Amnesia: The Bunker

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this game is absolutely incredible. its a short, very focused game, about 5 hours in length. but the quality and replayability absolutely makes up for that. every aspect of the gameplay loop is well thought out and they come together to make an extremely high quality and polished horror experience. every move you make, down to choosing to walk vs run down hallways has a pro and con to it. every decision you make in this game has weight to it and no option feels like it greatly outweighs another. the game also has built in replayability with items, traps, and codes all being randomized every playthrough, something i always wished was defaulted with the resident evil and silent hill games. the atmosphere combined with the scurrying of the monster was sending shivers through my body for the first couple hours, i havent felt that kind of anxiety while playing a horror game since i was like 9. the visuals of the bunker strike this perfect and bizarre balance of being both crisp and sharp while also bringing back the simple but uncanny creepy atmosphere from older video games. my only real complaint with this game is that your item box has limited storage, so you're forced to dump all your stuff on the floor in the administration room. not a big deal, but with how easy it is to work around, it makes me wonder why this feature was implemented in the first place. doesnt take anything away from the rest of the game though, at least for me. this also game has the single most terrifying gun fight ever programmed. i wish there was a setting to have him roam around like with the monster.