I Beat the New Alone in the Dark

SPOILER SKIP: [01:25:45]

[Links]

[Timestamps]
00:00 - Introduction
00:36 - Chapter 1
12:51 - Chapter 2
27:59 - Chapter 3
37:21 - Chapter 4
58:56 - Chapter 5
01:06:30 - Playing as Emily
01:25:45 - Closing Thoughts

[Music]
00.00 | Desert Highway - Hotel Dusk: Room 215
00.36 | Welcome to Derceto - Alone in the Dark
01.24 | Midnight - Hotel Dusk: Room 215
03.06 | I Need to Find My Uncle - Alone in the Dark
06.49 | The New Orleans Doom Shuffle - Alone in the Dark
10.13 | Into Dark Shadows - Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
13.49 | Investigation Opening 2013 - Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
16.20 | DEADLINE - Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
16.36 | Pink Rabbit - Hotel Dusk: Room 215
17.02 | Age, Regret, Reward - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
17.56 | DEADLINE - Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
19.49 | Making Friends - Alone in the Dark
21.49 | Logic Trinity - Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
23.43 | Ray ~ A Beam of Light - Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
26.56 | Rainy Night - Hotel Dusk: Room 215
31.15 | The Convent of Taroella - Alone in the Dark
31.34 | Confronting the Dark Man - Alone in the Dark
34.58 | Pregzt Shipping Company - Alone in the Dark
36.22 | Misty Time - Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
38.40 | Back on the Case - Alone in the Dark
43.16 | Grace Is Not Alright - Alone in the Dark
46.37 | The Incident at Pearl River Bridge - Alone in the Dark
47.00 | AWAKENING - Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
49.22 | Suspicious People - Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
52.30 | Heat Up - Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
54.09 | Keep an Eye on the Child - Alone in the Dark
55.20 | Insomnia - Hotel Dusk: Room 215
56.44 | Yellow Desert - Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
01.00.36 | The Convent of Taroella - Alone in the Dark
01.03.21 | Derceto Burning - Alone in the Dark
01.05.04 | Drunken Waltz - Hotel Dusk: Room 215
01.06.35 | Persona - Persona 3 FES
01.10.47 | This Mysterious Feeling - Persona 3
01.15.01 | Back on the Case - Alone in the Dark
01.18.19 | Keep and Eye on the Child - Alone in the Dark
01.21.23 | Grace Is Not Alright - Alone in the Dark
01.25.45 | Amber Sunset - Hotel Dusk: Room 215

[Tags]
#aloneinthedark #horror #survivalhorrorgaming #horrorgaming #videoessay #gaming #gamingvideos

[RedZeroX]

Doesn't it make sense how she treats him compared to the reverse?

From her perspective, she hired a detective, only for him to do who knows what, ramble on about made up stuff, while she solves everything.

From his perspective, while he's doung his job, his client seems to be getting more unwell in this place, coupled with what he is learning about it and how it might be adding to her distress.

So yeah, makes sense that he's understanding and she's annoyed.

[ilaydaakmehmet]

You know what would be cool? If after completing both Edward's and Emily's routes you unlock a third route where they are both transfixed by the painting and they have to work together.

[frozendino]

I almost kinda wish the split was like, a full one. Instead of an alternative view of the same events, have them be full on different sides of the happenings. One Character focuses on Jeremy and The Dark Man, and the Other character focuses on the cult and the tree.

[KazeMemaryu]

I get the sneaking suspicion that the game underwent significant redesigns to turn Emily from a passive companion to a playable character. It would explain why several scenes were basically identical, and only the ones revolving around their personal issues remained as is. And several plot points got lost in the transition, some of which the devs never could get back to.

[thomasparkin]

I do like that the Detective feels like the kind of person who would make their career being a snoop and having an overriding sense of curiosity driving them.

[SomaShiori]

33:45 "Ruth is here tag teaming her liver and her lungs" Ben....it's lines like this that make me come back to your channel reviews time and time again - perfection!

