Amnesia: The Dark Descent

The first game I will review I actually just finished a day ago. I first played the demo a few days before the actual game was released. I fell instantly in love with the dark atmosphere and the chilling sound effects the game had. Just to give a basic overview of the game. The main characters name is Daniel and he has just taken an Amnesia tonic which has made him forget everything . At the start of the game you wake up inside of a dark castle. Daniel must then traverse through the castle in search of Alexander all while trying to keep his sanity. Amnesia isn't your basic survival horror game mostly because of the fact that you don't have any weapons. You have a health indicator,a sanity indicator, and an inventory. How sanity works is that it will lower whenever you are in complete darkness or you see disturbing things. The lower it becomes the harder it is to move or see efficiently. The game is mostly comprised of tons of challenging physics puzzles such as fixing machinery or creating acid to clear the way from a living wall. There are also a lot of monsters in the game that can kill you in a few hits. In order to get past them you have to sneak past them or run for you life. The story of Amnesia is quite dark and also very perplexing. Along the adventure through the castle you find multiple journal entries and articles that help explain the story. It is up to you the player to piece everything together. The soundtrack adds to the games atmosphere which is terrifying to say the least. The only drawback to the game is that it is too short for its price. The game is only around 6 to 7 hours and the price is 20 USD on steam. However, if you want to be scared out of your mind pick up Amnesia: The Dark Descent for the PC today.


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