Alone in the Dark PS3: The Version that should have been?

Last edited by Agent47 on Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Looks like Eden have taken the criticisms on board and are making a real effort to sort out the problems of AitD for the PS3 release, with a possible 360 patch, too.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=220284

First up, Eden has taken on board the camera issues. Gone is the restrictive single-stick system which the player often fought against, and gone is the dynamic, somewhat zoomed-in perspective. Instead, players see Carnby from a more conventional zoomed-out third-person view, more central to the action, and, crucially, are given the option of full manual camera control with the right stick.

Other movement elements have been overhauled too. Carnby now runs by default, so there's now no longer any need to hold the run button down the whole time. He changes direction quicker too, and as a result he feels more responsive and fluid...

The inventory system has also changed for the better:

Now you only have the choice of flicking through your items with the d-pad. A small, but worthwhile change. You also don't have to pick up and insert batteries the whole time, or combine objects in a specific order to make them work, or confirm that you want to drop items. Such pedantic niggly little things, and worth changing.

And thankfully, the driving is improved:

One absolutely essential change, though, is to the hateful driving mechanics...
...the twitchy drift-heavy handling has been kicked out, and replaced by a sensible model that gives you half a chance.

But 360 owners of Alone in the Dark, at least, need not feel completely hard done by. Eden has confirmed that it is working on a patch which will implement most of the changes that have been made to the upcoming PS3 version. It wasn't completely clear on exactly what would and wouldn't be tweaked or fixed, but it's fairly safe to assume that the control, camera, inventory and driving changes will all be taken care of.

I may be inclined to pick this version up if it's as potentially good as the original vision suggested.

Wait wait wait...AiTD isn' out on the PS3 yet? :lol:

Hmm..I didn't mind the demo of this...and it's getting cheaper quickly...

Sarge

Based on the reviews the PS3 version gets, I might just have to buy the game again. :oops:

Hexx wrote:Wait wait wait...AiTD isn' out on the PS3 yet?

Hmm..I didn't mind the demo of this...and it's getting cheaper quickly...

Im selling it.

From those changes, it sounds to me like they're going to ruin it.

Wow neat.

Will get this on the Ps3 when its cheap, despite already owning the 360 version.

So this patch must mean that they delete the whole game and start again...?

Because that's the only way to make improvements.

I've always wanted a good AITD game. I'm not buying the broken one on the 360 and having it patched. PS3 version will be bought when it's cheaper. Thank god they're fixing stuff, sadly the damage to their sales is already done. Atari should have given them extra time in the first place.

Anung Un Rama wrote:Will this have the Horrible tree bits? they gonna fix that?!

I loved the trees even though there were loads. I think the game is worth it without the patches, but I can see why so many hate it. It will surely be worth it if the updates are good .

Might pick it up on the 360 if the patch implements the changes they mentioned and improve the game.

Hmm, if all this turns out to be true....I might pick up the PS3 version or the 360 one when it's patched.

Whichever comes first.

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I like it on the 360. A patch to make it even better would be sweet.

Anung Un Rama wrote:Will this have the Horrible tree bits? they gonna fix that?!

Apparently the PS3 version will be tweaked, with the Trees playing a part throughout the adventure now instead of dragging you around for hours, bored out of your mind.

Alone in the Dark PS3: The Version that should have been?

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