Alone in the Dark (Xbox 360)

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Description

It has been 83 years since Edward Carnby investigated the suicide of Jeremy Hartwood. Now he wakes up in an apartment in New York and is moments away from being shot by a group of bad guys. He doesn't remember much and as he looks into a mirror, a man looks back at him that isn't even near the age of 80. But as all hell breaks loose and mysterious forces tear through the building and the city itself, the question about his looks becomes one of many. To make things even worse, an old enemy decides to return in a search for a powerful stone. So for Carnby a race for survival begins and all signs point to Central Park.

Edward's mysterious journey is divided into eight episodes that can be played in chronological order or can be accessed directly from the main menu. Once in the game, the player controls Edward either in a 1st-person or a 3rd-person manner either by switching manually or depending on the situation and what item he uses. If he picks up a fire extinguisher for example, the player will be able to extinguish fires with it if he is in 1st-person mode. In 3rd-person mode it instead becomes a deadly weapon or a battering ram.

This is especially important since Edward won't find much ammunition for the pistols, shotguns and other weapons in the game. Instead he needs to be creative and use the items he finds or the environment for his advantage. Especially since most enemies can only be permanently killed by burning them, igniting a wooden chair at a nearby fire, or using a lighter and a can of hairspray are Edward's best bets to knock them out.

Fire plays an important role in the game at all times. If not extinguished, it will slowly burn through anything in the vicinity and spread until everything burnable has been reduced to a smoking pile of ash. This behavior can of course be useful to Edward if he for instance wants to get through a closed wooden door and has nothing heavy at hand to force his way.

Screenshots

There are no Xbox 360 screenshots for this game.

There are 30 other screenshots on file for other versions of this game.

Alternate Titles

• "鬼屋魔影：死亡界線" -- Taiwan spelling
• "Alone in the Dark: У последней черты" -- Russian spelling
• "Alone in the Dark: Near Death Investigation" -- Working title
• "Alone in the Dark 5" -- Informal name
• "AITD" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Twilight 2
• Alone in the Dark series
• Covermount: Level (Romania)
• Gameplay feature: Quick Time Events / QTEs
• Middleware: FaceFX
• Physics Engine: Havok
• Setting: City - New York
• Technology: amBX
• Theme: Amnesia

User Reviews

More like Alone in the....whatever, this game is terrible.

AkibaTechno (228)

The Press Says

GameCell UK	Jun, 2008	8 out of 10	80
TotalVideoGames (TVG)	Jun 23, 2008	7 out of 10	70
IGN UK	Jun 20, 2008	7 out of 10	70
Xbox World 360	Jun 19, 2008	7 out of 10	70
GBase - The Gamer's Base	Jun 27, 2008	6.5 out of 10	65
Jeuxvideo.com	Jun 20, 2008	13 out of 20	65
Planet Xbox 360	Jul 09, 2008	6.4 out of 10	64
GamingHeaven / DriverHeaven	Jul 02, 2008	60 out of 100	60
videogamer.com	Jun 24, 2008	6 out of 10	60
Gamer.nl	Jun 20, 2008	5 out of 10	50

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Central Dark website	4	Daniel Saner (2473) Dec 25, 2013
The game's ending (spoilers)	3	Foxhack (12469) Jun 01, 2010

Trivia

Driving Technology

Eden Games also developed the racing game Test Drive Unlimited and the cars in Alone of the Dark use the same underlying technology.

Related Web Sites

• Atari (US) game's website (Atari's product page with some info on the game.)
• Official website for Alone in the Dark (A new approach to a game's website. Find some info and experience the game at the same time.)
• Wikipedia: Alone in the Dark (Article in the open encyclopedia)
• X360A achievement guide for Alone in the Dark (X360A's achievement guide for Alone in the Dark)