Alone in the Dark 5 tech demo raises the survival horror bar to a new level

As long as we can be NASTY.

Wow. Not only does it look fucking terrifying but we're seeing actual gameplay!

looking good so far

The lighting system is top notch. If anything the objects will be fun to mess around with.

But what about paperclips?

Seriously though, this sounds so fun, I hope it works out in gameplay.

STICKYTAPE

Game promises a lot...it's the next step after BIOSHOCK,dun ya think?...Sticky Tape madness too XD

The game looks pretty cool, it's like "Matlock in the Sewers- The Videogame".

Also lol @ Cutie Honey

HEY LOOK DOOM. A GUN AND A FLASHLIGHT AT THE SAME TIME!

hmmm...interesting

I think this would be a great engine to do a 3rd person action batman game on.

Looks interesting

Sigh. Atari will probably go bankrupt before they release the PS3 version of the game. TBA my ass.

Can I use Blu Tack?

I mean...or you could have used your gun to shoot the enemies instead of the dead body...just saying...

But in all honestly the game looks really interesting, hope it turns out well.

MacGyver meets survival horror. :3

That's pretty cool. I hope they clean up the character animations because the guy in the tech demo looks a little stiff. But the whole combining inventory could be a lot of fun.

So all this video proves to me is that sticky tape is the new bullets when it comes to survival horror. That shit better be rarer than a first edition Charizard.

My only worry is that this will only work for certain types. I can't see people who spend three hours a night in COD4 or Halo 3 really digging this. Waiting around and combining this and that then throwing this at that so that you can light this or that...Just a very long sequence to kill five little, evil rodents.

Not that it doesn't look wicked sweet, but I don't think it's anything Atari should bet their last fifty cents on.

It looks like it has the potential to be way cool, but I'm not sure how they're going to teach the gamer all the different possible combinations of items they can use, because I hope tape isn't the only thing that can be used with lots of items.

Looks promising, but I don't know. I've been disappointed by "Tech Demos" in the past...


I'm looking at you HL2. Where's my door blocking w/ tables? Where's my hydra?

I don't know. I mean it looks cool at first, but then the more I think about it the more it seems as though it's not really about all these options you have. It seems needlessly complex to a point. I mean all that trouble of making a trail, stickying up the fuel, throwing it on an enemy... when just a minute before that they threw a can, shot it and made it explode. Which one seems easier?

I guess it could be a fun system to explore but I'd hope that I wouldn't have to go through all that bullshit the entire game just to pass a little hallway.

I'm really looking forward to this. I haven't had a good horror game to play in to long.

You know... sticky tape isn't THAT sticky.

Looks nice, and technically very impressive, but in terms of actual game mechanics it is still using context sensitive gameplay, upping the amount of context sensitive scenarios and then calling it real world physics or whatever.

Whilst I love stuff like Alone In The dark, I wish more game developers would understand the difference between implementing more context sensitive options which are mere graphical recreations of real world actions, and creating an interactive world. A fully interactive virtual world will not be done in our lifetime. Even if you had a game which just took place in one room, the ability to create a fully interactive room for every conceivable personal interaction is way beyond any developer and will be for a long time.

What these developers are doing is just adding more options and detail through more money and time. Since time scale and budget will always be a problem, this attitude solves no real design problem. I'm not having a pop at the game, I will definitely get it, I'm just saying that many game developers have turned into Hollywood producers and have decided that chucking money into a project so that the audience can visually see that money, will solve everything.