"Welcome back, Survival horror... we've missed you" Amnesia Demo Impre

So the demo was released last night, and all of us that were interested got to play it. What's your initial thoughts, and how would you compare it to the Penumbra series? Are you planning to buy the full game when it's released?

I personally found it fantastic. Creepy, unpredictable, gorgeous (artstyle wise), and damn fun. :D I personally like Penumbra: Black Plagues mental ayslum setting more, but Amnesia kept the same dark, macabre artstyle that made Penumbra such a surreal experience.

Day 1 purchase for me. :)

Are you planning to buy the full game when it's released?Nyuuuu

Anyone else get a headache while playing?aaronmullan

And.

STAY OUT OF THE WATER. :cry:

[QUOTE="aaronmullan"]Anyone else get a headache while playing?thespywholied

And.

STAY OUT OF THE WATER. :cry:

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[QUOTE="aaronmullan"]Anyone else get a headache while playing?aaronmullan

And.

STAY OUT OF THE WATER. :cry:

I had the same problem as well. I just went to settings and turned off image trail.

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[QUOTE="aaronmullan"]Anyone else get a headache while playing?aaronmullan

And.

STAY OUT OF THE WATER. :cry:

[QUOTE="aaronmullan"][QUOTE="thespywholied"] I see what you did there. :O

And.

STAY OUT OF THE WATER. :cry:

JangoWuzHere

And this got 8.5 on IGN!

[QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"][QUOTE="aaronmullan"] Nah, I didn't mean it that way :P I legitimately got a headache while playing. thespywholied

And this got 8.5 on IGN!

Glad to see people enjoyed it us much as me. :) I personally had no problems with headaches though. :P

You can get the entire penumbra pack on their website, worth it if you haven't played them yet.

Oh and I forgot it's only $6 there.

You can get the entire penumbra pack on their website, worth it if you haven't played them yet. SAGE_OF_FIRE

[QUOTE="SAGE_OF_FIRE"]You can get the entire penumbra pack on their website, worth it if you haven't played them yet. millerlight89

Yup. Although imo Overture loses steam about 3/4 the way through, Black Plague was an amazing experience. Playing hide n' seek with those wierd corpse monsters made my heart literally hurt. :lol:

I really liked the demo but to be honest the water part was more annoying then scary.

I really liked the demo but to be honest the water part was more annoying then scary.

thespywholied

hope AMNESIA doesnt flop like HAZE :D :P

Download finished. I may have to make sure my bowels are empty before playing.

Loved it, specially the water part. That was so well done. Dante2710

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[QUOTE="aaronmullan"]Anyone else get a headache while playing?aaronmullan

And.

STAY OUT OF THE WATER. :cry:

I loved the demo, more than I could have hoped for. And judging from this, the full game won't disappoint either.

I played the demo but i turned it off shortly after i got beneath the cellar door hatch. That creepy invisible enemy chasing me down the corridors was just too much.

I loved the demo, more than I could have hoped for. And judging from this, the full game won't disappoint either.

hypoty

Fantastic review. I felt a little uneased just by watching the video review. :P I love the "you don't know which way a door opens" mechanic. :lol: It's so simple, but that split second of fumbling around can cost you your life. I can't ****ing wait for this game. :D

Scary ******* game. Won't be getting it, but it will be a most for those into horror games.

No headache for me, I got my impressions in my blog so no need to retype them. Can not wait for this game. It may just be my personal GOTY.millerlight89

Years from now, when I get a better laptop I'll have to check out these games. I'm really disappointed in Japan's lack of Survival Horror games though.

To be perfectly honest, it's not survival horror in traditional console meaning of this word. It is adventure horror game that should appeal to survival horror fans, but people who go in expecting game like early Resident Evil are going to be pretty surprised because it's nothing like ot.

Amnesia in my opinion is a true horror game. One that builds on both atmosphere and the fact that you're a defenceless person rather than what most horror games are nowadays where someone just turns off the lights and monsters jump at you going 'BOO!'

To be perfectly honest, it's not survival horror in traditional console meaning of this word. It is adventure horror game that should appeal to survival horror fans, but people who go in expecting game like early Resident Evil are going to be pretty surprised because it's nothing like ot.

AdrianWerner

Survival Horror is hardly synonymous with Resident Evil.

What actually happens if your insanity meter gets too high? I ran into an apparition just to see what would happen and the dude kept breathing really heavy but didn't notice anything else.Karnage108

You hallucinate bugs crawling all over you, enemies become attracted to your whimpers and breathing and eventually you'll fall to the ground in terror and won't be able to move.

[QUOTE="Dante2710"]Loved it, specially the water part. That was so well done. lawlessx

Lol I wonder how many people actually didn't die at least the first time from that. I totally got owned. First thing I tried to do was pull that lever hoping it would stop the monster :lol: Mucho fail.

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To be perfectly honest, it's not survival horror in traditional console meaning of this word. It is adventure horror game that should appeal to survival horror fans, but people who go in expecting game like early Resident Evil are going to be pretty surprised because it's nothing like ot.

hakanakumono

Survival Horror is hardly synonymous with Resident Evil.

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[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

To be perfectly honest, it's not survival horror in traditional console meaning of this word. It is adventure horror game that should appeal to survival horror fans, but people who go in expecting game like early Resident Evil are going to be pretty surprised because it's nothing like ot.

AdrianWerner

Survival Horror is hardly synonymous with Resident Evil.

That's not what I meant. I meant that as long as the mechanism of survival is something "extra-ordinary," it can be survival horror. It doesn't have to have action to be survival horror. Hence games like Clock Tower and Haunting Ground.

Good to see that this title is getting a lot of buzz!

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[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

To be perfectly honest, it's not survival horror in traditional console meaning of this word. It is adventure horror game that should appeal to survival horror fans, but people who go in expecting game like early Resident Evil are going to be pretty surprised because it's nothing like ot.

AdrianWerner

Survival Horror is hardly synonymous with Resident Evil.

Not really. Only very recently has survival horror turned into that on both PC and consoles, perhaps starting with RE4. So I don't understand how you came to this whole idea of it being 'traditional console definition'.

RE4 is when RE stopped being survival horror.

RE4 is when RE stopped being survival horror.

hakanakumono

Pretty much. And it was only then that survival horror started losing ground on pretty much all platforms.

I think all gamers have a fair understanding of what survival horror truly is :)

When RE4 came out it was treated not only as the "greatest RE ever," but as a savior to Survival Horror gaming. It was pretty much blasphemy to even suggest that it was a different direction for the series. Then RE5 came out, more TPS games came out and the severe lack of anything survival horror in the market is increasingly apparent, especially when once capable devs are either doing other things or have gone MIA.

As for the decline of Survival Horror, I would mark that with this gen. There were still a number of great survival horror games after RE4, like Siren 2 (JP/EU only).

Welcome back?

I just enjoyed three pretty awesome survival horror games on the Wii earlier this year. :P

Fatal Frame 4 (Downloaded the english translation)
Cursed Mountain
Fragile Dream

Amnesia looks awesome though, I pre-ordered it some months ago for 10€.

Not really. Only very recently has survival horror turned into that on both PC and consoles, perhaps starting with RE4. So I don't understand how you came to this whole idea of it being 'traditional console definition'.

FrozenLiquid

I liked the demo, but it was just too much for me, having no means of defense was too scary for me. I may get it, but I may give up halfway through.