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Any idea how the Alone in the Dark 2024 reboot did, sales wise?

Nickolaidas

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The Steam charts were abysmal, with a top-player count of 1,6K. However, I bought this game yesterday on a sale on GGDeals (it's currently at 15 bucks in some stores), and I was pleasantly surprised. Easily the best Alone in the Dark game I've played and I'm only a couple of hours in. The atmosphere is very well done, and they have managed to mix the Lovecraft/Cthulhu/LA Noir aesthetic 100%. Gameplay is good, melee and gunfighting seems to be pretty decent. Playing this side by side with Silent Hill 2 is not advisable due to the amazing job Bloober has done with the visuals (going to AitD feels a little unfair, despite the game itself being quite a visual treat).

Do we have any sales numbers? I'd love this game to get a sequel.
 
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

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Nickolaidas said:
The Steam charts were abysmal, with a top-player count of 1,6K. However, I bought this game yesterday on a sale on GGDeals (it's currently at 15 bucks in some stores), and I was pleasantly surprised. Easily the best Alone in the Dark game I've played and I'm only a couple of hours in. The atmosphere is very well done, and they have managed to mix the Lovecraft/Cthulhu/LA Noir aesthetic 100%. Gameplay is good, melee and gunfighting seems to be pretty decent. Playing this side by side with Silent Hill 2 is not advisable due to the amazing job Bloober has done with the visuals (going to AitD feels a little unfair, despite the game itself being quite a visual treat).

Do we have any sales numbers? I'd love this game to get a sequel.
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Question how are the characters especially the Female character you can play as? Does she have any annoying qualities that female characters in western developed games tend to have? If there's not any I'll get this off a sale
 
Nickolaidas

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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt said:
Question how are the characters especially the Female character you can play as? Does she have any annoying qualities that female characters in western developed games tend to have? If there's not any I'll get this off a sale
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In the little time I saw her so far (I picked the male character - you get to choose, just like you did in the original), she seemed calm and collective, but definitely not a ramboesque heroine, considering she hires a male detective/fighter to make sure she and her uncle will be alright.
 
Dazraell

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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt said:
Question how are the characters especially the Female character you can play as? Does she have any annoying qualities that female characters in western developed games tend to have? If there's not any I'll get this off a sale
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She has a very good connection to the main story, is very calm and level-headed. I completed main campaign as her and quite enjoyed her portrayal. And nah, she didn't had any western modern games bullshit whatsoever
 
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt said:
Question how are the characters especially the Female character you can play as? Does she have any annoying qualities that female characters in western developed games tend to have? If there's not any I'll get this off a sale
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the game starts with her stating she brought Carnby because she wouldn't feel safe alone, she's interesting with strength weakness, fears, faults, you know a character, both her and carnby both deal with inner demons and go through actual character arcs, the player you don't play as is intelligently handling the investigation as well,
As far as npcs, pretty good line up, nobody is annoying or filled with hamfisted messaging
I'd say get it
 
Denton

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The sales were so good that Lars Wingefors panicked and shut down the studio

(it bombed and IP is dead)

And yes the game was pretty good, but I expected it to be even better. 7/10 for me.

Btw I really recommend playing Emily. I chose Carnby and when I watched Emily playthrough on youtube, it was clear that she should be played first.
 
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt

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MrA said:
the game starts with her stating she brought Carnby because she wouldn't feel safe alone, she's interesting with strength weakness, fears, faults, you know a character, both her and carnby both deal with inner demons and go through actual character arcs, the player you don't play as is intelligently handling the investigation as well,
As far as npcs, pretty good line up, nobody is annoying or filled with hamfisted messaging
I'd say get it
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I just got it

Thanks for the showing me the sales site! Nickolaidas Nickolaidas ❤️
 
Krathoon

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The game is pretty good. I need to get back to it.

You need to rely on melee combat. Firing a gun is too slow for the monsters. Firing a gun in this game is actually like firing a gun in real life. They brace themselves.
 
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mdkirby

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Nickolaidas said:
The Steam charts were abysmal, with a top-player count of 1,6K. However, I bought this game yesterday on a sale on GGDeals (it's currently at 15 bucks in some stores), and I was pleasantly surprised. Easily the best Alone in the Dark game I've played and I'm only a couple of hours in. The atmosphere is very well done, and they have managed to mix the Lovecraft/Cthulhu/LA Noir aesthetic 100%. Gameplay is good, melee and gunfighting seems to be pretty decent. Playing this side by side with Silent Hill 2 is not advisable due to the amazing job Bloober has done with the visuals (going to AitD feels a little unfair, despite the game itself being quite a visual treat).

