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Summary: AitD created the genre, and now once again rules it.
Review: This game totally rocked! The graphics are very pretty, it's incredibly scary (the heavy-metal style music both makes you tap your feet and jump outta your skin - scary, huh? :)), and the story is very well-fleshed out through the text (and if you don't want to wade through all that text, the important stuff is marked in red letters so you don't have to read it all). The game doesn't rely on monsters constantly crashing through windows and grissly gore for cheap thrills (although you will find a few dismembered body parts in there).Unlike in RE (in which there was always enough lighting to see your way around a room), rooms are often very dark. However, you are given a flashlight to search the room, and the effect is both scary and helpful. Slowly moving through a new, dark room, only able to see what the flashlight can show you really makes you feel, well...alone in the dark. Since the enemies you're fighting are shadows, they react in a variety of ways to the flashlight (since shadows are both dispelled and cast by light, depending). For example, certain enemies will die from overexposure to the flashlight, some will simply run away, while others are spawned by it or go absolutely berserk upon being illuminated (you'd better be ready to either run or plug a couple dozen bullets into him, because these monsters are _TOUGH_). I have only three complaints about the game: a. zombies. Zombies just don't fit in this game, they're the only enemies that don't react to light, and they're just plain annoying (except in Allen's lab where they can scare you silly). b. the first disc (although it only makes up about 30% of the game) is pretty annoying in that you haven't a clue what to do next, and there are lots of locked doors and lots of keys you have to deal with simultaneously. However, the longer second disc makes you glad you waded through the first disc; scary as heck, filled with even freakier monsters, scenes and music. You're forced to really think, too (attaching the blue lens to the flashlight to search for dried blood stains and eventually find a combo was ingenius). c. the final boss. He was really a ... and didn't exactly fill you with fear. Despite these flaws I've pointed out, upon beating the game you won't remember them too well; you'll remember the best and most logical puzzles in survival horror, the scariest monsters ever shown in a video game, and perhaps the excellent theme song played during the credits. Conclusion: If you're a survival horror fan who's tired of Resident Evil's cheap thrills and weary gameplay (not to mention zombies), this is the way to go. And if you do like Resident Evil, grow up and play the true ruler of survival horror: Alone in the Dark. ;-)
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Summary: Yin Yang for Yin Yangs
Review: This is a great game for anybody, who can let his imagination wander, appreciates mystery stories, and enjoys the feeling of light goose bumps once in a while. Great graphics (especially the flash light effects!!!), sound effects, and a decent story create a nicely eerie athmosphere.
If you are looking for shoot and splatter action....do not buy this game! If you can't live with dialogues, when the character's lips are not moving....do not buy this game. If you can't handle the fact, that this game is obviously an emulation of a console game....do not buy this game.
But if you enjoy solving puzzles, suspense, mystery, and those occasional goose bumps, it will give you several hours, if not days of good, solid entertainment!!!
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Summary: Resident evil replay
Review: This is a Lovecraft style horror game with lots of mood. The game is engaging enough for puzzle / horror fans but shooter style gamers will be frustrated. Its definitely not Quake. It has some rough edges. The game saves at level points so anything you've done in an area is undone so its best to clear a room and go back to a cleared area to save. Mildly annoying. The camera angles are sometimes awkward for combat and can get you killed as the monsters suddenly appear. On the other hand it gives a nice creepy claustrophobiuc feel to the game. The design and non-moving graphics are pretty cool. But the monsters, while innovatively designed are rendered in such a way to make them look too much like cardboard cut outs. The puzzles are about medium difficulty although in my opinion too many "find the key" type puzzles. The game has an excellent back-story of a family entwined with evil for several generations. It would make a good novel. The game is worth playing but not the game of the year.
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Summary: ITEM WAS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT & PROMPT REFUND WAS ISSUED.THX
Review: VERY WORKABLE. THANKS AND SMILE!
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Summary: A Great Comeback!
Review: When I bought this game for PC, i was stunned. This is probably the best Alone In The Dark game since the very first one. Alone In The Dark 2 and 3 were weak since they didn't create the overall scary feeling that makes 1 and 4 great. This one takes it's roots from the first game of exploring a dark scary house with hidden secrets everywhere. And just like Alone In The Dark 2, there is a lot of shooting in this game. The creatures here are extremely difficult and can take a few attempts to win over. There are a lot of these annoying zombies in hallways. Everytime you shoot them and leave the hallways, more will come in when you come back! I first played this game on the playstation and realized how terribly awkward the game was on it. Loading was very slow and the save feature was terrible. Sadly the PC version's save feature isn't any better. I don't get why the creators made the save-feature like this. Many games that had this type of saving got many complaints and their ratings suffered. Besides this drawback, the same Edward Carnby we new from the previous games has gotten himself a taste of the fountain of youth and gotten himself a new marilyn manson face-lift. I kinda liked the old gentleman Edward Carnby. I'd probably give this game 4 stars but since some people on here have a bad habit of giving this game a 1 star because the graphics are sligtly outdated and not a resident evil game, i have to give a 5. I don't get why people have to be so picky about graphics and other stuff. Computer games are an art. Art doesn't have to be depicted with rich colors and sound. Sometimes the dullness can really capture a feel like this game does. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys adventure games or games such as Resident Evil.
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Summary: It was a nightmare
Review: You can play both roles in this game. It is suggested you play the male first then the female role. The controls were bad. You use the same keyboard key for several functions.I had a hard time getting items. You have to be in a specific position or you will not get the message "you have picked up ___". In both roles you are forced to go back through the same areas several times. In order to climb a latter it asks if you want to climb [yes] or [no]. After answering yes, you still have to climb the latter. Instead of just letting you climb or letting you appear at the top. In two specific scenes where I had to look through a telescope, the game would not let me out of the telescope scene. I had to alt-ctr-del to end the game in order to break out of that scene. This happened in both roles. I wrote Tech Support. The suggestions they made I had already tried and did not work. Their last suggestion was, "you only need to know this specific number____". Which they gave me so I could skip the entire telescope scene. Combat was the real nightmare. You are playing from a third person view, which makes aiming more of a guess than a steady hand. I was able to get through it with the help of Prima's Guide and a gaming web site. The graphics are good but the mouths never moved when they would talk to each other. If I had read some of the reviews before buying this game I think I wouldn't have purchased it.
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