Alone in the Dark: The Final Preview

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The original Alone in the Dark was revolutionary, for the time. Skeptical as I am about attempts to play on classic stories and high-profile names, I recently spent time with Pieces Interactive and THQ Nordic's upcoming reboot of the series, one that revisits the setting of the 1992 game that practically invented survival horror. To my pleasure, I found that, true to their word, it wasn't an attempt to recreate or reboot the first game. Instead, it's something different. It's a new and fascinating story drawing on the same elements that I love: cosmic horror, detective fiction, psychological horror, and the good old Southern Gothic.

With big-name actors David Harbour and Jodie Comer lending their talents to the experience, there was no doubt that the production value was going to be high—but it's never clear how well that actually translates to how Alone in the Dark will sound, move, and look. Playing as Harbour's detective Edward Carnby for a few hours of preview time, I'm pleased to say that, as suspected, he was born to play a hard-bitten, scarred noir detective. I think his performance and especially his and Comer's facial capture is going to give life to this revival in a big way.

Edward Carnby and Emily Hartwood's trip to the plantation house at Derceto has one goal: To find Emily's uncle Jeremy, a painter and—from society's view—a madman. The backdrop of mental health treatment is obviously a goldmine for easy atmosphere and spooky setups, but the mansion itself was pretty enjoyable to move through. Alone in the Dark's cosmic horror comes in part from the journey to and through dreamscapes conjured from Jeremy's memories. The mansion itself seems to have a kind of memory as well, as at any point the subtlest action