Naturally, the most important aspect of the game is the actual game itself and Amnesia is one of the most compelling horror games I have played in years. The narrative is very dreamlike and imaginative and it's also backed up by eerie messages that appear on each loading screen that, at first, seem to have nothing to do with the story beyond telling you of people dying in various odd ways but later find their way into context. It's much more interesting than how I described it, but that is because it's a classic case of having to experience it to truly get it. The decidedly Lovecraftian tale ultimately involves a mysterious series of Orbs that Daniel discovered on an expedition, how the "Shadow" followed him to the Baron Alexander, and his discovery of the fact that the Baron Alexander is a psychopath who is on the verge of discovering a way to immortalize himself by transferring his soul into a new vessel. The game is told in a fairly straightforward way, you pick up notes and sometimes you'll have auditory flashbacks where you will hear characters conversing and interacting with some objects that give you an idea of what happened in the room before you got there. It's not hard to guess that this is a Retroactive story meaning that the story is less about what is happening now and more about what happened beforehand. However Daniel warns you that you are being chased by a demon simply referred to as a "shadow" that will ceaselessly change you through the castle. You find a note left to you by a man named Daniel who instructs you to locate the Baron Alexander in his inner sanctum and ultimately kill the elderly man.
I bought Amnesia with no idea of what was contained within and the only reason I bought it was because it was only 20 bucks and it advertised happily that it was developed by Frictional Games who developed the Penumbra duology, Overture and Black Plague both were games I heavily enjoyed.Īs the name suggests in this game you play an unfortunate sufferer of Amnesia who finds himself trapped inside Brennenberg Estate, a massive castle located in the Prussian woods and owned by the Baron Alexander.
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