terça-feira, 1 de setembro de 2009

Survival Horror Parte 2/6 - Alone in the Dark

1992. A Infogrames, hoje um tanto esquecida, mas antigamente uma grande potência entre as softhouses, lança um jogo que seria aclamado por gerações como o fundador de um gênero: o survival horror. Esse jogo era o inovador Alone in the Dark.

Em 1925, Jeremy Hartwood, reconhecido artista e morador da Mansão Derceto, suicidou-se em sua casa. Isso, no entanto, não foi surpresa para ninguém, uma vez que era de conhecimento geral que a mansão era mal-assombrada. Duas figuras então entram em cena: o detetive particular Edward Carnby, enviado à mansão para resgatar um valioso piano, e a sobrinha de Jeremy, Emily Hartwood, que tem razões para acreditar que, nesse mesmo piano, há um compartimento secreto com uma nota de Jeremy explicando seu suicídio.

Uma vez dentro da mansão, as portas se trancam, e nossos aventureiros se veem cercados por monstros e eventos sobrenaturais que colocarão suas vidas e sua sanidade em xeque. Utilizando-se de muita coragem e inteligência, o jogador deve prosseguir pela mansão tentando chegar ao fundo desse mistério, e lutando pela própria vida. É um jogo cheio de tensão e pouca ação, pois poucas vezes o jogador se verá numa situação de combate, e passará a maior parte do tempo fugindo de criaturas, muitas das quais nem mesmo podem ser combatidas, e resolvendo quebra-cabeças para avançar na aventura.

Hoje em dia esse jogo merece ser jogado mais pelos saudosistas e curiosos, uma vez que seus gráficos ultrapassados e jogabilidade lenta dificilmente atrairia o interesse do jogador comum. Sua história, no entanto merece ser lembrada, e seu mérito reconhecido.

Alone in the Dark 2 tem apenas um elemento em comum com o primeiro: Edward Carnby. Aclamado como "Detetive do sobrenatural" após suas incursões na mansão Derceto, é incumbido de resgatar uma menina sequestrada por uma gangue, a qual ele descobre ter encarnado o espírito maléfico de piratas do séc. XIX. O enredo é um pouco fraco, mas não é exatamente um jogo ruim.

O terceiro jogo da franquia traz Carnby novamente, contratado para esclarecer o desaparecimento de uma equipe de cinema em uma cidade fantasma no deserto de Mojave. O responsável pelo desaparecimento é uma trupe de cowboys do mal liderados por Jed Stone. Ainda que o enredo mostre ser o mais fraco de toda a série, dificilmente poderia ser considerado um jogo ruim.

O quarto jogo, que foi o que joguei mais extensivamente, foi Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare. É uma edição que confundiu bastante os fãs da série por um elemento muito peculiar, e que não é explicado em absoluto: se passa em 2001.

Edward Carnby continua suas investigações sobre a maldição dos Derceto, de forma quase obsessiva. Quando seu amigo Charles Fisk, investigando a curiosa história do clã dos Morton, é assassinado, Carnby resolve tomar as rédeas da investigação, em parte por esclarecer os mistérios que circundam a morte do amigo, e em parte por suas investigações concluirem que a família Morton está ligada a rituais macabros e à maldição dos Derceto. Ao seu lado, a arqueologista Aline Cedrac, em parte envolvida na trama por seus estudos sobre os Abkanis - tribo indígena que protagoniza os terrores do jogo - e também por ter razões para acreditar que o cientista Obed Morton é seu pai.

Essa edição do jogo sofreu pesadíssimas influências de Resident Evil, sendo seu gameplay quase idêntico à aclamada franquia da Capcom, e traz ligações com o primeiro jogo da série, apesar de, ao mesmo tempo, não ter nada a ver com as edições anteriores, além das bizarrices aleatórias, como a espingarda de três canos do Carnby, a recente repulsa dos monstros por luz, e a influência indígena sobre o sobrenatural. Mas, se você jogá-lo como um jogo totalmente avulso à série, é um bom jogo: interessante, empolgante, inteligente e divertido.
Essa edição do jogo deu origem a um filme horrível, protagonizado por Christian Slater e Tara Reid, que nem merece ser extensamente comentado.

