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Now here's an odd one. The Devil Inside plopped out of the mind of Hubert Chabrot, creator of the infamous horror 'em up Alone in the Dark, one of the creepiest games this reviewer has ever played. Sadly, the AITD sequels suffered from an increased reliance on vaguely sinister whimsy as opposed to the raw, there-goes-my-underwear unpleasantness of the original, which went straight for the jugular by keeping the premise simple (you wander into a haunted house and very, very bad things start to happen almost immediately).

Apart from causing grown men to relieve themselves in front of their monitors, AITD also 'inspired' the original Resident Evil, in much the same way Star Wars inspired Battlestar Galactica.

DmC: Devil May Cry - Complete v1.0 All No-DVD Prophet. The Devil Inside is thankfully not one of them, perhaps in part to sharing some creative talent that was behind Alone in the Dark. It is a very fun third-person shooter with a B-movie sensibility and tonnes of pixelated gore.

Anyway, The Devil Inside revisits some of Chabrot's favourite territory - the increasingly sinister haunted mansion - and does it in a most intriguing way. The unlikely premise sees you controlling a future-world cable TV reporter called Dave, whose haircut makes him faintly reminiscent of whatsername out of the Swedish band Aqua. He is also blessed with the ability to transform himself into an occult dominatrix named Deva, for reasons beyond the realm of normal human understanding. Lest we forget, the original AITD allowed you to play as a man or a woman; this time round you're both.

Anyhow, Dave's the star turn on a show called Devil Inside, a kind of televisual cross between The Cook Report and The Blair Witch Project The idea is that Dave leaps headfirst into ultra-violent paranormal crime scenes, with the resultant frights and fights introduced and MCed live on air by a cheesy host (named, unhilariously, Jack T Ripper).

Eat Static

The game itself is a bizarre blend of Tomb Raider, MDK, and Resident Evil with one very peculiar addition - the team of cameramen that constantly shadow your every move. The programmers have cleverly included little touches that make it all leel' just like a real live TV show - bursts of static, clumsy zooms, moments where the character breaks out of the frame.

It's hard to convey why in words, but it adds to the chill-factor considerably (particularly when, say, you're creeping up a narrow staircase with a gun in your hand hearing the sound of a groaning zombie coming ever closer, and the picture starts breaking up). We've already mentioned The Blair Witch Project, but it's worth mentioning again, because it shares something of the same kind of spookiness. Which is a very good thing.

Still, there are glaring problems. For starters, beneath the postmodern glitz, it's essentially a simple arcade-style game, albeit one with puzzles and inventories to worry about. Worse still, it takes quite a while to become scary; the opening level, set outside the mansion itself, is quite weak and unfocused.But the biggest problem are the controls: they're a bit more rubbish than is necessary. A combination of mouse and keyboard, a la MDK, is the order of the day, and it leads to a strangely detached feel (Dave/Deva's curious reluctance to strafe from side-to-side while moving forward doesn't help either). Aiming weapons can prove infuriatingly problematic, despite the default laser-sighting: killing even close-up, is often stupidly hard.

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It's a shame really, because these errors (which could have been ironed out) seriously detract from what is otherwise a bizarre and compelling blend of horror, tongue-in-cheek comedy, and arcade gameplay.

If you can get hold of a copy cheaply, then for God's sake give it a spin, because it is worth a look, merely as a rare example of raw originality in action.

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We Are Going To Eat You

The Devil Inside features hundreds - yes hundreds - of undead flesh-eating zombies. And they're proper zombies, ones that shuffle about groaning, not silly ones that hide behind trees or ride motorbikes. To celebrate, we're printing the hallowed Four Laws Of Proper Zombies.

1) Zombies Are Stupid

Proper zombies are basically motorised eating machines, incapable of making rational decisions. They never hide or duck when you start shooting at them, and will continue to shuffle towards you even if you've just shot their leg off. Still, what do you expect? Their brains are decomposing. H they had the intelligence to, say, do sums, they'd go and get a job in a bank instead of shambling around wearing tatty clothes, going 'gnnnnuuuuhhh' and getting shot at all the time.

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2) Zombies Aren't Very Agile

Proper zombies can't break into a run or manipulate complex objects. Blame rigor mortis. In case you think this doesn't make them very scary, think again: the whole point of zombies is that, what they lack in physical aptitude they make up for in sheer numbers.

3) Zombies Can Only Be Killed By A Head-Shot

The Devil Inside zombies occasionally break this rule, which is a pity, but more often than not they adhere to the basic principle: the brain is the engine that drives the zombie bus. Since the zombie's body is already dead, hacking it in two with a chainsaw won't dampen its bloodlust-itcan still drag itself along with its arms. Only by destroying the grey matter can you destroy the monster Itself. For a vivid demonstration of this rule, see George A Romero's Day Of The Dead, In which a zombie has the top half of its head sliced off by a man wielding a spade. As our hero makes his escape, the zombie's eyes continue darting around in what's left of the skull - brain's still intact, y'see.

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4) Zombies Are Pathetic, Amusing And Scary At The Same Time

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We're glad to report that the Devil Inside zombies follow this, the strictest of all zombie laws. Zombies look pitiful with their grubby clothes and clumsy mannerisms. Then, when you blow half their limbs off, they look hilarious as they dutifully keep on moving. But no matter how hard you laugh, there's always an uneasy tension - deep down, you know, sooner or later, your going to ran out of ammo, or you'll find yourself surrounded, and bingo - funny Mister Groany-guts is suddenly noshing the contents of your forehead. Now that's frightening.