Horror games can be a tough sell, because it’s hard to tell someone that a game issooo scarywithout raising their expectations so high that they’ll never actually be scared. Thus, I’ll try to stick to the facts when I talk aboutAmnesia: Dark Descent.
It’s out on September 8th, and was developed by Frictional, who also made thePenumbragames, which were scary enough to be included in theHumble Indie Bundle. It’s a “survival horror” game in a truer sense of the word than has been applied to the likes ofResident EvilandDead Space, which of late have been more about the shooting-dudes stuff than the being-scared-out-of-your-wits stuff.
It’s also got a demo, which you can download from many sourceshere. It’ll be available on most of the digital distribution-type places, and preordering gets you a discount off the already-low price of $19.99.Andit’s available for PC, Mac, and Linux.
So go. Try it and get it. Or check out a trailer below. Low risk to everythingbut your sanity. Mwahahahaha!