Em 2008 foi lançada a quinta versão do jogo, a qual eu não joguei, mas pelo que li a respeito, nem deveria. Desconsidera totamente as versões anteriores do jogo (mesmo tendo Carnby como protagonista) e tem o pior roteiro de toda a série.

Pobre Alone in the Dark. Um jogo memorável, importantíssimo e que tinha tudo para ser bom sempre, mas foi totalmente maltratado pela incompetência das softhouses que o acolheram sob suas asas. Mas não se preocupe: nós, fãs de Resident Evil, Silent Hill, dentre outros, sabemos muito bem a quem devemos tributo. Eu o saúdo!

18 comentários:

Patricia Loupee disse...

A quarta versão foi a única que realmente joguei (de curiosa, peguei a primeira, mas não suportei os gráficos ruins por muito tempo... =/

Válido citar também que foi justa a quarta versão um dos primeiros jogos a chegar oficialmente no Brasil com legendas em português... Pena que a PIRATARIA neste país não incentive mais atitudes como esta.

Anônimo disse...

[url=http://www.adidasforum.com/not-mi-adidas-predator-x-hypebeasts-staff-blog-hypebeast/]Adidas Forum[/url]
Now here's a shoe-in for the list of the year's best gaming-related clothing : Adidas has brought back its ZX 5 hundred running shoe, and, since it originally comes from the '80s, the gaming galvanized design and coloring is an easy choice ... Right? The kicks would possibly not be the coolest part of the deal, either ; they come packaged with a combination bracelet/USB flashdrive containing ZX Runner, a PC game based primarily on ... The shoe itself.

GameCulture writes the game stars a personality named'DJ Zed' who, according to Adidas, has five mins to'run, moon-walk, climb walls, avoid some dodgy-looking bullies, collect power-ups, and pull off mad rooftop-to-rooftop stunts' to get on-stage before his set starts. It appears to be fittingly retro -- see for yourself in the video we've included after the breakdance.

More info
Adidas Forum

Anônimo disse...

Hello everybody! I don't know where to start but hope this site will be useful for me.
In first steps it's very nice if somebody supports you, so hope to meet friendly and helpful people here. Let me know if I can help you.
Thanks and good luck everyone! ;)

Anônimo disse...

Howdy,
We are representing Hair Loss news. We manage a lot of websites, and we found your website trought the net. We are wondering if you want to exchange links with us. Actualy we are on the lookout for links to our websites, if you're interested please visit our site, on the right menu you will find the list link, there you can submit your website and exchange links with us...
Our website pages are superb ranked, and they will be better in the next days...
Thank you, and I'm sorry if i put the info in a wrong place, that because I couldn't find the contact link..
Best regards
Keepingmyhair Staff.
[url=http://www.keepingmyhair.com/]Hair loss news[/url]

Anônimo disse...

how to lose friends and alienate people starring megan fox, [url=http://discuss.tigweb.org/thread/187756]jenifers body megan fox[/url] megan fox bare chest
kim kardashian + bikini, [url=http://discuss.tigweb.org/thread/187768]kim kardashian bongo jeans[/url] kim kardashian biography
3 cheap taylor swift tickets moline il, [url=http://discuss.tigweb.org/thread/187772]crazier taylor swift mp3[/url] music taylor swift
hannah montanna fakes, [url=http://discuss.tigweb.org/thread/187786]hanna montana wheelie bag australia[/url] hannah montana - secret star white t-shirt for girls
name all the harry potter movies, [url=http://discuss.tigweb.org/thread/187792]harry potter deathly hallows movie cast[/url] harry potter 6 rumors
cruise deals to baja mexico, [url=http://discuss.tigweb.org/thread/187798]cruises to the usvi[/url] cruise to greece and egypt
justin bieber my world album cover, [url=http://discuss.tigweb.org/thread/187812]justin bieber first videos[/url] justin bieber breaking his foot
britney spears new cd, [url=http://discuss.tigweb.org/thread/187814]britny spears nudde pictures[/url] britney spears my prerogative video
megan fox motorcycle, [url=http://discuss.tigweb.org/thread/175542]megan fox sex clip[/url] megan fox maked

Anônimo disse...

