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Perplexing but atmospheric, May 8, 2019by Bosch While very effectively evocative of an atmosphere, it's hard to know what to make of this game. A lot of little clues and faint hints and traces allude to elements that never see any kind of resolution. By the end, it's not entirely clear what happened except in a fairly broad sense. But it's well done, and some minor narrative branching makes it worth replays. I've banged away at it repeatedly and I still feel like I'm missing something that would bring it into sharper relief. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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A short, easy sound-enhanced horror game at home, May 9, 2016by MathBrush This game is a fairly popular horror game. With sounds on, late at night, it is pretty creepy. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Atmospheric, brooding, but yet another generic horror victim, November 22, 2015by verityvirtue (London) You're alone in Harvey's apartment. It is raining. The news is on: the ‘Slicer Killer’, who has young women living alone as his prey, has claimed another victim. Harvey will be back soon. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Meh., January 2, 2015by Chai Hai (Kansas City KS) It wasn't BAD per se, but it wasn't exactly thrilling either. Just your run of the mill horror story. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Sobol (Russia), November 25, 2014 - Simon Deimel (Germany), February 12, 2014 - Artran (Taipei, Taiwan), August 15, 2013 - Dr. Fleming (Torrent, Valencia), April 11, 2013 - ptkw, March 11, 2013 - Stewjar (USA), February 12, 2013 - AADA7A, September 21, 2012 - Catalina, August 20, 2012 - E.K., August 15, 2012 - liz73 (Cornwall, New York), June 28, 2012 - amciek (Opole), June 7, 2012 - bloodzeed, April 20, 2012 - deathbytroggles (Minneapolis, MN), January 30, 2012 - blu_gtar87, December 7, 2011 6 of
6 people found the following review helpful:
Effective in its aim but low on interactivity., December 5, 2011All Alone is a very short horror game riffing on those urban myths about what can happen to women who are unfortunate enough to receive a creepy phone call late at night. You play one such woman fielding one such phone call; you're alone in your apartment when the call arrives, a storm's moving in and the TV news is yelling at you about the local serial killer. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Ben Cressey (Seattle, WA), December 1, 2011 - MooG (Stoke-on-Trent, England), August 24, 2011 - r6144, August 7, 2011 - rmg66fl, July 2, 2011 - Nemansphere, June 30, 2011 - Mark Jones (Los Angeles, California), May 19, 2011 - diddlescatter (US), February 2, 2011 - Walter Sandsquish, February 2, 2011 0 of
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Bad IF, good F, October 11, 2010by BladeL Only 3 stars, but mostly because it's not really a game. A short cast. It's not bad, really. Play it, it won't take more than five minutes. Although I think this is the kind of game which you should make with sound effects and music in the box. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (2) - Add comment
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Great atmosphere, lousy plot, September 22, 2010by Victor Gijsbers (The Netherlands) All Alone actually scared me. Oh, it used a cheap trick to do it, but it was effective and very diegetic: my reaction of "Whaah! Oh, wait, how stupid to be scared by that" is exactly the same reaction the protagonist has in this situation. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- strikemeyer (Atlanta, Georgia), June 12, 2010 - Nusco (Bologna, Italy), May 28, 2010 - Yigit Akkok (Ankara, Turkey), May 18, 2010 - Azazel, April 22, 2010 - Danielle (The Wild West), March 3, 2010 - madducks (Indianapolis, Indiana), February 12, 2010 - Grey (Italy), December 21, 2009 - lupusrex (Seattle, WA), October 4, 2009 9 of
9 people found the following review helpful:
Short and Creepy Horror Piece, September 13, 2009Short and creepy ”literary” horror. You are a young female artist waiting for the break-through and recently moved into your boyfriend’s small, shabby apartment—just big enough that you can’t see all of it from any one place. It’s a dark and stormy night; a serial killer stalks the streets; you’re all alone. The phone rings. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Mike Gray (Wisconsin), July 25, 2009 9 of
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Cold Sweat, July 25, 2009by AmberShards (The Gothic South) Although it is set in an apartment, All Alone is head-and-shoulders above other such room-limited games, because it successfully induces all of the claustrophobia that other games only hint at. Here, claustrophobia, paralysis, and isolation, all spiral together into a cold sweat of undiluted terror. On the analytical side, this is pure stalker-horror with the player as the potential victim. The setup uses the limitations of the setting and even of IF itself to bring the aforementioned emotions into play. It's quite effective, and the emotions are compromised only by the profanity towards the end. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- schifter (Louisville, KY), February 25, 2009 - winky, February 24, 2009 15 of
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Atmospheric game with a few flaws, January 24, 2009by Karl Ove Hufthammer (Bergen, Norway) This really is a 'mood piece', and should be played as one. Don't expect very much interactivity, or that the choices you do will have much effect on the final outcome (this is, after all, a horror story). The writing is generally good, and manages to convey an increasingly creepy atmosphere, though the parser is only adequate, with a bit too many unknown words. Many people find the ending a bit confusing, but it's not bad, really. All in all, this is a good, if somewhat flawed, mood piece. With a better parser and a better ending, it would have gained an extra star from me. Note that the author suggests (or rather requires!) that the game be played at night, in a quiet room, and with the lights off. I agree, and also recommend you use an interpreter that supports sound (and no, there won't be any loud screams to scare you, just a few well-placed minor sound effects). The result should be an increasingly uncomfortable experience as the game progresses, which for this type of game is good thing! Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- VK, December 8, 2008 - Genjar (Finland), August 31, 2008 - Anders Hellerup Madsen (Copenhagen, Denmark), July 22, 2008 - Moses Templeton, May 3, 2008 - lobespear, April 22, 2008 - jfpbookworm (Hamburg, New York), February 28, 2008 - Ziixxxitria (California), February 27, 2008 - Interference (Oxford, England), February 14, 2008 Baf's GuideStalker horror--the author calls it "play-in-the-dark-ware." Very short, but effectively creepy--most of the thrill is not knowing what exactly is going on. That effect continues when the game's over, in fact, since it's far from clear what happens at the end, and the game ends pretty abruptly. If you like stalker horror, though, this is a good example of how IF can do that genre well. -- Duncan Stevens
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