Stan Lee

Cool tired outdated comment bro

Day One DLC is still a thing? Is it free or needs to be bought? Pretty scummy if it's the latter.

#45- ALONE IN THE DARK: INFERNO (PS3) 100% Complete Enjoyment: 5/10 Difficulty: 3/10 Time Taken: 5 Days, 2 Hours & 3 Minutes (20 Hours in-game) Rarity: 30.49% Uncommon Hardest Trophy: Blazing Roots (Gold)- Burn all roots of evil "I am the Lightbringer... I am the FUCKING UNIVERSE!" I love the old Alone in the Dark games. They practically invented Survival Horror as we came to know it. I even think The New Nightmare on PS1 (and PS2 in Europe) is an overlooked gem. However, this 2008 offering is... well... Let's start with the good stuff. The game's story is interesting, and seems to be set in the same canon as the original trilogy. You play as Edward Carnby, a paranormal investigator who must solve the mystery of the Philosopher's Stone, stop a mad cultist from utilizing its power and try to stop the return of Lucifer. The game mostly takes place in a semi-open world Central Park and sees you going around completing objectives in various episodes. It is presented in a DVD-like format that enables you to actually skip sections. This does, of course, make getting trophies a longer process since you have to complete every segment, though none of the game is particularly challenging, at least not when you're fighting the controls, but more on that in a minute. The inventory and crafting system is very interesting and well-done, seeing you gathering resources to make your own weapons- aside from the handgun- to fight off the various enemies you encounter. Your space is limited so very often it comes down to the choice of taking a medical spray can or an extra molotov. The enemies require you to burn their bodies to completely eradicate them, somewhat similar to the Resident Evil Remake, and to do so you can infuse your bullets with fire and aim for the fissures on their body, or throw a flammable liquid container at them and shoot it to make it explode nearby. The boss battles are few in number and are little more than a more complex encounter- just throw bombs until they die. But now we get to the bad stuff and oh, boy... This game should have spent a lot more time in development. The controls are terrible. You have three modes- third person for exploration, first-person for shooting and then there is driving. None of these are remotely fun to control with. The dialogue is terrible and the hodgepodge of different ideas means the game has no real focus and none of the concepts are fully realised. The ending sucks no matter which of the two choices you make. The final "boss" is lame as all hell and the final task for the platinum trophy sees you burning all the roots of evil that have sprouted around Central Park. This is pure padding as you get nothing for doing so and not even half of them are required to beat the game. I read that the original release on Xbox had a much worse inventory, camera and required you to burn more roots. Even if this version is an improvement, it is a small one at that. The presentation really leaves a lot to be desired, and the episodic-like nature really kills the pacing. This would have worked far better as a straightforward linear game. Also, the trophies are glitched and once or twice I had to backup my save, delete the data, reinstall and download my save again, then repeat the action ingame to finally get the trophy I should have already earned. It isn't a bad game but I couldn't really recommend it to anybody either. At least it got me 50 easy trophies in a relatively short period of time, I was having a very busy week so I needed something very simple.

Wow it just gets worse Pro-tip: Calling someone "sweetie" over the internet only betrays your immaturity. Not cute or clever.

Oh look, all the exclusives, hilarious /s

I have this game but I've heard it sucks, though the plat is easy enough

Multiplayer has no "staying power" if the servers die in a week when everyone goes back to playing CoD/ Fortnite etc. When servers shut down then a multiplayer component goes completely so it actually has less of a shelf life than single player which can be played as intended forever.

I didn't until about a few weeks ago, when I saw more and more of the game it looked very, very promising. It wasn't enough to warrant a pre-order but if EA don't muck it up then I will absolutely get it at the weekend because I do so very much want to support Respawn and singleplayer Star Wars games

I'm a teacher so I have to be super-organised, so my huge backlog requires that I stick with a game until I finish it otherwise I'm left with a sea of half-finished games that I'll have to start over again when I come back to them so it actually saves time. But occasionally if a game that particularly appeals to me comes out, I'll play it even if I'm in the middle of another.

Glad I got this out of the way before this tomfoolery. Fail game is fail.