One lengthy encounter in the trap-filled ruins of an alien civilization about halfway through the game is one of the most terrifying moments I’ve had playing a video game in years. Many of them have a personal relationship to Tasi and are more than just faceless monsters waiting in the dark corners of the Earth. Unlike The Dark Descent, Rebirth wants players to think about where those monsters came from. Like The Dark Descent, Rebirth asks players to avoid monsters and rewards them for avoiding the dark. It’s an exploration of Tasi’s psyche and immediate past, shockingly feminist, and a subtle game about the horror of colonization both European and eldritch. To reveal even early plot spoilers or scares is to diminish their power. It’s hard to write about Amnesia: Rebirth without giving away its secrets. So in that sense, streamers back in the day and their jump scares were foundational to what the company is doing now.” “We thought: could we get players to have this strong emotional reaction to a much deeper subject? And the idea to explore the mysteries of the mind was born. “These reactions were also a huge inspiration for SOMA,” he says.

Sign up for our Games newsletter and never miss our latest gaming tips, reviews, and features.Īccording to Grip, the streamers pushed Frictional Games to create games that would challenge their new audience. A truly great sequel that builds upon its predecessor’s legacy. Rebirth is an evolution of everything The Dark Descent began.

Rebirth begins in the deserts of North Africa but traverses through several settings in and out of the desert. In The Dark Descent, that location is a Prussian castle in the mid 19th century. In both games, the player controls a protagonist as they explore a haunted location. This is Amnesia: Rebirth, a sequel to 2010’s Amnesia: The Dark Descent. But Tasi’s memories hold cold comfort and monsters far more horrifying than anything she’d encounter in the desert or the dark of the caves. To escape, Tasi Trianon-the protagonist of Amnesia: Reibrith-can run towards the light of the desert or slip into the solace of her own memory. Deeper in the cave is darkness and the shambling of some thing, a creature bent on rending flesh from bone. Corpses litter the cave, some dead from injuries sustained in the crash, others felled by more mysterious means. There are the remnants of a camp where my fellow travelers rested after the plane crash. The dark offers respite from the sun but contains other terrors. Dehydration sets in and, eventually, death. Too long in the sun, and the mind is addled. The harsh desert sun of North Africa is as deadly and frightening as the dark.

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