The highly ambitious horror title, Alone in the Dark is nearing its release and already, it has been receiving poor reviews. The bone-chilling game was looking like it could be a welcome addition to the Wii's lineup of software but it turns out that it is not what was expected...
Alone in the Dark developer Pieces Interactive has been hit with layoffs a month after its release, as per the latest information.
That genuinely, genuinely sucks. The reboot has clear flaws, but it really felt like a solid first step for this team to receive *greater* investment.
That's standard. Teams are together for a Project, after its done some..and sometimes most devs are fired until the next Project is in the works and people are needed again. Only the core members stay in the time between the hot phase of the game development.
What’s annoying is people don’t understand how contractors work, either. All of this is uninformed knee-jerk reactions without any understanding of how employment works in this industry. There are key developers and staff that stay with a studio/publisher, but often times it’s a hire per project and then seeking new employment for a project. That’s how it’s always been…
That's a fair point too. I would say that in light of its tepid critical/commercial response and ongoing mass layoffs across the industry I think it's understandable for fans to worry about the longer-term implications. We'll see how it plays out in the future.
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "In one sense, it feels strange to even think Pieces Interactive had big shoes to fill with this series' legacy. Given what's come before, did it really? And yet, even when considering the last two flops over a two-decade span, there's still something about Alone in the Dark emblazoned on a title screen that carries a sense of revered history. In that respect, perhaps this reboot's best accomplishment is in honoring that spirit through its inventive world. It's also fair to emphasize knocks against its survival-horror design, some puzzle-solving, and so on; it certainly won't be considered a trendsetter like the 1992 classic. Still, the amount of goodwill wedded to its brighter qualities makes for something that dawdles the line between unfortunately-flawed and impressively-enticing."
The new Alone in the Dark remake doesn't do anything especially noteworthy, but that doesn't mean it's bad. It's just... cromulent.
it aint no mgs4 but its worth a rent. ima buy it though, ive been watching this game for a wile. cant wait.
At first I actually thought that the PS3 would be missing out on a good game title until later on this Fall,but it looks like it didn't turn out that way.
I know one thing for sure, Atari had better polish up Alone in the Dark in the Fall for the PS3.
And since the PS3 version isn't coming out until the Fall it really SHOULD be better because Atari will have read all of the game reviews by then and they could just use the reviews as a reference and improve in areas that were lacking according to the reviews and make tweaks here and there.
If the PS3 version doesn't turn out better, the developers working with Alone in the Dark just aren't doing something right or something.
this game is so strange.
there are a lot of great new game mechanics but the controls make this a 7/10 title.
nonetheless .. you should rent it!
trust me guys ... rent it.
it's a game that makes you want to smash your 360 controller sometimes.
Playing it on the 360 now and it is dissapointing. Its a shame as there some nice ideas in it but the control system, sluggish movement and awkward camera makes it virtually unplayable. The graphics are quite nice and it could have been good with more development time. I was really looking forward to this and was hoping the reviews got it wrong but in this case they were right.