Now, escorts can be contacted right from the comfort zone of your home - thanks to the easily navigable, user-friendly websites that present all escort activities and services online for your access.
They are the proud owners of the best physical features and they know what their clients want from them during a session.
To avail escort girls' services, you need not do anything now.
Doing on work and not enjoying pleasures like kisses, touches and romance can make a person psychologically disturbed.
You can use New York independent Escort service for enjoying some time in the company of Bijou in New York.New York is the capital of West Bangal. With these girls, you will not feel you are getting some kind of service, the experience will be so real that it will almost like a real date.
[url=http://bijouescorts.com]NY Escort[/url] A New York escort agency's website also allows you book your favorite girl at just a matter of few clicks. While making the booking, you need to specify whether you would be seeking for incall or outcall service. For outcall services, you may also need to mention your address where you want her service. Regarding the privacy and confidentiality of this, you need to be completely worry-free. As a service enjoyer, you just need to concentrate on your game. The rest will be all yours, all tempting!

In order to avail a New York based escort girl's service you need not cut any big hole in your pocket. Just at a few pounds, you can bring the most exotic escort girl right to your living room without any hassles.
http://bijouescorts.com To enjoy the mesmerizing intimacy with these New York ladies, all you need to do is to browse over the net and find out suitable sites offering New York escort service. You can make a call or book online for New York escorts and the most consistent, top-notch and enjoyable services will be offered to you. Men will always be men and they would never compromise on the fun quotient if they have the will and the cash. If you are a man and for you fun has the highest value among all, then you can never miss out on the opportunity of spending some quality time with any of the Elite escorts New York girls. These girls are very beautiful and their services are conceived exclusively to meet your individual preferences. Based on your budget, you can now select an escort girl in any place surrounding New York.

Anônimo disse...

Transparency of accounting systems is another good indicator of honest online casinos. When testimonials are published make sure that it is from more than a set of initials, and make sure they have a state or country. Free casino chips may be 'virtual' in concept, but they are used by real people!


Now with a low enough play though requirement and a casino game that's not rigged more than the house advantage you may just make the play through requirement and keep the bonus that's left over. One example is baccarat which has one of the best player advantages. Good luck on your online casino adventures!
[url=http://www.onlinecasinos5.com]online casino bonus[/url]
[img]http://www.bodog.com/publish/etc/medialib/bodogcom_media_lib/home-page-logo.Par.68918.Image.gif[/img] What should you do to make your online casino experience an enjoyable one? After all, you're after entertainment value and a chance to earn some dollars. There are certain things you can control when it comes to casino slots and virtual card games. Here are a few suggestions:


First, never choose a casino on the sole basis of his ranking in the search engine results. They are not necessarily good rankings on how a casino. You must go through several online casino sites to compare the benefits in detail and then make a decision. For example, should offer a bonus and, if so, how much. Are there any special promotions available?



1. You need to go on a vacation if you want to play in the regular brick-n-mortar casinos. That will cost a good amount of money and take away a whole lot of your quality time. Then, your family may want to tag along, as they too don't want to miss out on the action. So, in the end you will end up paying for airfares, hotel rooms, car rentals, food, shopping and hanging around. When you actually get to the casino, you will find that there's very little money left to spend on the casino games, which is the reason why you went there in the first place! However, online casinos spare you the trouble of traveling and wasting money on riff-raffs. Plus they save you a whole lot of time as you can play in the comfort of your home at a time of your own convenience and at your own pace plus within your own budget too.

Anônimo disse...

Infatuation casinos? enquire this advanced [url=http://www.realcazinoz.com]online casino[/url] exemplar and play online casino games like slots, blackjack, roulette, baccarat and more at www.realcazinoz.com .
you can also go over our new [url=http://freecasinogames2010.webs.com]casino[/url] orientate at http://freecasinogames2010.webs.com and increase the lead corporeal genially off !
another late-model [url=http://www.ttittancasino.com]casino spiele[/url] site is www.ttittancasino.com , in the course of german gamblers, arrange unrestrained online casino bonus.

