Penumbra or Amnesia?

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#1 Wakanoid
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I'm probably gonna buy one. I really thought no games could scare me anymore, after playing Condemned, Dead Space, Resident Evil and every other horror game with ease. I tried the Penumbra demo, and to keep going on I had to keep the lights on and play without volume. Now I'm going to force myself to play in the dark, at night with my sound decently high.

But I hear if I want to crap myself even more, that Amnesia is the game?

Which one will scare me more?

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#2 FrostMTG
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I've played all three Penumbra games and amnesia, and trust me, Amnesia is MUCH MUCH MUCH better than penumbra in EVERY way and doesn't have some lame combat system.

Amnesia>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Penumbra ( Still a good game though )

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#3 DeadlyWormy
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Both great games, but I would say Amnesia.

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#4 deactivated-5f870bc7412da
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Both are great games, but I concur with the general consensus that Amnesia is better.

Curtains closed, lights off, headphones on and a spare pair of underpants at the ready...

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#5 adamosmaki
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both great games. If you want my opinion get penumbra overture+black plague ( dont bother getting the 3rd installment of penumbra since its subpar ) plus Amnesia Penumbra games should be fairly cheap and amnesia costs no more than $20
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#6 DJ_Headshot
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I would play penumbra overture _ black plaque first they good games but amnesia manages to top them in the sheer athmosphere it creates so if you play amnesia first you probably won't enjoy penumbra as much.
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#7 juden41
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Saw this thread and was interested in Amnesia, they sell it in stores, right?
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both great games. If you want my opinion get penumbra overture+black plague ( dont bother getting the 3rd installment of penumbra since its subpar ) plus Amnesia Penumbra games should be fairly cheap and amnesia costs no more than $20 adamosmaki

Yeah I picked up the penumbra whole pack from amazon DD for about $5.95 during one of their sales a week ago. Pretty cool game, I haven't got very far, its very indepth though, I think it will have a good few scares for me, (lights out, headphones {soon to be some Sennheiser HD280 pro} through my Pod X3 hooked up USB). Then I will worry with Amnesia, which I am sure is better, just I don't want to play Amnesia first, then be underwhelmed by Penumbra.

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#9 andalore
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I played the Demo of Amnesia and it's scary but I think Penumbra was scarier, especially the 2nd one with the mutant alien baby men :|

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#10 Elann2008
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Amnesia.
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#11 trijity
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Saw this thread and was interested in Amnesia, they sell it in stores, right?juden41

I believe its digital only, I could very well be wrong though. Also as far as topic, and as how about everyone else has stated. Penumbra is great, but Amnesia is just something else. I STRUGGLED to get through it. Great game!

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#12 Elann2008
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[QUOTE="juden41"]Saw this thread and was interested in Amnesia, they sell it in stores, right?trijity

I believe its digital only, I could very well be wrong though. Also as far as topic, and as how about everyone else has stated. Penumbra is great, but Amnesia is just something else. I STRUGGLED to get through it. Great game!

At the moment, digital download only. The developer is located in Sweden. You would have to go there to get the physical copy lol. I've checked eBay and searched the web, but there are no signs of physical copies. Not even in another language. Considering Frictional Games is a small indie game developer, they didn't have the funds to distribute physical copies to retailers. Digital Download was and is their best method of selling their games.
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Amnesia, youll be in a constant brick-sh****ng state.

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[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="trijity"]

Saw this thread and was interested in Amnesia, they sell it in stores, right?juden41

I believe its digital only, I could very well be wrong though. Also as far as topic, and as how about everyone else has stated. Penumbra is great, but Amnesia is just something else. I STRUGGLED to get through it. Great game!

At the moment, digital download only. The developer is located in Sweden. You would have to go there to get the physical copy lol. I've checked eBay and searched the web, but there are no signs of physical copies. Not even in another language. Considering Frictional Games is a small indie game developer, they didn't have the funds to distribute physical copies to retailers. Digital Download was and is their best method of selling their games.

Where can I download it?
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[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="trijity"]

I believe its digital only, I could very well be wrong though. Also as far as topic, and as how about everyone else has stated. Penumbra is great, but Amnesia is just something else. I STRUGGLED to get through it. Great game!

juden41

At the moment, digital download only. The developer is located in Sweden. You would have to go there to get the physical copy lol. I've checked eBay and searched the web, but there are no signs of physical copies. Not even in another language. Considering Frictional Games is a small indie game developer, they didn't have the funds to distribute physical copies to retailers. Digital Download was and is their best method of selling their games.

Where can I download it?

It's on Steam.

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#17 mkaliaz
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Where can I download it?juden41

Steam, Gamersgate, Direct2Drive, Impulse, and Frictional's own website/store.

There might be other places too.