Alone In The Dark gets a 3.5 on IGN

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#101 EPaul
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^Don't Forget Siren: Blood Curse and Fatal Frame 4
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#102 Doctor-Salvador
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[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="the-very-best"]It looked really bad from the onset... the only good game in this genre coming out is RE5.the-very-best

No hope for Dead Space or Silent Hill Homecoming?

Dead Space looks very... don't wanna say the word but you know... and it's being made by EA right?

Silent Hill, forgot about that one. Good devs so that'll probably be cool.

What about Suda 51's new game? (Fatal Frame 4)

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#103 PannicAtack
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Pity that the franchise which helped pioneer the genre bombs on its 'revival.' >_>
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#104 Juggernaut140
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^Don't Forget Siren: Blood Curse and Fatal Frame 4EPaul

I was just about to say that.

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#105 the-very-best
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What about Suda 51's new game? (Fatal Frame 4)

Doctor-Salvador

I've never heard of or played that series to be honest.

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#106 Doctor-Salvador
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[QUOTE="Doctor-Salvador"]

What about Suda 51's new game? (Fatal Frame 4)

the-very-best

I've never heard of or played that series to be honest.

I've heard alot about it, but I've never played any, although I'm pretty interested now that Sua 51 is working on the latest installment.

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#107 LordQuorthon
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Wow... It's like a multiplatform Lair.
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#108 BioShockOwnz
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[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="the-very-best"]It looked really bad from the onset... the only good game in this genre coming out is RE5.the-very-best

No hope for Dead Space or Silent Hill Homecoming?

Dead Space looks very... don't wanna say the word but you know... and it's being made by EA right?

Silent Hill, forgot about that one. Good devs so that'll probably be cool.

Did you see the new Dead Space gameplay videos on GameTrailers? Everything looks nice.

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#109 Cooldude224
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Ouch, I didnt expect that.
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#110 goblaa
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This game has always looked terrible...yet I get bashed everytime I said anything negative about it.

Well, told ya so!

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#111 goblaa
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[QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

[QUOTE="the-very-best"]It looked really bad from the onset... the only good game in this genre coming out is RE5.BioShockOwnz

No hope for Dead Space or Silent Hill Homecoming?

Dead Space looks very... don't wanna say the word but you know... and it's being made by EA right?

Silent Hill, forgot about that one. Good devs so that'll probably be cool.

Did you see the new Dead Space gameplay videos on GameTrailers? Everything looks nice.

No, dead space looks like a snooze fest.

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#113 thelastguy
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Wow, so much for Atari.
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#114 the-very-best
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No, dead space looks like a snooze fest.

goblaa

Yep, I agree with that... but it won't be as bad as AITD.

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#115 BioShockOwnz
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[QUOTE="goblaa"]

No, dead space looks like a snooze fest.

the-very-best

Yep, I agree with that... but it won't be as bad as AITD.

How can a horror game with a lot of intense moments be a snooze fest?

Also, to goblaa... OT, but how can you give Deal Or No Deal (DS) a 10, yet give The Darkness a 4.0?

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#116 AgentA-Mi6
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whoa, im blown away.

the only saving grace this game has is that the 360 sales will dwarf the ps3 version sales cause the PS3 version comes out this fall, when nobody would want to play it anymore.

-GhostMLD-

Im so envios of 360 owners, they are getting this masterpiece before us :cry:.

Man Alone in the dark is so horribly multiplat o_O. There's even a Ds version .

EDIT: no there's no Ds version, just checked, a Ps2 one does exist though -_ó

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#117 8drunkengods
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Lets not forget, these are the same guys who gave god hand (one of my personal favorite games) a lousy 3!

I suggest playing the game before harshly judging it...

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#118 skrat_01
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You serious?

Godammit Atari is going to be pissed.

I was looking foward to the game... call me a bit dissapointed.

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#119 Lazy_Boy88
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That sucks. I was hoping at least rental quality.
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#120 xxastrocreepxx
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wow. I wasn't expecting over a 7 but a 3.5? Atari is teh deadz.
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#121 Couth_
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In my humblest of opinions, the game looked like crap from the get go
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#122 the-very-best
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[QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="goblaa"]

No, dead space looks like a snooze fest.

