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Reviews are striking!
Congratulations Frictional Games!
91 from PC Gamer: https://www.pcgamer.com/amnesia-rebirth-review/
Congratulations Frictional Games!
91 from PC Gamer: https://www.pcgamer.com/amnesia-rebirth-review/
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Amazing! Wasn't sure on the initial reveal but between how much I liked SOMA & positive reviews - instabuy!
RPS gave it a solid review but thought it was bogged down by trying to be too much of a sequel (as in, likes the new stuff and character, but not the attempts to tie into TDD)
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Amnesia: Rebirth review
An accomplished horror adventure, Amnesia: Rebirth is a worthy entry in the Amnesia series that never quite gets as original as you might hope.
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Glad Amnesia: Rebirth seems to score so well. I've way too much to play at the moment but I'm confident to play it early next year. Have fun everyone!
As much as I fully understand and get this - these games are still just as insanely scary to me. What you're describing is basically just pulling back one layer of the "illusion", but there is still many many other layers that add to the fear and horror factor for me. I found The Dark Descent borderline unplayable due to the atmosphere and I only finished SOMA to see the story and characters through to the end, even though I found it utterly terrifying the entire time.
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There's a some later(?) story glimpses and visuals in that Easy Allies review that probably should be avoided if you're sensitive to that stuff.
There's one key story element that is mentioned in several reviews but seeing as it is revealed in the intro I wouldn't be chuffed about that. But there's later game imagery in the video mentioned.
There's one key story element that is mentioned in several reviews but seeing as it is revealed in the intro I wouldn't be chuffed about that. But there's later game imagery in the video mentioned.
I wasn't 100% sold on this game but this paragraph from the Gamespot review did it for me
If a creature catches you, it doesn't kill you, forcing you to reload a checkpoint and pretend nothing happened. Instead, if things get bad enough, the black tendrils overtake Tasi and you find yourself somewhere else. You'll sometimes have to try to complete a task, run through a set piece, or solve a puzzle a second time if you're caught while in the middle of it, but by and large, Rebirth doesn't create a bunch of failure points that force you to replay a section of the game over and over. It goes back to the message that opens Rebirth: "This game should not be played to win." It's also not designed to beat you, but to keep you engaged with Tasi's story.
Hmm, less interested after reading that. They really went with a pregnant woman lead? It's pretty novel for a video game, but sounds like it does nothing new that other horror media has already done.RPS gave it a solid review but thought it was bogged down by trying to be too much of a sequel (as in, likes the new stuff and character, but not the attempts to tie into TDD)
Amnesia: Rebirth review
An accomplished horror adventure, Amnesia: Rebirth is a worthy entry in the Amnesia series that never quite gets as original as you might hope.
Played the first 90 minutes and it's pretty damn good. It definitely feels a lot more like Soma with how it throws you into the deep end, the sense of mystery is more captivating and it's more show than tell. Hyped to see what else it's got but I shouldn't be playing horror games in the middle of the night.
As it's now the 20th in Australia a Twitch streamer is currently playing it (she is the only one on Twitch so far):
Live: https://www.twitch.tv/crystalxelement
or you can watch the stream from the start if you want to get an idea about the gameplay:
Live: https://www.twitch.tv/crystalxelement
or you can watch the stream from the start if you want to get an idea about the gameplay:
I have The Amnesia collection on my PS4, yet to play any of them. Should I play the first before playing this one or just skip to Rebirth? Any thoughts?
Also, halfway through Soma right now. I love this time of year and playing scary games. Really gets me into the mood for Halloween!
Also, halfway through Soma right now. I love this time of year and playing scary games. Really gets me into the mood for Halloween!
Apparently there are references to Amnesia: The Dark Descent in Rebirth, also bearing in mind that Rebirth is set a few decades after The Dark Descent I guess you'd get a little bit more out of Rebirth by playing The Dark Descent first. It doesn't sound like it's essential to play TDD first though.
Bound also had you play as a pregnant woman during the times you're in the real world.
Is it? It doesn't let me preload at all.
Also, to be expected, but the steam forums seem up in arms that you're playing as a WOMAN. SJWs ruined Amnesia!!!
Did they forget that Amnesia: TDD and Justine both had ample amounts of naked dicks?
I played Amnesia for the first time last month. Yes, you should play it first. It's a great game.
Really? Some reactionaries will forever remain stuck in 2014 I guess lol
As for the preload, it should be up as far as I know as mine completed a couple of minutes ago. I'm in South Africa though, so I don't know whether preloads are gradually unlocking for different territories at different times. Frictional's twitter post didn't seem to indicate that this was the case though so it should be available for you too
Soma is one of my favorite stories in gaming, but it seems this is a proper sequel so ima give it a miss. Amnesia was really not very interesting to me
Didn't realize this wasn't on Xbox until now, not a big deal cause I was originally going to get this on PC but also wanted to play at midnight. Horror games should be played at night dammit! Maybe I'll double dip should a VR mode ever get released or modded in :P
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Just had my first little play session of the game. Will have to squeeze in hours where I can across a busy week. Already it's nice to see an Amnesia game feature SOMA++ production values.
I got a PSN notification saying it was "ready to use," but the countdown still says ~20 minutes to go. Then when I click on the game, I get a never ending loop with a timer of 00:00:00. What gives?
Ended up getting this through Epic Games Store because I still had a coupon, but there's no preloading.
Don't tell the misogynists about horror movies, so many women as leads!!!
Frictional says 9 hours, but I read one review that said he played for twice that!?? Probably depends on your tolerance for scares lol
Such weak and immature little children are best ignored. Maybe they'll grow up one day and perhaps even grow some balls.
I'm very impressed by the voice acting of main character Tasi, played by Alix Wilton Regan - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2542896/
The rest of the voice acting is great too.
The rest of the voice acting is great too.
Frictional say it should be okay now:
Seems like quite a rocky launch on Steam:
For those of us who've already bought and preloaded it, can confirm that the .exe issue is fixed and the game works now. Zero issues with performance so far
For those of us who've already bought and preloaded it, can confirm that the .exe issue is fixed and the game works now. Zero issues with performance so far
Havent played yet, but can I just say FINALLY some great voice acting in a Frictional Game.
Simon from SOMA was really just passable at best. Tho it might have been the voice direction. Either way the VO in that game was weirdly offputting, and not in the way I think they intended lol