Anônimo disse...

Hey, I am new here.
I love www.blogger.com because I learned a lot here. Now it's time for me to pay back.
The reason I post this guide on this of www.blogger.com is to help visitors solve the same problem.
Please contact me if it is inapproprate here.
This is the guide, hope it would do people a favor.

> Articles > Audio Article > Audio Converter Guide: How to convert M4A file to MP3, and M4A to WMA with the ImTOO Audio Encoder
How to convert M4A to MP3, and M4A to WMA? ImTOO Audio Encoder can convert m4a to mp3 fast and easy. free download and follow me step by step to convert M4A to MP3.
How to convert M4A to MP3? This step by step guide show the m4a to mp3 process.
Step 1 : Load the M4A file to this software, after download and run the m4a to mp3 converter.
Step 2: Set the options:
Step 3: Set the output path:
Final Step: Converting:
That's all! Is it very easy? What a powerful audio converter which can convert among MP3, WAV, WMA, MP4, M4A, AAC, OGG, etc., such as convert M4A to MP3, convert MP4 to MP3.
Introduction of this M4A to MP3 converter
An easy and completed way to decode/encode all popular audio files. Besides MP3, WAV, WMA, ImTOO Audio Encoder also supports MP4, M4A, MP2, OGG, APE, AAC, VQF etc. audio formats. All conversion processes between these formats are very easy to handle and fast. Provides different settings for different audio formats - users can easily get output files as they want. No matter what audio file you want, ImTOO Audio Encoder can do it for you! Supports ID3 tag and batch conversion. Users don't have to think so much, just need a click!
Features锛\x9A
Convert MP3 to WAV, convert WAV to MP3,Convert MP4 to MP3, M4A to MP34 Convert WMA to WAV, WAV to WMA, WMA to MP3, MP3 to WMA Extract audio from AVI, MPEG, ASF, WMV and other video files, convert them to MP3, WAV



Resource:
[url=http://www.topvideoconverter.com/photo-editing-software/]photo editor[/url]
[url=http://www.topvideoconverter.com/drm-converter/]convert drm videos[/url]
[url=http://www.topvideoconverter.com/ppt-to-dvd-video/]ppt to dvd converter[/url]
[url=http://www.dvdaudioextractor]DVD audio extractor[/url]
[url=http://www.topvideoconverter.com/flv-converter/]convert flv video[/url]

Anônimo disse...

So I went ahead and splurged -- bought myself a [url=http://www.ordio.com.au/products/Fatman-iTube-ValveDock-Carbon-Edition-2.html]Fatman iTube Carbon[/url] and I've got to say I am extremely pleased. I actually listened to one at a friend's house several months back and just couldn't get that music out of my head because it blew me away. I searched online everywhere for a great deal and finally found it at [url=http://www.ordio.com.au]Ordio[/url] in Westfield Bondi Junction. I called them up first and asked a bunch of questions and everything was answered to my satisfaction so I went ahead and made the purchase. Dispatch was surprisingly fast. Everything was as it should be. I'm pretty darn happy and I'm playing it right now. Not sure if they ship outside of Oz but you won't be sorry if they do.

Really happy...

Lloyd

Anônimo disse...

Yo Fellow Forumites

Looks like www.blogger.com may be a wicked forum for me
I am ecstatic to have stumbled upon it.


In the beginning just remember it was darked and then someone smiled! try this: It’s better to be wanted for murder than not to be wanted at all. :


Lol!

Anybody into Pinochle


Looking forward to a good long stay here!

Idaho,Driggs

Anônimo disse...

Brilliant web page, I hadn’t found this before during my searches! Proceed with the superb work!

Anônimo disse...

Exclusive of Mexicana competing at their US territories, airfares have excessive significantly. They existing the cheapest airfares to Johannesburg so other destinations in South Africa.Be sure which will locate best features and flights which is let you save you a lot. If somebody don't mind one short stopover up the way indirect flights can sometimes offer better market value.[url=http://www.vflights.co.uk/cheap-flights-orlando] come have a look [/url]

Anônimo disse...

