Traditional survival horror followers are rejoicing as a result of Sony has sneakily introduced that Alone within the Darkish: The New Nightmare is hitting PS4 and PS5 as a part of this month’s PS Plus replace.

Yesterday, Sony shared which video games might be coming to its PlayStation Plus subscription service this month, together with Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Dave the Diver, Development Simulator, and The Crew 2. Nonetheless, eagle-eyed followers noticed extra video games within the advantageous print, specifically a PS1 survival horror basic: Alone within the Darkish: the New Nightmare. I’m actually excited in regards to the prospect of enjoying the sport on trendy {hardware} and accumulating new trophies for it.

Don’t miss Alone within the Darkish: The New Nightmare on this month’s PS Plus Premium catalog replace

Alone within the Darkish: The New Nightmare was initially launched in 2001 for PS1 and (in some way) the Recreation Boy Shade, then later to PC, Dreamcast, and a European-exclusive PS2 port. It’s the fourth sport within the collection and the primary reboot. In it, you tackle the function of Edward Carnby, who can also be a protagonist within the 2024 reboot, and comply with his journey as he makes an attempt to unravel the thriller that received his greatest pal and associate killed.

The essential reception to the sport on launch was pretty middling. Nonetheless, most of the criticisms of the sport relate to its numerous ports. Whereas the sport itself is alleged to fall in need of what the collection provided previous to its launch, it nonetheless appears to be like higher than a lot of the video games that got here after it. However there’s simply one thing intangibly particular about this period of PS1 horror that’s so charming.

There are two causes you and all survival horror followers needs to be excited about this sport: fastened digital camera angles and trophies. Whereas not confirmed on the time of writing, Sony is slowly porting increasingly PS1 video games to PS4 and PS5 with full trophy help, and it is a platinum I’m dying so as to add to my assortment.

Fastened digital camera angles in a survival horror turned a rarity for a few years, however they’re regularly making a resurgence. Whereas not the mainstream anymore by a klong approach, they to pop up from time to time in video games akin to upcoming retro horror sport Crow Nation and even on this 12 months’s Alone within the Darkish, although the quick time frame you may have them within the latter is sorely underused.

As for why this sport is hidden away within the advantageous print of this month’s PS Plus replace article, I’m clueless. The subscription is getting what appears to be like like a fantastic sport, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, on day one, in addition to Ship us Mars. Not solely that, however one other PS1 basic, MediEvil can also be hitting PS4 and PS5 this month. Sure now we have the remake, however I like the knockout blast of nostalgia that comes with reliving the primary video games I keep in mind loading up on a CRT in my front room.