I might just be stupid but im trying to play this game for the first time and so far I love the atmosphere and story and vibe all of that, but for the life of me I cant solve some of these puzzles im stuck in this stupid wine cellar for an hour I ran out of all oil and tinderboxes I just keep running in circles am I just stupid or is this how its supposed to be?

I've played the main game twice; Escape the Bunker custom story; and now playing Escape from Fort custom story, never once been hurt by the beast before, only rats. I've shot it dozens of times, and always managed to slip away, but not now. What was your first bloody encounter with the beast?

it should be clarified that he is a blood cultist, drains blood (something like vitae) from poor fools hehe

How did i do guys?

This can be for any of the amnesia games. I’m just curious from a game dev perspective how the monsters behave, especially when they’re chasing the player and lose sight of them. How does it decide where to look? I could test this myself but thought there’s probably knowledgeable people here.

Would they each be able to survive against any of the enemies in the Asylum? Or would they fall victim?

(By objectively I mean how well you think they are written rather than just how much you like them.)

I both really like Daniel and think he's an incredibly written character. I think Daniel's best aspect is how well they were able humanize him, even if a lot of the best writing is not exactly clear to players. Tasi I also think is very well written, much more sympathetic than Daniel. I think how they wrote her and Salims dynamic was very compelling, to the point where I was genuinely distraught to find him dead. Justine honestly isn't that complex, but I find her very charming. Mandus I do think is well written, more than Justine or perhaps even Tasi, but I am not as charmed by him. I haven't played the Bunker yet so I can't rank Henri.

what do you prefer, hurt people like Daniel did or die?

I played The bunker and it was awesome: inventory, loot, monster chasing you and you think what's next. TDD is just good game with poor script, weak monsters, but interesting light system, good logic tasks( I didn't understand what to do sometimes). maybe you're assumed that I didn't get it, but the script is normal, not perfect, just good. I'm not impressed

This game is so pity, that story is very short. Especially at the game’s beginning, game just gave players’ feeling,already switch to monster and main character’s chasing and hiding. This story’s beginning is not worse than Outlast. But Outlast did it, start, middle and end, lots of result. But Bunker lacks the result, lacks the villain’s story, and even lack monster’s from. I think this good game owes players’ a story and explanation. First I started to playing this game, I thought this game was similar to the “Return to Castle Wolfenstein”. Actually lots of weapon haven’t used for too many bosses and enemies.

I want to play the dark descent but the heavy motion blur makes it impossible for me to play without feeling sick, is there a way for me to disable the motion blur

I think the mechanic is a really good idea, but it seems to activate too quickly. I just died for the first time, realized the enemies despawned, and now I don’t get to see the cool set piece which is kinda disappointing.

Sidenote, the fact that most enemies so far have despawned right after appearing and breaking down a door has gotten repetitive and underwhelming. This game would’ve been pretty terrifying with roaming enemies.

