Your thoughts on : Amnesia, the dark descent

[Collegeguy]

Scariest game that is out there by far.

[Deleted]

you dont really beat the game, you more or less finish the story made by the designers. i myself have finished it long ago but it always remains fun ;p, cant wait for amnesia 2, its going to be AWESOME

Okay, I haven't finished it yet then . I always end up starting over again when I get to a place I can't make myself go through, just to build up some courage. The farthest I got was right after the Sewers. I really wanted to get to the end, but as soon as I heard a grunt when I reached out for a door I just thought ''fuck that shit'' and haven't played since.

[Deleted]

I personally liked Call of Cthulhu : Dark corners of the earth more when it came out, but oh well, might just be nostalgia too. Man, Loved that game.

[Wishblade]

I think it's an amazing game. I'm very bad with horror games so I didn't really wanna play it but I bought an Indie Bundle which included Amnesia and I thought, "you know what, fuck it, I'll try it, I've seen playthroughs, can't be as horrifying when I know what'll happen." So I tried it late evening and by the time I got to the first big "hub" room I went, "fuck this! I'm waiting till it's the middle of the day!".

Next day I then played it all the way through and my god, I'd have gone mad if I played it at night, but during the day it was a great balance of, "OH FUCK SHIT WHY I WANNA GET OUTTA HERE!" and "This. Is. AWESOME!". I really loved crawling around in the dark, avoiding monsters or in some cases, run away like a little girl.

Since I don't play much horror I can't compare it to anything, but I think Amnesia is a great game, definitely a must-play if you like horror and even if you don't and like challenging yourself a bit in the mental stability level, give it a shot. =)

[Darklurker]

My reaction to Amnesia, in a nutshell:

[McNeil]

Has anyone else ever seen Alexander's painting on low sanity? I experienced it in quite a creepy way...

I was in the Study room looking for stuff, and I've seen Alexander's portrait on normal sanity. He looked like a healthy guy, and when I opened a closet full with skulls, his portrait suddenly looked... disturbing. I looked away for a few min, I walked back and the painting went back to normal.

I can't wait to see if they can deliver those creeps in their sequel A Machine For Pigs. But I doubt walking pig-men will be scarier than grunts

[Lyriok]

Great game and tells a great story IMO. It does a fantastic job in creating the perfect environment which just draws you into the game.

[Theory of Thaddeus]

The game is good. The custom stories and full conversion mods are even better, though. Tenebris Lake, White Night, and The Attic are a few that come to mind.

[Borfl]

I find it hard to immerse myself in the game. I just don't get scared by it enough to feel the adrenaline, I got more jumps from playing Slender, and even more from playing Silent Hill 1. I managed to get to the elevator(the part past the flooded basement) and I had no idea where to go so I quit out of boredom. Bottom line the game wasn't fun for me.

[McNeil]

How can people rate this game lower than a 4? Even if its not your type of game, you can still admit that for an indie developer they did a pretty amazing job.

[Deleted]

I'm too scared to play it.

[Verdugo]

How can people rate this game lower than a 4? Even if its not your type of game, you can still admit that for an indie developer they did a pretty amazing job.

So we are giving free points to games just because they are made by independent developers now?

[Chronos80]

Tried playing it 2 times, both times quit. Just not my game I guess. No, it's not really scary, just a bit.

[McNeil]

So we are giving free points to games just because they are made by independent developers now?

I'm not saying you can instantly give them a rating between 7-10 or just free points because they're an indie developer. But a decent reviewer should atleast look at:

- Gameplay
- Sound
- Value
- Graphics
- Difficulty
- Atmosphere
- Music

Stuff like that.
But most people are more like ''I didn't like that game, I'll give it a 1'' or ''I liked that game, I'll give it a 10''. If a developer has an extremely low budget, but can still make a masterpiece, you can give them credit for their work. Blizzard has an extremely huge budget and still take 10 years to make Diablo 3, you'd expect them to do a better job.

[JustintimeSS]

Scary game. I gave it an 8 for being indie and horrifying at times.