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Pretty solid game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I picked this game up a few monts ago when I had some spare money, and I most say I was pleasently suprised with it. I had heard a lot of bad things about it and was a little worried after I bought that it might be poor. Its basically a survival horror game with a fairly heavy gunplay feature thrown it with it. The game will frustrate you a lot, there are a lot of parts where you seem to be set up to fail multiple times before you figure out a specific pattern to use. With that said this is no COD4, Halo 3, or Bioshock, but it still brings much to the table that we have not seen in a while. This game is now $40, which is resonable if you have that much money on you.

Graphics 9.0 ( Top notch graphics )
Audio 6.5 ( You only hear enemies most of the time )
Achievements 8.5 ( easy 750-1000 )
Controls 7.0 ( Wasnt that bad to me )
Camera 6.5 ( Can be irritating at times )
Overall 8.5-9.0

Thinks too highly of itself, ultimately extremely frustrating.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Many of the other reviewers have very similar feelings.

At first the game seems interesting, unique, fancy, innovative, and pretty. Not long into it you'll begin to encounter the very real problems the game has. Controlling your character with any precision is impossible. You can select first person, which is painfully sluggish, but the game forces you back into 3rd person most of the time. 3rd person _looks_ really nice, and I can respect the artist's vision of the world. Trying to actually function in 3rd person is a whole different thing: completely frustrating. The camera is rarely where you want it to be looking. At many points in the game you may have to resort to hand to hand combat, which will be forced in the 3rd person, and will make you want to throw your fancy wireless remote right out of the window, followed by the XBOX and TV, still plugged into the wall. At least hand to hand, while completely worthless in this game, isn't like Silent Hill: no stance fighting. But: basically as useless.

The inventory system, while it seems innovative, is actually quite stale once you get a bit into the game. It's also extremely clunky and hard to use under duress. The healing system, too, at first seems innovative, but is actually quite obnoxious. Let's face it, they were neat ideas on a white board in a room full of excited marketing guys -- but in reality they don't work well. The game boasts this open style combination system. Flammable liquid in container, tape, box of bullets, throw at bad guy, shoot, repeat. Put alcohol on bullets, aim for little cracks in baddies, shoot repeatedly because the targeting system is crappy, repeat. There really isn't much too it after you've done it a few times. One little gripe here: the eye blinking spectral vision thing. Yes, push down and hold the right thumbstick which is also what you'd need to use to aim, precisely, on a moving target, to kill it. Who play tested this, and where can I find them? I'd like to have a little dialog with them about this subject.

Vehicle driving... man, what can I say? Nothing like tapping a 3" curb and watching the vehicle fly up into the air and shed all of it's fenders in one motion. You can do some neat things with vehicles... cut open the gas tanks, fill bottles, use them as rolling bombs, all kinds of things. Too bad the interface sucks so bad that it's hard to pull any of that stuff off. Once again: it sounds neat, but doesn't work out that way.

To be fair, I haven't completed the game as of yet. Honestly, while I like to see things through, I may not. Some of the puzzles are, frankly, very annoying. Some of the stuff is very... cryptic and without any real clue of what is happening. Sometimes you'll find yourself somewhere, nothing is happening, and you don't really know what to do next. Other times the solution is so obvious and streamlined that it is a wonder they put it in at all. The story is not engaging. The story doesn't even make sense in a few places.

I could go on and on, but basically I am very disappointed in this game. The fire effects are out of this world, the environments are decent, water is awesome, and there is some definite lighting/atmosphere neatness... but that's about it. Otherwise, the game is very awkward, repetitive, confusing, and above all else: frustrating. It's just not the game it could be, and it's not the game that was advertised. This is no surprise, none the less, it is what it is.

I really wanted this game to be spooky, creepy, innovative, cool, engaging, and immersive. It's not. It's just a waste of time and money.

Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game have controls, camera and inventory management issues (for details read online reviews). It's a shame, so much technological achievements but no well implemented for the game playability. Wait for a price drops, an used copy, a bundle or a game patch (I doubt so).

doesn't worth the my money

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: July 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game isn't that bad at all, but i would wait for the price to go down because i pre-order this and pay the $60 and for this game is too much. It has it's pro and con, said on the reviews before, but if your not a tough gamer you can enjoy the game and it has an easy way to get point for the gamer tag.