BioShockOwnz

Yep, I agree with that... but it won't be as bad as AITD.

How can a horror game with a lot of intense moments be a snooze fest?

Also, to goblaa... OT, but how can you give Deal Or No Deal (DS) a 10, yet give The Darkness a 4.0?

I'm just saying it doesn't really look that fun. If it turns out you are right, then great, the more good games, the better. But I also thought AITD looked like crap (I thought that with Lair as well) and people get a bit defensive about that sort of stuff for some reason.

To me, RE5 is the only game of this genre that I'm actually interested in. Everything else looks mediocre (haven't seen enough of SH yet so that is excluded).

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#123 Andrew_Xavier
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[QUOTE="Doctor-Salvador"]

What about Suda 51's new game? (Fatal Frame 4)

the-very-best

I've never heard of or played that series to be honest.

Fatal Frame is easily the scariest gaming series, you have to "fight" ghosts armed with only a camera, the games are designed to have a constant sense of tension and some incredibly jumpy/scary moments, I know many people who have played both SH 2 and FF: CB, and couldn't survive FF: CB due to fear.

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#124 gasmaskman
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From reading about the game, it seemed pretty awesome.

Now, not so much.

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#125 skrat_01
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[QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="Doctor-Salvador"]

What about Suda 51's new game? (Fatal Frame 4)

Andrew_Xavier

I've never heard of or played that series to be honest.

Fatal Frame is easily the scariest gaming series, you have to "fight" ghosts armed with only a camera, the games are designed to have a constant sense of tension and some incredibly jumpy/scary moments, I know many people who have played both SH 2 and FF: CB, and couldn't survive FF: CB due to fear.

True the fatal frame, or the derived PS2 copies of it that play the same can be extremely scary.

At the same time laughable though, when you see certain disfigured ghosts awkwardly waddling around.

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#126 Ket87
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I think I'll wait to Dead Space is released instead to get my horror thrill.JLF1

Yeah EA branching out to a new genre and having goofy ideas like no pausing. That'll go great. A big complaint from Alone in the Dark from reviewers was it didn't pause when you went into your inventory imagine the backlash on Dead Space for no pausing at all.

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#127 Ket87
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[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"][QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="Doctor-Salvador"]

What about Suda 51's new game? (Fatal Frame 4)

skrat_01

I've never heard of or played that series to be honest.

Fatal Frame is easily the scariest gaming series, you have to "fight" ghosts armed with only a camera, the games are designed to have a constant sense of tension and some incredibly jumpy/scary moments, I know many people who have played both SH 2 and FF: CB, and couldn't survive FF: CB due to fear.

True the fatal frame, or the derived PS2 copies of it that play the same can be extremely scary.

At the same time laughable though, when you see certain disfigured ghosts awkwardly waddling around.

Derived PS2 copies? What the hell are you talking about each game came out first for the PS2 and 1 and 2 were ported to Xbox.

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#128 skrat_01
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[QUOTE="skrat_01"]

[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"][QUOTE="the-very-best"][QUOTE="Doctor-Salvador"]

What about Suda 51's new game? (Fatal Frame 4)

Ket87

I've never heard of or played that series to be honest.

Fatal Frame is easily the scariest gaming series, you have to "fight" ghosts armed with only a camera, the games are designed to have a constant sense of tension and some incredibly jumpy/scary moments, I know many people who have played both SH 2 and FF: CB, and couldn't survive FF: CB due to fear.

True the fatal frame, or the derived PS2 copies of it that play the same can be extremely scary.

At the same time laughable though, when you see certain disfigured ghosts awkwardly waddling around.

Derived PS2 copies? What the hell are you talking about each game came out first for the PS2 and 1 and 2 were ported to Xbox.

Its another game, not called fatal frame, but had identical gameplay, that was on the playstation 2....

If i remember....

Project Zero - it was called.

