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Alone in the Dark 2 (PC, Mac, PSone, Sega Saturn, 3DO)

Released on PC two years after the original, Alone in the Dark 2 (or Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge when it hit consoles in 1996) expanded the scope of the first game but wasn't nearly as creepy.

Players once again assumed the role of Edward Carnby, now a renowned "supernatural detective," on a quest to rescue a kidnapped girl. The game played out in another mansion, on its grounds, and in caverns beneath it as Carnby did battle with ... pirates and gangsters. More specifically, they were 15th century pirates who'd become gangsters. Yeah, silly, we know.

Fun Fact: The game introduced a "trade-off" mechanic where players would take control of the kidnapped girl at certain points and had to avoid detection from the pirate gangsters (or is that gangster pirates?). Shades of the Ashley gameplay from Resident Evil 4?

24/06/08