Metareview -- Alone in the Dark ... Inferno! (PS3)

by Jason Dobson { Nov 26th 2008 at 7:30PM }

Not even leaving the PS3 version of Alone in the Dark on broil for several months was enough to bake out all of the problems maligning Atari's Central Park adventure. While so far the game has escaped the bulk of scathing reviews enjoyed by its Xbox 360 and PC cousins, the re-dubbed Alone in the Dark: Inferno still left many reviewers lukewarm with tepid gameplay resting beneath the title's extra-crispy exterior.

1UP (B-): "Alone in the Dark still has problems; all the technical fixes in the world can't make up for the dopey plot, unsatisfying endings, and the ridiculous reliance on fire to kill virtually all of the game's enemies, and the new PS3 sequence basically amounts to a bonus boss encounter that isn't enough to draw in anyone who's already played the game."
Game Informer (73/100): "Unfortunately, the clumsy story remains the same and I still came across the occasional glitch. But make no mistake, Inferno is the definitive version of Alone in the Dark."
Eurogamer (70/100): "It's easier to forgive the problems that remain, but you still have to accept that you'll be thrown in the deep end a lot, and that a layer of polish is still absent."
Play UK (70/100): "Once you end up burning Lucifer's roots in Central Park there is still the problem of the whole thing just being not very good."

Tags: alone-in-the-dark, alone-in-the-dark-inferno, aloneinthedark, atari, metareview, metareviews

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Markez @ Nov 26th 2008 7:59PM

For a second I thought I was looking back in time to when this game originally released... and now it's like I've gone back... TO THE FUTURE!

Wiinterfang @ Nov 26th 2008 11:54PM

Nice pun but you need something more fiery.

Esat Dedezade @ Nov 27th 2008 11:09AM

Joy... tears of joy are streaming down my face after reading these comments.

One more win-filled pun and the universe might implode upon itself, creating a Zth dimension in which puns do not exist and cucumbers taste like lemons.

All else remains exactly the same.

Haggard @ Nov 27th 2008 11:16AM

Uhm.. what is that?

It's Z Charlie! Zeeeee!

Mr.ESC Original Flavor Now Low on Sodium (May contain Win) @ Nov 26th 2008 8:15PM

I liked that game although the good ending didn't make any sense.The bad ending at least was satisfactory.

Also everyone swears like sailors on crack.

j.howlett @ Nov 26th 2008 8:22PM

this game looks hot

Ihavepants @ Nov 26th 2008 8:31PM

The puns today, they BURN.

Cutty @ Nov 26th 2008 8:36PM

Oh come on. You are getting flamed for that.

Wiinterfang @ Nov 26th 2008 8:38PM

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire.

Hyams @ Nov 26th 2008 8:46PM

... we don't need to no fire, let the mother fucker burn. burn muther fucker, burn.

etc.

Hyams @ Nov 26th 2008 9:01PM

Oh poo. That shoudl be 'we don't need no mother fucking water'.

Or something. I haven't heard that song is hyears. Whatever.

Wiinterfang @ Nov 26th 2008 9:07PM

Did you have to mention water? do you have to kill our fun? did you have to...Arrrrrgg I'm melting.

Hyams @ Nov 26th 2008 9:19PM

I'm drunk. Lerave me alone. =(

pasta @ Nov 26th 2008 9:33PM

Wow, this thread's on fire.

knighty (GT: ZeraKnight) @ Nov 26th 2008 9:40PM

Quite a heated debate we've got going here.

Superstar90 @ Nov 26th 2008 10:18PM

Does every topic have to turn into a flame war? What's wrong with you people!

knighty (GT: ZeraKnight) @ Nov 26th 2008 10:25PM

People are never warm towards each other on the internet. Flame wars are an inevitability.

(Oh god the puns, it's frying my brain (haha...see wut I did thar? ;_;))

Superstar90 @ Nov 26th 2008 10:29PM

Puns are the devil, we are all going to burn in hell.

Wiinterfang @ Nov 26th 2008 11:34PM

When the pigs try to get at you!!

Drop it like it's hot

Drop it like it's hot

Drop it like it's hot....

j.howlett @ Nov 26th 2008 11:35PM

didn't think my comment would spark such a response

&rew @ Nov 27th 2008 12:20AM

So much fire puns, I feel so alone...

Sora @ Nov 27th 2008 1:02AM

...in the dark?

Wiinterfang @ Nov 27th 2008 1:07AM

^ We have quite a PUNisher here.

Foetoid @ Nov 27th 2008 4:15AM

Wiinterfang. Your puns are just god-awful. I don't even need to add my own as anything i write will be 10x hotter than anything you can muster.

Superstar90 @ Nov 27th 2008 9:29AM

Let us end this with a well placed:

instantrimshot.com

Trippy Haps @ Nov 27th 2008 12:32PM

Yeah.

Simmer down, people.

Mr.ESC Original Flavor Now Low on Sodium (May contain Win) @ Nov 27th 2008 12:43PM

Boo-Urns!

Mindkiller @ Nov 26th 2008 8:29PM

My expectations for this version were much lower to be honest.

Hyams @ Nov 26th 2008 8:30PM

Wooooooah.

I don't actuallly care. I jusgt wanna write someting. Alcohol FTW, etc, etc.

Me needs skleep nowl.

Hyams @ Nov 26th 2008 8:32PM

Huh.

Sorry about teh above.

Wiinterfang @ Nov 26th 2008 8:35PM

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHH...meh.

Wiinterfang @ Nov 26th 2008 8:50PM

The comment didn't appear very well, everybody please downvote this message to disappearance.

Hyams @ Nov 26th 2008 8:53PM

Sir,. yessir.

Mr Khan @ Nov 26th 2008 10:55PM

Is this a better metacritic average, though?

Jack Tretton @ Nov 26th 2008 11:33PM

"Inferno is the definitive version of Alone in the Dark."

That and a buck will make you McDonald's next Dollar Menuaire.

born2kill @ Nov 27th 2008 1:46AM

Its a dam good game no matter what these idiots say.

wocyob @ Nov 27th 2008 2:19AM

kind of shocked... if they think the game still blows then why be so nice to even give it a 7 average??
IMO 7 is still pretty good

Christian @ Nov 27th 2008 5:19AM

I think 7 has basically come to mean, decent but not great. So with their PS3 fixes it has gone from bad/mediocre to becoming decent. 8-10 covers the really good to incredible range :)

JoeTheBlow @ Nov 27th 2008 6:04AM

Why, oh why, are there no reviews that DON'T compare it to the Xbox/PC version?

I mean, i can understand it, but seeing as there is ZERO chance of anyone interested in buying this having completed the previous version i can't see the point of comparison.
Review the game on its own merits please.

Maverick Saturn @ Nov 27th 2008 8:21AM

Its bad enough hes alone in the dark, but the place is on fire too? Jeez, poor guy :)

Wiinterfang @ Nov 27th 2008 8:52AM

Well the title is misleading.

1-he is not alone, he is with some bitch that hate him ( or was that silent hill?)

2-the place is on fire so it's not dark.

the game should have be named With a Bitch in a fire, I can guarantee it would at least sell more copies with that title.