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Demo, first impression - MulleDK19 - 09-03-2010
Damn, it feels so nice. The control is really great.
One bug: Mouse can not be moved outside game when minimized, while the game is running.
On a side note: My heart is already pounding, and I'm only 2 minutes into the demo
RE: Demo, first impression - Yuhaney - 09-03-2010
Just wait until you get the first part where your insanity falls a part.
RE: Demo, first impression - Texhnolyzed - 09-03-2010
I just finished the demo with my girlfriend.
Compared to Penumbra : Black Plague, Amnesia is completely amazing !
Immersion is way better and my girlfriend just got around my back in the dark with some handling torch and going "hh hhhh hhh" just like Daniel when he's scared.
Voices and sounds are fantastic and so are the lights (or lacks of lights maybe
).As somone said somewhere on the forum, the fact of having the hand is very immersive... It put a shape on the character and looks like more to a survival-horror game type.
I found there is a bit of silent hill in it due to the organic red stuff around the walls. That's pretty cool !
Story seems to be cool too, with some kind of schizophrenia or something like this.
I hope to play the game soon and maybe see it published in boxes in France or at least in the US or UK so I can get it. (come on, you know we all want BOXES! - girlfriend speaking)
Frictional Games rocks ! Your game just looks damn amazing
EDIT : sorry I just saw the post about ALL DISCUTIONS ABOUT AMNESIA... sorry for my mistake !
RE: Demo, first impression - smileybeat - 09-04-2010
I've finished this demo too and it's awesome ! I don't regrets having preordered
The part in water is rather scary 
My computer is not very fast but I'm glad to see it runs very well
Thanks Frictional Games for this game
RE: Demo, first impression - mkultra - 09-04-2010
Very atmospheric to play in the middle of the night with headphones
I even had a shiver going down my spine at one place, so i'm quite impressed so far.There are things i don't like though (no game is perfect)
They do know how to make it atmospheric / interesting graphically, but sound wise i find it too cluttered in a way that it gets a bit lame. It would be far more efficient to have a few sounds (where it matters) instead of bomarding you with every horror sound you can possibly imagine (including crying children). The sweeping ambient music gets old very quick, probably something i'll turn off, this would help make the sound at least a little less cluttered..
I'd love to play a game like this but without the scripted feel to it. I think that would help with the "smoke and mirrors"-effect you get when things are too scripted. AI's arent that fearsome if you know it's 100% scripted to be at once place or disabled when you reach a certain point etc. It feels a bit too much like the dev(s) is holding your hand, and that's not something you want in a horror game.
Overall, it's very good though (so far).
RE: Demo, first impression - MulleDK19 - 09-04-2010
(09-04-2010, 02:37 AM)mkultra Wrote: It would be far more efficient to have a few sounds (where it matters) instead of bomarding you with every horror sound you can possibly imagine (including crying children).
Dude, then turn on your lantern! You do realize that you her babies crying because you're going insane, right?