[Come On And Slam]

So, according to the title, I'm supposed to ask you guys if any of you ever beat the terrifying game called Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

I've been playing the game for about a year and a half now, picking it up every now and then, and playing it for about 30 minutes before falling out of my chair and crying. The game is just that scary. And even worse, you can't listen to music to comfort yourself while playing: The game cuts off all other audio while you play it, so no Motley Crue to help you through the trauma. That's just evil!

By the way, John Saint John voiced one of the monsters in the game!

[Ronin]

I watched my brother beat it and helped him solve some of the puzzles, horrible game, very stressful, but also an excellent work of art.

[Lunick]

Ahahaha no.

The game currently resides in a special category in my Steam library so I don't have to see it.

[CruX]

Slippy_Pig, on 15 June 2012 - 08:56 PM, said:

So, according to the title, I'm supposed to ask you guys if any of you ever beat the terrifying game called Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

Never even played it, but I loved the streamed LP these guys did on it;

[Sangman]

Yeah I finished it. The game has creepy moments but it's pretty formulaic... Be chased by monster. Run into room. Hide in dark corner for a few minutes. Carry on about your business. Also the ending was pretty shit I thought.

Still, really good game

[Martin]

Sangman, on 17 June 2012 - 02:47 AM, said:

Yeah I finished it. The game has creepy moments but it's pretty formulaic... Be chased by monster. Run into room. Hide in dark corner for a few minutes. Carry on about your business.

To be fair, what game doesn't totally revolve around a few seconds of unique gameplay repeated over and over. Any game you want to name could probably be broken down into a few basic elements that are constantly repeated until you finish the game. I think Amnesia is interesting because it chooses a few pieces of gameplay that aren't everywhere you look in video gaming. Obviously it just wasn't your thing.

[Come On And Slam]

Sang, there were three endings. I thought it was really cool, all three endings!

I beat the game night before last and oh my god. What an intense game. Towards the end, though, I just kinda stopped caring about the monsters because I was so used to them at that point.

[Sangman]

Martin, on 17 June 2012 - 08:39 AM, said:

Obviously it just wasn't your thing.

Don't be silly, of course it was. I loved Amnesia.

Slippy_Pig, on 17 June 2012 - 03:19 PM, said:

Sang, there were three endings. I thought it was really cool, all three endings!

Yeah what I actually meant was the point leading up to the endings (

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the big room with Alexander floating about

)... It was the least scary moment of the game for me.

[Come On And Slam]

Oh yeah,

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that part was pretty disappointing. I mean, it was cool, but it just wasn't what I expected, seeing as a game this horrifying and intense should normally have an extremely climactic ending. All you did was A: Push down pillars, B: Wait for portal and throw in the good guy, or C: Dick around until you lose. Could've been a lot better, considering how evil and horrible the idea of the portal and Alexander in general was described. Wasn't even much going on in there.

[MusicallyInspired]

Can't play for more than 5 minutes at a time. Still have yet to run into a monster.

[Mike Norvak]

Yeah that's a really insane game, as others said the final was disappointing though. Anyway I like it a lot, I played the first half alone but I had to go to a friend's house to finish it together hahahah mmhhh yeah I couldn't play it alone yet

I didn't know John made the voice of the monster, that's cool!


Here's a tip to avoid monsters (besides running and hiding ):

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Just don't look at them, look at the ground or other place, that way the monsters can't see you.....most of the times

[LkMax]

Yet to beat the game. Not because I'm scared, just not in the mood now. My headphone and my dark room awaits. =P
PS: Only played the demo, although I have the full game.

[underTaker]

I have completed this game. It was the scariest horror game i ever played. As always i was plaing this one only at night, when it's dark. I only regret i had no headphones, i had to play it on 5.1 speakers, but still i had moments when i was really scaried. I'm not type of person that is easy to frighten, but this game made it easily ;o Sometimes however i found the AI pretty dumb, when it saw me, and chaseed me to some room, i've hidden behind some kind of wall and few pig corpses it didn't see me. It didn't even move next to the wall i was sitting behind! I'm really looking forward to get Amnesia: Justine, but i can't see it anywhere ;S

[Come On And Slam]

Well, after I beat Amnesia, I got myself a copy of Penumbra: Black Plague, and I have to say it's very good! I really like it. I don't really think it's as scary as Amnesia, though.

[underTaker]

^ I've beaten them in the same order as you did. I too think that Penumbra, and it's addon were great, one thing that was decreasing it's "scrarines" was that fact you could kill all the creatures it has.

[Kathy]

Sangman, on 17 June 2012 - 02:47 AM, said:

Yeah I finished it. The game has creepy moments but it's pretty formulaic... Be chased by monster. Run into room. Hide in dark corner for a few minutes. Carry on about your business. Also the ending was pretty shit I thought.Still, really good game

I hate to say it, but I'm yet again agree with you. I was tired of "pick up every piece of the puzzle, combine to exit the area". Around the middle of the game it was especially true when you had to go through this several times before. Although, the stuff with prisoners and execution rooms was great.

underTaker, on 19 June 2012 - 06:00 AM, said:

Sometimes however i found the AI pretty dumb, when it saw me, and chaseed me to some room, i've hidden behind some kind of wall and few pig corpses it didn't see me.

I did the same. I doubt it's the dumbness of AI, but more of a feature. These creatures aren't normal and hiding behind corpses was a valid tactic.

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It didn't even move next to the wall i was sitting behind! I'm really looking forward to get Amnesia: Justine, but i can't see it anywhere ;S

It's in the laucher. At least it was in the steam version of the game.

[themaniacboy]

Slippy_Pig, on 17 June 2012 - 03:19 PM, said:

Sang, there were three endings. I thought it was really cool, all three endings!

I beat the game night before last and oh my god. What an intense game. Towards the end, though, I just kinda stopped caring about the monsters because I was so used to them at that point.

I didn't know there were three endings, another reason to play through the game again.
I have a friend that i wanted to play the game, he played for like 10 minutes before telling me he got sick of the puzzles and got a headache.
I told him it was a lie because he wants to deny he is too scared to play.
Even after a year i can't get him to play the game.

[DavoX]

I finished it and loved it. Don't be that scared man



Play the penumbra games by the same guys from the first one to the last (the last one is pretty shitty as it's mostly a tech demo of the new stuff you can do with their engine [ they sell it I believe])

[underTaker]

I also played Penumbra right after i finished Amnesia, i have to say that Penumbra was really awsome too! Maybe it had a little bit weaker graphics but it still was as scary as Amnesia, and also plot was great!