Amnesia: The Dark Descent
I'm not a fan of horror games. I don't like feeling scared, and I've got a bad case of being an absolute scaredy-cat, so even the least effective horror leaves me stirred. That said, it's been years since anything managed to disturb me so deeply that I had to go back to the habit I left behind at 11 years old: Sleeping with the lights on. Amnesia managed to do this to me.
I wrote a post about how effectively the game uses its mechanics to convey horror. It's truly a brilliant, twisted thing that Dark Descent does. This, combined with its masterful sense of pacing, its fantastic aesthetic, and the intriguing but disturbing storyline that Daniel slowly remembers as he goes deeper into the terrifying depths makes for a truly unmatched experience. Like many of the games that made it onto the list, I never finished Amnesia, but this was a consequence of the game's resounding success at doing what it set out to do: Terrify me so deeply that I didn't want to come back. Still, judging from everything I've seen, I made it about 2/3rds of the way through, and, despite my distaste for horror, Amnesia managed to make an overwhelmingly positive impression on me. This is a game I strongly recommend to anyone without a heart condition, and probably my favourite horror game of all time.
I'm not a fan of horror games. I don't like feeling scared, and I've got a bad case of being an absolute scaredy-cat, so even the least effective horror leaves me stirred. That said, it's been years since anything managed to disturb me so deeply that I had to go back to the habit I left behind at 11 years old: Sleeping with the lights on. Amnesia managed to do this to me.
I wrote a post about how effectively the game uses its mechanics to convey horror. It's truly a brilliant, twisted thing that Dark Descent does. This, combined with its masterful sense of pacing, its fantastic aesthetic, and the intriguing but disturbing storyline that Daniel slowly remembers as he goes deeper into the terrifying depths makes for a truly unmatched experience. Like many of the games that made it onto the list, I never finished Amnesia, but this was a consequence of the game's resounding success at doing what it set out to do: Terrify me so deeply that I didn't want to come back. Still, judging from everything I've seen, I made it about 2/3rds of the way through, and, despite my distaste for horror, Amnesia managed to make an overwhelmingly positive impression on me. This is a game I strongly recommend to anyone without a heart condition, and probably my favourite horror game of all time.
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