Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

Equal parts horror and survival thriller.

[ This ] is Yahtzee Croshaw's review. In synopsis: You wake up in a castle and are slowly going absolutely insane because of the almost-eldritch-horror quality of the castle's inhabitants. Light and darkness play significant roles, and the immersive quality of the audiovisual synergy was enthralling.

I will admit that this game was absolutely terrifying- but not when I started. It seemed as if this was your standard Silent Hill sort of survival horror. In Silent Hill, though, you have the opportunity to fight back- in Amnesia, you have no such luck. Your only option is to run away as fast as you can and hope the monster doesn't find you.

To be completely frank, it's not exactly my cup of tea- I'm not much of a horror guy.

To quote Yahtzee: "Amnesia's not a perfect game, but it's almost unmatched as a constipation aid."

Stuff I like: Zero Punctuation

There are plenty of folks around the internet who review games and place their thoughts on the particulars up for other folks to look at. Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, an excellent writer in his own right, produces a compact, easy-to-understand and cleverly-constructed review of a game. The entire library is available for viewing here. Please note that his language might be a bit crude if you're not used to internet folk- if there are others around, you might consider putting your preferred personal listening apparatus in before starting a video.


[ http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation ] is where you'll find most of his scathingly witty reviews.