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Alone in the Dark 2 Review

1.0

Format PlayStation

Developer Infogrames

Publisher Virgin Interactive

Genre Survival Horror

15-Aug-2001 'Venturing past its sell-by-date

Alone in the Dark 2: Jackis Back, centres round you in the role of a detective, Edward Carnby, wandering around a dark mansion all on your lonesome. Your objectives are two-fold; the rescue of a small girl and the apprehension of her kidnapper, the enigmatic Jack. Things soon get more complicated though, in what is a well worked plot mixing the fantasy and myth of pirates with a bootlegging 1920is America to create a sort of Gothic noir. Unfortunately, this original slant on the RPG is about as good as things get in Alone in the Dark. The graphics are nothing to write home about, and while you can appreciate the effort thatis gone into giving everything that period look, the lack of refinement leaves it looking a bit flat. Likewise the animation, which sees Eddie moving about in staccato fashion, occasionally stopping to pick up a clue or fire his tommy gun with all the charisma of a cardboard cut-out.

Stephen Fulljames

// Overview

Verdict

What starts out as an ambitious and intriguing RPG is quickly ruined by major flaws in the game logic leading to the kind of frustration that makes you want to kill fluffy animals.

// Interactive

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