Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare: Prima's Official Strategy Guide [Paperback]

David Hodgson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Prima's Official Strategy Guide | Publication Date: June 26, 2001

It's what you fear!

• Comprehensive walkthroughs for Edward Carnby and Aline Cedrac's missions
• Complete monster, weapon, and item stats
• Detailed character relation chart and bios
• All secrets, item locations, and puzzle solutions revealed
• Bonus look at the making of Alone in the Dark

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It's what you fear!

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It's what you fear!

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Prima Games (June 26, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761536329
• ISBN-13: 978-0761536321
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,085,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Originally hailing from the English city of Manchester, David began his video game career in 1995, writing for numerous classic British gaming magazines from a rusting, condemned, dry-docked German fishing trawler floating on the River Thames. Fleeing the United Kingdom, he joined the crew at the part-fraternity, part-sanitarium known as GameFan magazine. David helped launch GameFan Books and form Gamers' Republic, and was partly responsible for the wildly unsuccessful incite Video Gaming and Gamers.com. He wrote his first guide in 1996, but began authoring guides for Prima in 2000. He has written over 70 guides including: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Assassin's Creed; Half-Life: Orange Box; Mario Kart Wii; Halo 3: ODST; and Fallout 3. He lives in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, with his wife and an eight-foot statue of Great Cthulhu.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Scary and Freaky this game guide adds up!, August 13, 2001

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Jon Romano (Long Island, New York, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

This is one of the many strategy guides by Prima and it definitely lives up to its name. Alone in the dark the new nightmare blows resident evil out of the water with its amazing fast-paced graphics and intruiging detailed and "pull you in" story line. With Prima's official strategy at your side you are ready for anything. As you take control of Edward Carnby or Aline Cedrac, you are faced by the minions of evil and the horrors that lie in the shadows. This guide has all the necessary tools for your survival in the mansion overtaken by evil on Shadow Island: -walkthroughs for BOTH characters. -complete character, monster, and item stats. -great training tips for enhanced playing. -exposed secrets, item locations and puzzle solutions. - and as an added bonus, it has the history of the Alone in the Dark series and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the game. Prima's guide sums up the term of excellence all game guides should have. This guide appeals to gamers of all ages, its extensive walkthroughs help each character unfold their destiny, and with all the exposed secrets and items, it will have you playing and guessing at every corner....NOT! With the revealing walkthrough you will know what is coming around every corner...but it'll still be scary trust me...the graphics make this game in a league of its own NOTHING yet so far can compare with this game, and with the strategy guide at your side as your extensive info companion, you'll be almost unstoppable...unless mom accidentally unplugs the playstation while plugging in the vaccuum...hope you saved! That's another good point...SAVE A LOT!!! and mark the page where you are in the guide...just incase it closes by accident...or was it Obed Morton??? Just kidding...this game will give you nightmares, well it makes sense since that's the title of the game..."its what you fear..." anyway I'm getting off the subject, (I'm playing the game right now, writing this review, AND looking at the strategt guide) well there you have it...get the game...then arm yourself with the power of knowledge with Prima's official strategy guide-"Alone in the Dark: the new nightmare."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You Must Buy This Book If You Want To Finish The Games., December 21, 2002

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James McDonald (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

You must buy this book if you want to finish the games. Both solutions to-the-finish are here for the Edward Carnby mission and the Aline Cedrac mission. All the secrets are here. You might even find some of your own. Item locations and what you need to get and what you need to do next is all here. There are over 1,110 photos of both games to help you get through each scene step by step. The skill and determination is up to you. It is possible to complete both missions. I highly recommend the book and buying a Playstation red, emerald or blue memory card for your Playstation PS One. You will get through Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare game alot quicker. The book is helpful for all systems you play the game on.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good game...hard as nails at some points though!, November 15, 2001

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C. Ernest "Mr. Mew" (Racine, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

If I didn't get this book, I would probably still be stuck in the office trying to figure out how to get that darn projector to work! Thankfully, Prima came to the rescue! It's a good book that gives away ALL the secrets, so if you want to keep on guessing this book is for you! The grreat thing about it is that it gives you a lot more background info on characters and plot. The bad thing is that it is a little confusing as to the organization of the info...and their is a lot of information to organize! Overall a good strategy guide and worth it if you feel like giving up!