Line #10 Trivia/AloneInTheDark


1	!!The video game series:
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3	* CreativeDifferences: Disagreements over the direction of the original trilogy sequels led to most of the 1992 staff leaving Creator/{{Infogrames}} to form Adeline Software International under the Creator/DelphineSoftwareInternational umbrella, creating the VideoGame/LittleBigAdventure franchise.
4	* CreatorsOddball: Eden Games, the French studio that made the 2008 ''Alone in the Dark'', primarily makes racing games, which likely accounts for the primacy of driving sections in that game. Their only other non-racing game is the 3D platformer ''VideoGame/KyaDarkLineage''.
5	* DivorcedInstallment: The original ''Alone in the Dark'' was initially going to be the first ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' game released by Infogrames, hence the abundance of Lovecraftian elements present in the game, and was intended to be called ''Call of Cthulhu: Doom of Decerto''. When it was rebranded into its own IP, ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheComet'' (which is still referenced in the final version of the game) ended up becoming their first ''Call of Cthulhu'' title instead.
6	* DuelingWorks: While ''Alone in the Dark'' served as a direct inspiration for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'', the Japanese series undoubtedly proved more successful in the end. Many of the ''Resident Evil'' games were released to some kind of acclaim and were very popular with audiences, while ''Alone in the Dark'' [[{{FirstInstallmentWins}} is mainly remembered for the first game in the series]], with the others remaining largely forgotten. While ''Resident Evil'' successfully revived itself ''twice'' when most people were getting tired of the ongoing formula, ''Alone in the Dark'' failed to do so both in 2008 and 2015, [[FranchiseKiller effectively making itself, for all intents and purposes, dead as a franchise]].
7	* {{Feelies}}: The original trilogy boxes include fictional printed newspapers from the 1920s, which expand a bit the setting and sometime contain subtle clues for the games.
8	* FollowTheLeader: In ''The New Nightmare'', the controls, presentation, and gameplay are a little too similar to ''Resident Evil'' to be coincidental ("a little" being a major understatement). Note that Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, and this also means the game is [[RevisitingTheRoots much more faithful to the first game's spirit]].
9	* FranchiseKiller: The 2008 game was most likely this, as even a rerelease on Platform/PlayStation3 to fix some of the bugs from the Platform/{{Xbox 360}} version couldn't save it. It's even worse when you consider that even though the game developers delayed the release of the game for three years to try to stave off the bad publicity generated by Creator/UweBoll's failed [[Film/AloneInTheDark2005 film adaptation]], [[RetCanon some elements from the film still made it into the new game]]. If not the 2008 game, then ''Illumination'' finishes the job.
10	** Years later, the revived THQ (as THQ Nordic) would purchase the rights in 2018. And in 2022, they announced that they would be re-imagining the first game featuring an over-the-shoulder gameplay similar to the remakes of ''Franchise/ResidentEvil [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake 2]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake 3]]''.
11	* FranchiseZombie: Both games after ''New Nightmare''. Prior to THQ Nordic's acquisition, ''Illumination'' looked like it may be the final nail in the coffin.
12	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Capcom was supposed to release Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare for the Japanese market through the Playstation and Playstation 2, but decided not to go with it. Cyberfront published it for the PC.
13	** There were also plans for a remake of the first game after the 2008 Game but it got canceled with only a really early internal trailer/walkthrough remaining. The concept of remaking the first game looks like it'll be revisited, though it's unknown how much, if any material from the first attempt will make it into this one.
14	* WorkingTitle: The first game went through many working titles, such as "Nightmare in Derceto" (from the name of the mansion), "[[DoomyDoomsOfDoom Doom]] in Derceto" and simply "In the Dark".

Context Trivia / AloneInTheDark