The reviews have been brutal. I'm glad I canceled my pre-order in time. I'll pick it up when it's around $20. But given the poor reviews, there's no way I'm paying $60. Besides, with all the good games I have waiting to be played, I probably wouldn't get around to it for a couple months.

X-Play gave it a 2 (out of 5):

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Well, that's too bad. This was one of my summer games. Now to wait for Soul Calibur.

talk about a let down.....my hopes dashed...

Check out this video:

Alone In The Dark Meets Benny Hill

heres armake 21s review (jump to 3:35 on part 1 for the start of the review):

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Seriously this game sounds a hell of a lot better than what the idiot critics are saying.

Anybody play this through? My local video store has a 2 for $40 promo on used games and I picked up this and Indy Lego for 360. I haven't played this yet so I'm wondering if I should keep it or try to exchange for something else (a guy in the store told me that Alone in the Dark rocked, so I bought it...hadn't read the reviews prior - then I read them and am now not sure if I want to keep this for $20). Any opinions?

I played through it. It's not much of a horror game, more action-adventure. There's no massively scary moment to be found in the game, just the occasional creepy feeling. There are lots of control problems, but the story is entertaining and combining inventory items is fun.

The main problem with the game is that the ending requires a massive search for roots to burn. You have to burn enough roots to lower a magical barrier around one of the final buildings. It simply kills the pacing of the game.

You should be safe opening it up and playing it. They are going for about $20 on Ebay.

Sounds like the delayed PS3 release may of been a good thing.

From ps3fanboy.com:

[rant]Holy shit is this game horrible!!! I rented it today, and for the first time since the 360's launch, I want to throw my controller, system, and maybe my kids out a freakin window. I haven't been this frustrated since I tried doing a Rubik's Cube without using my hands. I compare trying to maneuver through this crapfest to trying to shave your nuts in the dark with a broken bottle. CHRIST what a bad game. The controls are so bad, the camera sucks, the dialog sucks, the flashlight sucks, the targeting sucks, the inventory system sucks, and the freaking downtown street mission is pissing me off beyond belief. Oh yeah, and when you get injured, it really does look like slabs of ham on your clothes (as Yahtzee said)

Please, don't buy this game...even on the cheap. Save your $10, roll it up, light it on fire, and shove it up your gasoline-filled ass and you'll still have a better time than playing this box of shit. Aaaahhhhhhh!!!!! [/rant]

Whew, now I think I'm gonna go beat the shit out of the first person I see.

But.... Did you like it?

Here's a second article ... sounds like they actually did fix some of it.

Full article on Kotaku.

Cool. There may be hope for this game yet.

I tried the Xbox demo and kinda like it.

I may wait for the PS3 release.... when it hits $30 or less.

Please, save yourself the frustration. Don't buy it, no matter the cost. Even if it's free, please...please don't get this game. I would hate to see another victim posting how bad this game is after such a stern warning was given.

hmmm I'll check the PS3 reviews. But yeah, don't expect me to buy the current Xbox version.

I believe it's being priced at $30.

Is this game seriously that bad? gogamer has it on sale for only $9 right now.

Yep, the PC, PS2 and 360 versions are $9.90 at GoGamer right now.

Doesn't bode well for the future of the franchise.

When the ability to skip parts of the game were first announced I was thrilled. I wanted to check out the game but thriller games like Silent Hill and Resident Evil are not my thing. I played the game for a good bit and figured I would skip one part that was ticking me off. I didn't realize that when you skipped around in the game you lost everything in your inventory. I ended up in a room full of enemies with no weapon to defend myself. I quit right there and sent the game back. Up to that point it was pretty cool but it really pissed me off.

I was at my local game crazy last week. A guy looked at the game on the shelf and asked the two guys behind the counter if the game was as bad as he had heard. The clerk replied "It's so bad that if you bring it over here to buy it, we'll throw you on the ground and beat you senseless."
Talk about your soft sell.

[Sienfeld Voice]Now that's funny, because it's real.[/Sienfeld Voice]