Alone in the Dark 2024 - A Complete Review

Despite my slander in my Alone in the Dark 1992 Retrospective, THQ Nordic’s marketing team still reached out, providing a review code for their newest release. Were they proud of their developer’s achievements and wanted to prove me wrong? Or did they not watch the video and simply sent a code to a channel with one of the higher viewed Alone in the Dark videos? It’s most definitely the latter; still, the hubris in offering myself a code piqued my interest. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Jwlar Discord Server: https://discord.gg/EstVM7nRgR Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/jwlar Watch more retrospective analyses and reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM_F6ru-Us2yGX1EwpvQZTkrrhTf-2OoU Review in written form: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dLR2mLkYdGM7ycUnh5MXijEMe5m72m49hQ1LdiQg288/edit?usp=sharing Background music uses the Official Alone in the Dark 2024 soundtrack and ripped music from the first 3 AITD games. Sections: Introduction 0:00 Background 1:37 Issues 6:25 Premise 8:23 Presentation 10:51 Gamplay Mechanics 26:42 Story 45:00 References 59:34 Conclusion 1:02:33 I became aware of Pieces Interactive’s Alone in the Dark reboot during the production of my Alone in the Dark Complete Retrospective. What little information we had at that time did not thrill me. Turned off by the generic horror visuals of possessed childrens dolls and bland looking gameplay, I had no hope for this fourth attempt of reimagining a cult classic. A divisive game with critics, AITD24 appears to be a hate it or like it kind of game. Frankly, much of this hate I believe to be unfounded, based on unfair expectations and comparisons with other games that it does not seem to be interested in competing with. That’s not to say the game is a masterpiece, personally I place it as a slightly above average 6 out of 10, with that score being dragged down to a 5 due to performance issues and bugs that have since been mostly rectified. The reason for outright announcing my review score so early is that this video will in some areas come across as a defence of the game. I believe many of the poor reviews miss the point, overlook the developer’s intentions, or are blind to the palpable love and care Pieces Interactive have for the source material. I didn’t think I would be saying this earlier this year, but Alone in the Dark 2024 is kinda good. Alone in the Dark 2024 - A Complete Review #aloneinthedark #jwlar #gamereview