You hear its name in passing every now and then, but it feels almost like an afterthought. I'd love to talk about the whole series, so let's hope this one does well!
I never knew the first AITD had a secondary main character. I always thought it was just Edward Cromby. I wish I knew more about Lovecraft's stories. I never read any of them so when I see examinations of them, most of it goes over my head. Alan Moore's _Providence_ was baffling to me for not knowing these stories.
Yep from AitD 2 onwards, it's all about Ed! Poor Emily gets relegated to an occasional bit-part from then on. I would highly recommend reading some Lovecraft. It's easy to read, and the good kind of weird 😎
I really need to give this game a go sometime. Just finished replaying Grim Fandango on Xbox, which oddly enough gives you an achievement if you manage to get through it with the Tank Controls… Really enjoyed the video as usual 👌
I want to play Alone in the Dark now… The idea of a finding a sword and thinking you’re safe only to have it break on the first swing is awesome. Absolute troll behaviour on the part of the developers, but in the best way. Really excited to see what the remake/reboot is like too. Great video!
The game does this sort of thing to you _a lot_. It's very cheeky, and causes you to never truly trust it. Thank you! Glad you stuck around and I'm glad you enjoyed the video ☺️
Horror is the one genre in video games that I feel I have the least experience with. I've only ever tried a few games for a brief period. That feeling of tension you describe is one that I'm rarely able to enjoy. I do hope to remedy that someday though. A lot of the games look like so much fun to play.
Honestly, I get it. Modern horror games can really spook me out. I tried to play PT on my PS4 and I thought I was going to have a panic attack. I feel like going back and playing the older games helps to put a bit of distance between me and the game. The atmosphere and the vibes come across, but I don't quite end up as a jibbering wreck
The second I finished the episode I clicked back to the begining. That opening will go down as the best intro of all time! It hooks my intrest and gets me to groove... I'm more than invested!
With the popularity of Resident Evil these days, I always hoped we'd get a HD remaster of these games for modern consoles/PC. Would be cool to revisit these with some optional gameplay accessibility features and control tweaks.
I love the idea. I think a ground up remake like the GameCube Resi game would be great. The game runs in something like 300x200. It would be ace to see those hand drawn backgrounds drawn up at a higher res
Oh yes, this game legitimately scared me back then. Funny how it looks kinda silly today. I also especially love its music, even though it seems to only have a couple of tracks. But what is there is pretty awesome.
I would play this like I played all my old DOS games. I'd load it up, have no idea what I was doing, get killed, turn it off. Then try again the next day 😅
The interactivity and inventory management here is better than in many of the later survival horror games, including the Alone sequels. I don't think the combat is that bad tbh, I found it quite fun to dispose of useless items by throwing them at enemies and if you go for melee, it is only a matter of timing. I really hope the remake will let the player be creative in certain ways like this one.
I'm so glad people are finding this series. I saw it on a fluke on GOG one time and gradually educated myself on what it was, then played the whole series early last year before reviewing it. Never quite the greatest thing you'll ever play, but every entry had something interesting about it and worth experiencing.
For the time you have to put into them, it would be worth filling in that blank spot imo. The two DOS sequels are lighter in tone, kind of wacky. And I have a real soft spot for The New Nightmare.
Matty you definitely deserve your video essays credentials, this was awesome! Sadly I never got to play this one on its day, Silent Hill on the PS1 was my first horror game and it haunted me forever.
