Things that would have made Amnesia scarier

[soybostero93]

Hi everybody!

There are two particular suggestions I love:

You enter a room with a monster in restraints and are forced to pick up an item right next to it. The room suddenly caves in and you must clear debris from the door just as the monster is working to free itself.

That would be terrifying. Not only the task of picking up something right next to a monster, but the nerve-wra[/quote]cking moment where you try to clear the way while the thing tries to clear itself from its chains...

Make this even better by being in a small room that is very well-lit; upon entering it, lights go out, door slams, and is locked. Pitch black darkness. Lights flicker on for a brief moment, during which the room is FILLED with monsters. They're everywhere and staring at you. That would make me SCREAM if it happened. Then the lights start to glow again and the door slowly creaks open.

Another very well-thought scare.

Now, on with my two cents:

Maybe, one of the first monster encounters would involve a gust of wind blowing open a door and blowing out a lamp. Immediately, the player starts hearing growls and grunts, and soon a monstrosity emerges.

The player comes against a door that opens inwards. He/she tries to open it, but something's blocking the frame. The player starts hearing growls. He/she closes it hastily and runs away while the monster tries to blow the door open.

In a dark hall, the players sees a monster, which briefly looks at him/her and runs away. Growling sounds are being heard. When the player approaches the place the monster was, the thing comes back and attacks him/her.

The player is walking down a lit corridor when a door that seemed locked seconds ago starts opening. The player turns around and sees the shadow of a monster in the wall. Immediately, the door is slammed shut.

Maybe, Frictional Games could reuse the little scare at the beginning of Black Plague, when Philip saw a humanoid run past a door.