[msf]

Okay, that hand grabbing the book was somehow one of the most terrifying things I’ve seen in a long while. My screen brightness is turned down, so I didn’t realize what it was until the fingers folded over the page and my heart stopped dead in my chest.

[LittleLUNE]

I appreciate how each character has a unique personality. Edward is seen as an adversary by the dark man, influencing the others' more kinder interactions with him. Emily is perceived as a threat by the mother, creating a stronger connection, which is why the cult were more aggressive towards her, while the dark man appeared to be more passive in his approach. while yes it needs some polishing, it clearly is impressive

[swirekster]

Alone in the dark goes balls deep into the cthulhu mythos and it resonates only if u know what things like Nyarlathotep or Goat Mother, it can confuse other players. Tho i think this isn't a bad thing since some games should just not be for every audience. Personally i enjoy the weirdness of the story. Derceto was basically a battleground for Lovecraftian gods. Good thing his cat wasn't the final boss tho :^)

[Obsructor]

Everytime Ben mentions his fear of deep waters, I smile waiting for the day that a Subnautica video will come out soon.


But as always, high quality stuff.

[Rusalka]

It is actually kind of comedic how everybody in the game just inexplicably hates Emily for no discernible reason.

[spoopyghost]

Honestly, the real tragedy is that Carnby don't got his cool mustache

[samuelleon]

I find it interesting that in the game they mention both Nyarlathotep and Shub-Niggurath from Lovecraft's works. Giving us a potential answer where all the supernatural elements came from.

[eldafi]

I literally just clicked away from the original video, I never had this kind of timing on a channel, gonna enjoy this one!

[swirekster]

Also the game is very self-aware of being reimagination of the oryginal, listen to the Jeremy at 51:37, 'Frédérick needed me to die'. He is actually talking about the director of alone in the dark from 1992, Frédérick Raynal. 'it's not how story is supposed to go'. There are more hints through the game for that too, i think there is another layer to what is happening in this game other than 'it's a hint'. If it is a hint, it is very VERY big hint. Edit: Also for the phone call at 53:43, It's actually the Jacob calling u i think, it's how the Jeremy sees himself, a martyr trapped forever in the frozen, alien land. That's why when u stab him in the eye, you lobotomise Jeremy, In cthulhu universe the victim is doomed to madness and suicide after becoming aware of the nightmares of the universe, you can't just go back to your normal life knowing. The only way is to numb yourself enough...

[purpletailsproductns]

i can understand some of emilys behavior being a lot more cold in edwards story, especially the attic scene, because from her perspective this is a person she hired for help/protection and hes acting strange. its really irritating though that the writing has her say basically nothing about whats going on yet act like youre ignoring her. it would have been nice to see her be more compassionate after seeing the detective get so roughed up later on, rather than just being like 'uh are you okay? take it easy, bye.' and have her say more than just how the place makes people crazy. it woulda been interesting if she doubted the detective while believing the culty stuff was going on because shes too focused on her more grounded research, and have that mirrored with the detective not listening to what she has to say not bc hes ignoring her but hes too caught up in the supernatural side of stuff to really focus on what the information she has. idk. it seems really good, but falls a bit too short in some aspects!

[megahobbit]

The scariest part of this game is the lack of Magnificent Moustache on the main character.

Also very good review of the game and using clips without commentary or altering them helps add to your points about them. This is a great example on reviewing make your point, show the point to confirm it but also add stripulations that it wont always be just that

[critrabbit]

I do like how Jeremy kinda looked like the Camby from the original game with how he's dressed and his scenes taking the most inspiration from the original game.

[gamesmasher]

*In my mind, I see that game...*

*Alone in the Dark 2008...*

[simplyeyeronic]

That second monster around the corner suprise was so good.
Like, thats the exact setup for a combat tutorial. I expected a text box to tell you what button to press to aim, not a suprise attack.