8 Failing Video Game Franchises That JUST WON'T DIE
2. Alone In The Dark
It's truly fascinating that the Alone in the Dark franchise continues to exist, seemingly in spite of itself.
The classic survival horror series launched back in 1992, and though the original game remains much-loved for its atmosphere and innovative gameplay, the series' reception has been wildly all over the place ever since.
Alone in the Dark 2 and 3 received relatively lukewarm notices, enough that the franchise took a six-year hiatus until 2001, when it was resurrected with the not-bad, not-great Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, the mediocre sales of which put the series on ice once again.
Since then three more attempts have been made to shock the IP back to life, with 2008's mediocre Alone in the Dark, 2015's atrocious third-person shooter Alone in the Dark: Illumination, and this year's reimagining of the original game.
With the new title releasing to mixed reviews in an incredibly crowded period for AAA games, it seems like the series has likely failed yet again. But given its baffling tendency to defy the odds and keep on trucking, it'd be foolish to count Alone in the Dark out at this point.