Amnesia Doesn't Scare Me...

[palistov]

1) Immersing yourself in this game is NOT about playing at night, alone, with a headset, and with no lights on. That just helps you immerse yourself.


2) You "not being scared" by Amnesia proves nothing about your manliness, just as "being scared" by it doesn't make you a coward.

3) Most people here are trying to help you enjoy the game you (hopefully) purchased.

4) Nobody really cares about what other things scare you. We do care that you claim Amnesia is not scary at all, when it is widely considered one of the most frightening games ever created. There are plenty of gamer and player reviews to support this, as well as videos and images all over the internet, all referring to Amnesia as the ultimate horror video game experience.

5) There's no way you can prove that people are only scared by Amnesia because they've seen other reaction videos. There are plenty of people who can say they went into Amnesia with no prior knowledge of its effect on other people, myself included.

6) "Messing with monsters" is not a side-activity. Their existence in the game is not critical to the game in terms of providing a survival horror experience. There are plenty examples of gut-wrenching moments in the game which have no monsters at all. The fact that you think messing with monsters is a part of the game only proves that you are not even close to approaching Amnesia in a manner that would let you truly experience it. That's like someone buying and playing Minecraft and complaining that the game is crap because blocks can float in mid-air. AKA You're missing the point.

7) Monsters have stupid AI on purpose, it was discussed in the developer commentary. They developed them that way. And I believe there is a post in Frictional Games' blog about it. Could be wrong on that last one though.

8) 90% of this game depends on you, the player committing yourself to actually experiencing it.

9) If you did not whimper/scream/cry in fear, you've never played Amnesia.