Amnesia: The Dark Descent

i like this game because it has a cool environment

There are many things to appreciate regarding this game. Something unexpected was to see story that hold place in Prussia , I am not sure how many people are aware that this country existed at certain period of time, if you aren't definitely check history books as there are many interesting things to read. Game alone follow really good story development, it's one of my favorites and for the time when it came out it was definitely a hidden gem and it still is to this day. It works great on Linux 10/10 .

System Shock 2. Resident Evil. Eternal Darkness. The number of games that really get the unease that horror is supposed to deliver right is small, but one larger now. Amnesia definitely belongs on that list. Other reviews go better into the story and gameplay than I can, because of the one (admittedly subjective) shortcoming of the game: the effects the game uses to indicate Daniel's dwindling sanity feel like someone went crazy with the Photoshop filters menu. It started out creepy, but culminated in a case of motion sickness that, sadly, kept me from going any further in the game.

One of only two horror games that has kept me on edge (the other being Outlast). The only letdown is how many of the monster encounters are simply a matter of hide and wait, not stealth and evade, which makes some sections a but dull once you've found a secure hiding spot. Resource management adds to the tension without becoming a distracting chore, although since losing sanity has no gameplay effect, not even making you noisier or clumsier, you will eventually only care about keeping your health up, and just keeping your sanity from hitting zero. There are some truly auditory disturbing flashbacks and the worst of the gore is left to your imagination. The story is much more than the usual excuse plot of the horror genre, and while mostly told through flashbacks and voiceover, does not suffer from the usual problem of "audio log" storytelling of feeling fragmented and sloppy. Of course, it may still fall flat for some people, depending upon how quickly you pick up on patterns and how easily you can predict level design elements. If you're a horror fan, you'll love this; if you're not, this is one of the few you should try anyway.

This game is the reason why we got so many first person survival horror games during this last decade, it might be one of the reasons why Resident Evil 7 abandoned its third person camera in favor of a first person perspective. This is not just "another one of those", it's a really great horror game with a great atmosphere. As the name says you will start knowing nothing about why you're there and why some evil entity is trying to kill you, you'll have to explore every single room of the decaying castle while you hide from the not too frequent encounters with monsters if you want to know how you and ended in such a dire situation. And no, you can't defend yourself, but that really isn't a problem if you don't mind playing hide n' seek with a bunch of deformed creatures that only want to murder you while your sanity quickly deteriorates, making all of this harder for you. If you have to choose between this game or its sequel, A Machine for Pigs, don't doubt for a second and choose The Dark Descent. The sequel was developed by a different company with no real connection with the original team and they got wrong everything that makes this game great. A real shame. The system requirements were never too high but I guess it's worth mentioning that this is a good Linux port and it should run flawlessly even in old hardware.