can count and put it away for awile and perodicly played it then came a day I got my Xbox 360 and I sold my Ps2.Well I got to thinking about this game again wishing I would have finished it so I got it for pc (found it here for a cent plus shipping :))and the graphics were much better than the ps1.well you no what I beat edward carnby in less than 2 days,a bit longer for aline cedrac,and I had to admit that it was on the top of the list for me.but I took 1 star off because it can get very frustrating but dont let that get you down.now people who say its a resident evil(except for the engine) bull crap alone in the dark was around in 1992 and resident evil was around in 1996,Tomb raider times, (and its a lot less gory.)you can run in this one (for those who have been familear with the series)which is a magor upgrade,no longer pressing the derectional keys to attack you hold down the left mouse button, use the mouse or derectional keys to point your wepon,and right click to shoot.well those of you who are familear with the series the engine (unless posted above)is the same(3d things in a 2d background :).)Buy or ignore,its up to you I hope this helped and plz exuse my spelling mistakes :). rank 9.5 out of 10.

Interesting

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is my first foray into Alone in The Dark, horror/mystery-type games and my overall opinion is positive. Every once in a while, however, I am finding myself a bit frustrated from just being stumped in general, because occasionally the clues you have to find to move forward can be a bit of a stretch of logic (that's my opinion). Other than that, I am having fun (those that are reading that have played it, I am stuck in the Library with that darn winged monster-thing, it just won't die even though I figured out the shooting trick-- but I'll get it!). The reviewer below my review obviously played the part of Aline (yes, you can play one of two characters that start off in two different locations with different equipment-- oh! The replayability value!) and gave up in the first 10 minutes without getting to any of the literature that explains the creatures of Darkness and their (obvious) aversion to light. After you start finding some of the reading --Obed's Doctorate of Phriendship was a good laugh! :-)-- you rapidly become immersed in a pretty sinister plot. And yes, some cinematics and monsters *will* pop out when you don't expect them, and they *will* startle you. Okay, the graphics, resolution and some of the music could be better (let's not forget the year it was from, games have come a long way since then), but overall I think the extra cheese makes the creepy atmosphere all the better.

Windows XP users will have difficulty installing and running the game unless they create a new copy of autoexec.nt, which newer versions of Windows, by default, do not have. In order to get this (and lots of other old Windows programs) running, check out Microsoft help here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767

Within my experience it is not necessary to create a new command.nt as the help article suggests-- if you follow the instructions for just autoexec.nt you should be cruising toward Alone in the Dark bliss!

All-in-all, this game packs lots of entertainment, I wish it had a game timer to tell me how many hours I've spent lost in it (use the maps!!!). Used and new under two bucks? How can you go wrong? :-)

Pain...so much pain!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 10
Date: May 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

STAY AWAY!!! This game is terrible! The dialogue, voice acting, plot, music, monsters, interface, and fighting are awful! Ooohh, scare monsters away...with a flashlight? Huh? One character explains how scared she is because everything is, "Really dark," when it's night out. The girl is a simp. (...). The music is a bizarre techno-rumbling which I thought was a computer malfunction. Everything about this game is just so...bad. Horrible. HORRIBLE!!! Oh, and it's not scary at all, just dark.

Still has it!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: May 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing the Alone in the dark series for many years. My first ever experience was back in '93 or so. I purchased a 3DO interactive multiplayer and Alone in the dark. I waited till night and played it and got scared half to death. The next day I was edgy everywhere I went. Well, The New Nightmare has got the magic after the not so great titles in between the first ever and this, the newest. I waited till night once again, hooked up my laptop at my desk and played it with headphones and no lights. Absolutely wonderful. In the first half hour I got startled 3-4 times and am already dying to know what is going to happen to Edward and Aline and who some of these ominous people are.

The graphics are really great, and lightyears ahead of the old Alone in the darks. I place the graphics near, but not quite the level of the Gamecube remakes of Resident evil of course. (Barely anything matches those). I play this game on my Intel Mobile Celeron 2.0GHz 256kb L2 cache, 256mb pc2100 DDR 266mhz ram, 64mb AGP Intel Extreme Graphics 2 equiped notebook computer and it plays beautifully.

Highly recommended especially to old fans of the series.

Well done!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i buyed this game, because i like "surviver-horror" games (Silent hill,Resident Evil).And what is good in surviver-horror games :surviving tricks(like :zombie:can be killed by bullet in head :-)fear(it's good itself),reaction.

Story

You are waiting in a helicopter,with your partner(a girl)
but somethin' goes really wrong...
The pilot turns into... ...something like a demon.
You are parachute to the closest point from the heli(a forest).
Your partner is landed in a castle's roof.

You will find out that the pair of you are landed in a island,that is controlled by a doctor ,who creats demoness creatures.you have to find your partner ,and together destroy the island,and evacuate yourselves.Really easy aren't it?

Inventory:

At the start you have a: first aid kit,flashlight,save charm(really important,you can't save without this)and a pretty .357 Revolver.
As you play the game you will have more weapons:three barrelled shotgun,rocket pistol,granade pistol,plasma gun(really cool,at the end ,the ammo will regenerade to never-end.

This is a rellly good game,very good job,it is all have that a survival horror have.

if you like sirviver horror games,well,dont miss this!

This is a really

Alone in the Dark

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

So I just wanna say a few things.
Thoose who don't like the survival-horror camera, dark, mistery, fear, hard to kill creatures just don't buy it.
And the ones who don't like to think, to use the human brain, are obviuosly not welcome to this game.
Now for thoose like me who know how to appreciate this game, know that is a great game along with Alone in the Dark 1,2,3 and Resident Evil series.

I'm Just Not Sure.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: January 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have been wanting to play this game for the longest time. Finally got it and installed it.
First off...I have only played about 15 minutes of it and here's why.
It started out fine. Nice and spooky. Dark and creepy. Right up my alley. The graphics are great, but movement and interaction a little stiff. But that's not the problem. I can live with that.
I have fought many demons, in games. Killed many spiders and more rats than I could shake a stick at. Not to mention, very powerful demons, bosses and monsters of every variety. I have dismembered, blown up, and what have you.
This is also not a problem.
What stopped me in my tracks then?
Before you even get into the house, you run into some vicious dogs. Possibly demonic, but none the less, dogs. Usually, in the games I have played, if you kill an animal, that is attacking you, it dies. Wolves, bears, etc. But when you shoot these dogs, they don't die. They just lose control of their hind legs and drag themselves around, whimpering. I just couldn't deal with it!
Never even got into the house and I stopped the game.
A battle to the end, or a quick kill is okay, but I'm not sure I want to leave things still alive and maimed.
I just had to share this because there might be others like me, who might be disturbed by this. So fair warning!
It's really not right, that I even rate the game, since I haven't really played the game. That is why I went down the middle and gave it a 3 star.

ITEM WAS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT & PROMPT REFUND WAS ISSUED.THX

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 12
Date: November 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

VERY WORKABLE. THANKS AND SMILE!

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