<![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> can't wait! i love how it doesn't seem so scripted, maybe the first sandbox survival horror to actually live up to the name? the only thing that, like witzbold, i didn't like was that what looked like a regular pistol could to that much damage, the fire extinguisher maybe if you hit the door long enough, but just to show off the effect it was kinda cool.

essko

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> If you look at the top right when he goes to the inventory screen, he can go to 'Favorites', I'm assuming thats so you don't have to combine your liked things multiple times, and rather can simply hotkey them. <3 Kotaku for helping me find out about this game, I'm definitely going to get it.

Dethis

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Shadowcast: Now have I, all I ever knew about this game was that they made a crappy movie about it. But after seeing both of these videos I can't wait for this to come out. Going to have so much fun bending doors!

Gigith

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Never played Alone in the Dark before, but this is some sweet tech demo action so I'll be getting this.

Shadowcast

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Impressed again over here. Love how the screen whips around to your wounds when they were going to use the healing spray. I await the next video :D

Dudemeister

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Maybe this is why Phil Harrison thinks Atari has a bright future.

VishusBurn

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> That was one brittle table: with one bullet, it shattered into like 30 pieces.

Aethyr

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> about 10 years ago there was a game made by interplay that had a similar weapon system.. you moved the mouse to swing the sword.... it sucked..

relax_guy

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> *uses this game as an improvised torch*

Sunjammer

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> I really hope this game works out for them... they've been having some tough times lately. I'd hate to see the minds that came up with these kinds of mechanics disbanded.

okenny :)

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> I meant good sell, but whatever.

The gund shooting the door was pretty cool too.

cybereality

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> I'm definitely buying this. Good sale.

cybereality

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Kneal: ...so the monsters and undead pirates don't bother you? If you're starved for realism, go outside once in a while.

Finalboss

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Sure the game looks great, but i refuse to play it or like based on the fact you can throw objects with STICKY tape at distant objects AND moving objects and have IT STICK....

I pay too much for video games to let retarded shit like that slide.

Kneal

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Love the music, I'll play the game just to hear the score.

Atheist Jew

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> When I first heard about this game, I didn't really want it. If looked fairly generic and it was based on a game made before my time and it also looked scary as shit and I don't want to wear a diaper while playing a game. After seeing these tech demos though, it's jumped up to my must-have list, I'll just not eat for a few days before I play it.

Enimor

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> i never really liked alone in the dark, but honestly this game is at the very top of my list of anticipated games. I hope they give me a test room just like that to play around in.

Detre

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Amazing. I really hope they include some type of free roam where you can experiment with these items and create new effects.

GodzillaVsJapan

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Wow, this is getting me really kind of pumped. AND THE MUSIC, THE MUSIC!

Yuki

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Awesome.

Huxle

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> This looks really amazing..but I'm a bit afraid. Not cuz its a "horror" game, but because they will try to focus too much on this "real life" stuff and it will kill the gameplay or something. I hope it turns out well.

phosphor112

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> If the right analog stick is used for moving items how is there not going to be control problems?

I like using two analog sticks to move, and if they use a Manhunt-esque control scheme I'm going to be disappointed.

Cenobia

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Looks like one of the rare games where everything is so polished that the slightest deviation from reality really stands out. Which is a great thing for Atari and the progression of game realism in general.

I really miss the AITD trilogy and hope this one is on par with those.

unmarkedone

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Wow, that's the nuts.

KindaGamey

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Allright, so I was wrong about this game. 1st impressions aren't everything, and now that I look at another video, I think the depth and perception that it focuses on is entirely innovative and will continue to intrigue my mind throughout the game.

acez2087

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Thassodar: His article is interesting and fits the news post. What are you complaining about?

L_K_M

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> The controls remind me of Skate.

Scherzkeks

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> I must say, I'm impressed. Breaking a table and using one of the legs with fire to make a torch. Genius!

phalanges

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Music is simply perfect. Looks like it's goin to have one of the best soundtacks.

