Alone in the Dark offers some unabashed '90s horror silliness, making for a welcome throwback with modern twists.
Alone in the Dark MSRP $60.00 Score Details “Alone in the Dark is the confidently silly horror remake the 1992 classic deserves.” Pros Cons As I rolled the end credits on Alone in the Dark, the new remake of a foundational 1992 horror classic, I watched on like a puzzled detective. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy my stay in the creepy Derceto Manor. Quite the contrary — I had enjoyed the campy six-hour adventure filled with hammy voice acting and old-school exploration.
Alone in the Dark’s clumsy action and boilerplate occult story may be off-putting to new players hoping for a Resident Evil-like glow-up. Meet the remake on its own terms, though, and you’ll find a charming ’90s horror homage that doesn’t turn its nose up at gaming’s roots. It revels in its old-school design like a dedicated cultist, even inviting Hollywood actors to dance around the fire with it.
In fact, it delights in the hamminess of that premise. Every lore log comes accompanied with an overacted audio reading that sells the silliness. Every voice actor seems to understand the assignment here, and that includes its A-list actors. Killing Eve star Jodie Comer and Stranger Things’ David Harbour both turn in fitting performances that call back to the stilted nature of ’90s video game voice acting rather than trying to one-up it.
On the bright side of the spectrum, exploration and puzzl- solving both carry a retro charm. Players mostly move from room to room grabbing keys, notes, and objects that need to be slotted into the right place. There’s a simple pleasure to that format, which is perhaps why it’s so enduring. When I find a metal cutout of France, I’m delighted when I find a globe I can pop it into, which cracks it open and reveals my next clue.
Struggling with action What’s less successful here is the remake’s almost obligatory third-person shooting. Edward and Emily get a small handful of weapons throughout their stories, from pistols to tommy guns. Rather than loading rooms up with tons of enemies to gun down, Alone in the Dark dishes out more focused action interludes between its freeform exploration segments. That restraint is a blessing in disguise, as combat is its fleshy weak point.
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