I am glad you acknowledged James McCaffrey's work in this game. Such an underrated actor. Despite the fact that I love this game, I really liked this review and the detail you went into. Great Work!

You missed the train wreck "Alone In The Dark: Illumination"...the real last game of the series. X_x

Man, I just have to say that your reviews are fantastic. Where as most journalists and reviewers are little more than payed advertisement now of days who simply talk about what they did in a game or how it offended them, you actually talk about the game itself, its development, the teams that worked on it, the history of the franchise, the ports, everything. It's what other people who do these reviews should strive for. I'm getting more than just an opinion, but somebody who has taken the time and effort to understand what he is talking about. Anyways, looking forward to watching more of your videos!

Your videos are really detailed, well produced and well researched. Pity they come out every 6 years (it feels!).

The epic finale of the Alone in the Dark Review saga, ;). It was really good man. It seems like a sad ending for a series that started so well and inspired a whole genre. As usual it was a very thorough and fun review to watch. This was really worth the wait man! :)

I feel like I've been waiting my entire life for this. Brilliant job, absolutely loved the video

Great review I now know why we have 12 copies of the game in stock

The vocal music reminds me of a so g from from Stephen Kings The Mist soundtrack

as always, very nice job michael, bet that was a relief closing the book on this series for now! congrats on the finale, well done. looking forward to more :)

I missed your reviews! Hadn't seen one in a while, was awesome to not only see a new review from you, but on this game specifically! Thanks for another great review, I love them when they're on the longer side, so this was perfect!

It turns out it isn't the last Alone in the Dark game though, Alone in the Dark: Illumination has been released for PC... and it's way worse

I wonder if Michael will resurface for the Alone in the Dark remake?

You should also cover 2Dark. The new Horror project by FREDERICK RAYNAL.

Really enjoyed that sir, as always. It's a crying shame about this one as I really enjoyed New Nightmare following your last review. Here's hoping you enjoy the next game series you tackle. Perhaps Parasite Eve??

What I like in this game: James McCaffrey as Edward Carnby The music The concept The monsters References of the original games What I dislike about this game: The character development Most of the characters Edward’s constant swearing, as that’s out of character from his original appearances. And needlessly harsh. Graphical glitches and gameplay issues The endings Not being able to state it’s a reboot, a continuation or both. And also... That F@%KING CAR CHASE!

This game aswell as Haze had so much potential. Those two games should have been classics!

Great review like usual~was nice you covered all the ports as well so you had more input to offer then say the review by Pro Jared (which most people may be familiar with)

Good review! P.S. I like this game even it's a bad game.

Yay! It took you some time but you finally did it. It's a good thing you took your time because it's a great review...as always of course.

another great video :) I have always been interested in this game so its good to see such a detailed video about it.

Another good review! I never played this game(or any of the other AitD games for that matter) but I guess I dodged a bullet there. It's both funny and sad how a company would lash out when gaming journalism sites give their game bad reviews. It just makes things worst on their behalf. If they don't want their product to receive bad reviews, then don't make a bad game! Simple as that, hehe!

The ps2 version had a lot of small little details that were removed in the ps3 version. It felt more "real" with checking your ammo by looking at the clip, the aiming didnt had that laser pointer and the car searching sequences felt more detailed ;)

Good to see you back :-D and a excellent review

There is a "Alone in the Dark" game on the GameBoy Advance. I demand you to review it. Close the circle.

To some degree I feel like Alan Wake became what this game was intended to be as the two ended being fairly similar in style. In a way I consider Alan Wake a spiritual successor to Alone in the Dark even if it wasn't.

Thanks for the awesome review Michael

Good job on the review, I for one however wouldn't mind a few more newish game/series reviews like Legacy of Kain or Deus Ex but do what you want and enjoy ofcourse.

Well, now I need to do some sort of review of this game from a different perspective since I truly enjoyed that game and played through it several times.

Love the review mike. Tbh i kinda felt the same at first. The mechanics were awkward and took time to break in which is probably what threw a ot of people away, especially the driving segments. Oh god the driving segments. But other than that i thought the game play was pretty damn solid. I didnt get the whole first person perspective at all they could have easily done a 3rd person shooting mechanic easily. But the story, the locations, the art design and soundtrack were spot on in my opinion a greatly under rated game. Just had a few issues that needed ironing out. A few more months of tweaking and this would have been a great commercially

Would love to hear a review on the new 2024 game. I personally really enjoyed it.

I played the 360 version like the day it came out. I loved it :) I really didn't run into many issues.

Never noticed Edward's voice actor was actually James McCaffery in this.

have you played alone in the dark illumination ?

Did you but the base version of the game? Because my version came with the "IN THE" DLC already installed. You should download it and give Alone IN THE dark" another go.

This game wasn't bad... HOWEVER! Don't play the PS2 version.

Great review! and my sentiments exactly I would have preferred that myself the lo-key remake as opposed to what we got in the 5th one.

I picked up Alone in the dark: The new nightmare as a used game for PS 1 and loved it. Its open world gameplay, puzzles, atmosphere and especially the music were awesome to me. So, I got AITD 1 on Steam and found it interesting. 2 not so much, so when this last entry came out, I excitedly purchased it..and was soundly disappointed. The car sequences are srrictly on rails and confusing, the ending was odd, and my guy getting sucked into the ground was annoying and idiotic. I wish Darkworks had kept doing more entries in this series because Atari killed it. I hope someone tries a re boot again, it could be a great series once again I feel.

