Alone in the Dark Inferno Review

Alone in the Dark Inferno
Eden Games
£44.99

MORE scare the pants off you action from the latest in this long running series which first saw the light of day in 1992.

I suppose horror never goes out of fashion, and this one is clearly trying to move with the times, placing an emphasis on giving people episodic action for those in need of a "quick TV-style fix".

There are a number of changes which have been brought in on the PS3 after the Xbox 360 version received some criticism - including a 360 degree camera view solving one of the biggest niggles.

The absolutely impossible racing section has also been updated - now there is a checkpoint you can save at, which stops you throwing the controller through the screen.

It looks absolutely superb with excellent character models and overall design is great - I particularly enjoyed one sequence involving a race away from a massive fissure opening up in the city.

It has to be said that the replayability probably won't be that high, once you've got to grips with all the twists and turns in the plot, and when you're talking about £40 plus that might be a problem.

But overall it's an improvement on the XBox version and a pretty effective frightener.

74 per cent