With Halloween just around the bend,Amnesia: Rebirthwill release just in time to add some extra scares to the frightening holiday by featuring stressful puzzle solving. Developer Frictional Games has released a new gameplay trailer showing what kind of change and innovation players can expect from the follow-up to the influential 2010 indie horror title.
Amnesia: A Dark Descentsaw great success with the indie genreand YouTubers like Markiplier by redefining the horror genre. Along with the classing unsettling settings and jumpscares that one can expect,Amnesiaimplemented a new level of psychological horror. Following its commercial success, the internet saw a resurgence in the horror gaming genre, moving away from action titles and focusing on atmospheric terror and stressful survival elements. Now, it looks like Frictional Games will follow in its predecessor’s footsteps by implementing the same provoking gameplay players have come to know and love withAmnesia: Rebirth.
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Rebirthis the second sequel from theAmnesiaseries, but it’s the only direct sequel so far. WhileA Machine For Pigstook place on an alternative timeline with a separate cast of characters, players will assume the role of Tasi Trianon inRebirthand explore the Algerian desert. She must solve trademarkAmnesiapuzzles to figure out why she’s here and how to escape, but the developers are also doubling down on the psychological horror aspect of the game. Players should expect the game to be impactful in similar ways that feel familiar, but also be ready for it to make them question the view of their world outside the game, Creative Director Thomas Grip said in an interview with IGN.
Amnesia: Rebirthwill invoke the feeling of slowly growing dread throughout the game. Though it may not be as graphically groundbreaking as upcoming AAA titles,Rebirthwill offer a different kind of memorable experience, one filled with adrenaline and anxiety centered around delusion and confusion. Frictional Games has said that it’s takingquite a lot of risks withRebirth, just as it did withSOMA, to leave as lasting an impression on gamers thatA Dark Descentdid while exploring innovative types of horror.
AndRebirthisn’t the only big horror game that will come in October.Under, which is heavily inspired by Hideo Kojima’sPT, is expected to release Halloween 2020, according to Steam. And the second installment in Supermassive’s horror anthology series,The Dark Pictures: Little Hope, is geared to come out just a day before Halloween, so players will have plenty of content to binge on throughout this month.
Amnesia: Rebirthwill launch on October 20 for PC and PS4.
