Amnesia: Dark Descent. Scariest game ever?

[camscottbryce]

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I feel as though you've either already bought it or downloaded the demo, or something, but I'm going to add my two cents in at the end of this.

I didn't find Amnesia scary at all. I was really disappointed with how everyone hyped it up as being the scariest thing in the world. The main problem is that all of the monsters despawn if you wait long enough. There were only 2 that I counted that did not despawn, and you could make one of those despawn by traveling far enough away from it that it disappeared. This was really depressing. It meant that you never really had to deal with monsters. As soon as you heard it spawn, you could find a door, close it behind you, hide in the corner, and wait until the "monster music" died down. NOT scary.

I don't want to spoil any of this, but even the infamous water monster was boring. Examination of the level design often removed a lot of the tension and told you that monsters were coming/about to come.

That being said, I enjoyed Amnesia's narrative and world building. Atmospherically I think it was pretty great, but the scariness/monsters were a bit of a disappointment, and I hope they sort that out for the new one.

 

[ObliviousJerk]

I have a feeling you never payed attention to the cells part bro.

 

[piinyouri]

That being said, I enjoyed Amnesia's narrative and world building. Atmospherically I think it was pretty great, but the scariness/monsters were a bit of a disappointment, and I hope they sort that out for the new one.

This was my sentiment as well.
It's got a great atmosphere and I certainly have no issue conceding that the developers' hearts are in the right place and they know what they are doing.

The game made me jump a number of times, but it never really got in my head, made me afraid when nothing was going on that would signify bad shit was a'comin'.

It was a good experience while I was playing, but after the game went off, it very rarely crossed my mind again in any capacity. I unfortunately require this in any kind of horror medium.

 

[Bug MuIdoon]

Back in the first RE days, like RE2 on N64, I couldn't play more than 20 minutes at a time in the dark basement, then I'd pause and turn on all the lights and maybe go upstairs and talk with my parents for a bit... then go back at it lol.

ha ha, so true. I remember not daring to play RE2 too late at night as it was no longer light outside and couldn't give myself a 'sunlight break'

I agree Amnesia is a cool game and can definitely see why people would be scared of it. I think I'm just a bit too old now to be 'scared' by the dark and monsters. If I'd have played it when I was younger though, I don't think I'd have slept soundly for a while. Looking forward to the new game later this year too!

 

[Mr Cwtchy]

It is in my opinion. Even after watching a bunch of LPs and playthroughs of it first, the game still kept me paranoid and on edge almost the entire time.

Definitely won't make that mistake with AMFP though. Playing blind all the way.