| Title | Baby mode is ready in Amnesia: Rebirth |
| Author | Nick Diamon |
| Posted in | News |
| When | March 30, 2021 |
Frictional has released an update for Amnesia: Rebirth that turns it into a danger-free exploration game..
In its defense, I did get a legitimate jump in Dear Esther the first time I saw one of ghosts.
Proteus has a creepy thing you can discover that, for a few moments, has something chase you. I mean, it’s not Alien Isolation but in such an innocent and downright pleasant game it’s quite a surprise!
Yeah, I didn’t jump but definitely got creeped out by those things. Really understated and effective, at least to me. I am a baby.
But you know, the only Let’s Play I’ve ever watched all the way through (after playing it myself) was someone playing SOMA’s safe mode. I started watching it because I was curious and a little concerned with the idea but the YouTuber said herself that, without it, she probably would never have played it. She was super into it, really engaged with the game’s ideas, themes and story and that was enough to convince me that these ‘baby modes’ are worth it. Edit: here’s the playlist for anyone curious. She explains her situation right at the beginning and quotes Thomas Grip from Frictional too. I think she’s great.
At least with SOMA the horror and appeal isn’t purely in the moment-to-moment play and enemies so ‘neutering’ them doesn’t harm the experience too much. I mean, if stuff isn’t going to ‘get you’ then where’s the tension of being discovering, the terror of trying to get away and the eventual release and relief of escaping? Safe modes do undermine that but… if someone was never going to play anyway, then it’s still a net gain.
Don’t be a wimp.
I’ll be keeping the monsters. I think how each one had different mechanics and were tied to a limited area in SOMA was mostly clever, outside of maybe the dark stealth section because it was just bad.
The whole game was a dark stealth section!
Honestly, I only worked out how a few of them behaved, the rest I just generally avoided or was super careful around. My motto is ‘He who runs away, can run away another day!’ Last thing I need is krayzpants.
IIRC looking at one caused it to easily kill you while another was blind and only reacted to and followed sound.
I meant the even darker section.
Because she’s pregnant right? I get it!