History YMMV / AmnesiaTheDarkDescent

* SlowPacedBeginning: The first few levels focus more on build-up rather than terror, you are in no danger and you will only get a few sightings of the monsters. However, the first few levels do a great job of creating ParanioaFuel due to the ambiance and atmosphere. The terror truly begins when you reach the cellar archives in which you have to escape the infamous water monster.

* ThatOneLevel: The Choir. It's huge. It's open. It's easy to get lost in. [[spoiler:And there are Brutes ''everywhere''. There are no dark places to hide in either; when one appears, all you can do is duck behind one of the room's many pillars and hope he doesn't come too close. The three rooms you're supposed to go into will drain your sanity just by being inside them, and they're loaded with SchmuckBait that will reduce you to a gibbering wreck quickly.]]

** Yes, even in ''this'' horror-filled game there is still a woobie -- Daniel. Listen to some of his dialogues (especially the one where he is in the storage "but why is it so dark?" and the one about the morgue).

** All three Suitors from ''Justine''. She used Aloïs to her advantage and is still [[HopelessSuitor lovesick]] despite all that torture he endured, and Malo's insanity process [[SanitySlippage started long before]] he became physically tortured and DrivenToMadness by starvation, being forced to eat [[{{Autocannibalism}} his own flesh to survive.]] [[spoiler: Indeed, Justine is a [[TheSociopath sociopath.]]]]

c* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:

** All three Suitors from ''Justine''. She used Aloïs to her advantage and is still [[HopelessSuitor lovesick]] despite all that torture he endured, and Malo's insanity process [[SanitySlippage started long before]] he became physically tortured and DrivenToMadness by starvation, being forced to eat [[{{Autocannibalism}} his own flesh to survive.]] [[spoiler: Indeed, Justine is a CompleteMonster and a [[TheSociopath sociopath.]]]]

* TheCrocIsTicking: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PvZgwL9O7M terror music]], which signifies that a monster is chasing you. Apart from being very bad news whenever it happens, [[HellIsThatNoise the sound itself is terrifying]], sounding like someone screaming bloody murder.

* BaseBreaker

** The second Suitor from ''Justine''. [[spoiler:Justine is a bitch.]]
*** All three of them could qualify. She used Aloïs to her advantage and is still [[HopelessSuitor lovesick]] despite all that torture he endured, and Malo's insanity process [[SanitySlippage started long before]] he became physically tortured and DrivenToMadness by starvation, being forced to eat [[{{Autocannibalism}} his own flesh to survive.]] [[spoiler: Indeed, Justine is a CompleteMonster and a [[TheSociopath sociopath.]]]]

** Not so much on Daniel (the player character)'s part, but many players will find and cling to some item in the environment as a security blanket -- for example, LetsPlay/PewDiePie often picks up (and talks to) random objects, naming and giving them voices, as a self-comfort measure.
*** Rather famously, Markiplier named his companion cube, a small box, as "Tiny Box Tim."

** Also main Cistern area and [[spoiler: where you meet Agrippa in the Nave, which works as a breather room]].

* MagnificentBastard: Alexander.

--> '''Jeno''': (''Sees a [[spoiler:Brute]]'s idle animation'') What the fuck is he doing? [[spoiler:RAVING MONSTERS FTW]]
--> '''Jeno''': Oh, fuck this shit. (''[[TooDumbToLive Rushes towards the monster suicidally]]'') [[LeeroyJenkins HEY WANKER! I'M GONNA PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE]] -- (''Gets cut down'')
--> '''CaptainObvious''': ...Did he see you?
--> '''Jeno''': Mmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaabbbyyee.
--> '''Jeno''': (''[[TooDumbToLive Jumping around in the open near a monster]]'') COME ON MONSTER, YOU WANNA PARTY WITH ME? COME ON, MAN, LET'S PARTY! (''Gets cut down '''again''''') OH, FUCK. AW, COME OOOOOOONNNN.

** In fact, if you're particularly immature, the fact that Alexander fights you while flying around butt-naked can be an example in itself.

--> No, this sounds like the monsters are having buttsex.
--> SA-WEET!

--> ''(Holds dog in front of camera.)'' I'm ridin'. (''{{beat}}'') I'm ridin' my ghost dog!

--> '''Daniel:''' Please! I didn't do anything! [[BlahBlahBlah Nyeh, nyeh, nyeh]].

** Not to mention that the castle is ''filled'' with enormous (hand-sized) hissing cockroaches. They don't ''do'' anything and they can't hurt you, but when you get near one, it hisses at you. This can be unsettling.

--> '''Alois''': Is that you, my love? You came for me!... Where did you go?! Come back! ''Please, come back!''

* UncannyValley: Deliberately invoked with the Grunt; in what looks like a pale, drooping corpse, there's a jaw that looks like it was designed by Salvador Dali.

'''Shamus:''' The monsters are all like, "I'm not going after him; that's a ''VideoGame/{{Counter-Strike}}'' player, screw that guy."

* BaseBreaker: Daniel. Depending on the end, is he really an AssholeVictim for his atrocious acts in the past?

* TheCrocIsTicking: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PvZgwL9O7M terror music]], which signifies that a monster is chasing you. Apart from being very bad news whenever it happens, the sound itself is terrifying, sounding like someone screaming bloody murder.

** Not so much on Daniel (the player character)'s part, but many players will find and cling to some item in the environment as a security blanket -- for example, PewDiePie often picks up (and talks to) random objects, naming and giving them voices, as a self-comfort measure.

* SequelDisplacement : Arguably this towards the ''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}'' series, probably because it's a stand-alone and had more adamant marketing (mainly by word of mouth on the internet via Frictional's long-time fans).

** Just listen to Alois's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxWb3FEHmN8&feature=relmfu dialogue]] and try not to feel sorry for the poor lad. Even after everything Justine did to him, he still adores her and just wants to be with her. Albeit via murder.

** The infamous [[http://www.allgeek.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/amnesia.jpg NA boxart]] features a Grunt that tries its hardest to look scary, but due to bad artwork and lighting, it instead ends up looking like a silly yellow duck man thing. Daniel's clueless facial expression doesn't make things any better.

** The infamous [[http://www.allgeek.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/amnesia.jpg NA boxart]] features a Grunt that tries its hardest to look scary, but instead ends up looking like a silly duck man thing. Daniel's clueless facial expression doesn't make things any better.

** The infamous [[http://www.allgeek.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/amnesia.jpg NA boxart]] features a Grunt that tries its hardest to look scary, but instead ends up looking like a silly duck man thing.

* MostWonderfulSound: That deep breath you hear as the screen flashes blue, signifying that you've solved another puzzle and replenished some sanity to boot.

** Also main Cistern area and [[spoiler: where you meet Agrippa in the Nave, which works as a breather room]],

** PewDiePie's playthroughs are brilliant in their own right, but his reaction of pure joy whenever he discovers Stephano (a little bronze or gold figurine found in many rooms on the map), Piggeh, Mister Chair, and Skully, his distrust of barrels and suits of armour and his yelling at "Teleporting Naked Guys" makes the game a lot less scary to watch.

* VindicatedByHistory: The game, over time, became a financial success by word of mouth.

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Outright encouraged by the developers.

* HellIsThatNoise: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PvZgwL9O7M terror music]], which signifies that a monster is chasing you. Apart from being very bad news whenever it happens, the sound itself is terrifying, sounding like someone screaming bloody murder.

** Also main Cistern area and [[spoiler: where you meet Agrippa in the Nave, which works as a breather room]]