Alone in the Dark, for those too young to remember, is widely regarded as the granddaddy of the survival horror genre, with the 1992 original pioneering the fixed-camera formula that would influence the likes of Resident Evil and Resident Evil. Silent Hill. THQ Nordic’s remastered version of Alone in the Dark – handled by Swedish developer Pieces Interactive – takes the basic premise of the 1992 original, in which private detective Edward Carnby helps Emily Hartwood investigate her uncle’s suicide in the dark Derceto mansion and shakes. is a bit much for the modern audience. Alone in the Dark – Announcement Trailer. Pieces says the goal for its redesign is “psychological horror done right” and its focus on what it considers the core tenets of the genre: exploration, combat, puzzles and story. However, for this new Alone in the Dark, writer-director Mikael Hedberg is playing up the southern gothic angle implied in the original with its Louisiana setting, and will open it with exploration sequences that see Carnby and Emily Hartwood moving away from Derceto Mansion, traveling through portals to forgotten cemeteries, bayous and beyond. There are changes to the story—Jeremy Hartwood, who hangs himself at the beginning of the original, is now an absent guest at the Derceto Mansion, which is being reimagined as a slightly more crowded mental institution for the rich and wealthy—but the core remains the same, which means players will control either Carnby or Emily in their single-player adventure, with character choice said to have a significant impact on how the game plays. NPCs, for example, will react differently depending on who you play, cutscenes will play out differently, and there are “several areas” exclusive to each character. There’s a first look at Alone in the Dark’s third-person action, including puzzling, exploration, and combat (a mix of gunplay and melee, in case you’re wondering) in the announcement trailer above. You’ll also be drawn to evocative period music by “doom jazz legend” Jason Wohnen, along with creatures by Guy Davies – who previously worked as a concept designer on Guillermo del Toro films such as Crimson Peak, The Shape of Water and Nightmare Alley. . Alone in the Dark, which has been in development since 2019, doesn’t have a release date yet, but is currently slated to launch on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC sometime in the future.
