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Amnesia

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vamsi_krishna
vamsi_krishna Original post #1
Nov 12, 2010 at 4:33 AM
I Played Amnesia minutes ago. I am 1 hour into the game. And, Holy Cow, this game officially scared me to death. I was jumping out of my chair(out of fear) uncountable times. I followed the developer's advice to play it on night and with lights off, and To use headphones instead of speakers.

You belong to the same league?
skeletor
Nov 12, 2010 at 4:58 AM
No, I don't.
vamsi_krishna
Nov 12, 2010 at 5:04 AM
Just play the game. And tell me that you don't. :p
saddy
saddy #4
Nov 17, 2010 at 3:40 PM
I Played Amnesia minutes ago. I am 1 hour into the game. And, Holy Cow, this game officially scared me to death. I was jumping out of my chair(out of fear) uncountable times. I followed the developer's advice to play it on night and with lights off, and To use headphones instead of speakers.

You belong to the same league?

yeah i m from from the same league... i have played amnesia for only 5 hrs i really did not know in wat chapter or act i was in but by god its one of horrifying game i have played in years.plus ur character does not even a weapon .any bump in dark sends chills down the spine.i also did the same thing the developers had advised in manual .Turn off light and put the headphones and turn up the volume .U will then know wat fear is by plying this game .
topgear
topgear #5
Nov 18, 2010 at 4:05 AM
I played it upto the part where you have go into some underground room and the floor is filled water and you have to carefully look at the footsteps on the water to save ourself.
Piyush
Piyush #6
Nov 18, 2010 at 10:57 AM
i belong too this league.......

and u know what ....to continue play this game i have to edit the game config file to max my lamp oil and reduce damage of any sorts...
but i couldnt able to handle sanity feature in that file

it is really one HELL of a game

@ico
just try this game once bro
and u'll literally feel the fear
Zangetsu
Nov 18, 2010 at 11:58 AM
@ALL: the way u r comments r like this game beats all scary games to bin......
vamsi_krishna
Nov 18, 2010 at 2:54 PM
^ Play the game before commenting. :| I still got the creeps going inside me.
vamsi_krishna
Nov 18, 2010 at 3:22 PM
Just play the game when you are alone in the room, lights off, and if possible with headphones. It will chop your "Dare" glands.
topgear
topgear #12
Nov 19, 2010 at 3:03 AM
^^ and the power of light will save him as always :p
Piyush
Piyush #13
Nov 19, 2010 at 8:47 AM
^^
i cursed him that he'll have a hole in the lantern so that he cant carry any oil
and it will always be raining inside the castle so that his tinderboxes are of no use

only light from the window can save him now

muuaahahahah....
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #14
Nov 19, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Btw...whats the objective of the game "to only survive for long".....?
Faun
Faun #15
Nov 19, 2010 at 1:05 PM
Run and hide, rinse and repeat. What is the story ?
vamsi_krishna
Nov 19, 2010 at 3:02 PM
here are hints.. figure it out.

person with amnesia-wakes up-unknown villa- hunting shadows-note reads to kill a person.
S
Nov 23, 2010 at 3:54 PM
Watched a couple of videos last night and the developer video. I like the concept of no cut-scenes and the entire story in the real game itself. Picked it up. Will start today. With all the light thingy, this game seems like Alan Wake, just a hundred times scarier.
v.Na5h
v.Na5h #18
Aug 16, 2011 at 6:46 PM
Finally mustered some courage to continue the game....

Once you get stuck in this game...its a bit hard to proceed because....u know the creepy sounds and eery environment

....after i got stuck at chemical hunting.
Got all the chemicals...but couldnt find the lab...
After the mixing... the game started progressing


again got stuck...at the collection of the rods for fixing the elevator...but this time instead of quitting decided to have some help from the walkthrough.

The collection of the two rods from the storage rooms was the scariest part
literally your blood runs cold...almost three fu.ckin' monsters/ghost scare the **** out of you

I wonder if anybody can dare to play this game alone in pitch dark, silent room with decent high volume in 5.1 speakers
Its almost impossible!!
Piyush
Piyush #19
Aug 16, 2011 at 8:50 PM
OK
I also left the game in middle(collected all the chemicals though)
So is there any way to kill those ghosts?
vickybat
vickybat #20
Aug 17, 2011 at 12:46 PM
here are hints.. figure it out.

person with amnesia-wakes up-unknown villa- hunting shadows-note reads to kill a person.

