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nackidno
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Posted: 4th Sep 2010 22:33
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Anyone heard of this? if you've played Penumbra then you certainly have. I have waited for this game since it was announced two years back or so.

The demo was released yesterday and I got to say that it looks and feels amazing, much more scary than the Penumbra demos, now I'm just waiting for the release of the full installment on wednesday.

What do you think about the game? success or failure?

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Brunopark09
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Posted: 5th Sep 2010 02:04
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I'm a penumbra fan and can't wait for amnesia!

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 5th Sep 2010 02:14
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From watching the trailer, I say its a success. Is it solely a point and click adventure game but in first person?

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Quik
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Posted: 5th Sep 2010 02:24
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Quote: "Is it solely a point and click adventure game but in first person?
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if it is like in Penumbra there will be a bit of combat...

like, taking a rock *which you do by clicking and dragging a rock* and throw it *quick motion and release*
more exiting than that it wont be since, you are supposed to avoid combat, you are not strong at all, not experienced at all, and you want to survive.

I am definitly getting this!


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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 5th Sep 2010 02:57
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Just played the demo and its really creepy XD. It keeps you looking over your shoulder in fear of what might be behind you. I jumped into a closet at one point because I thought some thing was coming lol.

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nackidno
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Posted: 5th Sep 2010 13:49
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I don't know how the combat is handled in Amnesia, I hope it's not like in Penumbra Black Plague were there were no combat at all (no joke). You have to sneak past the enemies, or run.

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Quote: "I don't know how the combat is handled in Amnesia, I hope it's not like in Penumbra Black Plague were there were no combat at all (no joke). You have to sneak past the enemies, or run.
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thats the POINT

if you could jsut kill them all, then the game wouldnt be half as scary and you wouldnt even try to hide from them


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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 5th Sep 2010 14:38
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Quote: "I don't know how the combat is handled in Amnesia, I hope it's not like in Penumbra Black Plague were there were no combat at all (no joke). You have to sneak past the enemies, or run."


There is no combat, other than picking up an object and throwing it. There are no enemies in the demo that come for you, that you can actually see to be able to throw stuff at.

If you don't like sneaking and hiding in games, then this is not for you.

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nackidno
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Posted: 5th Sep 2010 15:03
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I do like sneaking games, heck I'm a fan of the Thief series, but I think it's stupid to leave out all kinds of combat completely, even a wimpy scientist like Philip should be able to swing a hammer or a wooden plank, he did it in Overture so why not in Black Plague?

And please don't make assumptions about what I like and don't like, thank you.

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Posted: 5th Sep 2010 15:42
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The important part of that sentence was "If", I didn't say you absolutely hate sneaking etc

The main reason they have left combat out, is so that you feel helpless and therefore making you more scared than if you had a mini gun to mow down the monsters XD

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Posted: 5th Sep 2010 16:58
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Quote: "wing a hammer or a wooden plank, he did it in Overture so why not in Black Plague?"


you can, pick it up and do a swinging motion with it

BUT it wont do any good...

the point in this game is to avoid combat, totally

would it be scary if you acually could kill the enemies?


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bergice
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Posted: 6th Sep 2010 00:53
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I have already tried the demo and i can say for sure its gonna be great when the full game comes out!

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Posted: 7th Sep 2010 05:06
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doom 3 stopped being scary after i figured out that none of the demons could withstand my overpowered shotgun nerdrage. penumbra started being scary when i realized i had lost this.


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Posted: 9th Sep 2010 10:09
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played a bit of the game yesterday and..
woah... scary as cheesepie!
the most scariest game i've played is F.E.A.R (the original) and..
this one can match up to it!
really really scary game!


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Picked up a copy off Steam last night and have been playing it ever since. Must say, WOW, extremely thrilling. I though FEAR was scary back in the day, but this... WOW! Its really scary until something EXTREMELY scary happens, then after that I kinda felt that the normal scary parts weren't as bad, but thats just me I guess.
Great game. Support the developers as they worked hard and their company is counting on the success of this game!


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Posted: 11th Sep 2010 10:54
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Quote: "Support the developers as they worked hard and their company is counting on the success of this game!
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Yeah if you liked the demo, buy it =)
it is worth every 12$ or 14$ or whatever it is..
not much at all however^^


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Posted: 11th Sep 2010 12:18
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Quote: "it is worth every 12$ or 14$ or whatever it is..
not much at all however^^"


It is if you have no money at all until your next pay day, willing to buy me it so I can play?

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Posted: 11th Sep 2010 15:55
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Quote: "the most scariest game i've played is F.E.A.R (the original) and.."

I didn't find F.E.A.R THAT scary. IT was scary, but not too scary. I think Dead Space or Metro 2033 are one of the scariest games I've played. Silent Hill: Shatteres Memories is a really scary one, but I havn't played it for a while.

And I think ravenholm is still one of THE scariest places ever!

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Posted: 11th Sep 2010 16:26
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Quote: "I think Dead Space or Metro 2033 are one of the scariest games I've played"


haha i find neither of those rather scary xD

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And I think ravenholm is still one of THE scariest places ever!
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how? that place isnt even a little bit scary xD


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Posted: 11th Sep 2010 19:03
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The scariest level ever in any computer game: Shalebridge Cradle from Thief 3.

I haven't bought Amnesia yet since I'm having lots of things going on right now but I hope I will be able to get the game in the near future.

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Quote: " Shalebridge Cradle from Thief 3"

Heh. I just spamed flash bombs throughout that whole level. But yes, when a little dead girl asks you to fetch her her blood, it does give chills.

Amnesia is something different, its sole purpose, is aimed to immerse the player into the game in every sense possible. It truly is, an amazing play.


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Quote: "Quote: "
And I think ravenholm is still one of THE scariest places ever!
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how? that place isnt even a little bit scary xD"

I don't know. It just is. The zombies and all. Those are actually propably the only zombies I ever found scary (on top of Night of teh Living Dead). The moaning is so horrific... oh and there is a crazy priest. You can't beat that!

But we can all agree, that Silent Hill is scary... well, not all, but many of us.

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Posted: 12th Sep 2010 11:06
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But we can all agree, that Silent Hill is scary... well, not all, but many of us."


i have only played the second and third SH, none of em really that scary^^


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Benjamin
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Posted: 12th Sep 2010 17:52
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Quote: "i have only played the second and third SH, none of em really that scary^^"


For real? I've played the first and third (and the fourth somewhat though I've not completed it), and I thought they had a very scary atmosphere, compared with games that came after and copied the "little girl" thing and tried to make the game scary by just making you jump (FEAR, etc.).
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well, when i finished F.E.A.R, i checked my windows for Alma before i went to sleep (iam serious, i was 15 and did that1!!) XD


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I agree that Ravenholm is the freakiest part of a game I've ever played. The sounds and those hugger spiders!


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