Do we have any sales numbers? I'd love this game to get a sequel.
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It’s was a very good game, it was such a shame it did so poorly and killed the studio. I put the blame on its pricing, it was clearly an AA game and they were selling it at AAA pricing. I have an excess of disposable income and buy a shit ton of games, and it even put me off until it was on a decent sale a few months ago, so I can understand why it failed. Plus poor marketing.
 
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt said:
Question how are the characters especially the Female character you can play as? Does she have any annoying qualities that female characters in western developed games tend to have? If there's not any I'll get this off a sale
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I don’t recall anything, I played as the guy tho, and you barely interact with the other character. It’s not a game where you swap characters chapter to chapter, it’s either or for the entire game, with some slight variations to the narrative depending on which you chose, which is mostly only particularly apparent in the closing chapters from what I read.
 
intbal

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FF:Enhanced_Reality said:
I wonder if it was someone in the studio or Embracer who thought, I've got an idea, let's get Hollywood stars to play the characters and bump up the budget.
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Not just a Hollywood star, but a guy who openly advocated for violence against his political enemies.
Great choice.
 
Grildon Tundy

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Nickolaidas said:
You can buy it here for Steam for just 15 bucks.

www.wingamestore.com

Alone in the Dark Digital Deluxe Edition

Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
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Awesome, thanks for this! I'd been waiting for a deep sale to get it, but I bought it through that link just now.



I think we just doubled their total sales from this thread alone.
 
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Nickolaidas

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Jesb said:
Nice. Never bought from here before. Are they reliable?
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Nickolaidas

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You can also synchronize your wishlist through GGDeals, and see your wishlist THROUGH GGDeals, which shows you the BEST sales happening RIGHT NOW on your wishlist on Steam AND GoG.

So for example, I see that if I go to Green Man's Gaming, I can buy Robocop from there for only 15 bucks, while on the Steam Store, it's FIFTY.

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TGO

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mdkirby said:
I put the blame on its pricing, it was clearly an AA game and they were selling it at AAA pricing. I have an excess of disposable income and buy a shit ton of games, and it even put me off until it was on a decent sale a few months ago, so I can understand why it failed. Plus poor marketing.
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I'm not sure what the pricing was where you are from or if you're referring to Digital Prices or whatever.
But games in the UK are £69.99 and Alone in the Dark cost me £40
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That's a budget release, so for here that was not the reason.
I think the demo did more damage then good
 
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TGO said:
I'm not sure what the pricing was where you are from or if you're referring to Digital Prices or whatever.
But games in the UK are £69.99 and Alone in the Dark cost me £40
8SHNDoG.jpeg

That's a budget release, so for here that was not the reason.
I think the demo did more damage then good
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It was digital. It was quite a while until the sales showed up. Haha amusingly it was the demo that got me over the line 🤣
 
RagnarokIV

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emivita said:
Screens from PS5 Pro set at Perf mode and FOV slider to max (no slowdowns excepts autosaves hiccups).

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Graphically speaking it had its moments, I enjoyed the game except for the frigging final boss. :messenger_pouting:
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I started a second playthrough as Jodie Comer before the Pro release but forgot about it. I will try and restart my B playthrough in the coming days. I forgot about the final boss until you mentioned but yes, it's awful.
 
emivita

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RagnarokIV said:
I started a second playthrough as Jodie Comer before the Pro release but forgot about it. I will try and restart my B playthrough in the coming days. I forgot about the final boss until you mentioned but yes, it's awful.
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I played both sides, and I quite preferred Emily Hartwood's character and story. I loved the noir vibes, also Ruth's character is :messenger_fire:. Game is not perfect, but definitely enjoyable especially for fans of the genre.
 
fart town usa

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RagnarokIV said:
I started a second playthrough as Jodie Comer before the Pro release but forgot about it. I will try and restart my B playthrough in the coming days. I forgot about the final boss until you mentioned but yes, it's awful.
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Final boss isn't so bad once you have mastered the combat. It was rough my first time through, I died probably a dozen times at the boss, but I can deathless the game now.
 
bundylove

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I enjoyed the first half and the puzzles were decent.
It falls apart in thr second half once you start hoping from place to place from portal to portal.
That egyptian part was out of place and story makes no sense.
I wanted to replay it with the other character but turns out you do the dame things at the beginning so just quit and deleted it.

Silent hill 2 is my nee standard in this genre.
 