Juhu

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> let's hope that health spray is common enough to use as a bad ass flamethrower without feeling like you wasted a precious resource!

squidboy007

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> We Need some oven mitts to go with the burning chair.

execrationist

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Witzbold:

I definitely hear ya there. My grandparents own some property out in the country, and there are buildings out there that were built in the early 1800's and such (I don't think they're considered buildings anymore though. The term "shack" comes to mind, but I think even that is too good a term for them!)

I have many memories from my childhood of messing with that old termite infested wood, tearing it down, putting fireworks in crevices and watching the wood explode into soft, frail pieces of powder/shards/chunks and all other forms that wood that old can take. Good stuff! =D

Zhabin

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Sigh, if only the Silent Hill series could get an engine like this :(

@HoboGamer: So you promote your own blog here, yet you can't even provide a link to Kotaku within it?

ReginaldTheSeventySecond

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> She had me at Real World Rules Tech Demo 1...

7ucky

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Anyone else reminded of Ghost in the Shell by the music?

The technology in this game really looks amazing, I just hope they have actual gameplay to back up some of these ideas. This isn't a negative comment, I'm really looking forward to it, even more every time I see some of this stuff. But all the physics and gorgeous lighting isn't squat without some compelling gameplay to make use of it.

Korlis

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Zhabin: Ive had wood break in some pretty scary ways in my own experience with old places. D:

Its fun how termite eaten wood can kinda explode into powder / shards :D

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Looking very impressive and will be bought by me.

TxKARATEDUDE

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> I really want this game to have it's own tech demo built in...Somewhere you can just screw around with all kinds of crap. A free play if you will. The potential is amazing.

MasterSauce

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Witzbold: Hey I went to the same high school as this kid! Years earlier though. Still, it was the kind of place with lots of nerds even in my days.

Kaneda

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> I'm glad Alone in the Dark found a guy who treats her like the pretty lady she is.

Doomstalk

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @brandonf:

I would imagine it would entirely depend upon the situation regarding the kind of table, what kind of wood it's made out of, how old it is, what kind of water damage it's had over time, that sort of thing.

As someone who has worked with wood over the course of a few years, building things like tables, dressers, beds, furniture in general, I have had wood split from nails and screws almost in the same type of fashion that the table in the video got split by the bullet.

Granted the "shard" that fell off the table was a little large, I have had foot long splits in wood where the wood has just fallen apart into a "shard" just from banging in a nail, or putting a screw in it.

Not trying to flame you or anything, just letting you know from my experience I could find it completely plausible that a bullet could tear it apart like that.

Zhabin

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Lets hope this game doesn't show everything we can do in the real world rules videos and nothing else.

Cdestroyer127

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @brandonf: Well granted that you are right about the table and the shattering, you dont know what caliber the pistol is.

Sides if it just left holes wheres the fun in that?

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @CHU BOI: LOL that vid was priceless the funny thing is i remember when they filmed that last part at the Los Angeles zoo. LOL good times.

MURDERFACE

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Tables don't "shatter" into large shards like glass when hit with a single bullet from a 9mm pistol. Bullets tend to leave holes.

brandonf

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @HoboGamer: Good read thanks for sharing the insight!

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Witzbold:

Yeah, I thought you may have meant something along those lines as well. The way I figure it, there are so many games out right now where you can blow up exploding barrells, and gas tanks and things of that sort, I'm sure these developers (who are impressing the hell out of me) will throw in the ability to blow up bottles that haven't been punctured yet.

Also with the whole "real world rules" thing they're going with, I'm sure that's a sign of good things to come regarding exploding bottles of fuel.

That would be really cool though, to lure some enemies with some blood into a room full of those bottles with explosive capabilities.

Zhabin

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> This definitely seems more like a puzzle game than anything else. The way you switch from third to first person when using firearms is kinda annoying, and the combat system seems rather bland.

Pinhead

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Hmm...

Box of nails + tape + bottle of flammable liquid = shitty frag grenade? :D

Yes I know its not that deep of a system, but one can dream.

Oh man I just thought of something funny though.

Stack up all the wooden materials infront of an entrance. Set a bottle of flammable liquid infront of it. Shoot the bottle when the moster arrives!

Bonfires make everything better! Actually wait that would cause all the objects to splinter apart. Im guessing a trail of liquid to a puddle under the barricade is a better idea.

