danielfarmer-80144
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent is undoubtedly the most terrifying gaming experience i've ever had. This game is a masterpiece.
In this game you play as Daniel. A man stricken with Amnesia and on a quest for answers. The story in this game isn't the best thing ever but i was intrigued the whole time and it deals with questions of guilt amongst other things. The voice acting is very good and the game has multiple endings so you can conclude the story in the way that fits you.
In the game, you complete a series of tasks/puzzles to progress the story and you must hide from enemies whilst managing your sanity and light resources. The levels are very well designed hub levels that remove the feeling of linearity because you have to do a lot of exploring if you want to find resources and things to progress. The interaction involved in opening doors and moving objects its great because it adds that physical immersion to the game. The stealth works well and its utterly terrifying when the enemies see you and give chase. The puzzles are solid too.
The best thing about this game is definitely the atmosphere. There is constantly this crippling sense of dread produced by incredible music, sound design, terrifying environments and enemies and just well paced gameplay. It was so scary that i had to stop every 20 minutes because I honestly thought i might of had a heart attack. It builds up the tension so much that when an enemy does appear and attack you it utterly shocks you to the core. I have never before or since had such an intense fear playing a video game.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a special game that most other horror games have tried (and failed in my opinion) to encapsulate. What an amazing experience that i will never forget.
10/10.
In this game you play as Daniel. A man stricken with Amnesia and on a quest for answers. The story in this game isn't the best thing ever but i was intrigued the whole time and it deals with questions of guilt amongst other things. The voice acting is very good and the game has multiple endings so you can conclude the story in the way that fits you.
In the game, you complete a series of tasks/puzzles to progress the story and you must hide from enemies whilst managing your sanity and light resources. The levels are very well designed hub levels that remove the feeling of linearity because you have to do a lot of exploring if you want to find resources and things to progress. The interaction involved in opening doors and moving objects its great because it adds that physical immersion to the game. The stealth works well and its utterly terrifying when the enemies see you and give chase. The puzzles are solid too.
The best thing about this game is definitely the atmosphere. There is constantly this crippling sense of dread produced by incredible music, sound design, terrifying environments and enemies and just well paced gameplay. It was so scary that i had to stop every 20 minutes because I honestly thought i might of had a heart attack. It builds up the tension so much that when an enemy does appear and attack you it utterly shocks you to the core. I have never before or since had such an intense fear playing a video game.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a special game that most other horror games have tried (and failed in my opinion) to encapsulate. What an amazing experience that i will never forget.
10/10.
Being John Carpenters first film, its hard to be too critical. But it does feel exactly like his first film. Its very low budget and unfortunately the film just didn't do anything for me. There are a lot of low budget movies that i enjoy, but this i just didn't find funny or particularly interesting. It kinda commits the worst sin in film in that it is just boring. It gets a few points for a few nice shots and its light tone but its not very good really. 3/10.
The Blair Witch Project is a film about 3 teens making a film in the woods. Of the 3 characters, I found Heather to be very annoying and whiny. The other two were just ok normal dudes who did a decent job of acting.
The film adopts the found footage style of filming. And i believe it was one of the first if not the first to do so. Sometimes this gives movies some good creepy shots but in this movie it kinda just made me slightly nauseous and didn't really benefit the movie in my opinion.
There is no soundtrack so its pretty much silence besides the characters' dialogue. The film doesn't rely on obnoxious jump-scares which I appreciate, and it built up a decent level of suspense. Its just a shame that it was ruined with a terrible ending.
Overall this is a decent watch if you're a horror fan but don't be expecting much because its very low budget. It had potential but could have done a lot of things better.
5/10.
The film adopts the found footage style of filming. And i believe it was one of the first if not the first to do so. Sometimes this gives movies some good creepy shots but in this movie it kinda just made me slightly nauseous and didn't really benefit the movie in my opinion.
There is no soundtrack so its pretty much silence besides the characters' dialogue. The film doesn't rely on obnoxious jump-scares which I appreciate, and it built up a decent level of suspense. Its just a shame that it was ruined with a terrible ending.
Overall this is a decent watch if you're a horror fan but don't be expecting much because its very low budget. It had potential but could have done a lot of things better.
5/10.