Scary Stuff

[eiahmon]

I love a good scare - as long as it's of the entertainment kind. Real scares? I hate those with a passion. Anyway, I was flipping through my most recent edition of Game Informer (need to renew btw) when a game was mentioned in an article as having terrifying atmosphere. Well since Hollywood hasn't been able to deliver the screams - the last good horror movie for me was Below back in '01 - I figured I'd look into it.

Well the game may be just a bit much for me. Watch the vid to find out why. If you're really brave, do as the game developers advise and watch it in the dark with headphones on.

I have the demo, and I've only played for about ten minutes so far. It's hard to play more than that, since I literally jump at every sound. If the game didn't have those horrifying monsters, I would likely already have breezed through. Creepy atmosphere = good. Scary shit that pops out at you like a nightmare-in-the-box = bad. I like to think though, that I won't react like this dude did:

If I find it, I'll probably get it - and play it with lights on and headphones off. XD

Comments

[eiahmon.livejournal.com]

The good news is that the puzzles aren't too difficult. Most of them consist of: pic up object A and combine it when objeect B and make action C happen, and the game gives you hints throughout. If you get stuck anyway, there's always internet walkthroughs. XD

And yes, your new comp can run this game if you wish. ;)

NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO!NO! Oohhhhhh! OHH!

XD

[ninjakitters.livejournal.com]

Well, that sounds pretty simple. XD Silent Hill puzzles make me wanna cry. D8

Is the game free and/or can become "free"? ;DDD

LMAO. YES. XDDD

[eiahmon.livejournal.com]

Sadly no, the game is not free, but I've heard it's dirt chap. ($15 according to one guy online), but you can download the demo for free off the game's website at:

http://www.amnesiagame.com/#main

The full game can also be bought there, but I'm going to try and find it in teh store before giving them my debit card number.

[ninjakitters.livejournal.com]

Sweet! I'll download the demo. XDDD Thanks. <333

[eiahmon.livejournal.com]

Buying the game now. I couldn't get it off the shelf, so I'm getting it off Frictional Games' online store. I'm also getting their Penumbra trilogy, and since I'm doing that, I'm getting Amnesia at 40% off, so $32 for all four games. XD

What a steal.

[ninjakitters.livejournal.com]

Nice deal!

In other news, I started playing the Amnesia demo a few days ago, AND HOLY SHIT I AM TERRIFIED. ;___; My sanity keeps running out because I take too long to proceed out of fear of some shit coming after me in the next room, so I end up blacking out and shitting bricks. And now I'm stuck in an area with the door to advance blocked from the other side, so I just keep running around in circles in a panic, and I'm too scared to actually figure out how to get past the door and AAAAH. ;____; *cries* HALP.

[eiahmon.livejournal.com]

Glad you are scared. XD That's the whole point. ;)

If you're where I think you are then you need to move some crates aside one or two rooms before the blocked door to find a space that you can crawl through to proceed.

In other news, I bought those games two days ago and I still haven't been able to download them because I keep getting 403 forbidden page whenever I try. I fired off an email to Frictional Games about it, but I haven't received a reply yet. Hopeuflly I get the games soon. I wanna play damnit!

[ninjakitters.livejournal.com]

I really didn't think it would be this scary! @____@

Oh, okay. I'll try that. Thanks! XD

Ouch, I'm sorry about that. DDDD8 Hopefully they can fix the problem. <3

[eiahmon.livejournal.com]

You on messenger? Wanna chat?

[ninjakitters.livejournal.com]

I'll try. Hopefully, my internet decides to behave. ;_;

[eiahmon.livejournal.com]

Well if it doesn't, you'll be in good company, cause mine's been being a bitch all damn day. XD