Alone in the Dark review
What is it? An intelligent reimagining of the 1992 classic that inspired Resident Evil and ushered in the era of survival horror.
Release date March 20, 2024
Developer Pieces Interactive
Publisher THQ Nordic
Reviewed on Radeon 5700 XT, i5-9600K, 16GB RAM
Steam Deck N/A
Link Official site
From the moment a plump-looking frog merrily hops across a forlorn Louisiana dirt road in Alone in the Dark's first cutscene, echoing a similar scene from the original game's introduction, I was certain that it would do the expected remake thing of incorporating numerous little callbacks to its predecessor's history. And when, seconds later, an alligator locks its jaws on its hapless amphibian prey, briefly interrupting my trip to PC gaming's most iconic creepy mansion, I was certain that it was going to playfully mess with my expectations anyway.
Emily Hartwood's uncle has vanished without a trace somewhere within the labyrinthine Derceto mansion. The sprawling estate which, in its long history, has previously served as a slave plantation, a cult's headquarters, and a bohemian artists' colony has lately been hosting recovering heiresses and depressive screenwriters—it's become a place, in other words, where the wealthy offload those family members they want out of the way. Still, Emily cares enough for Jeremy Hartwood to pay a visit after receiving his latest letter and is unsettled enough by the paranoid ramblings contained therein that she hires private investigator Edward Carnby to accompany her. So, when it becomes obvious that the pointedly unfriendly staff are trying to shoo the two outsiders away without providing any satisfactory replies on the subject of Jeremy's condition or whereabouts, the duo starts their own search for the missing man.
A third-person adventure that—while completely rewritten—retains the original's balance between combat, exposition, and puzzle-solving, Alone in the Dark provides a compelling, constantly surprising cosmic-horror story, helped
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