A neat, realistic twist in this one is the ability to hold only as many items as you can carry in your pockets. That definitely makes you think twice about what you really need to carry to fight off monstrous hordes.

The action takes place in a dark, menacing video game version of Central Park. There are a number of ways to interact with the environment and take down creepy creatures. You can do everything from incinerating them with Molotov cocktails to braining them with steel pipes and there’s a gritty, visceral fun to the violence.

There are some control issues that stop this one from achieving the heights set by a Resident Evil or even some of the previous AITD efforts.  Your character’s movement is a bit stiff and zombie like and hit detection is questionable. But survival horror fans could definitely do worse than this for their creepy creature fix. Don’t go turning the lights off while you play it either. Well you can, but don’t come crying to us if you can’t sleep later.

Image courtesy of Atari Games.

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Atari’s going for the “open-world” feel that games in the post-Grand Theft Auto era are very much expected to have. AITD will have an episodic game structure that looks to play out like a TV show. Each time a player restarts a saved game they’ll be treated to a video recap of what they did previously.

Last night on Alone In the Dark- you killed some freaky creatures! Stay tuned for.. actually I’m getting a little ahead of myself, but not of the game designers. They promise every “episode” in the game will end in a cliff hanger and if a player wants to quit the game they’ll be treated to a teaser of upcoming events.

New York’s famed Central Park is the setting for the game’s events. Fitting, because I can’t think of many places I would less like to be alone at night. You can find out more at the Alone in the Dark website.

Image courtesy of Atari Games.

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