Giallo Corsa

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Wolves hunt in packs said:
Going to get it when it's 10 bucks or so on PSN, just got The Sinking City for that price, i can wait.
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Man, don't remind me of the sinking city...
I always wanted to play it and grabbed the PS5 version a couple of months ago aaand...I dropped it after 3-4 hours.
There's just TOO MUCH junk man, plus, everything feels wooden, from the animations, to the character models, to the voice acting to the point I just couldn't anymore, I get it, it's a A game (not even AA IMO) but still...
In fact, I think that the other Cthulhu game (Call of Cthulhu) released in the same year is the better game between the two.

Anyway, Alone in the dark is pretty cheap nowadays and I was thinking of getting it, but since it's also a pretty low budget game, I hope to God it's better compared to something like the sinking City...

Cheers
 
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Wolves hunt in packs

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Giallo Corsa said:
Man, don't remind me over the sinking city...

I always wanted to play it and grabbed the PS5 version a couple of months ago aaand...I dropped it after 3-4 hours.
There's just TOO MUCH junk man, plus, everything feels wooden, from the animations, to the character models, to the voice acting to the point I just couldn't anymore, I get it, it's a A game (not even AA IMO) but still...
In fact, I think that the other Cthulhu game (Call of Cthulhu) released in the same year is the better game between the two.

Anyway, Alone in the dark is pretty cheap nowadays and I was thinking of getting it, but since it's also a pretty low budget game, I hope to God it's better compared to something like the sinking City...
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You didn't enjoy monkey and fish men i get it? :messenger_grinning_smiling:

No i get it, was also looking out for several times if to get TSC, it looks far for perfect, but at that price it's not that of a risk, i might enjoy it who knows, saving it when i will run out of games on Game Pass.
 
emivita

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Giallo Corsa said:
Anyway, Alone in the dark is pretty cheap nowadays and I was thinking of getting it, but since it's also a pretty low budget game, I hope to God it's better compared to something like the sinking City...
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It may feel like a poor man's Resident Evil 2 Remake. The game is obviously inspired by it, it has some clunkiness, but it's more of a psychological horror than anything so it's fine. For some reason it reminded me of Rule of Rose, but it's not THAT clunky.
 
keefged4

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I love the original trilogy, so I'm maybe a wee bit biased, but loved this remake. It's a real shame it flopped as I would have loved them to remake Jack is Back/One Eyed Jack's revenge.
 
fart town usa

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Giallo Corsa said:
Man, don't remind me of the sinking city...
I always wanted to play it and grabbed the PS5 version a couple of months ago aaand...I dropped it after 3-4 hours.
There's just TOO MUCH junk man, plus, everything feels wooden, from the animations, to the character models, to the voice acting to the point I just couldn't anymore, I get it, it's a A game (not even AA IMO) but still...
In fact, I think that the other Cthulhu game (Call of Cthulhu) released in the same year is the better game between the two.

Anyway, Alone in the dark is pretty cheap nowadays and I was thinking of getting it, but since it's also a pretty low budget game, I hope to God it's better compared to something like the sinking City...

Cheers
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The biggest issues with AITD were patched out. If you like Remake2, you'll probably like AITD. Remake2 is obviously better across the board but AITD still punches above its weight.

Many conplain about the combat but it's easy! You have a dodge, just spam it and stick and move. I melee like 90% of the game. Aiming is fine too but you can only hold so many rounds, I always save ammo for tougher spots. You can also throw certain items, that is kind of wonky but it's reliable when you get the mechanics down. Quick press immediately throws the object at an enemy, holding down the button allows you to manually aim. A bit goofy but it works.
 
El Muerto

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Excellent story, great puzzles, sounds great in dolby atmos, they nailed the atmosphere, and half survival horror and half action. It's a shame it didnt sell well. I really want another one.
 
Giallo Corsa

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emivita said:
It may feel like a poor man's Resident Evil 2 Remake. The game is obviously inspired by it, it has some clunkiness, but it's more of a psychological horror than anything so it's fine. For some reason it reminded me of Rule of Rose, but it's not THAT clunky.
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fart town usa said:
The biggest issues with AITD were patched out. If you like Remake2, you'll probably like AITD. Remake2 is obviously better across the board but AITD still punches above its weight.

Many conplain about the combat but it's easy! You have a dodge, just spam it and stick and move. I melee like 90% of the game. Aiming is fine too but you can only hold so many rounds, I always save ammo for tougher spots. You can also throw certain items, that is kind of wonky but it's reliable when you get the mechanics down. Quick press immediately throws the object at an enemy, holding down the button allows you to manually aim. A bit goofy but it works.
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Welp, it's 20€ ATM on Amazon boys so why the fook not...😉

PS: I swear, since getting the drive for my Pro I can't stop buying games G'dammit
 
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