Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare - Strategy Guide (Page 04)

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Alert reader James Anselmo writes in to claim that he was
able to defeat Obed here with a couple of shots from the
revolver. Jel'endra Ayanami, Rei's sister from the Yellow
Ajah, confirms that yes, you can put many bullets into
Obed in this camera angle, but she wasn't able to defeat
him by such means. The general consensus here, among
correspondents, is that Anselmo is either very lucky, or,
as I initially theorized, is smoking paint. Mmm. Paint.

Stefan Kamal has yet another anti-Obed strategy for your
consideration, which I hesitantly reproduce here in its
full and unabridged original text, despite wanting *very
badly* to correct the syntax and spelling:

"hey, i figured out a way to hit obed in the final  scene.
 if alene backs up a bit, obed will walk towards her, that's
 when  you hit 'em one shot at a time with the lightning gun.
 eventually a cut  scene will appear where obedÊactually
 helps his new found 'daughter' to safety!!! hope this helps!"

Wedge Antilles (whose parents actually named him that; why
do you ask?) writes in with more anti-Obed tips:

"I blasted him with the Pulsar until it died and then plugged
 him with 3-4 grenades. You have to do it at exactly the right
 time: as he shambles toward you, on his last two steps, when
 his right arm comes forward, blast him. Then immediately hit
 X again, powering up the Pulsar, and hit him again when his
 right arm comes forward. If you run into trouble, just back
 up, and he'll go away. Wait a few seconds and then advance
 and do it again."

Noel Casale, on the other hand, writes to weigh in on the
pro-revolver side of the argument:

"I just wanted to confirm that James Anselmo was correct.
 It is possible to bring down Obed Morton in Arline's end
 game with her revolver. He is only vulnerable when he
 starts to walk towards you, but once you get the hang of
 his timing. [sic] It's actually really easy to squeeze off
 a shot every time he starts to step forward. If you don't
 want to try and get the timing right, firing and holding
 [the] lightning gun works even better. Every time he starts
 to take a step, the gun nails him. With controlled bursts
 I was able to bring him down with less than half a charge."

Casale also has this to say, which I can't believe I forgot
to put into the walkthrough before now:

"Another hint. If Obed gets to close [sic] on the bridge,
 backing up all the way off the bridge will cause him to
 return to his side and reset your starting positions.
 Allowing you [sic] to pelt him some more from complete
 safety."

Once you're past Obed, one way or the other, you can duck
into the passageway here without further preamble. 'Bye,
Obed! Enjoy the apocalypse, lunch meat!
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The next room features a great many mummified warriors,
standing guard over a trio of headless statues. Your
disembodied statue head will fit on one of them, so use
it on the one with a matching symbol. When you do that,
Carnby will show up with a third head (um... yeah). Go
through the gate.

You've just won Aline's scenario. Enjoy the strange
heavy-metal stylings of the "Alone in the Dark" theme song.

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ENDINGS:
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For the record, Aline and Carnby's scenarios have the same
ending. Where did Aline's jacket come from, anyway?

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SECRETS:
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None o' those here. Go home.

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CONCLUSION:
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Thanks to "Ryan," "dee seat," Vincent "bounce" Merken,
Anthony Locascio, James Anselmo, "Jel'endra Ayanami,"
Stefan Kamal, Noel Casale, "Wedge Antilles," and Gertie
Manx for their contributions to this FAQ. For your
own contributions or questions, my e-mail address is
talespinner@msc.net. Please put "Alone in the Dark"
in your subject header. Also, please read the following
before you e-mail me, and take it to heart:
[warning: explicit language]

You know, if you combined Alone in the Dark's voice
acting, presentation, fright value, and plotting, with
Resident Evil's tighter controls, arguably better
graphics, and replay value, you'd have the perfect
survival horror game.

This is a hint, Darkworks. Now give me a sequel with
Aline in it.

Thomas Wilde
a.k.a. Wanderer
a.k.a. Storyteller on gameFAQs.com
talespinner@msc.net