Ok time to read that guys impressions of the demo he tried.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @pylon_trooper: Ya totally.

It was just odd for me seeing that occuring with the pistol, then the camera pans around showing how thick that door is.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Its nice to be surprised every once in a while by a game totally not on your radar. This is such a game. It looks really cool.

Gray665

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @greyhoundbus:
Hopefully better than the same damn teeter-totter frol Half Life 2, haha.


WEGGLES90

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Witzbold: I'm sure the metal warping will look awesome and add much suspense when there's something unsavoury bashing away on the other side of the door.

pylon_trooper

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Zhabin: Yeah cept I think that example was a little different since he had punctured the bottle and stuck it on the monster.

Im more referring to like the user pouring the liquid on the ground then setting the bottle down. So its in a sense a separate entity from the liquid itself. Err shit that didnt sound right, but I hope you get what Im saying.

Since I could assume that the "punctured" bottle activates a "flag" telling it to explode if it comes in contact with fire. Im curious to see how a standard bottle reacts when it comes in contact with fire.

Imagine if there is a store room filled with bottles and you toss a flaming chair into there. :D

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Oh my...Atari thankyou...

iceketch

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @CHU BOI: I wanna see those real world physics.

CHU BOI

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Oh, what the heck...


+ Watch video

1:25 - So much WIN it's unbelievable.


CHU BOI

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Moonchilde: Ill have to read his preview later on then.

Actually if you saw how thick the door was I seriously doubt it will be warping in such a way. You would need far larger rounds than anything a "normal" handgun can offer. Sides if the material was thin enough it should be passing through the object and not causing it to warp in such a manner. Granted it also depends on what type of rounds are loaded into the firearm also in terms of hollow point or standard. Its a bit excessive in the video itself.

Ive shot metal with pistols before and it makes small locational dents and does not cause massive warping. When we move up to rifles rounds depending on the calibur they will pass right through the metal. Of course this all depends on the thickness of the metal plate you are shooting at, angle etc.

Just saying that in the tech video it looked a bit excessive.

Granted its just a game and I know the realism isnt even present. I just personally found it odd myself.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Seems like the addictive factor will go up quite a bit with the inclusion of being able to control objects with your thumb. Makes the game just that much more immersive.

Splintah

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Looks great. Pretty excited for this game. Although from the footage they have showed so far looks like it will focus more on puzzles and atmosphere than enemies.

I giggled when she said ''Elements react realistically according to their physical properties'' and then showed a thick metal door being majorly dented by a pistol lol.

Isn't there a wii version coming as well? That would be great. I was thinking it would be a little awkward using the right analog for small movements or for holding an object in place while you walked with it.

This game could definetly benefit from DMM though. The table breaking looked silly.

Zim

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Wow. This could be the closest thing to MacGyver: The Game we'll ever get. And I love me some Mac.

CHU BOI

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Witzbold: Oh man I had forgotten about that Star Wars kid. Watching it again, still leaves me wondering if it was meant to be a joke in the first place. I mean, come on. Really.

Also, This game looks pretty cool. But I fear it might get really tedious really quick. (I remember being similarly impressed a few years ago over Condemned's weapon system, before I played it. I guess we'll just have to wait and see...)

dowingba

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Witzbold:

Regarding the reactive objects you're curious about, from what I can tell as long as that flammable liquid gets touched with fire it should explode.

At the end of the video when they threw the blood bag to those little creatures, and then threw the flammable liquid you noticed when they lit the trail of flammable liquid there was an explosion at the creatures?

That tells us that the flammable liquid bottle exploded when the fire reached it in order to blow up the creatures, so that's why I imagine as long as fire touches the flammable bottle of liquid, it should explode.

That's what I got out of what they've shown so far anyway.

Zhabin

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> I can't wait for this game. I just hope they take their time to bring the PS3 version up to the same quality as the 360 one.

Grind_Axis

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Witzbold:
Especially as the blog explains some of the stuff in the video. I just read it.
Thassodar, I don't understand the point of your post. If Kotaku don't like it leave it up to them to say something.



