Zero Punctuation: Amnesia: The Dark Descent

[abyzz]

Great fucking review, thank you so much for not being a bleeding flag waver for inde and actually reviewing the game. Pointing at its shortcomings (small levels and sometimes predictable enemy spawning) and praising its true achievements (atmosphere, monster design). But I must say I'm disappointed that you did not mention the music and sound of the game. I find that the work put into giving most unique rooms there own environment sounds that genially sounded scary but in place of the area was amazing. But you only have so much time and ambition. Keep doing what your doing and watching your reviews will stay part of my Thursday ritual

 

[Corpse XxX]

This might be the first game I pick up as a result of ZP. A rare positive review, the game must be far better than advertised.

My thoughts exactly.. This must be absolute brilliant for him to even consider using nice words about it..

 

[Furioso]

Wicked, anyone know if it is available for macs through steam too?

Why yes it is! GET IN ON THE HORROR >:O

 

[SomeBritishDude]

I've heard interesting things about Amensia. A positive review from Yahtzee pretty much sinched it.

I don't suppose it will run on a notebook though will it?

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

I'm disappointed that it's not reach, but I really shouldn't be surprised, should I?

 

[Gr33nmag1k]

piss off the fanboys even more, review another one of the ever-growing number of awesome indie games.
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my reccommendation is minecraft, it's only £8.35 so it wont be too much of a drain and it is one of the fastest selling indie games ever!

it would be so funny to see everyone wanting to see Yahtzee do reach when he clearly will put it off for as long as possible

 

[RichardThompson]

I got this when Yahtzee mentioned it on Twitter, and i played it in a dark room with 7.2 surround headphones and my graphics card set to attempt 3d rendering. Wear your best brown boxers for this game.

 

[rockerman19]

I started the game, but lost interest because frankly, walking around upside-down is rather disorienting and gets old rather quickly. Especially since the game seems hellbent on keeping me in this state no matter how many lights I turn on in a room. That and I finally got Arkham Asylum a few days after I got this, so eh, maybe I'll give it another go.

 

[Yureina]

Very nice review. I just might have to take a look into this one.

 

[Ickorus]

Amnesia is an awesome game, glad to see we're all in agreement.

Best video in a long time in my opinion, nice work.

 

[KillerRabbit]

Good sir! Now I demand a review of Civ V!

Get to work, do it!

 

[Argtee]

I'd love to play this game, but I doubt that it would work on the computer that I use...

I'll be able to play it some day...

 

[Knorke]

I plan on buying it when I got me a huge stockpile of diapers filling my apartment. I watched the trailer on steam and it had me on the edge, peeing my pants, so I'm suer that Yahtzee isn't kidding when he calls Insomnia a 'constipation aid'.

I love a good scare but I'll probably have trouble sleeping for a week after playing it...

 

[lozfoe444]

How does one properly build suspense using the lack of scary things without falling into the "fuck all happening" category?

 

[flaming_squirrel]

Woop! Was hoping for an Amnesia review. Brought it on a whim as a game I'd heard nothing about but happened to see on steam's front page that looked rather cool.

Was far from dissapointed, perfect length, interesting 'puzzles' (although they're not very puzzling), nice graphics, closest thing to shit yourself gameplay I've ever seen and brilliantly designed levels + creatures.

People go and buy this game, it's amazing and the developer needs support.

How does one properly build suspense using the lack of scary things without falling into the "fuck all happening" category?

There are constant hints as to things going on but for quite a while you dont even catch a glimpse of any of the creatures. You're also finding your bearings for the first part of the game due to the magic potion shananigans.

 

[cheese_wizington]

Halo Reach is out Yahtzee!

YOU CANT IGNORE THIS FOREVER!!

 

[Dfskelleton]

Can I have some help here? I'm tring to decide if I want Penumbra: Overture or Amnesia. Nto only because I'm wondering which is scarier, but because I'm wondering which one has lower system requirements. I have a really crappy PC, so let me play this out: Portal works, Doom 3 doesn't. The Penumbra tech demo (which I loved) works fine, but i wonder if there's an engine difference. If not, I just need to decide what I feel like. Price is no big deal, 2 dollars difference, whatever, but I'd prefer whichever is scarier. I've longed for a horror game (that I haven't already played, Silent Hill) that truly scares me. Silent Hill freaked me out a bit, while I'm laughing at F.E.A.R, DOOM 3, Dead Space, and Resident Evil 4, saying "Wait, that's supposed to scare me?"(although those games are still good, just not scary.) I've heard Penumbra is really scary, though, but Yahtzees reaction has me split. I need help!

 

[Brendan Keks]

I wish Yahtzee would review minecraft...

 

[Brisingr]

Love the game, glad to see it is being recognised by more people now. These guys know Horror