When the monsters give chase to your character, it always feels like they’re right on your heels ready to kill you. The music when a monster appears is scary. Sound Design And SoundtrackĪs much as I dislike the atmosphere, the sound design in this game is phenomenal. Or it makes you so bored that when tension starts building you can’t take it seriously. It builds up tension and then throws it away. There are chases that lead you through corridors flooded with water, chased through closing gates, fleshy substance quickly surrounding you, and things breaking all around you. There are puzzles that range from easy to stupidly difficult. You’ll have moments where you’ll be wandering halls for what seems like an eternity and then you turn the corner and there’s a monster who chases you around for what feels like an eternity. This game can’t decide whether it wants to be slow-paced or fast-paced. There are also games that mix a little of both which is usually the perfect blend for a horror game. Usually, horror games take a slower pace that builds up the tension to then lead to a scary response or they’ll go at a faster pace and make you feel like something is always near you with constant action. The pacing within the game is random at times as well. It’s so unbelievably funny to just throw the props around because the physics within the game makes you seem like a strong man scared of a goofy-looking monster. Picking up a giant chair and throwing it at a monster or just throwing it in general with the strength of a god. I say that because they make the game comical rather than scary. But, the problem is that you run out so quickly and that really ruins it in my opinion. The lantern and candles add very well to the atmosphere. The lighting in this game is dreadful, the only way to play properly is to really jack up the brightness or play around blindly in the dark. I’m not talking about sound design either, that’s a whole different topic that I would like to separate from the rest. This game has a decent atmosphere and that’s the best compliment I can give it. If you manage to piece together the story of the game you’ll be left confused and wondering, “Is that it?” until you play their DLC or all of the endings within the game, or do as I did, and look it up. I won’t go too deep into spoilers in case you plan on playing, but that’s the basic gist of the game. There is no way to fight back against any of your foes, instead, it is a game of cat and mouse. There are monsters, a fleshy substance, and a creature known as the shadow who follow you around the castle trying to kill you.
To keep your innocence you made yourself forget all the horrors that had become onto the castle and the people who had lived inside there. The basic story is this: Your name is Daniel and you are exploring an evil castle where you and a person named Alexander did unspeakable things in. I had to look up the plot after playing the game just so I could fully understand what had happened. However, if you miss any notes or if any of your memories are interrupted by monsters, you will surely miss some of that plot as I had. Personally, from my experience, I noticed that there was a simple plot that was revealed through notes as you went through the game, and the memories you remembered also gave insight into that plot. Your first time playing the game I’m willing to bet that the story doesn’t make too much sense to you. Now I know what some people are thinking, didn’t you just say that the story was received to be amazing? Yes, I did say that, and I think that those claims are coming from diehard fans of Amnesia. It is overwhelmingly positive on Steam and is praised for having an amazing story with good lore and an immersive horrifying experience that’ll send chills to your bones. Since then it has blown up in popularity due to the rise of Youtube. Amnesia: The Dark Descent is one of those infamous games that goes down as one of the “best horror games of all time.” I disagree with this claim and I’ll explain why.Īmnesia: The Dark Descent was made in 2010 by Frictional Games.