Which game are you talking about?

Is it this- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #21
Aug 17, 2011 at 1:16 PM
^yes u are right...
T
Aug 17, 2011 at 5:36 PM
Well well , it looks like I might try this game after all. The last game to scare me half-to-death was Resident Evil 1 (yeah, the very first one. Best RE in my opinion)

Thank you for all your reviews, I shall now embark on this glorious quest to prove my courage.
gameranand
Aug 17, 2011 at 6:34 PM
Is it more scary than Dead Space series and FEAR ??? :-o
Liverpool_fan
Aug 17, 2011 at 6:51 PM
Is it more scary than Dead Space series and FEAR ??? :-o

lol FEAR, Dead Space will look like kiddish (in terms of scaring) as compared to Frictional Games' titles.
Faun
Faun #27
Aug 29, 2011 at 12:38 AM
Downloaded and started playing for 9 minutes. Justine DLC is also present.

Any tips ?
v.Na5h
v.Na5h #28
Aug 30, 2011 at 8:37 PM
Finished Amnesia

Pretty disappointed with the ending......

Was pretty exicted and eager to meet Alexander throughout the game......
Guys who havent played the game pl dont ...it will spoil the game completely
...and all you get is a FLOATING NAKED MAN.....DAMN!! :mad::mad:

Were the game developers pervert....you get a lot of naked bodies lying around in the end...how is that supposed to be scary
Renny
Renny #29
Jul 16, 2012 at 11:12 PM
Guys, what strategy do you use to sneak past the grunts and brutes?
axes2t2
axes2t2 #30
Jul 24, 2012 at 9:56 PM
I installed this.

But first some new headphones.
Nanducob
Nanducob #31
Jul 24, 2012 at 10:34 PM
I was going to play this after deadspace2(last level).how will you rate this game(scary) with deadspace 2 on a scale of 10.
S
shashankm #32
Jul 25, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Deadspace is a different league (read resource heavy) and comparing from that POV amnesia is far more scary than it. Although barring that point I will say both are equally horrific, Amnesia is more like psychological, it screws with your mind. Deadspace is all about waryness and reflexes.
axes2t2
axes2t2 #33
Jul 25, 2012 at 2:05 PM
Having no gun makes a lot of difference.
Desmond
Desmond #34
Jul 25, 2012 at 2:36 PM
I was going to play this after deadspace2(last level).how will you rate this game(scary) with deadspace 2 on a scale of 10.

9

Having no gun makes a lot of difference.

Indeed, in Dead Space, you can atleast defend yourself, while in Amnesia, you only have to run, perhaps throw a couple of boxes, objects at the monsters, even that does not kill them. So, you have to hide.
velociraptor
Jul 25, 2012 at 7:15 PM
have you played penumbra series its similar to amnesia....
Nanducob
Nanducob #36
Jul 25, 2012 at 10:09 PM
Deadspace is a different league (read resource heavy) and comparing from that POV amnesia is far more scary than it. Although barring that point I will say both are equally horrific, Amnesia is more like psychological, it screws with your mind. Deadspace is all about waryness and reflexes.

thanks.will try it:twisted:


so what about deadspace 2(rate it also:mrgreen:) ?
Hrishi
Hrishi #37
Jul 25, 2012 at 11:17 PM
Ramu should make a Gameplay video of Amnesia & release it as a film, it will be better than his horror movie. "Phooooonk, Do.".

Will try to get this game and see if it works on my pc.:)
Btw , is it really so much creepy ?? Seriously ?
Desmond
Desmond #38
Jul 26, 2012 at 12:16 AM
thanks.will try it:twisted:



so what about deadspace 2(rate it also:mrgreen:) ?

7/10.

Ramu should make a Gameplay video of Amnesia & release it as a film, it will be better than his horror movie. "Phooooonk, Do.".

Will try to get this game and see if it works on my pc.:)
Btw , is it really so much creepy ?? Seriously ?

