/vr/ - Retro Games

I'm playing with a friend through the whole Alone in the Dark series and it's a blast- the first game has us puzzled the whole time about what was going on every second due to the poor, primitive 3D and cluttered design (for some reason the dead pirate in the first game was unbeatable by any sword and I just managed to pass through the courtyard full of invincible, unstoppable spiders more than once to reach the ballroom, taking some quick save scumming). We reached the end thanks to a save we made at the beginning of the cave section of the game, because the first time we've been through that hell we missed the fact that you have to burn the damn tree (I though the painting meant that the tree shot fireballs, isn't it what it does after all).

Now we are at the second game and even though it's a completely different, HIGH-ACTION packed game, it's still fun.
Still, at the beginning we explored the gardens and managed to save all ammos and lose little to no life and got the rope and hook- then we found out that you can enter the mansion anytime via a bush with a rock in front where Carnby just levitates in front of. Walkthroughs seems to indicate that there was a statue in the garden and some other stuff, are we gonna eventually get stuck?

Also discuss your Alone in the Dark experience. It's truly terrifying due to being so confusing as a game.