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"Dead Rush" resurrected in "Alone in the Dark"?

JCinDEJCinDE Registered User new member
edited June 2008 in Games and Technology
Alone in the Dark's driving gameplay is VERY reminiscent of the E3 2004 trailer for Dead Rush. Heck the rest of the gameplay has strong similarities, too.

Both protagonists had amnesia.
Both are set in locations ravaged by earthquakes (sort of)
Both require the player to light the environments and even provide similar light sources.

http://www.gamershell.com/tv/7180.html

I wonder if it is just coincidence or is there more to it?

They had different developers and publishers obviously, but that doesn't mean the rights to Dead Rush couldn't have changed hands at some point...

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Did you just seriously suggest that Alone in the Dark was somehow inspired by that game?

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    JCinDE wrote: »
    Alone in the Dark's driving gameplay is VERY reminiscent of the E3 2004 trailer for Dead Rush. Heck the rest of the gameplay has strong similarities, too.

    Both protagonists had amnesia.
    Both are set in locations ravaged by earthquakes (sort of)
    Both require the player to light the environments and even provide similar light sources.

    http://www.gamershell.com/tv/7180.html

    I wonder if it is just coincidence or is there more to it?

    They had different developers and publishers obviously, but that doesn't mean the rights to Dead Rush couldn't have changed hands at some point...

    Are you 12?

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  • RaereRaere Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    No, I think he's trying to say that they incorporated elements from Dead Rush into the new Alone in the Dark.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Raere wrote: »
    No, I think he's trying to say that they incorporated elements from Dead Rush into the new Alone in the Dark.

    I could also say that Dead Rush incorporates elements of Zork III. Earthquake. Light sources...

    Also, amnesia is one of the oldest plot devices in the book.

    Someone lock this thread. Please.

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