Amnesia: Rebirth

The gameplay is like trying to walk past a person who is painfully slow but you can't get past them.

Seven years after A Machine For Pigs, Amnesia: Rebirth finally released as the next entry in the series. At release, there was a very annoying mechanic: once your sanity was low enough, a jumpscare would flash on your screen. Im very thankful that this was mostly removed, since if it still existed Im not sure I would have ever finished this game. Rebirth started with a very big error that was fixed, so is the rest of the game any good? No. Lets see why. It looks like they listened to the criticism the last game received, they added back the removed features like the inventory, sanity and most importantly: the light sources. You have two sources of light, the lantern and matches, both of which are extremely annoying since they run out very fast for no reason. Now, lets talk about the story: it sucks. The game tries to make you care about the characters, but that simply does not work because there are way too many of them. At the start of the game you get so much information from flashbacks, notes and Tasi talking to herself that you simply cant process all of it. Another thing about the story is how it doesn't really make any sense: how does Tasi even have amnesia at the start of the game? Its never explained. After about an hour of gameplay, we find that the only character we interacted with before the plane crash and the only character we might have cared about, Salim, is dead. The fact that we can read some tablets we find in the alien world makes no sense, why would they translate to English? Another thing that doesn't make sense about the alien world is how there are matches and oil canisters here... Did the aliens really need these? Why does this advanced alien civilization have wall torches that can be lit up with matches? This alien world doesnt make sense at all in the context of the previous games. I hate how this game disrespects the originals story: In The Dark Descent, Alexander wants to return here, and in the ending in which he does, he claims the world he sees is "beautiful", and in this game we can see that the world is ruined and abandoned. "Well, maybe the world Alexander saw was beautiful at the time, and in this game, 100 years later, it was ruined", well that would work if Herberts notes didnt directly state that the world was ruined by the time he got there. You can find a note in which Herbert states that he sent Daniel and the orb back to Brennenburg, a direct contradiction to what actually happened in The Dark Descent. Lets talk about the characters: Tasi is the only character that really matters, and that wouldn't really be an issue if she wasnt annoying. She keeps talking to herself for no reason, Daniel was a way better character and he rarely spoke. In one extremely bad case, she actually screams "Run, run!" when she sees an enemy, like shes telling the player to run. Shes also very selfish, she doesnt give up the baby that was gonna die anyway in order to save her friends, and she can also just kill an innocent person in order to save her baby. The other characters basically dont exist: theres the doctor that tries to give the alien empress the baby, but he suddenly forgets how the ghouls work and instead of incapacitating Tasi he just leaves her and thinks she wont follow him. Theres also Leon, who becomes a ghoul. The rest of the characters are boring and forgettable. The travellers amulet is also not perfect, you can open a bunch of random holes in the walls that lead nowhere in some parts of the game. Another problem is that the game just isnt really that scary after a while, the monster designs are worse than the original. I experienced some bugs, one time I walked through a wall and fell off the map. The puzzles are fine, some are very confusing though. It is the longest game in the Amnesia series, and it doesnt really have anything to show for it. The atmosphere is okay, and the graphics are actually pretty good. The music is also good. The achievements are pretty hard to get, you would need to play the game a few times to get them all. The game has three different endings, so thats cool, but none of them are really satisfying. This game was a major disappointment, its very expensive and I recommend that if you buy it, do so when its on sale.

Great Game. The game play is similar to amnesia: dark descent. It however modified the sanity and health feature and joined them making it one. The game also updated tinderbox feature by using matchsticks to light areas. The monsters in this game are pretty scary and the atmosphere is pretty great as well. The story for the game is also great and interesting.

underrated amnesia game, the custom stories on this one are worth checking out if ur a hardcore horror game fanatic

worse for wear story-wise, rebirth does have an ameliorated atmosphere compared to its origin entry. from more technical puzzle-solving with futuristic tools, to better tailored story-based settings for the emotional effect of the varied memory recall sections within the game. also significantly better with in-game configuration; no local file editing necessary.

Not bad but Bunker is better so great work!

Can't say I exactly recommend, pretty weak for an Amnesia game, feels like the monsters have amnesia too when they forget about you twelve seconds into a chase.

Thanks Frictional Games, I'm traumatised again. Screw you guys and I'll see you next game. I'm looking forward to it.

never playin this slop ever again, even a machine for slop was better idunno how helpme.com !!!

Walking simulator Every mission gets recycled over and over again. Booooring until u played 4 hours straight. then it gets interesting and then boring again.

Harika bir ambiyansı var. Hikayesi de gayet ilgi çekici ve Amnesia: The Dark Descent'a da bazı atıflar var. "Jumpscare" tipi korkutmadan ziyade daha çok gererek korkutuyor, tavsiye ederim.

[h3]After the bunker it's simply impossible to play - it's boring.

pretty good. press x to love baby

Babies are pretty scary

Awesomeness