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15 Nov 2011, 11:38 pm

Who here has played Amnesia? what have been your experiences playing it, did you ever finish the game, was there a point in the game where you quit cause you got so scared, did you ever try playing it in the dark, what did you think of it?
I noticed myself panting and shaking also my heart was pounding. What about you guys?



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15 Nov 2011, 11:46 pm

OMG IT'S LIKE ONE OF GREATEST GAMES EVER!! !!

no I couldn't finish it I got too scared LOL

but I watched someone else do it on youtube. I still screamed even though I wasn't playing
I myself got stuck in some of the first parts of the game after you meet the first monster.



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16 Nov 2011, 12:20 am

Wuss



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16 Nov 2011, 1:06 am

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That's not very nice try playing a game like that with schiz



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16 Nov 2011, 12:34 pm

Angel_ryan wrote:
OMG IT'S LIKE ONE OF GREATEST GAMES EVER!! !!

no I couldn't finish it I got too scared LOL

but I watched someone else do it on youtube. I still screamed even though I wasn't playing
I myself got stuck in some of the first parts of the game after you meet the first monster.



I too watched someone on YouTube play it. It's more fun to watch someone that actually has commentary in other words they talk and play at the same time. I always have to start over cause I always get stuck on a part, especially the part were after you pick up a laudanum the monster is right there watching you. I tried hiding but he wouldn't go away. I just had to start over again cause when I was in the archives I heard him growl so I figured my game was ruined. Oh well If I ever get a YouTube account and a video camera I'll have to record myself playing it.



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18 Nov 2011, 9:06 am

Have you guys heard of Penumbra?
If you like Amnesia you might also want to try out Penumbra it's made by the same people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penumbra:_Overture
it came out before Amnesia and has similar elements but is a little less scary. Cheating is easy too because there are good lets plays of this one too.



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18 Nov 2011, 12:40 pm

Yep, I have all Penumbra games, and I gotta say that overture gets a little boring I mean once you know you can kill the dog it loses it's interest... until you get to the part with the spiders and rock-worm. Now I know for a fact that Black plague is definitely a game I could play in the dark, at the very beginning the monsters don't seem scary until you get to real part of the shelter then it's bigger and puts more pressure. They should make a second Amnesia and Penumbra, I mean it doesn't even have to star Daniel and Philip(Main characters of the game) It could be about anything as long as that "fear of the unknown" is still used... Well, I guess that's why we have expansions like Requiem and Justine.



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18 Nov 2011, 11:03 pm

Angel_ryan wrote:
The_Perfect_Storm wrote:
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That's not very nice try playing a game like that with schiz


With what?

Also sorry! Just a joke.



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19 Nov 2011, 9:32 am

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Yep, I have all Penumbra games, and I gotta say that overture gets a little boring I mean once you know you can kill the dog it loses it's interest... until you get to the part with the spiders and rock-worm. Now I know for a fact that Black plague is definitely a game I could play in the dark, at the very beginning the monsters don't seem scary until you get to real part of the shelter then it's bigger and puts more pressure. They should make a second Amnesia and Penumbra, I mean it doesn't even have to star Daniel and Philip(Main characters of the game) It could be about anything as long as that "fear of the unknown" is still used... Well, I guess that's why we have expansions like Requiem and Justine.


I don't know about combining those two games they're too similar. I think they need a new story. I think it'd be cool if they collaborated with the bio shock creators and made one where your an ordinary/sane man trying to save his daughter from the laboratory where they make little sisters. Have the same types of characters as bio shock but interact with them amnesia style aka RUN AWAY. Keep stuff like bio shock hacking in the game, but use penumbra physics puzzles. Now that'd be cool. :)
Personally though I wish penumbra and amnesia were for Xbox the controls would be easier and there wouldn't be as many errors that lag it like a computer.



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19 Nov 2011, 9:36 am

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With what?
Also sorry! Just a joke.


That's ok I wasn't offend in the first place. I like amnesia and penumbra because they do a good job of simulating schizophrenia symptoms. I have a mild schiz spectrum disorder so I think the games are really cool but at the same time it freaks me out even more because it's too similar.



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19 Nov 2011, 4:15 pm

I stopped after the first time I screamed like a girl (like 15 minutes in) and now I'm watching a playthrough of it. In the words of Day9 (the person doing the playthrough) "this game has shown me that I'm a giant, quivering labia".


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19 Nov 2011, 4:46 pm

I love Amnesia! It gets really dark and disgusting towards the end. You don't really see it, but you return to memories of torture, and the concepts are horrible.

I played it in the dark at midnight with headphones in. I was scared, but so hooked. I couldn't stop playing even though it was a nightmare. I completed it a couple of weeks ago. Awesome game.



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19 Nov 2011, 7:44 pm

See the problem is with me is that, watching a play through might have ruined the game for me cause I know when there is gonna be a monster in the room. And I can see why amnesia is also a game for people my age or older. I do remember a torture room and the one part of the room of "getting sawed in half" painting(I shouldn't go full detail on that) and the choir, and morgue, and storage, and the prison. Pretty much almost every room had a monster in it. But the choir is one of those rooms that players will remember I mean it was so dark and so big that the monster could be right behind you. I hated the Morgue, every time I was in a room where it had a lot of dead bodies I would hear ringing and that would always freak me out. The storage wasn't that bad I guess I mean after you get the flow cycle rods the monster would be waiting for you and I had to make a run for it but he was chasing me. Well, amnesia is still a good thriller I just hope frictional will make more games like that.