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Necro Boogie: Alone in the Dark trailer brings more excitement

9:47 AM on 03.15.2008, Jim Sterling 35 comments

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Alone in the Dark looks like everything Silent Hill 5 could be, without being Silent Hill. As one of my favorite series' ever fails to generate the kind of "DO WANT" excitement it should, Eden's Central Park nightmare has crept up and claimed my full attention.

Aside from the fact that the choir is totally singing "Necro Boogie," this is an awesome trailer that shows off a little more action than I've seen before. I've liked almost everything about Alone in the Dark thus far, and can't wait to get my hands on it to see if it plays as good as it looks.

I can only hope this game causes me to boogie as much as the necro's.


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commish at 03/15/2008 09:57
It looks like the car handles like a fat kid on a unicycle, otherwise the game looks awesome
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Professor Pew at 03/15/2008 10:06
I'm glad it looks like the scale of the game will be epic. Saving the world while only seeing dark sewers never really appealed to me :P

I can only hope the game won't cause me to become racist as much as necros.
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HarassmentPanda at 03/15/2008 10:26
Necro Boogie is a racist dance style invented by Bob Muir. I think there's a wikipedia article on it... or there will be.
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skullivan at 03/15/2008 10:33
No, no, no, they're clearly singing "necro booty". Which is either a reference to a zombie pirates hidden plunder, or...other things I'd rather not think about.

I agree that this game is looking better and better all the time. I'm also a big Silent Hill fan and while I think V will be good they certainly haven't shown how it's going to be any different than the past games, just with fancier graphics. Alone in the Dark is actually doing something with the power of these consoles (and making a nice looking game to boot).
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Jetsetlemming at 03/15/2008 10:41
The outdoor Silent Hill 5 shots got me all DO WANT excited. They've got the visual style for the town itself down to a Tee, and it's absolutely brilliant. Not so sure about the indoor shots, or the inclusion of quick time events, though...
Coincidentally, one of the best songs from the Silent Hill soundtracks (It's from SH2) is Alone in the Town.

I'm looking forward to AitD5. I just hope it gets a worthwhile, well made PC port, rather than the rash of horribly made, unoptimized abortions that have been released lately.
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foxhound009 at 03/15/2008 10:46
niceee.. :P Is going to be on pc? if not I'm getting the 250 euro xbox 360 prem. :P
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JtheYellow at 03/15/2008 11:04
There's another video floating around with the producer explaining how the inventory and area effects work. I saw it on Xbox Live. The whole business of using flammables and donor bags of blood (attracts monsters) to make trails which then can be set on fire or used otherwise, well, that's pretty sweet.
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outrage at 03/15/2008 11:13
If this game plays as good as it looks, this could be Atari's saving grace.
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Samit Sarkar at 03/15/2008 11:33
Holy fuck, this just shot up to the top of my DO WANT list.
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Necros at 03/15/2008 11:36
Necro boogie?

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Teta at 03/15/2008 11:39
Looks really promising.
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Mxyzptlk at 03/15/2008 11:50
I really hope they don't fuck up the PC port.
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Jetsetlemming at 03/15/2008 11:53
Hold up, hold up... Did I see that right? Did I see the main character CHAINSAWING THROUGH A DOOR!?

Do want. Oh yes, most definitely.

@foxhound009:

PC, 360, PS3. The standard platforms for games of this ilk.
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realyst at 03/15/2008 12:30
Yay ! :)
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Yazzy at 03/15/2008 13:16
Looks amazing. Can't wait for it to hit the shelves.
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Wedge at 03/15/2008 13:24
My sentiments exactly Jim. Man I hope this is good, coz' there's been so many awesome trailers...

Also I wonder if LordRegulus put this thing together, I think he said he was working on AitD stuff before quitting...
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Kaspar at 03/15/2008 13:51
I gotta have more sticky-tape.
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Edarios at 03/15/2008 15:15
the lyrics are middle eastern..bulgarian or slovakian, maybe croatian..

necro boogie - ne probudim, as in, i wont wake up..lyrics go something like,

from this dream i wont wake up, i'm dreaming with my eyes open, etc etc.
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Usedtabe at 03/15/2008 15:24
This game will get a 2/10 from Rev because there were not enough central park joggers and it did not scare him. /joke

On topic, I can't wait for this game.
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The Johnggernaut at 03/15/2008 15:37
lol@used

The game looks like it has a lot more to it than I first thought, looks like a winner!
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TheStripe at 03/15/2008 15:40
@mxy - do you have a gamepad? I have the feeling you'll miss the right analogue stick if not.
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Nordstorm at 03/15/2008 15:48
I'm not saying this isn't looking fucking awesome. It does,
but it doesn't seem to be scary. I don't know why I get that feeling. I hope they prove me wrong. Looks great either way!
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AngelsDontBurn at 03/15/2008 16:00
I hope to god this is good. I've always kept up with Alone In The Dark ever since the original game. Never played any of them though. Well except for a shareware version of the very first game, lol.

This looks like an amazingly good AITD game to start with.

I hope it's not a let down.
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Morrius at 03/15/2008 17:10
Will definitely be getting this for PC.

@Thestripe: I doubt a missing thumbstick will matter much - As always WASD will takeover the left stick, and the mouse will take over the right. Even assuming you don't have to hold a button/key to activate the 'wiggle burning chairs around' mode, I still don't see it being a problem. It may even lead to more responsive chair wiggling, if we're lucky.
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mrWhite at 03/15/2008 17:26
Meh. I couldn't have been less interested in this game before seeing this video, probably because there have been 74 "exclusive" previews of it on every bloody website and magazine... but after watching that video... I care even less.

So it's New York, everything's dark and gloomy, you play a dull guy who wanders around with a torch and a handgun. There's an occasional zombie or rodent to shoot, oh and you can also jump up ledges and climb down ropes. Woo. Also you can drive a dull car for a small section. Woo.

Apart from the light effects on the torch and the fan, graphically it looks very ordinary (it looks like it was made with the Source engine).
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Roryzilla at 03/15/2008 18:21
@mrwhite,
10/10
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TheStripe at 03/15/2008 19:30
M/KB is a crutch. Besides, I feel like because it's designed for a console, that's certainly going to be the best experience; they designed that contextual movement/action system for an analogue stick. Frankly, so many times I'm playing a PC shooter wishing I'd spent the money for the kit so I can use my 360 controllers with it. Too many arbitrary key assignments for me.
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TheStripe at 03/15/2008 19:31
M/KB is a crutch. Besides, I feel like because it's designed for a console, that's certainly going to be the best experience; they designed that contextual movement/action system for an analogue stick. Frankly, so many times I'm playing a PC shooter wishing I'd spent the money for the kit so I can use my 360 controllers with it. Too many arbitrary key assignments for me.
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Crackpot360 at 03/15/2008 21:19
The lead character looks like Don Johnson after a coke binge.... Nice!
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Eschatos at 03/15/2008 23:31
Do want.
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RitualNet at 03/16/2008 10:05
I R DO WANT CAT THIS IS DO WANT GAME.

The two tech demos and now this, wow. I'm not a horror fan but i'd suck up my yellow spine for this game.

Now the question (for me) is... 360 or Wii? Beautiful graphics, or full control over the environment?
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BlackSunEmpire at 03/16/2008 22:58
Wheres the sticky tape gone?? That stuff stuck anything to anything.

But even without that, the game looks nice, Im liking the lighting, but I dont know that carrying burning things is a good idea, despite the graphics it provides.
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