Posted on: November 23, 2024

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Games: 282 Reviews: 35

Great

Another great game on the Amnesia series, but this one takes a different approach: this is primarily a survival horror game. You play as a French soldier during WWI stuck inside a bunker and you have to find a way to escape. The game is non-linear: you can complete the objectives in any order. The bunker is abandoned, it is incredibly dark and eerie, and falling to pieces. And then there is the monster: an ever-present and intelligent threat. It hides in the walls and reacts to your movements. If you make too much noise, it comes out starts hunting you. It knows how to open doors and will smash anything that is in the way. But it also knows to hide in holes and wait for prey (ie: you) to run by to kill it. You CAN fight the monster, but this only buys you a few minutes of relative safety. There is a very unexpected depth to this game. Unlike other Amnesia games where you are basically a victim all the time, here you have several options at your disposal. You have some control - but you have to very carefully balance your scarce resources. Another unexpected feature is the monster's behaviour. It has its routines and it is predictable to a point, but it WILL surprise you. Don't get complacent. The game is not exactly "scary", but there are genuinely blood pumping moments. The thrill of having the monster mere centimetres from you as you tiptoe around. The primal fear as you turn tail and just RUN LIKE HELL when the monster spots you. It is a game of highs and lows. A lot of time you are just feeling your way in the darkness and hiding in a closet, or you are just scouting for resources. But then you decide "let's do this" load up on grenades and just push through some obstacle to grab a key item, monster be damned! After completing the game you unlock new game+ which gives you tons of options to customise the game - like monster aggression or amount of resources. This makes the game superbly replayable. It's a great game. I really recommend it.

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Posted on: January 15, 2025

MagickUser

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Games: 83 Reviews: 5

I hate this game. I love it.

There's this concept floating around the white liberal RPG scene (D&D and other bland mass appeal games) that state that horror is never about scaring the player, only their characters. I despise them! When I watch a horror movie, when I play a horror tabletop RPG and when I play a horror video game, I want to be scared. I have played for two hours in two one hour sessions, and I don't picture myself playing longer sessions, one hour is enough, the stress and dreadful atmosphere get under my skin in a matter of minutes. If you are one of those white liberal RPG people that think the player should never feel any disconfort, please play this and sh*t in your pants, you deserve it. But if you are a normal persona, play this game because it's absolutely amazing (at least the two first hours, and with the perfect track of excellence from Frictional games, I am sure the rest of the game will be just as good. I only hope I don't have a heart attack and that I find bullets.

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Posted on: June 9, 2023

gullfisken82

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Games: 61 Reviews: 2

Game of the year 2023

It's fun, crazy, addictive, scary, has easy mode option, the engine is incredible, I love tha A.I, has MANY choices. It's GREAT!!! And not too expensive :)

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Posted on: March 22, 2024

kenadrian

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Games: 364 Reviews: 78

If Resident Evil tries to be an imsim

Amnesia: The Bunker is the latest entry in Frictional's horror series, and it's handled quite differently. In other titles (and most horror walking sims) you travel in a linear path, encountering horrors along the way. But here, the game is not linear. It all takes place inside the titular bunker, where you, a French WW1 soldier, woke up trapped alone with a monster. It has inaccessible areas at first, but as you progress, collecting necessary items and all that, the areas open and you can freely revisit them any time. You can only save at certain points, when there's a lantern and only manually. If you happen to die, you'd be back to your lantern-save. Very early Resident Evil-like. And about it being imsim-inspired, it's because you can do multiple solutions to progress. You can stack items to climb over an obstacle, or dragging an explosive barrel nearby and shooting it for example. Keep in mind though that loud noises like that will attract the monster, which as you expect, cannot be killed. You can attack it to make it run away though. Inventory management is also a thing here, try to keep bringing the important tools and not too many weapons. And lastly, there's no need to manage sanity. Stay in the dark as much as you want. Length-wise it's shorter than previous Amnesia titles (except maybe A Machine for Pigs) and can be finished in 3-5 hours. And while the level design and otherworldly aspect aren't as good or as deeply explored like in Rebirth, it's still a pretty fun game. Definitely worth a try if you're into the franchise or games of its kind.

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Posted on: August 20, 2024

decorus_veritas

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Games: 142 Reviews: 64

Great Amnesia experience

Amnesia The Bunker is pure survival horror. All the inessentials have been stripped away, leaving the player, an open map, and a monster. Becaues Frictional are really nice people, they've put in some gentle play modes for those who just want the atmosphere (very easy, easy, normal), but honestly if that's what you need I'd look elsewhere. This game is at its best when the tension is high and you're crawling around in the dark with no clue what to do. For all new players, I actually recommend playing on Hard for your first playthrough. I found Normal to be a little too generous with fuel and goodies, making it pretty easy to have the generator on all the time and to get rid of the monster when needed. Hard has scarcer resources and a more aggressive monster, giving an excellent first experience. After you finish hard, you have the option to play Shell Shocked, which is nuts, or to make a custom difficulty map. For those like me for whom Shell Shocked is a bit excessive, I recommend setting the custom difficulty to Hard settings, but adding in the hardcore medical mode and the fusebox mode, along with randomized lockers. Those three settings + Hard make for a truly glorious, nuanced, and intense game. Explore everything. Learn from your mistakes. Try crazy shit. And be prepared to make multiple runs from each save before you learn/accomplish enough to save again. At the outset, there is a lot of "what the hell am I to do?" scrouging around, especially when all your routes are cut off by rats. But keep foraging, keep hiding, and eventually you find something that breaks open another part of the map. Good luck soldier.

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