Recently, it was revealed that to get the full depth of the story – which is packed with mysteries, twists, and turns – you’ll need to play the game twice. That’s once as David Harbour’s character, a gruff private investigator named Edward, and once as Jodie Comer’s character, a more polite, quietly-spoken woman named Emily.
By way of a comparison, it’s a solid thing to say that Alone in the Dark feels similar to Resident Evil 2. In that game, you can play as either Leon Kennedy or Claire Redfield, and each character has unique abilities, unlocks, and even paths that they take through the game. That’s the same thing with Alone in the Dark, which will see players get a different experience depending on the character they pick.
That’ll take the eight hours or so that it takes to complete the game to around 14 or 16 hours in total. It’s a clever tactic to ensure replayability.