Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

This product is also called Alone in the Dark: Near Death Investigation in Europe.

Background

Private investigator Edward Carnby's friend Charles Fiske is found dead on the shores of Shadow Island. Knowing that his colleague was investigating three tablets of power, Carnby decides to investigate the mammoth mansion on the island for clues.

Gameplay

Alone in the Dark (5) brings the survival horror genre to the next level before it's even released as it's the first completely free world horror game. Go where you want, when you want in a virtual reality scale model of New York's Central Park. Played in third person, this horror shooter leaves you to roam the fright-infested darkened corners of your worst nightmares.

Features

• Action-adventure game
  
  
• Solve the mystery of a friend's death, while trying not to fall to the same death as your friend
  
  
• Several supernatural weapons, with customizable firing patterns
  
  
• Special combat mode
  
  
• For 1 player action only

Editor's Note:
IGNPS2 quoted Infogrames as saying: "it's going to be a port, but we probably will add in graphic updates and play changes, depending on the feedback we get from people who play the PlayStation and other versions,".

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Added on: February 14, 2001

Official URL

Official Site