June 27th, 2011
The Dark Descent
Every horror game fan should welcome Amnesia: The Dark Descent! I promise that this game can give you fear from start to finish. In this game you have to play a character named Daniel, who wakes up in a castle and has no idea what he is doing there or who is he. He does not know any way to come out of that castle and has to explore the castle on his own so that he can solve the mystery of his lost memories.

It is an exploration based adventure game that has advance puzzles and special effects like opening doors and fixing machinery. This game is very atmospheric and natural as you can see ray of lights penetrating through beautiful castle windows replacing darkness inside the castle and helps you in making your way through the castle.
Amnesia does not allow player access to the weapons. Player has to use tricks to escape and hide from the monsters. Monsters are so powerful that they can tear doors and obstacles whatever comes in their path. In this game you can find health indicator along with player’s sanity. If the player remains in the darkness for too long, their sanity level decreases and visual hallucination start to occur due to which player can be seen by the monster very easily. In order to stop losing your sanity, player has to light candles and try to keep in light as much as he can. Monster moves very quickly so the player has to be very quick. Player can use tinderbox which he will get at the beginning of the game to stop sanity from draining. Standing in light can make the player visible by the monster easily so player has to make sure that he does not stand for longer period of time in light. Sanity gets restored every time the player completes an objective. There is only one way to win this game and that is to gather as much of courage as you can into the darkness.
Player should know that there is no way of hunting back from whatever thing is hunting you or following you. Only option that you have is to either run away or to hide in a room or any closet. Sanity also plays an important role in this game, the more you stay in dark areas without any light source, the worse your sanity will get. Sanity can be represented by how clear your vision is and how easily you can control your vision. Before starting the game, it is important to make sure that the key for moving left, right, forward, backward as easy to use.
Moreover some precautions has to be made while playing game, like when you are staying in a room don’t forget to close the doors as you never know when a monster can come in front of you and spot you. So it is always good to shut the door behind you in order to avoid the chances of getting discovered. Even if a monster sees you, it will take few seconds to open the door and catch you. Another clue is to always keep the door of one of the cabinet open so that if you hear the voice of the monster, you can hide inside the cabinet and wait until monster leaves the room. Try to store and conserve tinderboxes and oil as much as you can because you can use tinderbox to light the candles and oil is used to light your portable lamps. You will find only few of these in whole game so don’t waste them at any cost. Try to light up important areas so that you can utilize your tinder boxes in an effective way. Good places to light up are inside rooms where you can spend some time and can regain your sanity. Last thing to remember is don’t panic whatever the situation is. If you get frightened you can bump into the thing and can create problem for yourself.
Always remember that you can make plans for such kind of situations like hiding quickly into any nearby room in order to protect yourself from being caught. Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a wonderful horror game and must be enjoyed by all gamers who love thrill.








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