![]() If you’re stuck on a puzzle, you’re wasting oil for your lantern. I was constantly afraid I was going to run out of oil. Every game in this collection has you set the brightness gamma level for proper screen brightness. In Amnesia, darkness can be the more frustrating enemy than the physical monsters. Darkness can feel cheap when not done well. Did I mention this game is dark? Another horror trope I’m not a fan of. Not only does it keep your sanity level in check, it is needed to solve puzzles at times hidden in the darkness. That’s the point of playing a horror game, right? Dark Ascent enemy encounter. It didn’t help that I played the majority of the game at night. ![]() I felt my heart rate increase and my palms starting to sweat after tense play sessions. As your sanity dips, you encounter audio and visual hallucinations. You have a health meter, but you’ll find keeping your sanity levels steady is a more important task. While there are safe rooms, the darkness wears on Daniel’s sanity. Daniel is constantly on the run and can’t fight back. The shadow enemy is always looming and chasing you. This is a similar concept to the Nemesis in Resident Evil 3. You’re forced to hide and maneuver enemies. I got to experience the horror on the go!ĭark Descent applies more subtle psychological horror elements. I mainly played through on handheld mode with headphones. Porting the collection to the Switch is great timing to get old and new fans hooked. I was surprised to see the Amnesia Collection to play more like adventure games with horror elements. A big reason why I don’t like the horror genre in general, is the over reliance of audio stings to scare the audience. Honestly, I had never heard of Amnesia until now. I played on normal difficulty and I’m glad I didn’t try hard mode. My Dark Descent play through took me about seven hours so there’s plenty to explore in the original game. While the other 2 games don’t offer the same level of depth compared to the original game, they’re worth checking out since they’re short in length. The full collection also includes the indirect sequel A Machine for Pigs and the DLC called Justine. Disturbing imagery from the Dark Descent. Popular YouTube star, PewDiePie, recently released a play through on hard mode that reached 5.2 million views. The popularity of the game has slowed down over the years but YouTube lets play still carry on. Critics include this game in conversations as one of the best horror games of all time. The note also instructs him to kill somebody named Alexander in the inner sanctum of the castle.Īmnesia started off as a small indie game based out of Sweden and then later became a cult favorite. ![]() He wrote himself a note which notifies Daniel that he erased his own memory and is being hunted by a mysterious shadow. Developed by Frictional Games, Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a survival horror game set in 1839 where the main character Daniel wakes up in a dark castle with fleeting memories of his life and he slowly learns about his past. It was later ported to the PS4 and was even a PS Plus exclusive in 2017. Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the first game in the series, was originally released in 2010 on the PC. Still, it's a testament to the atmosphere of the original Amnesia games (and the first Amnesia in particular) that, even without a visual upgrade, they're still a tension-building, nightmare-inducing fearfest that's not for the faint of heart.The Amnesia collection reaches the final frontier: the Nintendo Switch. That doesn't mean the games don't still look creepy, but they aren't exactly cutting-edge, either. Another thing to keep in mind is that this collection isn't actually a "remastered" version of the original games, so they're starting to show their age on the PS4. This is ditched in later entries, taking a little of the sense of dread out of the game, especially in A Machine for Pigs, which feels a little more like a standard horror survival game. For example, the first game includes a focus on keeping an eye on the protagonist's sanity. While the three games included in Amnesia: Collection share common themes, each is a unique experience with different character motivations, story revelations, and even gameplay mechanics. Oh, and for good measure, make the players have no way to defend themselves from these creatures, turning the entire experience into a deadly and horrific game of hide-and-go-seek. Toss in the fact that they're being hunted by twisted humanoid creatures that could be lurking just around the next corner. It's up to them to discover what's happening and what part they play in a grander conspiracy. Players wake up in an unfamiliar environment with little to no memory of who they are or how they got there. This series cranks up the element of fear. This collection of horror titles may be showing its age, but the scares and exploration of primal emotions still provide a compelling experience.
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