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Alone in the Dark 2

Description

In Alone in the Dark 2, you take the role of detective Edward Carnby, one of the two main characters in the original Alone in the Dark. Carnby is now called upon to investigate a bootlegger named One Eyed Jack after an old detective college name Stryker attributes Jack to the kidnapping of young Grace Saunders. Stryker attempts to infiltrate Jack's dilapidated mansion of Hell's Kitchen and rescue the girl, only to disappear himself. That's where Carnby comes in.

Carnby soon learns that Jack and his gangsters are really 15th century pirates who gained immortality after Jack joined forces with Elizabeth Jarret, a Voodoo witch. However the dark magic which keeps them immortal also requires Jack and his crew to regularly make human sacrifices (which explains Grace's kidnapping).

Now Carnby must battle his way through Hell's Kitchen and Jack's army of tommy-gun wielding gangsters, searching for a way to break the spell and make them stay dead.

Alone in the Dark 2 is an action-adventure game, similar to the original Alone in the Dark. Like its predecessor, the game uses hybrid 2D-3D graphics. Completing the game requires you to solve a lot of puzzles while fighting zombie pirates along the way. Some enemies can be killed with the numerous weapons at your disposal, while others need to be defeated via trickery.

Apart from Edward Carnby, the game also includes a short section (two sections in the CD-ROM version) where you play as the little Grace Saunders. Grace obviously cannot fight, and thus the sections featuring her are all about fast reflexes and wits to evade and outsmart the enemies.

Alternate Titles

• "鬼屋魔影2" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
• "Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge" -- US PSX/Sat Title
• "Alone in the Dark: Jack is Back" -- European PSX/Sat Title
• "AITD2" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Alone in the Dark series
• Sea Pirates

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User Reviews

A brilliant sequel to a well-known classic	Arejarn (320)
Bigger, harder, less scary.	Sycada (177)	unrated
Great game marred by fatal flaws.	null-geodesic (228)
A disappointing sequel, yet still worth a look for series fans.	woods01 (156)
Makes the mistake of focusing on the fighting.	Simon Kavanagh (6)

The Press Says

HonestGamers	Jan 14, 2004	10 out of 10	100
Pelit	Jan, 1994	91 out of 100	91
Play Time	Mar, 1994	91 out of 100	91
PC Gamer	May, 1994	85 out of 100	85
PC Format (UK)	Dec, 1994	84 out of 100	84
Svenska Hemdatornytt	Feb, 1994		83
High Score	Feb, 1994	4 out of 5	80
JeuxVideoPC.com	Apr 19, 2005	13 out of 20	65
Abandonia	Sep 04, 2006	3 out of 5	60
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Aug 15, 2001	3 out of 10	30

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