Description
Edward Carnby, private eye of the paranormal, is back.
Carnby's best friend, Charles Fiske, has been found dead near Shadow Island, a mysterious island near Maine. It is your duty to take up the investigation and find out the secrets of Shadow Island. But you're not going alone... your companion will be a redhead by the name of Aline Cedrac who has her own reasons for tagging along. Aside from being a woman and inexperienced in the world of danger, she is the only one with the knowledge for translating the ancient Abkhani tabloids which may hold the secrets behind Carnby's friend's death and the disappearance of Aline's father.
Upon arriving on the island, your plane has been shot down by the things unknown, and the heroes have no other choice but to jump with a parachute, thus separating them on the island.
Now you choose the character to play with, either as Edward Carnby or Aline Cedrac, as they explore the mysterious and gloomy island with all its secrets and parallel stories that contain different locations and tasks for different characters, thus adding the level of replayability in a different experience - Carnby's story is more action oriented while Cedrac has more puzzles to solve.
Just like in the predecessors you move your characters through pre-rendered backgrounds while the camera perspective switches around. You collect various items and books which are used to solve puzzles. Many situations can only be solved with violence which means you'll have to use guns to get rid of your foes. Aiming is manual and especially when playing Cedrac ammo is scarce. Saving a game uses up a save medallion which can be found during the game.
Alternate Titles
- "鬼屋魔影4：惡夢之夜" -- Taiwan spelling
- "鬼屋魔影4" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
- "Alone in the Dark: Koszmar Powraca" -- Polish title
- "Alone in the Dark 4: По ту сторону кошмара" -- Russian title
- "Alone in the Dark 4" -- Informal name
- "AITD:TNN" -- Common name
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User Reviews
There are no reviews for the Dreamcast release of this game. You can use the links below to write your own review or read reviews for the other platforms of this game.
The Press Says
| Game Chronicles |
Oct 08, 2001 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Planet Dreamcast |
Jul 09, 2001 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| neXGam |
Dec 27, 2009 |
8.3 out of 10 |
83 |
| Super Play |
Jul, 2001 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Power Unlimited |
Jun, 2001 |
78 out of 100 |
78 |
| Armchair Empire, The |
Oct 17, 2002 |
7.6 out of 10 |
76 |
| Planet Dreamcast |
Oct 24, 2001 |
7.5 out of 10 |
75 |
| GameSpy |
Oct 24, 2001 |
75 out of 100 |
75 |
| IGN |
Oct 08, 2001 |
7.3 out of 10 |
73 |
| The Video Game Critic |
Nov 29, 2002 |
D |
25 |
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Trivia
4X movie compression
The 4X movie compression technology is only used in the Dreamcast version of the game.
Comic Book
This game had a cross-promotional "prequel" comic book, featuring Carnby and Aline Cedrac investigating in Tibet, published by Image Comics in September of 2002. The story was written by
Jean-Marc Lofficier, while the illustrations were by
Matt Haley and
Aleksi Briclot.
Edward Carnby
Edward Carnby is the name of the protagonist in all of the
Alone in the Dark games, yet
AitD4 is set in the year 2001 whereas the original 3 titles were set in the 1920's. Carnby is also visibly younger in the forth title. The explanation on the game's official website (see links) is that every 40 years a man is awarded with the name Edward Carnby and that man will be destined to fight the forces of evil and darkness.
Engine
Developed with Terminal Reality's Nocturne Engine.
References
The name of one of the characters in
Alone in the Dark: TNN is De Certo. This is a reference to the name of the ominous mansion in the original
Alone in the Dark title, which was also called Decerto.
Information also contributed by
n-n,
Pseudo_Intellectual
Sciere and
Scott Monster
