Amnesia: The Dark Descents - Game Review

Dark but not scary...

Amnesia The Dark Descents, has been out on Steam since the year 2010. But as the sequal, "Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs" is coming out soon, I thought I might as well review this one. There are going to soon be two good Amnesia games!

So the game is a horror survival, where you're this guy and you purposly erased your memory to kill something, blah blah, and you have Amnesia. All you can remember is your name and something is hunting you. There are a bunch of enemies in Amnesia but some of them are naked. Yes, that is why ESRB rated it M for nudity. And I am only going to mension some enemies.

First type of enemy is a Servant Grunt, a type of Gatherer which is the most common enemy in Amnesia. It chases the player, Daniel, for a short amount of time and is really fast. It attacks by clawing and has a huge mouth that lets out a low-piched demonic breathing noise. It is also only of two monsters break things in it's way, such as closed or locked doors, tables, chairs and other. It is also the only one wearing anything... chilling.

Second enemy is a Brute, another type of Gatherer but with one messed up head (Seriously, it's head is an upside-down horse shoe sort of shape with a huge mouth, no eyes and no nose.) This is one of the naked enemies. Eugh. It screams and is two times faster than the Servant Grunt, and also claws you faster. It also staggers and breathes heavily. To see how dangerous it is, here is a quote from the Amnesia Wiki:

The Brutes are the rarer, more dangerous type of the Gatherers. They deal so much more damage than a Servant Grunt that they are able to kill Daniel in a single hit, although if the player is at full health it is possible survive one hit from them.

Next is the Suitor... boy does this one like nudist beaches. They have no eyes and are one of them with huge black holes for eyes and another black hole for their mouth. They also have; well, what looks like a carrage weel made of Iron around their neck, peircing it. These are slow, not so dangerous enemies although they are pretty powerful.


But what I find weird is how every monster staggers like they've had too much beer. Also, the game dosen't really need to be rated M for Mature (17+ in The USA, 18+ in the UK) just because the monsters are naked. I mean, when a monster like a Brute just broke down a door out of no where and is chasing you, are people really going to stop and stare at their crack?

Also, the music when they're chasing you is pretty cool. It has the dark, chilling atmosphere and gets louder as they get closer. The game is set in a castle, you get notes and potions for health, etc. But this is one of them annoying games where it has the stupidest bar in gaming: The Sanity Bar.

Okay, Sanity Bars are alright, because I would get scared staring at a Suitor for ten minutes while it staggers along moaning at me, but really - you lose it in the dark? If you stand in the dark too long, your Sanity slowly drains. Is Daniel 7 years old? Really, I find that funny. He can stand Suitors chasing him, Brutes screaming and braking down doors, but not standing in a dark room without his lantern. That is funnier than Waynes World.

Also, there are things that you can pick up along the way, which are:

• Tinderboxes, which light candles.
• Oil, for lighting your lantern so 7 year old Daniel dosen't go insane.
• Potions, which refill things like Health and Sanity. They're pretty useful.
• Notes, which can help or be stupid and waste time.
• Books, ditto.
• Crowbars, used for braking doors or rock piles and attacking monsters.
• Axe, ditto except for rock piles.
• A shovel, which can't be used just carried.
• A pig carcus. Ew.
• A chair, which you can carry. "Take a seat, class..."
• A little golden statue which Pewdiepie calls Stephano!

But Amnesia, although not scary, is a great game. ESRB warnings are Gore, Launguage (some Suitors mock your with swears), Nudity and Violence.