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Alone in the Dark PS3 will be improved: Turd polishing machine found at Atari photo

We at Destructoid did not like Alone in the Dark. In fact, our review of it was quite harsh (although to its credit, it was no Eternity's Child). If you were holding out for the PlayStation 3 version, however, don't kill yourself just yet -- Atari has promised that Alone in the Dark for the PS3 will be better. It promised!

There are no specifics as of yet, but if Conrad's review was anything to go by, Atari needs to make improvements to the following areas: The pacing, the pointless collection quests, the repeating pointless collection quests, crap camera control. useless firearms and a series of glitches. Just clear those up and everything will be fine. 

I don't hold out much hope. When a game is being sold on the idea that "it's not as bad this time," it's rarely ever good. We'll see what Atari has to offer by way of improvements before we can judge for certain, but nobody hold their breath.


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Miguelcar808's Avatar
Miguelcar808 at 08/09/2008 20:08
I'm confused, shouldn't ATARI release a good game in the first place.

"Here's our game, it's crap. But we will make it better later"
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Kalmah at 08/09/2008 20:18
Don't fix what isn't broken. In this case, please, by all means fix it!
NWKopf's Avatar
NWKopf at 08/09/2008 20:27
It hope it's different enough to make it worth my time.
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 08/09/2008 20:30
So they're making a new game?
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Y0j1mb0 at 08/09/2008 20:31
They could just drop the price to 19.99 and perhaps I'll give it a go.
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parrothead at 08/09/2008 20:47
I heard that they are making a whole new game and calling it Alone in the Dark.
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chickenfeet at 08/09/2008 20:55
I played through "AITD: The New Nightmare" on the Dreamcast right before this game came out to get myself all worked up. I really liked that game.
THIS GAME however is just terrible, . . not Vampire Rain terrible, but pretty bad.
The first thing that killed me was how much better the last game was, in every way. . . Man, I can't imagine what the fuck they are gonna do to improve it other then scrap the whole fcken thing. [p]
I had high hopes for this game, and NOW I'll just be happy if I can get through it and make it to the end and pray for NO MORE driving sequences.
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Foe at 08/09/2008 20:57
They should include the option to play as the chef from Burger Time. All the zombies turn into fried eggs and the evil wall cracks (worst enemy ever perhaps?) transform into angry sausages! Oh the humanity!

Seriously though what are they going to fix? There was so much wrong with that game it would easily take another year in development to make it decent.
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Professor Pew at 08/09/2008 21:01
They could just drop the price to GIVING ME $199.99 and perhaps I'll give it a go again.

It was indeed no Eternity's Child, because it was 100 times worse. No don't disagree, you're wrong, it really was :P
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Cartman at 08/09/2008 21:02
So its basically like trying to improve an ugly, fat girl by slathering makeup on her?
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ace of knaves at 08/09/2008 22:55
Cartman you heteronormative neanderthal, you absolutely disgust me.
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PwnanObrien at 08/09/2008 23:10
Thanks for posting this specifically to ease the pain that I've yet to recieve my Alone in the Dark 360 package yet. You're the best Jim.
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mistic at 08/09/2008 23:32
So will dtoid have a seperate review of the PS3-version? I'd really like to have a decent version of this game... it has the potential to be totally epic, cant understand why they felt the need to turn it in such crap...
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Velt at 08/10/2008 00:43
I have heard that the game has a lot of cool concepts, but all in separate directions like they tried to do everything and rush it to the market.
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norm9 at 08/10/2008 01:49
I'll probably buy it when it comes out. I'm also pretty wasteful with my money.
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T-y-l-e-r at 08/10/2008 02:00
I'm finding the game to be alright, Im on the 5th chapter and the only stuff I really hate are the driving missions, and overall glitchiness.
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NobodysDream at 08/10/2008 02:27
Not going to lie, I rented it and liked a lot of it. There was also a lot of bullshit though. The driving can only be described as "wack" and there are loads of glitches. Fix glitches + fix or remove driving = good game. Oh yeah, and rewrite the script.

The game has an innovative way of telling a shitty story. Make it a good story, and you got yourself gold.
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Kyousuke Nanbu at 08/10/2008 04:01
Meh, I liked it, I could forgive the flaws it had, the driving was my biggest problem with the game and that was only 2 sections and I never did bump into any of the major glitches either.

Course I just went out and bought the game, I didn't wait till some website told me it sucked and then sucked the virtual dick of the reviewer and tell him he was SOOOOOOOO right despite they never tried the game ever.

The inventory system was also quite innovative, oh and Jim, you where supposed to use fire to kill most enemies, that's why the gun was rather useless, you could make fire bullets and kill a few enemies like that though, you just needed to aim for the fissures in their bodies.

I have to wonder, just how many people who commented here have actually played the game or are they simply parroting back what the reviewers like the good little sheep they are.
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killboy at 08/10/2008 11:00
I do get tired of the "I believe what Destructoid believes" attitude of this site sometimes. This game is enjoyable. Yeah it's got it's share of problems but it's also got alot of new ideas and is far above average. if you can pick it up second hand then it's worth the money.

I bought the game before any reviews we're available and was able to play through it without with an open mind. I have to agree with Kyousuke and say that most of the hate for this game is from people who've never played it.
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big filth at 08/10/2008 11:02
If they can iron out some of the rough edges it should be an enjoyable game for ps3 owners looking to for some action and neat puzzle elements.
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brainderailment at 08/10/2008 11:11
Im with yojimbo, if it were 20 bones, i wouldn't give it a second thought.
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Flesh Into Gear at 08/11/2008 07:43
I can take a shit on a blu-ray disc and try to play it. It doesnt make it any cooler than taking a shit on a 360 disc.
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brandon85 at 08/11/2008 11:37
I gotta agree with Nanbu on this one. Yes the controls were horrid, and yes having to shoot those tiny damn fissures were crappy, but damn. I personally think this game deserves more credit than it's getting. The physics and reality of the game are truly astounding. Maybe not implemented in the best way, but doesn't deserved to be called trash and never played. Great rental, but I wouldn't suggest buying it
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