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Friday 25 March 2011

Amnesia: the dark descent

I tried playing again today.. I'm not very far yet, and I'm not getting very far either. I have yet to see my first monster (excluding the very first sighting ofcourse *shivers*), but the random earthquakes and FOOTSTEPS EVERYWHERE are enough to keep me shriveling in fear.

I've never been a big fan of horror games, the first zombie in Resident Evil as an example, resulted in the death of my PSX controller.. I adapted a bit when Doom III came out, where you could just run up to zombies and shotgun them in the face, which made it seem like a walk in the park all of a sudden. Here comes Amnesia. Just you, a torch (which you must use sparingly, or you will run out of oil) and tinderboxes to light candles and such. To make it perfect, there's also an insanity meter.. which means you'll slowly grow more crazy over time the longer you stay in the dark (or look at monsters *shudders at the thought only*), which means you *have* to use that torch no matter what. I recommend you to watch this youtube clip of someone playing through Amnesia, it's really how I'm playing it, and I've not even seen a monster t_t (yes I am a pussy).

48 comments:

  1. I have tried to play this game in the dark. BAD IDEEA!

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  2. dang, that game looks pretty tight. Nice stuff!

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  3. AHAHAHAHahahahahaa. Love it. Can't wait to play this game now. My whole weekend is looking up.

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  4. i could not stop laughing. thank you so much +Following

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  5. I just cannot get over how damn scary everything is in this game!


    TOO scary for me, I am a wimp.

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  6. I love this game! I don't know if you realize, but your last two games have heavy Lovecraftian influences, right? lolzz. ALSO LOLLOLOL THAT VIDEO, THAT IS ME PLAYING! SO HARD!

    lolololololol

    followed!

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  7. This guy is taking the biggest !@#$! I just want to read this note as soon I heard this scary noise LOL

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  8. Good times with amnesia. +follower. this game was amazing.

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  9. looks to frightening for me. ;)

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  10. A frighting game?
    Challenge accepted!

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  11. I'm not going to watch that video, I got about 15 minutes into the game, shit myself, exited out of it and uninstalled never to be played again. It scared the bejesus out of me

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  12. Jesus that game. I had thought games couldn't really *get to me* ever, but I was wrong .... ahh. Nightmares!

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  14. Sounds like a great game bro

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  15. Haha, that video is funny.


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  16. I pretty much had a prolapse when I bought this game! So creepy!

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  17. Hahaha, I have play this game now.

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  18. Ok, tried playing it at my buddy's house - it is scary as hell!!!

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  19. looks tough but i still want to check it out.
    +followed

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  20. A great Indie game. SOOOO scary, I had to take lots of breaks. Have fun!

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  21. HAHA very awesome and you are too brave sir!

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  22. Hello man!!!

    nice post!!

    $upporting BRO!!!

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  23. great game
    great video
    great blog

    ..followed



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  24. great stuff, thanks for the post

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  25. Crazy stuff. Come check me out, alphabetalife.blogspot.com

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  26. I hear about it, sounds nice

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  27. It's supposed to be scary :(

    + Follower

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  28. lol this remind me so much of this video: http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/japanese-guy-scared-of-biohazard/38925

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  29. thankyou for this blog im defintly gonna get this game when i have the money

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  30. that's pretty much how I feel playing Amnesia.

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  31. i need to get around to finishing this game

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  33. GREAT LOOKING GAME :D

    +follower!

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  34. Nice, gaming blog!

    Got yourself another follower!

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