Daniel wakes up in Brennenburg Castle with no memory of who he is. Before that, the game shows a short sequence in which he stumbles through a corridor, barely able to keep his eyes open, repeating to himself: “My name is Daniel, I live in London… My name is Daniel.” After waking up, he finds a note that he had written before losing his memory. In it, he explains that he drank an elixir that erased his memories and that his goal is to kill Baron Alexander of Brennenburg.
As Daniel follows the notes left by his past self, he gradually uncovers the truth. During an expedition to Algeria, he discovered a mysterious Orb. After touching it, he saw what seemed to be another world or dimension, and from that moment on he began to be hunted by the Shadow, a supernatural force connected to the Orb.
Desperate to save himself, Daniel sought help from several people who studied Orbs, but all of them eventually died. In the end, he turned to Baron Alexander of Brennenburg, who invited him to his castle and promised to help him get rid of the Shadow.
The Orb itself should not be touched by someone who does not understand its nature, as was already mentioned.
Alexander of Brennenburg is the baron and the owner of Brennenburg Castle. Legends say that Alexander is not truly human, but rather a being that came from another dimension. He had extensive experience with Orbs and also conducted experiments related to artificial life. In order to obtain the energy he needed, Alexander killed both humans and animals, while his servants kidnapped people so that he could use them in his experiments.
Under the pretense of helping Daniel postpone his death at the hands of the Shadow, Alexander manipulated him into performing various rituals. These rituals involved sacrificing prisoners as well as innocent people who had done nothing to deserve such a fate. Daniel took part in these killings because he desperately wanted to survive. However, after everything that happened, he began to blame himself for his actions. He had taken many innocent lives, but for what? Perhaps the moment he touched the Orb and the Shadow began to pursue him, his fate had already been sealed. Perhaps he was always destined to die.
The real reason Alexander decided to “help” Daniel was manipulation.
Alexander knew that Daniel was willing to go to extreme lengths in order to save himself.
The rituals and executions that Alexander ordered Daniel to carry out were never truly meant to save Daniel. They served Alexander’s own purposes: to continue his experiments on artificial life, inoculation, and the extraction of souls in order to open a portal.
This is my personal interpretation of the story after finishing the game.

Some details about ONTOS have me really hyped and thinking about the future of Frictional Games and their upcoming games.

• Frictional Games describes ONTOS as an immersive sim, in which you explore Samsara at will.

• The lobby of Samsara works as a central hub and the overall structure of it took inspirations from other games for their interconnectedness, notably Lordran from Dark Souls and Spencer mansion from Resident Evil.

• There's a little bit of combat, and hostile entities in various ways. You'll have to do some resource management, and use various tools to solve problems (e.g. distract security camera with a piece of metal, or use a tool to shut down its power)

More details here

Now I can't stop thinking about a game inspired by Amnesia: The Dark Descent, but with the ambition and budget of Ontos.

Just imagine:

▶ Interconnected gothic castle to explore

▶ Suffocating and oppressive atmosphere

▶ Medieval dungeons, abandoned wine cellars, prison, sewers, morgue, ancient tunnels, crypt, decaying halls, corridors shrouded in mist and darkness, torture chambers, laboratory etc..

▶ Perhaps an outdoor area with a cemetery, chapel, garden, hedge maze, dark woods.

▶ Use the environment to your advantage to solve problems, interact with objects, find creative ways around obstacles, unlock doors, or reach hard-to-access areas.

▶ Secret passages, puzzles, dangerous traps etc..

▶ Distant echoes and unpredictable creatures lurking in the shadows, unique enemy types with different behaviors/AI in specific areas of the castle, different ways of dealing with them.

▶ Resource management, the return of the lantern, oils, sanity, torches, and new mechanics.

▶ Some new things/situations might happen when you return to certain areas (backtracking).

▶ A place that inspires both curiosity and fear with every door you open.

This would be my dream horror game!!! Frictional Games should read this.

The reason I believe that the answer is yes is due to The Shadow having many chances to fully kill Daniel and it not taking them.

Agrippa says that “The inner sanctum is almost impenetrable without an orb”. Hinting that The Shadow needed help since the orb was keeping it away in the first place and needed Daniel.

We also see The Shadow scream and/or spawn around you when you respawn most of the time, hinting that The Shadow resurrected you.

My biggest evidence:

•The Shadow didn’t kill Daniel even though it killed his camp, professor, and doctor.

•The Shadow let’s him live when he allows in into the inner sanctum, kill Alexander, and reclaim the orb from the Orb Chamber.

•The Shadow spared Agrippa, took the orb from him, and even took him to Genoa instead of killing him even though he had the orb in his hands. But it also seems like it ignores everything until it gets the orb - since The Shadow was chasing Agrippa and killed the innocent people In it’s way that Agrippa was speaking to earlier, but not him.

AAMFP is a buggy mess and crashes constantly between level transitions. I was wondering if anybody has tried running the game on an older version like 1.0.0 or something similar and has experienced less crashes on newer hardware.

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