Amnesia The Dark Descent. (Horror game)

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Kaos36

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#67765 8-Sep-2010 10:54

I love horror games Amnesia (from the creators of Penumbra) is released today hopefully it will hit our stores soon.

check out the game play vid:
http://www.amnesiagame.com/#main

"Amnesia could be the scariest survival horror game in quite a long time." - IGN

"For horror fans of all types, whether gamers or not, this is one you must look into. For fans of the Penumbra series, it's a no-brainer." - Neoseeker

"One particular sequence involving an underground corridor flooded with water got me so worked up I had to walk away from the computer and gather my senses with a cup of coffee." - Strategy Informer

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#377803 8-Sep-2010 11:12

PC only :(

Ive yet to find a horror game on any platform that has made me jump or anything since the original PS1 game, Resident Evil - and even then it was only one part.........

Maybe Ive become de-sensitized to this stuff.....

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#377846 8-Sep-2010 12:39

Silent hill on the ps1 , i played it with surround sound and in the dark, those sounds coming from behind me were really unsettling, and the locker scene made me jump big time

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#377851 8-Sep-2010 13:07

vexxxboy: Silent hill on the ps1 , i played it with surround sound and in the dark, those sounds coming from behind me were really unsettling, and the locker scene made me jump big time

PS1 had surround sound? Prologic?

kiwired23

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#377860 8-Sep-2010 13:32

It's on Steam, if you don't need box. (Mind you, it's so cheap, I doubt it'll get a retail release)

vexxxboy

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#377876 8-Sep-2010 14:09

bazzer:
vexxxboy: Silent hill on the ps1 , i played it with surround sound and in the dark, those sounds coming from behind me were really unsettling, and the locker scene made me jump big time

PS1 had surround sound? Prologic?

not quite sure , but all the sounds were spread around 5 speakers and you have to hear them to explain how unsettling they were

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#377881 8-Sep-2010 14:12

xpd:

Ive yet to find a horror game on any platform

What about Dead Space Gavin!? That game is flippin scary!

And also Dead Space 2 is just around the corner..

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#377884 8-Sep-2010 14:19

vexxxboy: Silent hill on the ps1 , i played it with surround sound and in the dark, those sounds coming from behind me were really unsettling, and the locker scene made me jump big time

Alien Resurrection on PS1 - now that was a decent scary game, even today it still makes me jump, with the motion tracker bleeping everytime an Alien or Facehugger was nearby.. Scary stuff :)

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Kaos36

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#378085 9-Sep-2010 02:36

Console users are obviously using a PC for internet so, providing its good enough specs why not use the pc for gaming as well?

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#378094 9-Sep-2010 06:53

Kaos36: Console users are obviously using a PC for internet so, providing its good enough specs why not use the pc for gaming as well?

were do you think i play all the old ps1games, my pc is my console,i love finding old classics to play , especially RPG's, the ps1 was great for that genre

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#378112 9-Sep-2010 08:48

cgrew:
xpd:

Ive yet to find a horror game on any platform

What about Dead Space Gavin!? That game is flippin scary!

And also Dead Space 2 is just around the corner..

Yeah Ive been on the lookout for a cheap copy :) Im on a tight budget these days so whatever games I buy have got to be something Ill enjoy and last ;)

Im still playing RDR even though Ive finished the main storyline, just so much to do in the game after the story has finished.

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#378115 9-Sep-2010 08:49

Kaos36: Console users are obviously using a PC for internet so, providing its good enough specs why not use the pc for gaming as well?

I was in that boat, but as per another thread floating around, PC gaming can get expensive for some....and time is an issue for those of us with families. Easier to just fire up a console and get into the game than wait for Windows, wait for the game, oh hold on, major updates required to play online (yes, some consoles do this too but not as much), oh bugger need driver updates to get best quality etc etc... anyway as I said, theres an entire thread about it somewhere.

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#378119 9-Sep-2010 09:00

xpd:
Kaos36: Console users are obviously using a PC for internet so, providing its good enough specs why not use the pc for gaming as well?

PC gaming can get expensive for some. Easier to just fire up a console and get into the game t

I gave up PC gaming awhile ago - far easier to play games on a console and also I'm an old school Playstation fanboy from way back ;)

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#378121 9-Sep-2010 09:06

xpd:
cgrew:
xpd:

Ive yet to find a horror game on any platform

What about Dead Space Gavin!? That game is flippin scary!

And also Dead Space 2 is just around the corner..

Yeah Ive been on the lookout for a cheap copy :)

Im still playing RDR even though Ive finished the main storyline, just so much to do in the game after the story has finished.

EB games are selling Dead Space for $60 - how cheap do you want to go?? ;)

Just buy it Gavin haha - it's the critically acclaimed best survival horror game of all time.

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#378438 10-Sep-2010 04:20

best/scariest horror type game IMHO has to be space hulk. It was definitely brown trousers time playing that

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3440

Kaos36

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#394389 21-Oct-2010 15:37

Who else is playing this game and finds it terrifying!

Oh man just got it the other day, I can only play for about 20min at a time then have to take a break. Its the damn sound that gets to me. I don't know I must be turning into a wuss, first horror game where i can't play without stopping every now and then just to get my senses back. Its going to take me forever to finish it. LOL. Scary!

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