Hey there everyone, it’s Halloween week! That special time of year where in the run up to Halloween (but not Halloween itself because I have a prior engagement with my best friend where we watch horror movies every year) I play horror games because that’s how these things are done. This year I even put a bit of effort into it and disfigured myself with red contact lenses, fangs, and fake blood to look like a vampire.
In this first stream we start playing Amnesia The Dark Descent. I chose this game because I heard really good things about how scary it was, and while I did enjoy my time with it in these two streams…I can’t say I found it altogether that scary. I think I jump…twice? But it was a fun game! It’s very unnerving having to move in the dark sometimes, unable to see what you’re doing, and essentially feeling your way there. So we meet out protagonist, Daniel, who wakes up in a castle with no knowledge of why he’s there. Something appears to be outside causing destruction but also slowly corrupting the inside of the castle with a strange substance, there are monsters, and a history of terrible things having happened here. But what does it all mean?
Until next time…buh-bye!
About Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a survival horror adventure video game by Frictional Games, released in 2010 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems, in 2016 for the PlayStation 4 platform and in 2018 for the Xbox One. The game features a protagonist named Daniel exploring a dark and foreboding castle, while trying to maintain his sanity by avoiding monsters and other terrifying obstructions.
The game does away with anything resembling a combat system, relying on Daniel hiding or escaping from monsters, and gameplay is limited to maintaining a sanity gauge (affected by being in the dark or witnessing things that are disturbing) and puzzle interaction. Much of the game is played in darkness, with the player needing to find oil to light a lantern to be able to see and stave it off and maintain Daniel’s mental faculties.