Lol, seriously it will. It is indeed very creepy. You have no weapons, now what will you defend your self with?
N
nickzcool #39
Jul 26, 2012 at 12:38 AM
This game os not at all scary I have played both dead space 2 and amnesia . Amnesia is like a psyco game plays with your mind and dead space 2 is about freeky things come in front of u all of a sudden and freeky gf of isac is the last boss .
Piyush
Piyush #41
Jul 26, 2012 at 5:40 PM
This game os not at all scary I have played both dead space 2 and amnesia . Amnesia is like a psyco game plays with your mind and dead space 2 is about freeky things come in front of u all of a sudden and freeky gf of isac is the last boss .

well did you check the game requirements correctly
IIRC it was
play the game in night with lights turned off and sound via headphones instead of speakers
apart from h/w requirements
Desmond
Desmond #43
Jul 26, 2012 at 11:17 PM
This game os not at all scary I have played both dead space 2 and amnesia . Amnesia is like a psyco game plays with your mind and dead space 2 is about freeky things come in front of u all of a sudden and freeky gf of isac is the last boss .

Ever used Spoiler tags before?
rst
rst #45
Feb 25, 2013 at 2:04 PM
it is the scariest game of pc history.
9/10
Desmond
Desmond #46
Feb 25, 2013 at 2:25 PM
zzz

Why bump old threads?
thetechfreak
Feb 25, 2013 at 5:26 PM
Will download this from Steam soon. Have heard a lot about this.
zzz

Why bump old threads?

Lol. Gaming section is a section where it isn‘t very bad to bump an old thread.
I bumped a 3 year old Gta thread once :p
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #48
Feb 25, 2013 at 6:02 PM
^^I haven't played it too..perhaps I'll bump this thread after 4~5 months or more :lol:
ashis_lakra
Feb 25, 2013 at 11:27 PM
Amnesia fairs very well in Horror genre games. I bet turning off lights and only headphones in a big empty room will make you shiver like anything.
rst
rst #50
Feb 26, 2013 at 9:26 AM
amnesia has great horror environnment (darkness and sound effect)
plus you are helpless
you can't kill any monster
run away from them if you can
grunt_final.jpg


expecting amnesia 2 in 2013
RCuber
RCuber #51
Feb 26, 2013 at 11:10 AM
reading this thread itself is giving me creeps.. wont play game at any cost :mad:

I feel HL series also scares the sh!t out of me :p , I hate aliens and zombies in games. (not so much in movies :p )
Desmond
Desmond #52
Feb 26, 2013 at 4:20 PM
I used to be scared of horror and violent games since I read the Read Me of Carmageddon 2. It stated that people have been known to choke and die while playing this game, since then I used to be scared. But now I am used to it and I can play any game without any problems.

PS: Never completed Amnesia though :p

Edit : Amnesia is good, but I still like Dead Space more.
rst
rst #53
Feb 26, 2013 at 5:21 PM
I also like dead space,resident evil more than amnesia
Most people will prefer these games
But amnesia wins (when we talk about scary games)
A
Feb 26, 2013 at 5:50 PM
heard first time about this game.. Will get this game .

Anyway there is sale for this game on amazon @ $3.
Hrishi
Hrishi #56
Feb 26, 2013 at 11:21 PM
Soon , I am going to join your league. [ Gonna buy a gaming machine .]
PS : I have played left 4 dead , it wasn''t scary at all.
pranav0091
Feb 27, 2013 at 2:58 AM
Played the game back in college. Made a big mistake by overestimating my "bravery" and launching the game for the first time when the sun was setting and playing into the night. Big mistake. Alone in a room, this game can give any horror movie a run for its money and then some.

The disappointing part is that once you actually see the wraith and then get killed a big chunk of the fear factor is lost.

Play with earphones and alone. And if you are feeling especially brave then with the lights off. Also keep a note on the table saying that if you are found dead of cardiac arrest, then nobody be suspected of staged murder :D :p

I am already getting slightly uncomfortable just thinking of my experience :|
z3rO
z3rO #58
Feb 27, 2013 at 6:20 AM
reading this thread itself is giving me creeps.. wont play game at any cost :mad:

me too.. hehe.. reviews of this game had already scared me enough not to play it.. and further credit goes to this thread..
Renny
Renny #59
Mar 6, 2013 at 7:48 PM
Completed a second round of the game today, and its as scary as the first time round (even though you know what to expect).

Anyone played Justine? Played it for around 3 hours when I realized it doesn't have a save feature :-|
Hrishi
Hrishi #60
Mar 9, 2013 at 6:07 AM
I will play it tonight. Alone , with IEM and in complete darkness.
If I don't post by tommorow , you know what might have happened.. :p
pranav0091
Mar 9, 2013 at 1:31 PM
May the sanity be with you :|