It seems the days of Alone in the Dark offering solo scares are over, because the series is jumping on the increasingly popular co-op bandwagon.
Bloody Disgusting reports that upcoming entry Alone in the Dark: Illumination will feature co-operative multiplayer mode with four playable character classes, in which players will work together to clear an abandoned mining town of an ancient evil.
It sounds like another third-person riff on the time-honoured Left 4 Dead template, essentially. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, but is just about as far away from the roots of the franchise as you can get.
There are four classes; the Hunter, Witch, Priest and Engineer. The haunted mining town of Lorwich, Virginia is divided up into segments for you to clear of vaguely Lovecraftian nasties, with each character bringing a different set of skills and weapons to the fray. You can read a short bio of each class over on the official website. As in Left 4 Dead, enemy and item placement will be randomised in each game to keep things interesting.
It’s reportedly planned for this November on PC, through developer Pure is still only committing to a non-specific ”fourth quarter” date.
