Amnesia: The Dark Descent

**blaarg8891** · 11-14-2011, 04:34 AM

I want to start off this post by saying thank you to Frictional games for creating quite possibly the best survival horror game in the history of gaming. I am an avid player of survival horror games, I have played all of the Silent Hills, Dead Spaces, Resident Evils, Fatal Frames, FEARs, etc. Not a single one of those games even comes close to the sheer terror I feel when I play Amnesia.

Frictional games has achieved something that most developers cannot even touch, they caused the sense of terror. Terror is different than being scared or being afraid. Dead Space can scare you with jump out monsters but it never comes close to instilling true terror in your mind like Amnesia does. When you find yourself afraid to ascend a staircase or turn a corner or even find yourself too afraid to move from the little fort you made in a corner hiding from the shadow; you know that you are playing something special.

Amnesia is a better game than Dead Space and Fear and Resident Evil but it will unfortunately never see the mass acclaim that these games receive. Sure some people have reviewed this game and have reviewed it very well but it isn't big news. I want to make it so this game becomes a game that people remember and know whether they have played it or not. In short I want to thank Amnesia for providing me one of the most terrifying experiences of my life and for giving the gaming community a diamond among coal in survival horror.

**J.R.S.S.** · 11-14-2011, 08:37 AM

A great job indeed.

"When technology of computers was new to the minds of the planet Earth, they were afraid that it would destroy them with over complicated machinery and high levels of knowledge, never knowing that Fear created on these computers is what would destroy their minds. Fear. The presence of black, emptiness, of nothing but the occasionally scream. It always leads back to Fear; always for the minds of planet Earth."

Thank you dear Frictional.

**Statyk** · 11-15-2011, 09:40 PM

By far my most influential horror game, ahead of Dead Space. I LOVE Dead Space most as a game, story, and atmosphere... But no game will EVER come close to the respect I have for the games Frictional Games has developed. I always knew, that without a weapon, fear would be increased DRASTICALLY, and I was going to make my own horror game with no fighting involved, just running, much like this. Then I found out that they beat me to the punch =P But they did damn well. I'll always have Amnesia and Penumbra at the top of my list for "game of all time"... It may not have won E3's awards, but in my eyes, this is the best game I've ever played. And to be able to make a complete custom story of mine and be part of this community of my favorite horror game (game in general), I couldn't be happier =] This is what I love about small businesses... They're not afraid to go where they envision. I'm proud to be an active member to this wondrous community.

**Unearthlybrutal** · 11-16-2011, 12:49 PM

I totally agree with you Smile

~~Googolplex~~ · 11-16-2011, 05:09 PM

FrictionalGames are definitive one of the best game creators of all time.
And they're only 5 people working at home without any budget. So they really are miracles.
I hope the next game will not get too much out of the genre.

**imgoneimdead** · 11-19-2011, 04:41 AM

(11-16-2011, 05:09 PM)Googolplex Wrote: FrictionalGames are definitive one of the best game creators of all time.
And they're only 5 people working at home without any budget. So they really are miracles.
I hope the next game will not get too much out of the genre.

Yes, I'm hoping they can make their next game, if possible, even more frightening. Amnesia will terrify you enough to make you just quit and go sit down or something... If their next game is too much different, I think Frictional will be alot different. Best at horror by far... Hope for no change...

**Tanshaydar** · 11-19-2011, 05:58 AM

@Googolplex
Isn't it already stated countless times that their next game will not be completely horror oriented?

**Statyk** · 11-19-2011, 05:37 PM

(11-19-2011, 05:58 AM)Tanshaydar Wrote: @Googolplex
Isn't it already stated countless times that their next game will not be completely horror oriented?

Whatdo you mean? They're not doing a horror game? O.o Or will it just be more based around story?

**Kman** · 11-19-2011, 10:45 PM

(11-19-2011, 05:37 PM)Statyk Wrote:
(11-19-2011, 05:58 AM)Tanshaydar Wrote: @Googolplex
Isn't it already stated countless times that their next game will not be completely horror oriented?
Whatdo you mean? They're not doing a horror game? O.o Or will it just be more based around story?

they said it's not gonna be as horror based but it will still have a scary mood to it and it will have survival elements.

**BlueFury** · 11-21-2011, 01:18 AM

My top 5
1. Besthesda softworks - I love RPG's
2. Frictionalgames - I <3 em
3. Mojang - I've played mc since it came out, still loving it
4. Dice - would be #3 if bf3 was on steam
5. Valve - their games are amazing