Combine that fear with trying to solve puzzles, and there were a few times early on where I had to pause and calm down. Keeping the lights on requires matches, and these matches require you to move slowly which means there is always a sense of dread and tension as you explore the environment. Have your sanity drop too far and you’ll essentially get a game over and have to restart from a checkpoint.Īmnesia‘s biggest gameplay achievement is how it makes you fear the dark and appreciate every last drop of light you can find. Your sanity drops every time you stay in the dark too long, or if you see something that makes Tasi scared. Beyond solving puzzles, you’re also using dwindling resources to light the environment and avoiding threats to keep your sanity from dropping. You explore environments from a first-person perspective, solving puzzles in the environment to progress forward and learn more about what has happened to you. Rebirth plays very similarly to the other games in the series. The way that your matches light up the dark just enough is really awesome and makes the environments feel expertly crafted to react to that.Īmnesia: Rebirth Review – Playing to Forget

The best thing I can say about the graphics is that they truly make the dark feel like an enemy and light feel like a precious resource, which is obviously very important for a horror. Rebirth looks pretty good and I liked the detailed environments and objects, but there weren’t any moments that blew me away. In regards to the presentation, there’s not really a lot to say. It’s a dynamic I haven’t really seen in a game before, and it’s easily the most memorable part of the experience here. I don’t really want to go into too much detail for fear of spoiling some of the twists, but the connections between some of the characters are really cool and one of the main reasons to keep playing. Tasi is great throughout and you really do feel for her and want her to achieve her goals by the end of the game. I’d argue it leans a bit too into the sci-fi end of things, but the reveals are satisfying and led by a really awesome main protagonist.

As a tale about (you guessed it) amnesia, there’s a lot of mystery and little moments where things click together. Having played for the horror, one of the things that surprised me about Rebirth is its story and how gripping it is. Pacing issues and repetition sully the experience a little, but its characters and gameplay mechanics make this an expedition worth taking.Īmnesia: Rebirth has you playing as Tasi Trianon who finds herself stranded in the desert, slowly trying to piece together what has happened to her.

For those of you who were waiting with bated breath to find out if this is the Halloween game for you, then good news, because Rebirth definitely delivers enough scares and tense moments to be considered a worthy successor in the franchise. Let’s get one thing out of the way right now: Amnesia: Rebirth is scary.

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