Red_Breast

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> This looks to be a very exciting title. By the time this is released I am not going to have time to play all of the fantastic games coming to PC. Can't wait to give it a try though ;)

homernoy

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> This game looks like it has some amazing potential. I'm loving these "real world rules". I don't expect everything they're doing to be perfect and turn out exactly as I'd like, but they are doing a great job of making me interested in their game. This was not a purchase originally in my book as I'm not a huge fan of the survival/horror type genre, but this just looks too fun to pass up.

Zhabin

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Witzbold: I wonder how reactive are objects in the game. For example you set a bottle of flammable liquid on the chair then set the chair on fire with another object. Will the that is sitting on the chair explode also?

Same question with making a trail of fire using the flammable liquid then placing the bottle at the end of the trail in a puddle of the liquid and igniting the starting point of the trail.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Witzbold: He will drop the chair if held too long. It causes burns to his hands. The devs just haven't implemented it, according to Hobo.

Also, the door thing could happen, depending on the type and state of the metal door and the calibur of the bullets hitting it.

Moonchilde

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @MURDERFACE:

you should check out the first tech demo too. It was linked on here earlier...

Lot Krotan

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Garro: This by far already beats bioshock quite personally in terms of technology with the gameplay mechanics.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Color me hyped.

ShaggE

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Looks like they're giving Bioshock a run for their money.

Garro

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @Thassodar: Actually there is.

But since he seems to not be pimping his blog everywhere looking at his history so this instance of self pimpage might be ok.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> WOW that looks great and it was just a tech demo. i never got into the AITD series but after seeing this video i would enjoy playing this.

MURDERFACE

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Hobo: Nice write up. Bit lengthy thou.

@Thassodar:
*puppyeyes* awwwww~

Krellie

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Man the dude with the pipe at the start so reminded me of the starwars kid.


+ Watch video

Ok holding a burning chair while cool, I do hope they make it so he drops it if held too long. Since heat causes some serious discomfort.

The physics with the gun hitting stuff is cool, but a pistol denting a metal door that thick kinda disturbs me.

Man this is just too awesome of a game engine though. I really like how much can be done with it so far. I just hope that they fill the world with enough objects that there can be multiple solutions to situations in the game, instead of leaving certian things in certian places so you are pretty much forced to use it in a single way.

How the burnt table broke to pieces too was excellent.

Very good video though! Really looking foward to the next one.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> atari has sunk so much money into this title, it needs to sell huuuuge to recoup.

I feel bad for eden games, in a way, since much of atari's future is squarely on their shoulders. thats a tough spot to be in as a developer.

Crom

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Very cool again - I'm getting more and more impressed with this game. I reckon I could just have fun with the engine even if the game is shite.

Though there didn't seem to be much problem in holding a flaming chair as the flames licked around his fingers...

Meldy

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> umm... so when does this come out so I can buy the fuckin' shit out of it?

El Patricko

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @HoboGamer: I reckon there is no rule agianst plugging your own blog on someone elses blog but...come on.

Thassodar

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> i like how the right stick works as swinging your weapon. hopefully the movement responds to exactly where the stick is. meaning if the stick is up, but not all the way up, the weapon will be that height as well.

sitsalot

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> @HoboGamer:

Were you at the London offices last Thursday?

If so, I was there too, nice write up there mate, you got everything in there.

finelicker

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Im hoping you can hotkey some of these improvized weapons and items. I dont know how much crap you can carry, but it might get monotonous taping your 500th lightbulb.

Modus_Operandi

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Must admit this looks amazing. Amazing in a groundbreaking kind of way.

Krellie

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> This game made it to my top 5 anticipated games of the year.

Moonchilde

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> I'm not so sure I'd ever use an ignited chair as a torch...

Wuth

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> I had a chance to play the game it is looking good, check out my blog for a full preview :D
[gamerhobo.blogspot.com]

HoboGamer

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> Neato! I dig the subtle manipulation of objects. Can't wait to see what kind of physics-based puzzles they can create with this tech.

greyhoundbus

]]> <![CDATA[More Alone In The Dark Tech In Action]]> This games lookin pretty sweet

hampig

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