Alone in the Dark description
An exciting game based on the works of HP Lovecraft, the progenitor of the survival horror genre.
Title screen Copy protection! Ahh the good old days... Choosing your character - Edward or Emily
Strange rumors about the things happening around the mansion Derceto, nestled somewhere in the vast expanses of Louisiana. So no one was surprised strange and terrible suicide of its owner.
The game opens with a cinematic introduction A masterful shot from the intro - if this doesn't give you the creeps I don't know what would!
Police briefly fumbled with the case, and the locals quickly forgot about it. The mansion remained uninhabited, at least at first glance.
Entering the house... what lies ahead?.. Exploring as Emily. This is the first room you'll get into
You - a private detective Edward Carnby (Edward Carnby), who hires a collector for inventory property located in the mansion. Or, alternatively, you can play as the niece of the owner of the mansion, Emily Hartwood (Emily Hartwood), which simply curious to find out what really caused his uncle's suicide. But as soon as he (or she) crosses the threshold of the mansion, begin to happen very strange things. Something massive beating in the window below, creaking floorboards, and the way to escape there. Choose only one to go forward, to step into the darkness.
Most of the time will spend in solving puzzles and discovering the secrets of the mansion, though the warhead is given a lot of attention. The game has also been added and the purely arcade elements, such as a maze for some time, or jumping on the platforms, but they do not irritate, but only diversify gameplay.
The characters are three-dimensional and two-dimensional backgrounds, as well as fixed camera, first used in this game for many years have become standards of the genre. Of course, polygons, devoid of texture, and their number in each character and object, can be counted on the fingers, but it does not prevent to receive pleasure from such an atmospheric game.
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Source: Archive.org, Mobygames.com