Just subscribed yesterday. Good channel

Hey Michael! First of all: great video, as always! Love your videos in general! Have you heard that there is a new instalment in the series available? It's called "Alone in the Dark: Illumination" and it's basically a ripoff of the "Left 4 Dead" series. Mostly focussing on multiplayer, but also playable solo. Still... I'm somewhat puzzled why they've called it "Alone in the Dark" at all, seeing how it's got seemingly nothing to do with the franchise at all anymore...

Gasoline bullets? I liked the phosphorous bullets of New Nightmare better. Who wouldn't want a triple barreled shotgun that could literally 'light up' a target. And what about that flashlight in NN? You see that sort of thing a lot now but at the time that was pretty rad. I wonder why they couldn't continue the New Nightmare story. Still, Inferno had some neat ideas. I think AitD's biggest downfall is the abandonment of the horror element. I never played Inferno, but it just dose not look at all scary. But since I have not played it I could be wrong. I'd like to see a full reboot starting with a remake of the original. Let's hope a miracle happens.

Great review, I hope they do make a sequel, or a spiritual successor at least. Have you considered reviewing a game called Call of Cthulhu - Prisoner of Ice?

OH God, those driving sections were horrific, I did the first one after that main building..so difficult! As for the skipping of the game, I only skipped the last part where you have to burn down all those trees with the force fields around them, such BS and padding.

PS2/Wii versions are indeed completely different games. Basically a scaled-down remake, if you will. Produced by an different company.

I played the demo of this game and I can buy it quite cheap for like £2-£4. Is it worth?

i find it fine that you reviewed the modern version of this game, But man if there is anything to take away from this its that Atari just keeps going further down hill ever since nolan bushnell left

Why!? Why didn't they continue the remake!? It would be perfect! It's exactly what I planned for Alone in the Dark! Start the saga all over again, put it back in the 20's or 30's, make a good job in marketing, and lower the prices on other Alone in the Darks!

You didn't talk about the Favorites feature of the inventory.

I loved the game on PC. Too bad we never got the PS3 improvements on the other platforms.

I agree that the story was a bit of a mess... but the game itself was really fun. I liked that it was trying something different with the inventory and the fire physics. The puzzles were fun.

Great video. I honestly loved this game :)

What about the newest alone in the dark - illumination

Weirdly enough, The Evil Within feels like a proper Alone in the Dark game if you ask me.

I like the reviews whether they're retro or modern.

26:14 this is why inferno is the best port

They just need to remake New Nightmare, that's the only one that's actually worth playing.

-Your example at 17:41- is not a valid point, because that event is programmed to trigger when you climb to the bottom of the rope.

What is a notingk?

I really want to like this game. It's has some good things going on, though non of them are fully flushed out. I think someone should give it a try again. But don't try to "remake" it.

I thought this had SO MUCH going for it, but boy it also had such bad crap on the other end of things that made it a chore.

Would be a crime to remake the first one. Leave it as is please! Don't butcher it.

A few days ago, Atari announced a reboot of Alone in the Dark, so there will be more! (Hopefully better than the last game...I bought the Wii version, as a fan of the older titles, and it's THE worst game I have ever played in my whole life)

I would love if they released the AinD remake game one day! maybe with the Atari VHS?

this review was pretty damn perfect and on point in every way... you did forget to ad that the healing feature in the game was a but of a mess.... ambitious but a mess... you ended up looking like you had lumps of bacon stuck to you outfit lol

Actually they were different games all together

The PS2 Alone In The Dark game felt unfinished to me too.

well wish somewhat granted ther is another Alone in the dark game; Alone In The Dark Illumination... though its well... bad.

can you review some other survival horror, such as evil within.

wow! shout for King Game Review X D

I love the PS free!

oh puuuuuleeeeessseeee... make a review of Silent Hill series, i love them!!!!

29 people are NOT THE FUCKING UNIVERSE

Reminds me of driver 3, and the scandal that they went through with the publisher trying to spin the game as being really good when it wan't...take the time to make the games good instead of yelling about it when sites review it and it get's shit canned. It's sad when the execs screw things up for the gamers and then blame them for what happened, I mean in the end the people who review it are the one's won either like it or don't and it's not their doing that the game isn't successful right?

Not once did you mention Jack in the Dark the little gadien game released around number 2

alone in the dark illumination

Well by this point it isnt the last titel and not even the worst XD

This game series being French, the voice acting is better in French than in English

All characters look very unapealing. And overall visual design is very ugly.

Alan Wake did the same DVD-style thing.

i bought a ps2 just for this game and was so dissapointed when i played it nothing like the inferno games before it.

not the last entry of the series.....

If this was a depressing note to end the series on, then Alone in the Dark: Illumination was the ugly dead twitch no one wanted to see.

whats with 0:48 ... morton manor from 2001 new nightmare, yet labeled 1936...this game is crap..

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A great game , horrible ending

I respect your opinion but I don't agree with you. I really liked this game and I think it is the best in the Alone in the Dark series.