At first, sorry for my bad English. I played this game in 1993 on my (still working!) old 386 DX 40 desktop pc (by the way, the number 40 refers to its processor's clock: 40 mhz - yeah, you didn't read it wrong: it has ridiculous 40mhz speed... slower than your actual grandmother's obsolete cellphone!! ;-). There was a time when I still had hair under my hat. About this game review, I must say that I spent the last 20 minutes trying to find the words to describe what I felt the first time I played Alone on the Dark - but my lack of English vocabulary prevents me to make justice to this masterpiece right now. But I can say that, as a gaming man, I have tons of PC games in my shelf, from many different categories (strategy, chess, puzzle, adventure, 2D and 3D rpg, racing, fps and many more), and I can assure you that, if you ask me to name only three games that I think that everyone needs to play before death, I don't even blink to give the answer: Alone in the Dark 1, The Lost Vikings and Tomb Raider 1 (not necessarily in that order). So, do yourself a favor and grab this game. PS: No, Gog is not rewarding me to write this review. ;-)
At first, sorry for my bad English. This is my first game review on the gog - in fact, my first game review ever, although I have hundreds and hundreds of PC games at home, since 1993 (yeah, I'm quite old ;-). And I bought 19 of them here on Gog. I said all this before to make things clear: I don't want to be rude, nor be a stone on Gog's shoes. I only felt the necessity to be honest and preserve people's money. Here is a man that knows what he says: don't waste your money with this game. I mean it! Go buy Gothic II, or Baldur's Gate, or Outcast, or Psychonauts... The list is huge, so there is NO REASON to buy this game. To anyone who wants to know why not to buy it, I will be short: it's a very linear, boring, and badly designed game.
