Amnesia: The Dark Descent

We don't do horror movies in my house.  You would think we wouldn't do horror games either, but you would be wrong.  I don't know why, but I find them interesting.  Mark doesn't like playing them for me, but he does on occasion.  Amnesia: the Dark Descent is one of those games that he will only play well before dark.

You start off in Amnesia not knowing who you are or what's going on.  You have some vague instructions and set off to figure out what's going on.  Before too long, you're sufficiently creeped out.  You have minimal access to light.  You'll quickly run out of fuel, and if you're in the dark too long, it's not good for you.  

We played for a couple of hours, and I don't think we ever actually saw anything.  The game makers recognize that we can scare ourselves more with what we come up with.  When you factor in that we're trained to expect things jumping out at us, it creates a very tense atmosphere, and it is just right.

Amnesia: the Dark Descent is a game that you just need to experience.  It's well done, with a simple basic premise.  You can get it pretty inexpensively online, so there's no reason not to play it.