It could have been fatal frame renamed for my region, im not sure.

edit*

who'd have thunk, i twas right
http://us.gamespot.com/search.html?type=11&stype=all&qs=project+zero&x=0&y=0

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#129 C4_yourself
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thats too bad i was looking foward to it
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#130 angelkimne
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Ouch, no wait, mega ouch !!!!
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#131 Ballroompirate
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Getting a 7.0 from IGN UK and getting a 3.5 from IGN US. Something isn't right. Also, EuroGamer gave it a 7.0, which I would put more trust in. I think IGN US obviously failed with this review. Sure, it's not a great game, but their review was far out there.BioShockOwnz

I think they are all burned out on giving 10's.

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#132 r_gam3
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I would soooooooo

:lol:

if the Wii version scores higher on IGN and Gamespot.....

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#133 Bread_or_Decide
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Imagine what the Wii version will get.

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#134 The_Crucible
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Wow. That is harsh.

Just goes to show all, ytou really don't know until the game is released. Really. You can look at 100's of screenshots and videos and still have no clue how it really is.

Here endeth the lesson........

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#135 jg4xchamp
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WOW. Well thats a bust. I guess my options are down to

Bad Company
Virtua Fighter 5
Uncharted

For my next purchase.....
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#136 akif22
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ouch!
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#137 Saturos3091
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After seeing a couple gameplay videos I knew the game relied far too much on its gimmicks and didn't have anything to make it worthwhile.foxhound_fox


Scary how games like this get blasted for relying too much on gimmicks, yet other games don't.

This game didn't look too great to begin with. It does look like a game you can enjoy though, as you can tell from the mixed reviews. It's worth a rent, or if you love survival-horror(like) titles, it's a buy I'd guess.
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#138 Koalakommander
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[QUOTE="Koalakommander"]

I totally called this one. I own.

Called it when they showed the first demonstration that blew everyone away.

It just looked bad to begin with to me.

Doctor-Salvador

Well, I'm glad you can brag about a company's misfortune. I'm sure all of the people that will lose money from this are real happy for you.

I'm bragging about my ability to spot terrible games.

How is this "misfortune" in any way? They had complete control over how their game was made. They are just bad at what they do.

Sadly, this game will still sell 300,000+ copies easily because it has guns in it, so it won't be a complete loss.

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#139 Ket87
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[QUOTE="Ket87"]

skrat_01

Derived PS2 copies? What the hell are you talking about each game came out first for the PS2 and 1 and 2 were ported to Xbox.

Its another game, not called fatal frame, but had identical gameplay, that was on the playstation 2....

If i remember....

Project Zero - it was called.

It could have been fatal frame renamed for my region, im not sure.

edit*

who'd have thunk, i twas right

Yeah Project Zero is Fatal Frame, its Project Zero everywhere else in the world but only in America its Fatal Frame. Probably because Project Zero has little do with the contents of the game and it wouldn't catch American interests. Though it makes sense in a subtle way, the Japanese word Rei which is one of the words used for ghost is also used sometimes for zero (although typically Japanese just say zero). Plus the dev team that made the originals was called Project Zero so they named the title after themselves.

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#140 AzatiS
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A game that was a port to Wii also... What did you expect :)
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#141 kozzy1234
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lol, :lol:

Glad i stayed away from this one

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#142 EmperorSupreme
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Too bad, I would've like to see another horror game do well.
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#143 GazzaB
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Aww. Still gonna rent it though
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#144 NSR34GTR
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i thought this would be good
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#145 Ket87
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Funny the vast majority of the people hating here have never played it. I'm a good ways through the game so far and I must say the game is not that bad. Don't read IGN US's review, read the UK one which gave it a 7.0 its a much more accurate description of the game and its strong and weak points. The US review read more like angry fan mail from someone with a grudge against Atari than a critical work.
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#146 _en1gma_
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i really wanted this game to be good, but I am afraid to play it...

Just like Ninja Gaiden 2. :(

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#147 killerfist
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lol @ 3.5

I doubt it's really that bad.

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#148 Jynxzor
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Going to rent instead of buy T-T I was hoping it would be a hit.
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#149 ArisShadows
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It went downhill after seeing those gameplay videos, its too bad the first vids of it looks like some interesting concepts.
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#150 GUNpoint_
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i knew this game was gonna flop from the beginning.