[url=http://www.johnelwayjersey.net/]John Elway Broncos Jersey[/url]

Simply select and uninstall all programs you know for sure you don't need or want Call them and ask to be added to their mailing lists for to learn of upcoming events4 However if we can change the weather and create the weather and the rain and the rain cycles to our needs we can control the actual destiny of our species and be the better for it Try products with oatmeal or use all natural products

[url=http://www.torreysmithjerseys.com/]Torrey Smith Jersey[/url]

This is because items in a front pocket might slide out or irritate a biker every time they lean forwardIf you don't speak up, they'll most likely use a clipper Files should never be left out in the open or in a readily accessible location I selected Wallet Prints and entered 9 for the Next and it prints

[url=http://www.texansfootballshop.com/]Arian Foster Jersey[/url]

Anônimo disse...


[url=http://shenenmao.blinkweb.com/][b]sac longchamp[/b][/url]
[url=http://shensacen.shutterfly.com/][b]sac longchamp[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.shenenmaoyi.350.com/shenenmaoyi.htm][b]sac longchamp[/b][/url]
[url=http://shensacens.altervista.org/les-entreprises-commerciales-coping-with-key-rings-charms-sac-devenir-endeavors-lucratifs/][b]sac longchamp[/b][/url]
[url=http://shensacen.xanga.com/770580508/sacs-%C3%A0-main-designer-pour-dames/][b]sac longchamp[/b][/url]

Anônimo disse...


[url=http://www.mudandmud.info/story.php?title=bring-to-an-end-protesting-and-start-your-personal-cheap-nhl-jerseys-marketing-instead][b]Cheap NHL Jerseys[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.themee.info/story.php?title=most-suitable-vehicle-wraps][b]michael kors outlet[/b][/url]
[url=http://torrents.interzet.ru/wiki/index.php?title=A-Few-Things-To-Make-Ease-Of-michael-kors-outlet][b]michael kors outlet[/b][/url]
[url=http://myanimelist.net/profile/patchgallon40][b]sac longchamp pas cher[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.mojatu.com/turkeykey13/info][b]michael kors outlet[/b][/url]

Anônimo disse...

cheap nike shoes lclzqtrf nike factory fgjfgdrj nike online store hsqtnscw nike outlet online ecpalkoy nike outlet store vzjxljri nike outlet xicmvawx nike running shoes wzhqcmyn nike shoes yfxwzyup nike store tkedjyjh

Anônimo disse...

[url=http://www.27kadrov.ru/index.php?newsid=658]дети шпионов 2 фото[/url]
[url=http://www.27kadrov.ru/index.php?newsid=658]дети шпионов 2 смотреть[/url]


С самого начала своего появления качественное кино приобрело громадную популярность, и стало действительно искусством. К нему хотели приобщиться все. С течением лет искусство кинематографии лишь развивалось и процветало, появились абсолютно новые жанры и стили, способы создания кинолент, фантастические спецэффекты. Можно отметить, что сегодня кинокартины находятся на гребне своей популярности, и в спросе как старые фильмы, так и новые картины, только что вышедшие в свет, которые поражают киномана интересной развязкой и своими эффектами. Но наибольшим преимуществом развития сферы кино является отсутствие необходимости платить немаленькие деньги за билет в кино либо покупать дорогой диск с кино, чтобы посмотреть в отличном качестве. Сейчас все гораздо проще, достаточно зайти на ресурс 27kadrov.ru, чтобы посмотреть понравившийся фильм онлайн полностью бесплатно, не платя за данное удовольствие ничего, не отсылая никаких смс, не проходя регистрацию.
На 27kadrov.ru представлены киноленты разного жанра, которые смогут удовлетворить вкусы любого кинолюбителя. На этом портале можно посмотреть даже самые последние новые фильмы, в лучшем качестве с высокой скоростью.

[url=http://27kadrov.ru/index.php?newsid=569]непрощенные трейлер[/url]
[url=http://27kadrov.ru/history/]смотреть 3д дети шпионов[/url]