Amnesia tips, tricks, and strategies

**m1dy** · 12-20-2010, 05:11 AM

This thread is for the discussion of various things a player can do in the world of Amnesia to give themselves an advantage. From tinderbox and oil conservation to monster avoidance tricks and beyond, post them all here.

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**Tenacious** · 12-20-2010, 07:11 AM

Here are some of my tricks:

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**Kein** · 12-20-2010, 08:21 AM

I thought all of those are obvious.

**m1dy** · 12-20-2010, 09:13 AM

Post something useful or don't post at all.

**Tanshaydar** · 12-20-2010, 10:03 AM

My only recommendation is that if you hear a strange sound, run without thinking and never look back, never, ever.

**eabaggot** · 12-21-2010, 04:59 AM

Two things I am beginning to do:

1) When entering a new region, go into it on a blind run, explore everything, burn all your fuel, light light up everything, and just learn the layout and where everything is, etc. Then, reload it from the entry point and then take a more deliberate and circumspect approach to getting what you need.

2) When confronting an enemy, just go ahead and let yourself get killed a few times, to take the "edge" off, heh. See how it behaves. Then, as above, reload the level and use the knowledge in whatever way you can.

Ed

**hollowleviathan** · 12-21-2010, 05:16 AM

I give a huge enthusiastic :\ to deliberately breaking the game design by abusing save/load.

Tip: staying in the light does slowly restore your sanity. If you're on the edge, why not sit down and have a breather huddled under a candle?

**eabaggot** · 12-21-2010, 05:55 PM

(12-21-2010, 05:16 AM)hollowleviathan Wrote: I give a huge enthusiastic :\ to deliberately breaking the game design by abusing save/load.

Tip: staying in the light does slowly restore your sanity. If you're on the edge, why not sit down and have a breather huddled under a candle?

You are probably right, but it is SO intense ... I can't play more than about 15 minutes at a stretch, so I suppose I am already violating the spirit of the experience ...

**Spooder Wekd** · 12-22-2010, 11:39 PM

(12-21-2010, 04:59 AM)eabaggot Wrote: Two things I am beginning to do:

1) When entering a new region, go into it on a blind run, explore everything, burn all your fuel, light light up everything, and just learn the layout and where everything is, etc. Then, reload it from the entry point and then take a more deliberate and circumspect approach to getting what you need.

2) When confronting an enemy, just go ahead and let yourself get killed a few times, to take the "edge" off, heh. See how it behaves. Then, as above, reload the level and use the knowledge in whatever way you can.

Ed

So remove the exploring, cause you just run through to figure out the layout as fast as possible. And remove the scaryness of monsters by suiciding until u dont care....seems horrible! Tongue

(12-21-2010, 05:55 PM)eabaggot Wrote:
(12-21-2010, 05:16 AM)hollowleviathan Wrote: I give a huge enthusiastic :\ to deliberately breaking the game design by abusing save/load.

Tip: staying in the light does slowly restore your sanity. If you're on the edge, why not sit down and have a breather huddled under a candle?

You are probably right, but it is SO intense ... I can't play more than about 15 minutes at a stretch, so I suppose I am already violating the spirit of the experience ...

If you can't play the game properly for a long time, try to just play it for a little while at a time, better to play it right, for short spurts, than break the game and remove half the fun. You could try slowly increasing the time you play...