Alone in the Dark: Inferno

Let’s talk about the very brief history of the new Alone in the Dark video game. Publishers, Atari launch the title in June 2008 for the Playstation 2, Wii and the Xbox 360. The initial reception of the game was horrific, critics dubbing disaster to current gen consoles and the priceless series itself, due to shoddy camera controls, vague free roam experience, God awful control scheme and stiff combat. I heard the announcement that a re-make was already in works, this time launching for the Playstation 3 in later November 2008. Atari and the development team, Eden Games, claimed that Alone in the Dark was now “fixed”, presumably fit for player consumption, so soon enough I had my hands on this so-called polished version of the game, now called: Alone in the Dark: Inferno.

Never having played any of the games in the series, though the original Alone in the Dark games are hailed as some of the best PC experiences, the narrative completely threw me off...