Atari Alone in the Dark PC

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30 Apr 2009 Good, with a few setbacks, but still a great game. Alone in the dark was different for me, as I have never played any other in the series. I was expecting something much different since I played the Wii version before, which sucked.

Gameplay- Playing the game involves some cool puzzles, but some areas are frustrating! (one are I spent around an hour on even though it lasted only a few minutes, it was the first major driving scene). One interesting aspect is that the standard enemies (I saw them called humanz in a walkthrough) can only be ... –C. Hiesterfrom Amazon.com
12 Apr 2009 Warning: Bad console port! Do not waste your time. This thing SCREAMS "bad console port". While the controls supposedly support both first-person and third-person views, the first-person one only lacks visible duct-tape to show how badly it was grafted on. If you try to use first-person view, it automatically switches you to third-person view at the worst possible time (like when you are in a fight). In some cases, it won't even allow you to switch back to first-person view until you solve the current puzzle or win th... –P. Tuesleyfrom Amazon.com
19 Jan 2009 Case study in potential ruination with bad controls This is a very memorable game for me. It's the only game that I actually quit playing because of the bad controls. I almost gave up on Shadow of the Colossus because of crap controls, but at least there was somewhat of a payoff for muddling through. Not here. Classic case of development culture ignoring the value of "average joe" usability testing. I bet when they finally did get to external user testing and realized "oohhhhhh crap", the shrink wrap machine was already heating up. –D. Masonfrom Amazon.com

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