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Amnesia: Rebirth in my eyes is a criminally underrated horror game. Sure, the puzzles and level design can be awkward and the story can feel a bit all over the place.

However, the core of this game is rock-solid and really engrossing. I was scared shitless at many points throughout and I always had the feeling of barely making it. I don't know how much of the tension was just an illusion but it absolutely worked - and using matchsticks for light that quickly burn away and can be hard to come by is a cruel but brilliant mechanic.

It doesn't just get the scares and atmosphere right though, no: Tasi Trianon, the protagonist of this story and its beating heart, is such a wonderful and fascinating character. I love how much the game grounds you in her experience both as a pregnant woman as well as someone who's suffered a terrifying loss. The actress absolutely nails the performance too.
So much of one's enjoyment hinges on whether or not you can empathize with her and I certainly did.

And honestly, even though the puzzles can feel awkward, I never felt like they were too obscure to solve - just requiring you to patiently experiment.

This was my first Amnesia game, and especially towards the end I was pleasantly surprised, baffled at the ratings too.

Very good first half. Kinda lame second half only carried by phenomenal art design.
You can tell the newbies at Frictional worked on this one more. The tension tight as a rope which exists in other Amnesia games is replaced with having 20 monsters one room. I hope you think dying a lot is scary.

Uma história chata pra desgraça que desmistifica toda a história do Dark Descent porque "Haha olha que inteligente a gente explicando tudo". A gameplay é o Dark Descent só que sem a parte de estar num jogo bom. Ruim que só a porra

so sad. i wanted to play this so bad, i was so excited; i loved soma, the bunker was too scary for me to play (/pos), & the narrative/plot looked right up my alley.

sadly, i just think amnesia games might not be for me. the lighting mechanic was really bad.. they give you a VERY limited amount of matches/lamp oil, but she freaks out if she's in the dark. i literally tested it, lit a ceiling lamp then stood in the corner & it started to do the crunchy audio cues & wobbly camera. the jump scares felt really cheesy & as much as i wanted to be engrossed in the story, the poor design choices didn't do it for me. :( very sad, just not for me.

Really interesting addition to the series. I liked the alternate world idea but the monsters weren't nearly as scary as TDD, and that's coming from someone whose first time playing TDD was right before this, so it's not a nostalgia thing.

I feel very mixed about this. It's about as good as it is bad. The story, once again is a bit all over the place but at least you can get a sense of what's happening. There are a lot of "plot convenience" moments which got old very fast, but the visuals were stunning, the level design was interesting but confusing, and there were a lot of teleporting enemies in the first half of the game.

The second half of the game is where it gets a lot better. More scares, more lore, etc. I really liked the character interactions so it's a shame of how little there were. The monster design is really cool, similar to wendigos from Until Dawn, and the other world creatures were terrifying.

The puzzles really let me down though. Most were uninteresting and really confusing, several times I was stuck not knowing how to progress either because I didn't notice a small detail or I wasn't actually told what to do/where to go. Oh, and they gave you nowhere near enough lamp oil as it runs out so quickly. The matches burn too fast as well, so for a good portion of the game I was stumbling around in the dark, ESPECIALLY the beginning. Nowhere near enough matches. It was really bad.

The ending segment was really cool however, and my last few hours were probably my favourite. There is no real good ending, there's multiple and all are bittersweet. I chose the Iconoclast ending as I felt it was best overall.

If the story was more interesting and better paced, with better puzzles, this could have easily been 4/5 stars. Also I felt that Tasi talked a bit too much for my liking, and there were a lot of moments where I would be stopped or slowed to hear/see a flashback or drawing.

Mesmo eu tendo gostado da narrativa, ela não é tão boa quanto The Dark Descent, e não chega nem perto de SOMA, o plot twist final foi muito mais simples do que fora sugerido durante todo o game, além da problemática final ser bem imatura. Contudo, Amnesia: Rebirth foi o retorno que a franquia precisava, mantendo a excelência em atmosfera, bons puzzles, e uma imersão invejável.

Reminds me of Prometheus, a lot of people don't like it because it pulls back some of the curtains of the story and what's really going on, I personally don't mind it, main complaint is some of the gameplay sections should be better but I like Tasi as much as Daniel from the first game (Daniel is just more interesting)