"When Alone in the Dark hit the desks of game reviewers, the general consensus was that it was a great idea with an execution that lacked polish. The game clocks in at a 59 on Metacritic.com but reading through the review snippets, nearly everyone points out that the story and puzzles shine."
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.
However, it would seem that Eden Games has made a substantial improvement over the original XBOX 360 version, therefore making this worth a second chance. I will rent the PS3 version to see if it's any better, and if it turns out that everything that GI has listed works out in the game's overall favor, I might consider a purchase.
day one for me cant wait
I will wait for the reviews.
TGSI
Translated(What they really mean) -
'The PS3 is a more POWERFUL Console than the xBox 360 that's why PS3 owners will get the BEST Version!!!'
;)
Shame this is coming to the PS3, because i could of said -
'xBot Lemmings will be HOMELESS and Alone in the Dark' ;-D
AWW...That's quite Sad really...I MUST NOT FEEL SORRY FOR THEM!!!...They wouldn't feel sorry for us PlayStation owners...Please remember that My;)Lovely PlayStation Fans;)
Everyone, don't forget to thank the BABOONS for testing out all the multi-platform games out for us PS3 gamers.
It seems the 360 always gets the betas first and the PS3 ALWAYS gets the better and COMPLETE versions.....AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH AHAHAHAHAHA
SUCKA BABOONS....AHAHHAHHAHAHHHAHHHA
You BABOONS are the ginny pigs of the video game industry....AHAHHAHAHAHAHA