What is so scary about Amnesia: the Dark Descent?

What the hell the next Amnesia game takes place in China?

I wonder if it will have exploding toilets.

Now that I see your sig...I was scared of MGS,the first one. Took me quite a while to get to that elevator in the beginning.Needless to say,I shat my pants when the guard noticed my footsteps in the snow.Turned it off.freedomfreak

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]Now that I see your sig...I was scared of MGS,the first one. Took me quite a while to get to that elevator in the beginning.Needless to say,I shat my pants when the guard noticed my footsteps in the snow.Turned it off.foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]Now that I see your sig...I was scared of MGS,the first one. Took me quite a while to get to that elevator in the beginning.Needless to say,I shat my pants when the guard noticed my footsteps in the snow.Turned it off.foxhound_fox

If anyone can play through Amnesia (Properly; Headphones, and in a dark room ), and not be scared out of their mind, they either...

A. Don't have an imagination worth squat, their flight or fight instincts are shot, and they're not actually human.

Or...

B. They're lying hipsters...

It took me a whole week of 15 minute coward sessions to get through the water part. The game is scary, fantasticly scary.

ICoyful

I I I I I!

"You wouldn't get it because you're a console gamer!"

"It's just got a great atmosphere, you're not playing it right!"

Is what pc gamers will say, as OBVIOUSLY you are just inferior in your gaming tastes.

[QUOTE="Coyful"]IWanderer5

I I I I I!

Because it is scary, and thank god they wre making another one, first decent horror game we have had in years...

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"][QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Wait. You said you had more supplies in Amnesia which made you feel less scared and then you said Dead space was a scarier game? There is so much wrong with that.

Dead space is a better game overall I can understand but to say it's scarier is a bit much. I didn't find Dead Space remotely scary. It's just cool gorey fun

Vaasman

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"][QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Wait. You said you had more supplies in Amnesia which made you feel less scared and then you said Dead space was a scarier game? There is so much wrong with that.

Dead space is a better game overall I can understand but to say it's scarier is a bit much. I didn't find Dead Space remotely scary. It's just cool gorey fun

seanmcloughlin

Bumping up the difficulty doesn't make a game scarier just makes it harder. The fact that DS enemies aren't scary to begin with is the problem. And you have a huge arsenal of weapons to choose from. along with being able to slow guys down and fire telekinetic stuff too. It's not a survival horror game it's more action oriented.

Playing Amnesia on your own in the dark with headphones on is far scarier than Dead Space. I felt myself very creeped out just walking around with no enemies on screen. And its run or die that's all. How can that be less scary?

Just as a matter of interest did you actually immerse yourself in Amnesia like I just said? or are you another who played it in the day time?

No form of media is ever scary when you're with a friend. i've watched dozens of horror movies and played dozens of horror games with friends, and you're too busy joking and chatting with each other to get scared or for tension to ever build up.

Dead Space made me jump at times when those monsters run and scream, but i was never scared, people should really play Siren Blood Curse that game is scary. and made me sh** myself with the shibito also the sound in this game is incredible.TheGuardian03

I agree. Siren blood curse is awesome

"You wouldn't get it because you're a console gamer!"

"It's just got a great atmosphere, you're not playing it right!"

Is what pc gamers will say, as OBVIOUSLY you are just inferior in your gaming tastes.

firefluff3

this post is full of sh!t.

PC gamers do not have inferior tastes in games. No entire platform base can have inferior tastes. Only individuals.

And hundreds of people have stated that it does have great atmosphere and is genuinely scary. So if you don't get scared by it then it's just you it's not the game. The game is very good at what it does.

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"] I started DS1 on hard difficulty and DS2 on survivalist before bumping it up to zealot. Supplies were hard to come by and survival was tough, much tougher than Amnesia. In DS1 I sold quite a few upgrade nodes just to top up my health or be able to reload. Some people seem to prefer DS with a forgiving difficulty, run around playing it like a shooter, blasting anything that moves, then complain its too much of a shooter. Dumbasses. Dead Space is scariertomarlyn

Bumping up the difficulty doesn't make a game scarier just makes it harder. The fact that DS enemies aren't scary to begin with is the problem. And you have a huge arsenal of weapons to choose from. along with being able to slow guys down and fire telekinetic stuff too. It's not a survival horror game it's more action oriented.

Playing Amnesia on your own in the dark with headphones on is far scarier than Dead Space. I felt myself very creeped out just walking around with no enemies on screen. And its run or die that's all. How can that be less scary?

Just as a matter of interest did you actually immerse yourself in Amnesia like I just said? or are you another who played it in the day time?

Because Amnesia is atmospherically horrifying.

I was scared of these as a kid...

...Duke Nukem Dos

...Commander Keen

...Might and Magic 8: Day of the Destroyer

Thats the best part about games; the best ones make you play againest your own imagination. :P

Amnesia is probably one game that may give me a lot of tension if I really immerse myself in it. The lack of a gun would be a big factor.

In most other games where I have say, a gun, I may get startled. But, after that, I'll turn around all pissed off and start shooting.

[QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]To be perfectly honest, even if I'm alone in the dark, I have a tough time suspending my disbelief. For some reason, atmospheric effects have a hard time getting to me; I know the only time the character is in danger is from the monsters/ enemies. Even in Thief Deadly Shadows, where I was sufficiently creeped out as hell, I wasn't truly scared.foxhound_fox

You played Silent Hill? How the hell did you get through that if Doom 3 was that bad for you? LOL! Silent Hill freaked me out so much the first time I played it, I shut the game off. Then I finished it weeks later and was hooked on the series.

You played Silent Hill? How the hell did you get through that if Doom 3 was that bad for you? LOL! Silent Hill freaked me out so much the first time I played it, I shut the game off. Then I finished it weeks later and was hooked on the series.dream431ca

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[QUOTE="SauceKing"]

its not scary or good, just a PC exclusive.

and like most exclusives, is incredibly overhyped.

But unlike most exclusives, sells poorly, because even PC gamers dont like the game.

SauceKing

Amnesia sold poorly?

which console exclusive sold fewer copies than amnesia?

Amnesia was an indie game developed by a handfull of guys. You are really judging a game by the number of sales? Then really call of duty should win every argument by your logic. Also for an indie game it sold extremely well. Twice as well as they were anticipating, 200,000 units last year. Which is pretty damn good for a few guys working on a project without any funding or pay.

Funny, I just started playing Silent Hill 3 on the PS2. Love the Otherworld in this one, very eerie and gritty. Honestly the frozen Otherworld in Shattered Memories was kinda lame compare to Silent Hill 1 and 3's.

No form of media is ever scary when you're with a friend. i've watched dozens of horror movies and played dozens of horror games with friends, and you're too busy joking and chatting with each other to get scared or for tension to ever build up.

brickdoctor

[QUOTE="dream431ca"]You played Silent Hill? How the hell did you get through that if Doom 3 was that bad for you? LOL! Silent Hill freaked me out so much the first time I played it, I shut the game off. Then I finished it weeks later and was hooked on the series.RyviusARC

[QUOTE="firefluff3"]

"You wouldn't get it because you're a console gamer!"

"It's just got a great atmosphere, you're not playing it right!"

Is what pc gamers will say, as OBVIOUSLY you are just inferior in your gaming tastes.

seanmcloughlin

this post is full of sh!t.

PC gamers do not have inferior tastes in games. No entire platform base can have inferior tastes. Only individuals.

And hundreds of people have stated that it does have great atmosphere and is genuinely scary. So if you don't get scared by it then it's just you it's not the game. The game is very good at what it does.

No, I meant people will find the TC's taste inferior in his gaming tastes because he "is a console gamer" (I assume)

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="firefluff3"]

"You wouldn't get it because you're a console gamer!"

"It's just got a great atmosphere, you're not playing it right!"

Is what pc gamers will say, as OBVIOUSLY you are just inferior in your gaming tastes.

firefluff3

this post is full of sh!t.

PC gamers do not have inferior tastes in games. No entire platform base can have inferior tastes. Only individuals.

And hundreds of people have stated that it does have great atmosphere and is genuinely scary. So if you don't get scared by it then it's just you it's not the game. The game is very good at what it does.

No, I meant people will find the TC's taste inferior in his gaming tastes because he "is a console gamer" (I assume)

Even Dead Island managed to scare the sh!t out of me.

Even Dead Island managed to scare the sh!t out of me.

freedomfreak

Lol, you can make any game scary with that kind of setting. His point is, you shouldn't have to go through all that.percech

And everyone else's point is that he's wrong.

"My chicken is raw, but I shouldn't have to cook it. I shouldn't have to go through all that."

"Man, I've got a hard on, but I don't want to actually be socially acceptable and find a mate. I shouldn't have to go through all that. Thank God for the internet"

"Huh, I have to drive 40 mins to work, I shouldn't have to go through all that"

Anything worth doing takes more effort than sitting in front of a PC screen eating pizza.

Except

"I want pizza but I don't want to pick up the phone and order it. I shouldn't have to go through all that"

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]

Even Dead Island managed to scare the sh!t out of me.

tomarlyn

[QUOTE="SauceKing"]

[QUOTE="SW__Troll"]

Amnesia sold poorly?

rasengan2552

which console exclusive sold fewer copies than amnesia?

You're playing it COMPLETELY wrong. Play alone, in a dark room and completely immerse yourself in the world. You will get scared.

Crazyguy105

To be fair and at least IMO, the same can be said about most horror games.

Agreed.

I didn't really think it was that scary. I thought the penumbra games were scarier honestly.

I got that feeling from Eternal Darkness, god that sucked.

Amnesia not that scary either. Silent Hill 2 on the other hand...

Play the game alone with headphones on..then see what happens.lawlessx

Even Dead Island managed to scare the sh!t out of me.

freedomfreak

From all the horror games I´ve ever played Amnesia was the one that really freaked me out,also Penumbra BP was intense as well.

The build up of tension. Out of curiosity were you in a well lit room or with a friend while playing? That will effectively kill the atmosphere.meetroid8