[Game] Amnesia: The Dark Descent

[DraKon2k]

Well this is the next game by Frictional Games, the makers of the Penumbra series.

Pretty nice trailer:
YouTube - Amnesia: The Dark Descent - Scary Gameplay

It'll be available *edit* on September 8th, also you can get the Penumbra Pack(Overture, Black Plague, Requiem) for 9,99

 

[Shepherd]

New release date: 8th of September 2010. One more month to stock up on diapers.

YouTube - Amnesia: The Dark Descent - Lost in the dark

 

[Oldih]

I hope they are slightly more creative with the enemies than in Penumbra, but nevertheless I'm sold.

 

[Panzer Meyer]

About time for a descent survival horror game. Except for Dead Space, recently they've sucked pretty bad.

 

[EvilHobo]

Ah perfect, another game to watch my roommate play.

 

[Zips]

About time for a descent survival horror game. Except for Dead Space, recently they've sucked pretty bad.

I wouldn't even put DS into the good category. It was mediocre and formulaic at best. But at least Amnesia is looking good so far.

 

[PNV]

Very excited about this game, I pre-ordered during the Indie Bundle special as it was on sale. This looks to improve greatly upon the formula of Penumbra, which was a very atmospheric and suspenseful.

 

[Panzer Meyer]

I wouldn't even put DS into the good category. It was mediocre and formulaic at best. But at least Amnesia is looking good so far.

I agree, but by today's standards, DS was good. There hasn't been anything else, in my opinion that was even as good as DS. I did like DS, and am looking forward to the second one.

 

[DraKon2k]

ATM you can pre-order the game from their own shop and get a -10% discount(making it 15,98

 

[C_Gibby]

Oh, I know I'm getting this.

I don't see why I've never seen games from Frictional in the shops.

 

[Oldih]

Visually it's no new crysis (which isn't that surprising) and it does look slightly dated, but that's not really a gamebreaker at all. Absolutely sublime if you actually enjoy more mind**** style (aka japanese) atmosphere and horror.

 

[Shepherd]

Visually it's no new crysis (which isn't that surprising) and it does look slightly dated, but that's not really a gamebreaker at all. Absolutely sublime if you actually enjoy Poe's and Lovecraft's type of atmosphere and horror.

Forum police fixed your post.

 

[Oldih]

Forum police fixed your post.

You're actually right about that. I do have to admit I'm somewhat lost with some horror definitions when it comes to certain things and I've only lately started getting into Lovecraft's works.

 

[Shepherd]

Check out 'The Outsider' and 'The Mountains of Madness' if you want to know where Frictional got the ideas for their games.

 

[The Masta]

What is the game about again? I forgot.

:IS2::IS2:

 

[C_Gibby]

YouTube - Amnesia: The Dark De- OH WOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE HAHAHA

A quarter of a second of this vid made me lol my face off.

Am I really that simple-minded?

 

[DraKon2k]

So, did anyone beat the game yet? I stopped shortly before I'd have to enter the wine cellar(I saw a pre-release trailer of wine cellar so I pretty much know what's expecting me there), that was two weeks ago. Didn't play it since then

 

[Dieselk]

Haven't played it yet, but it did look very interesting. I may play the demo before spending.

 

[Oldih]

So, did anyone beat the game yet? I stopped shortly before I'd have to enter the wine cellar(I saw a pre-release trailer of wine cellar so I pretty much know what's expecting me there), that was two weeks ago. Didn't play it since then

Yes I've beat the game with all three endings. That wine cellar thing however doesn't really exist in similiar way as it does in the trailer, and even the trailer is sort of misleading. You don't know what you're missing

 

[gusone]

Haven't played it yet, but it did look very interesting. I may play the demo before spending.

It's a jolly good job you was not asked to be a Tripwire Active Tester.