Amazing Scenario and Direction

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Despite all the justified negative reviews i still rate this game very possitively as the game cenematics, scenario and music all mixed together are simply amazing. This game cenematics is way better than a lot of hollywood movies i have seen.
The game gets pretty tough on episode 7 but before that everything is within limit. Controls and camera are not amazing and they might get annoying sometimes.
It is worth playing and i enjoyed most of my time in the game (excludig the 10+ hrs i spent to pass the 8 zombies in the train station in episode 7 :)).

Decent Graphics, Terrible Control.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've enjoyed a few of the other Alone in the Dark games, because of their horror/scary game-play that few games can achieve. This game has loads of potential, but doesn't come close to using it. The most irritating part of this game is the control. At times it is not bad, but when you are trying to fight off the little monsters, it is quite frustrating. Also there are many glitches or hiccups in the game that will cause you to throw the controller across the room. Here are the pros and cons...

Pros:
-Decent graphics, not great, but not bad.
-The sound effects and the soundtrack itself are very good.
-Storyline really isn't that bad. Not too detailed, but enough to keep you interested.

Cons:
-CONTROL!!! Not only when walking and fighting, but also while driving vehicles the control is not very good. Enough of a problem to make you not want to play it.
-GLITCHES! At times when running around when a lot else is going on, you can get stuck in corners, walls, objects and anything else. Very frustrating and sometime can somehow just cause the character to die.

Over-all, this game has some very good points, but because of the horrible control, it makes the game almost unbearable. If you are a huge fan of the other Alone in the Dark games you may get really into this due to the scary game-play, good soundtrack and decent spooky graphics. But I believe many will shy away from this game due to the control frustrations.

Bad camera and controls

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Graphics are decent, but camera makes the whole game annoying. You find yourself struggling with the controls and camera angles, and it just ruins the whole game.

Maybe worth 20 if on sale, certainly not worth 60!!! This game will annoy you though, lol.

Great Experience

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I know Im not alone when I say this game offers a whole new experience that deserves, at least, a rent. Since the game starts you get a chance to experiment with the abilities you will have through the rest of the game, the difference is that later on you will star finding new or different items to combine. This takes me to the inventory, which everyone seems to hate. I find the inventory to be excellent, many people hate the fact that the game doesnt pause when you open it but does the world pause when you go through the pockets of your jacket? Its suppose to be a survival horror kind of game. Besides its not even complicated, it doesnt take me more time in the game to change the batteries of my flashlight than what it takes in real life. The camera is not an issue either, its just different, and the fist-person view is like any other.
The graphics are probably the most amazing thing on the game, which may also have something to do with the soundtrack, together they make a beautiful combination. No problems with the save system. You also have a way to forward the story, so if you just dont like the part where you are playing or its too challenging you can just skip it. The story is intriguing and it reminds me of the movie "Cloverfield" although as the story progresses the similarities just banish.
Overall what I think its going on is that people are obsessed with Halo and Gears of War, they want every game to be a shooter. And honestly im tired of war games and other shooters, maybe because thats all the XBOX 360 offers, so if you are like me just give this game a chance, maybe even a rent. It may take Master Chief out of your mind for some time.
8/10

a fairly good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

With the large number of 10/10 rated games, this is not one of them. With that said, I enjoyed playing this game. While I agree that there is not too much in the way of replay value, the lack of online play, and the slower pace of the game may turn off alot of people from playing it. The plot, unprecidented environmental interactions, and the puzzles make this game entertaining, and after all, that is why we play games in the first place. It is also worth mentioning that I did not run into ANY glitches while playing this game. I'm not sure if I can justify the average casual gamer paying $50 for this, but it is definetly a game that should be played because I see the revolutionary gameplay from this game comming back in future games.

Save your money!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've played some really bad games in the past, but I have to admit that AITD has jumped up into the top 5.

GAMPLAY: Absolutely horrid.
GRAPHICS: Actually, pretty good.
SOUND: There's sound in this game other than grunts?

Okay so, hands-down the absolute worst controls in any game -- ever! The first five minutes of this game alone, will have you wanting to throw your controller across the room! Just wait until you have to fight an enemy. Moving you character is such a chore that any hopes of enjoyment are soon done away with.

In short, I simply can not understand how a game that has been delayed as many times as this, can still be this bad.

TRUST ME! Save your money!

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