Amnesia: The Dark Descent

for those who thought the water part in the demo was intense, wait 'till you make it to Storage in the full game. It scares me so much my soul hurts.

The whole story was kind of weird. I think it seemed a lot more promising before they started referencing magic, and I'm not really sure what Agrippa wanted you to throw his head in the portal for... I guess I should play again and pay closer attention. I liked Penumbra's story better, but Amnesia's certainly wasn't bad.. And the gameplay was better.

Not that I didn't flinch like that when it happened to me, but meh!

bad ending?

bad this does kinda mean we wont see a sequel. At least not with daniel we will.

The fact that the zombie only appeared when you triggered something (e.g read a letter) and that he didn't just patrol randomly. Also after the first time he killed me he really wasn't scary but more of an annoyance.

prison cell and onward

At the part where you read a note and the thing comes busting through the door, you have to hide in a closet until it leaves ... it never left. Because I had been sort of expecting something like that and had semi-blocked the door with some chairs. Apparently the monster rammed straight through the door but couldn't step over a bunch of chairs. Meaning I had to run out right past it to continue the game after I almost died of insanity in that closet.

pick up the two rods after the weird chain room with the NOT TRADITIONAL FIRE, if you looked around you'd notice the very conspicuous cabinet-ish thing to hide behind, HMM

a cell, IIRC? and walks up and down a hallway looking for you,

where you pick up the bottle of acid and the monster barges in

scissorsman ploughing in through a window immediately, as opposed to this GROOOOOOOOOOOAN BANG BANG BOOM nonsense

the groaning and wailing in the prison cells and such

depictions of the torture and such, ick, didn't need to know

A fucking dust zombie jumps out at me and scares the shit out of me, then disappears. I' afraid for when I have to face real zombies.

I don't recall ever seeing a dust zombie. Where did you see it? I've completed the game before and played through the beginning multiple times.

At the section near the library rooms, there's this piano that slams shut when you get too close to it. That's the room. The zombie only triggers after you've completed the bit where the ceiling caves in and you do the whole secret-books-lock-mechanism spiel. If you then walk back to the collapsed hallway you entered earlier, that's when it pops up behind you.

I know that Frictional Games is working on another game which is using an improved version of the HPL engine. I'm assuming that sending Agrippa through the portal is the 'good' ending, and the one that will be considered canon. It seems, in that ending, there's a possible opening for a sequel. Do you guys think they will make a sequel to Amnesia or will their new title be a new horror game?

down the elevator

"water/basement with the thing in the water"

I died to a monster.

I pushed open the door to what I assumed was a cell when a monstrous growl issued from inside. Instantly I turned and ran into the dark cell across the hall I had just explored. The monster seemed to sense where I was hiding and lingered outside the door. Impatiently I tried to move to get a better view to know when it had decided to move on, but the harsh scrape of my movement on the dirty floor gave me away. For a striking moment the fleshy sado-masochistic thing was backlit in the door frame as I cowered in the corner hoping it wouldn't pick me out of the darkness. It was the most distinct view I had yet gotten of one of the haunting creatures.

I didn't have long to wonder if it could smell me (it's stench was foul in the close quarters) or if some supernatural other sense could guide it, as however it managed, it started straight for me, and I tried to dodge around it with a surge of adrenaline. It took a mighty swing which connected and momentarily disoriented me. I continued scrambling desperately but it was on me again in an instant and landed another blow as I stumbled through the doorway. The world swirled around me, barely I clung to consciousness as the horror and pain assaulted my mind.

Out of the confusion one thought managed to take hold and while slithering and warding away the monster with my last strength. The Oil! (of something who's name I forgot) I had to just get it to my mouth...ease the pain. And I did manage to get two doses to my mouth! That last bit of clarity and resourcefulness proved my savior (or as I thought only minutes later, was it only a gateway to a deeper hell? What is the value of extending one's existence in such circumstances, faced only with growing horror? What do the philosophers say? What could they? Could they truly fathom the extent of the question without experiencing the visceral sensations I had) and I instantly felt restored. The monster landed one more blow as I stood, but it only barely slowed my refreshed body and I dashed around the corner.

I had up to this point noted in some detail the series of paths I had taken and explored around the prison, but all of that flew out of my head as I ran, instinctually turning corners only stopping at a dead end by the padlocked gate I had circumnavigated. There I crouched in the shadows behind barrels, waiting, every nerve jangling but with a concentrated focus I watched the sliver of the hallway approach path the beast might take.

I don't know how long it was before I saw it approach but it can't have been long. I ducked back into the darkness, and this time the monster did not head straight for my position, I noted with a brief glimmer of hope. Instead I only heard an overwhelmingly loud thudding. I gathered my courage and peeked out. The monster had stopped at the blocked wooden door just to the left of my position (I have no idea what was reinforcing it, I had tried it with all my might but it wouldn't budge). Then I watched as it threw itself against the doorway. Again, and again, and again...over...over.

Watching this, wide-eyed and transfixed, I thought this was surely the most purely horrifying sight I had ever witnessed, the deepest terror I had felt. The brutal, bestial yet mechanical way it threw itself again and again at the unforgiving door. I started pondering. Thoughts of my own existence flew by, and that of the monster. Did it experience life and death? What motivated it? Could it possibly go on pounding the door like clockwork for eternity, or at least until the castle crumbled? It must have only been 10 or 12 sickening thuds before utter panic and my only vaguely sane thoughts (and diminishingly so) spurred me to fix on the idea that I must, positively MUST escape this corner. Without further thought, I crept out, praying the monster's motivation wouldn't waver. As it backed up my heart jumped, and then it turned to face me. The last thought "you must carry on..." swam in the dark flicker of my consciousness.

It's kinda silly that there are like 3 endings but all 3 of them are decided 1 minute before the ending, and you may not even find out about one of the choices while playing.

If you just entered the sewers, you're going to experience one of the scariest moments in the game pretty soon

what's interesting is how the game changes to scare you multiple times on the same part.

There's the sword-arm monster standing at the intersection at the end of the sewer. So he just stands there and you have to figure a way around. My first plan was to provoke him by running loudly then have him chase me around the circle (btw, running away when you can't turn around because that will make him catch you for sure and feeling like he's gaining but having no idea really is adrenaline pumping and scary as hell), but that didn't work, so I quit because I always take a break when I die in story games so it feels like I'm not just gaming the system, it's more seamless if you aren't thinking "oh I just died 20 minutes ago, but here I am progressing."

So I come back later to try again, this time I drop the rock by accident and he kills me but I don't quit cause I can't just play for 1 minute if I want to play. Then I try again but the monster's behavior is changed on my 2nd spawn and he comes charging around the corner before I even do anything! I thought I just walked too loudly, or something, and I quit again. But it freaked my brain out.

Today I come back aware of the possibility that he might just come at me and I mess up the rock again by running too soon after I throw it. Then I try again and 2nd try again he runs at me, I'm momentarily freaked but have him chase me around, but I mess up opening and closing the doors cause I'm so adrenaline juiced and he kills me. Now on the third spawn I go up to the intersection and there's no monster at all. I quit when I saw that cause I thought it was adjusting difficulty and going easy on me and I didn't want that (I wanted to beat the monster cause I was frustrated, needed revenge/satisfaction). Now I realize there might have been another trick, he might have come from somewhere different this time, and that all this variation is probably to keep you on your toes, and it would have been cool to see what's up. Even if he's not there at all, knowing that it will mix up the setup on you keeps even the same part scary.

But now I have to quit for the night after just doing that one part so I'm not going on immediately after dying to that monster twice.

one part with water made her cry xD