Metacritic Games

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (Dreamcast)

The player must overcome his natural fear of the dark unknown and control Edward Carnby, armed with a flashlight and a pistol, who must find the necessary items to survive as well as the clues which will help him escape his ultimate nightmare. [Infogrames]

Infogrames
Survival Horror, Adventure, Action
Players: 1
M (Mature)
Developer: Darkworks
Released September 26, 2001

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

75 / 100

Critic Reviews

82	GamerWeb Sega A bit like a B-Dreamcast game, and will probably secure a place in your library for that reason, so maybe you can skip the Eric Roberts movie after all.
80	GamePro Sports the best lighting effects you’ll ever see on the Dreamcast. The overall graphic quality is topnotch with sharp prerendered environments and good-looking characters.
80	Hot Games If you like your games brainy and scary, Alone in the Dark is just the medicine the witch doctor ordered.
80	GameShark Superb graphics, challenging puzzles, morbid acts, and eerie noises will have you playing until the wee hours of the morning.
80	Game Informer When you go up against "RE Code: Veronica" armed with only a flashlight, you just aren't going to win the battle. [Nov 2001, p.125]
75	Planet Dreamcast A pretty good game and something that I would recommend any horror fan to play.
75	Gaming Age Lack of originality aside, this is still a good and highly playable game.
73	IGN If you grew up on this series and were hoping for the next great chapter, you'll be left alone in the dark.
69	GameSpot While there are better games available for the console--most notably, Capcom's Resident Evil: Code Veronica--the budget price of this game is sure to please just about any gamer willing to take the plunge into this well-saturated genre.
65	Electric Playground There's a lot of survival in this survival horror, but very little horror. Occasionally it manages to surprise you with some good monster placement and give you a little jolt, but that's all.
60	Next Generation Magazine The Dreamcast version gives you the best of all possible worlds: sharp, solid 3D graphics, along with reasonably familiar Resident Evil-style gamepad control. [Jan 2002, p.86]