I admit I've always had mixed feelings about the Alone in the Dark series. It has included bouts of playing a few iterations and abandoning some of them. I have Infogrames Originals and the 2008 Atari reboot on Steam, but I haven't touched them. And after the horrible Pure FPS Alone in the Dark Illumination was developed, my little attachment to the series diminished even more. So when THQ Nordic and Pieces Interactive announced a brand new Alone in the Dark game in a long time, naturally I was interested.

Thanks to a copy from THQ Nordic, we tested the star-studded remake of the first game. In an era where every video game wants to be the next big, shiny thing, Alone in the Dark feels extremely grounded, focusing on story over glitz and glamour. While horror is subjective, Alone in the Dark gave me that much needed horror experience for a player I was looking forward to. So what makes it fun? Let's take a look.

Alone in the Dark is a remastered remake of Infograme's first game. It takes the interactivity and story of the original and translates them to suit the modern audience.

Since it remakes the original game, there are some new changes. This has better pacing that gives the game a detective noir feel, tying it to its Lovecraftian roots. After all, Alone in the Dark takes heavy inspiration from the works of HP Lovecraft, and it shows in its weirdness.