Alone in the Dark: The Trilogy 1+2+3

This is truly one of the most stunning game series ever. I remember owning 1 + 2 on floppy discs back in the day. One of the, if not the first game to incorporate polygons within a 3D environment. The game's atmosphere, unique view angles and horror movie style presentation, together with the musical background (there used to be a CD version of AITD 1 with not-so-midi-style music) make this an awesome feast for the senses. If you enjoy macabre, intense horror atmosphere, then do get these. The insane price for three games is all the more reason.

First game is great all around - 5 stars. It's AitD2-3 where, really, they're only enjoyable with a walkthough. Partially for "puzzles" making no sense whatsoever. The other thing is these sluggish tank controls combined with much more unavoidable, and ranged, combat, often while trying to search the environment. AitD2-3 still have fantastic production values, Voice, music, these amazing painterly environments combined with flat-shaded polygons - love this look, even more so than with the original. Even in gameplay there is a lot of creativity, to be honest. They're just terrible to actually play unless you know exactly how it goes. But the atmosphere is there! Jack in the Dark that was between AitD1 and 2 is worth a mention as a neat little Christmas game. Don't miss that one.

I bought those games when they went out. They were outstanding. A lot of those reviews are silly and non sense. People here do not take in account how old are those games and how advanced they were back in the days. It was the 386 period. Architectures that had no GPU and CPU between 12Mhz and 40... they were basically overpriced calculators. So all the comments... it hasn't aged well... controls are awkward... it could have been better... 33 years had been passed and you weren't even here at the time. Better rinse your mouth before mentioning those masterpieces...

The best and original horror thriller game..1,2 and 3 were the best in the series..The music and the sound FX were and still are awesome, really do create an eerie feel.. Something about this that makes you wanna go back and get done over and over again.. Just remember to keep saving your game or you'll go back to where you got killed...Brilliantly piece of retro gaming and for the whole 3 of the series at a fiver! It's a steal.. Thanks GOG

There's always a risk when buying games from your childhood that it fails to live up to how you remember it. Alone in the Dark is unique in being a game that I and my brother still quote funny one liners from it to one another even today, 30 years later. This didn't disappoint. I got chills just from the intro sequences. The music, sound effects, and the voice acting really are top notch even by modern standards. I was genuinely surprised by how well the graphics held up for a game this old. Sure, the polygon count on the player character and moveable objects is atrocious, but the rendered backgrounds for the scenery are pretty damn impressive for a DOS based game, and are what really creates that great sense of atmosphere. Gameplay-wise, it's not done so great. Take into account that this was an early 90's series, one that came 5 years before the famed FF7 and 4 years before Resident Evil. Moving is clunky, and having to switch inside a pause menu between searching, pushing, and fighting is also clunky. The odds are, those who load up the original game will likely die within the first 5 minutes to timed combat events that, until you can full grasp the controls, will be frustrating to the max. Saving frequently is a must. What I will say is that Alone in the Dark is not a combat survival horror ala Resident Evil. It is very much a puzzle game first and foremost, and many of the battles can be completely avoided or trivialised once you learn how to manipulate the environment correctly. So those willing to persevere and take the time to learn to play the game will find a rough diamond of a series that took you from haunted demon mansion to ghost pirate ship to undead wild western town. Unfortunately, the fourth installment, while interesting in its own right, never managed to fully capture the voice acting and story elements which made the originals so great, and since then the franchise has sadly been lost to history.