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''Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare'' was a re-imagining of the series. Taking place in modern times, the game featured a new protagonist (also named Edward Carnby. [[Tiny Toons|No relation.]]), who teams up with linguistic expert Aline Cedrac to unravel the mystery of Shadow Island and its reclusive inhabitants, the Morton family. This ultimately puts them into a battle against the Creatures of Darkness, reptilian shadow monsters originating from an underground underworld known as the World of Darkness. The game featured many control, gameplay, and presentation elements taken straight out of the playbook of ''[[Resident Evil]]''. It's most unique feature was the use of the flashlight to reveal hidden details of the environment, as well as to drive back some of the light-sensitive monsters.

 

 

Although not an ''Alone in the Dark'' game per se, ''Cold Fear'' was originally supposed to be ''Alone in the Dark 5''. Although the end product ultimately had nothing to do with the series, it can still be considered ''Alone in the Dark'' [[Recycled in Space|AT SEA]].

** Try to go out the front door too soon, and get eaten by a [[Man-Eating Plant]].

** Open the yellow book(De Vermis Mysteriis) without standing on the pentacle first, and an invisible evil spirit snaps your neck. A [[Trial and Error Gameplay]] moment.

* [[Hive Mind]] - All the monsters in the 2008 ''Alone in the Dark'' are merely puppets controlled by a single entity, Lucifer.

* [[Hyperactive Metabolism]] - The main source of health replenishment in the original trilogy came in the form of [[Quick Nip|whisky-filled hipflasks]]. Considering the sheer amount of booze in the second and third games, it's a wonder Carnby was able to stand upright, let alone aim a gun.

* [[Infinite Flashlight]] - Seen in ''Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare'', where the flashlight was a core element of gameplay. Averted in the 2008 ''Alone in the Dark'', where the flashlight had to be periodically reloaded with fresh batteries.

* [[Invincible Minor Minion]] - The Elwood Brothers in ''Alone in the Dark 3'', a pair of unkillable gunslingers whose sole purpose was to railroad you through the town of Slaughter Gulch by killing you if you tried to go somewhere the developers didn't want you to.

* [[The Key Is Behind the Lock]]: A puzzle in the second game.

** This is also the method by which the [[Big Bad]] of the original ''Alone in the Dark'' is finally dispatched.

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] - Carnby's condition in the 2008 ''Alone in the Dark''.

* [[Lightning Reveal]]: A lightning flash in one of the outside areas in ''The New Nightmare'' shows a massive horde of ghoulish humans surrounding you for an instant. {{spoiler|It's an early prelude to when you return to the location later and encounter just such a force, but thankfully you happen to have found [[BFG|a gun that fires emulsified light.]]}}

* [[Magical Native American]] - The shaman who helps Edward in ''Alone in the Dark 3'', as well as Edenshaw in ''Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare''.

* [[Mind Screw]] - both finales to the 2008 ''Alone in the Dark''. Sheesh.

* [[The Unfought]] - The 2008 ''Alone In The Dark'' builds up to a climactic showdown between Edward Carnby and Lucifer... and just when it looks like the two are about to throw down, the game ends with a [[Gainax Ending]].

* [[The Bad Guy Wins]] - Both endings to 2008, more or less, although one is a potential [[Sequel Hook]].

* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]] - The first game includes ''Fragments of the Book of Abdul'' and ''De Vermis Mysteriis''. Reading the former will hurt you and reading the latter kills you. The ''Vermis'' is found with another book warning you that reading such tomes can be harmful (and mentions the ''Vermis'' by name), but the game doesn't tell you what a book's title ''is'' until you've already read it.

* [[Trial and Error Gameplay]]

* [[Updated Rerelease]] - The 2008 ''Alone in the Dark'' is be rereleased on the Playstation 3 as ''Alone in the Dark: Inferno'', with exclusive new levels as well as improved, faster and more responsive controls. The [[Scrappy Level]] has also been made easier and much less frustrating.

** ''Alone in the Dark 2'' had a CD re-issue, with the difficult initial garden maze skippable and a further sequence with child co-star Grace.