The usual kudos, Matt. Well worth the two-week wait.
I recall watching my PC-owning friend playing "Alone in the Dark," and was definitely jealous, since I was an Amiga owner (like you, Matt!), up until the very late 90's. It was very cool, and from my perspective at the time, VERY innovative! What looks clunky now, graphically, was mindblowingly cool for the time! It really was a seriously cool game from a graphical perspective! It may not have looked "realistic," but that style of polygon graphics and animation was a relatively new phenomenon back then, and was "nokyersoxoff" amazing to virgin eyes!
Unfortunately, my friend spent most of his time wandering around aimlessly, and the game itself looked rather boring, barely above "Kings Quest" in the scare department. Unlike you (Matt), I WANT to be scared in a game. It would add a life-like thrill to a videogame. I say "would," because I can't say I've ever really been scared in a videogame. Perhaps it's just because I know it's a game, I dunno. I've definitely been startled in a videogame ("Rescue on Fractalus," "Doom 3," "Aliens vs. Predator," etc.), and I love it! It's like a great amusement park ride. (P.S. special props must be given to "Rescue on Fractalus," perhaps the first "jump-out-of-your-seat" scare game ever!). I must say, though, that only one "horror" movie ever creeped me out, and that was "Poltergeist." Perhaps I'm not so prone to "scary" stuff, although I would love to feel more fear in videogames.
I do have "Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare," and I played it for a while before I got stuck, then set it aside. It DID have a couple of "startle" scenes, which I liked. Oddly, despite the obviously-improved graphics, it seemed to play very much like the first game, for better or worse.
I recall watching my PC-owning friend playing "Alone in the Dark," and was definitely jealous, since I was an Amiga owner (like you, Matt!), up until the very late 90's. It was very cool, and from my perspective at the time, VERY innovative! What looks clunky now, graphically, was mindblowingly cool for the time! It really was a seriously cool game from a graphical perspective! It may not have looked "realistic," but that style of polygon graphics and animation was a relatively new phenomenon back then, and was "nokyersoxoff" amazing to virgin eyes!
Unfortunately, my friend spent most of his time wandering around aimlessly, and the game itself looked rather boring, barely above "Kings Quest" in the scare department. Unlike you (Matt), I WANT to be scared in a game. It would add a life-like thrill to a videogame. I say "would," because I can't say I've ever really been scared in a videogame. Perhaps it's just because I know it's a game, I dunno. I've definitely been startled in a videogame ("Rescue on Fractalus," "Doom 3," "Aliens vs. Predator," etc.), and I love it! It's like a great amusement park ride. (P.S. special props must be given to "Rescue on Fractalus," perhaps the first "jump-out-of-your-seat" scare game ever!). I must say, though, that only one "horror" movie ever creeped me out, and that was "Poltergeist." Perhaps I'm not so prone to "scary" stuff, although I would love to feel more fear in videogames.
I do have "Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare," and I played it for a while before I got stuck, then set it aside. It DID have a couple of "startle" scenes, which I liked. Oddly, despite the obviously-improved graphics, it seemed to play very much like the first game, for better or worse.
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