You have a lantern, which requires oil to light. Yet linger there for too long, and Daniel (you) will start getting blurry vision, his teeth will start to tremble together loudly, and he may even lose control of his legs. Light and dark play a significant role, in that the things hunting you apparently can’t see very well in the dark, making you safer. Luckily, you can hide in cupboards – something I wish more horror games would allow me to do – and frankly it’s one of the safest places you can be. You can’t fight it, all you can do is run and hide. You are completely alone, an ordinary man trapped in a hellish castle dungeon, and according to a letter written and left by your former self, wherever you go, you’re being hunted by a “living nightmare”. That’s the sort of game this is – you are physically encouraged to stare at the walls in order to stay alive. If you look at the enemies in this game, your character starts to go INSANE.

It’s by the maker’s of Penumbra, but its undoubtedly better… Major demo spoilers below, but go play it for yourself right now. Paul and I just played through the demo of Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and it has to be the scariest demo I’ve ever played, and quite honestly I don’t know HOW I managed to finish it. Holy mother of shitting crikey that was horrible.

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