Amnesia: The Dark Descent Demo – Nightmare Fuel
I’m a big fan of Frictional Games ever since I got their previous horror title Penumbra: Overture in the Humble Indie Bundle, and so when a demo for their upcoming Amnesia: The Dark Descent hit Steam, I knew I had to get it.
I finally decided to man up and play it last night. See, I don’t do incredibly well with horror games… I tense up and get scared too easily. But Frictional Games’ titles have such amazing depth and such a great story that it’s more than getting scared half to death. (Not to mention, I was playing with my brother and my friend. That helps, too.)
From the get-go I realized one thing that I liked very much; the gameplay is incredibly similar to the Penumbra titles. I always loved how much control you had over everything in Penumbra; a door didn’t open just by clicking it, you had to click it and drag it all the way open. I feel this adds a lot of suspense, and it’s just fun. Luckily, they kept it in Amnesia.
Another thing that I noticed is a new sanity meter in your inventory. In Amnesia, you have to stay near a source of light, or your sanity starts to fade. As this happens, there are noticeable visual changes, such as the world starting to “breathe,” with the walls and everything else in your vision expanding, retracting, and shifting around. It’s an awesome visual effect, and is something I could imagine adding a lot to the full game in the name of suspense and urgency.
The demo itself isn’t terribly scary, but the potential it shows is outstanding. There was one part, however, where I did get quite tense, and might have even stopped playing had I been alone.
Now, I’m not going to tell you exactly what happened, but I’ll give you a tip for if you want to try the demo out — Stay out of the water.
I, for one, can say that I’ll definitely be picking up Amnesia when it’s released. Horror games like this are a great group activity for me, and occasionally an interesting thing to do alone.
In two days, the 8th of September, it will be on sale for $20, but if you preorder now you can save 10%, or $2.
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