History VideoGame / Anna

''Anna'' is a horror adventure game for Microsoft Windows, published in 2012 by an independent Italian studio Dreampainters.

It was released again in 2013 as an 'extended edition' that features completely retooled puzzles, a new inventory system, 5 new endings, some changes to the scare system, and some redone translation work. It was given for free to original customers. This version of the game is available on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and other places.

* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:It's up to interpretation whether he's a despicable {{Yandere}} who was always an unsympathetic monster, or a TragicVillain who was seduced by a fickle goddesss and tricked/driven into doing terrible things because of his love for her.]]

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: The protagonist, in the "best" ending. He takes it pretty well, though.]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: The protagonist]] is this... quite literally.
* BeatStillMyHeart: [[spoiler: Even the protagonist has a freak out at this part.]]

--> [[spoiler: '''The protagonist''']]: ''Back than, I think, I was engaged already. I can't even remember to whom''.

* CreepyDoll: [[spoiler: Subverted with Anna, if the protagonist is just insane. The statue is pretty, but it is ambiguous if it is possessed or not.]] The other dolls and statue, are just freaky besides maybe the fertility dolls.
* DemonicPossession: Or should it be [[spoiler: Divine]] Possession?
--> [[spoiler: '''The protagonist''': ''I'm hers. Corrupted in body and mind.'']]
* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: [[spoiler:The protagonist and the girl in the forest, if you stick to the theory that the girl is an incarnation of Anna]].
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: On walls, on a child's stomach, floating in the sky in pictures, embedded in stone. Basically any where there can be eyes, there will be eyes.

* GoldenEnding: A double subversion of this trope. The ending which requires you to do the most work is both the most horrifying ''and'' the most sensible out of three.

* HauntedHouse: You have no idea...

* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: ''Children'' sacrifice, too]].
* JumpScare: In a few instances, yes. One of the main ones is if you sped too much time wandering around, the game will start throwing cans at you.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia]]: [[spoiler: [[MindScrew Apparently]], happened to the protagonist before the beginning of the game.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy[=/=]LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Guess, this is what you get for falling in love with Mother Nature herself]].
* LouisCypher: [[spoiler: "The Whole Truth" ending seems to imply that 'Anna' is a Louis Cypher-version of 'Angra Mainyu,' the destructive spirit in {{Zoroastrianism}}. Which opens a whole new can of theological and linguistic worms...]]
* MotherNature: [[spoiler: Apparently, Anna]].

* RefusalOfTheCall: One of the endings has you [[spoiler: walking out of the house horrified by what you've learned, never to return again]].

* SceneryGorn[=/=]SceneryPorn: Once you go inside the house.The outside of the house is very nice.

* StoryBreadcrumbs: [[MindScrew I guess, you could put it that way...]]
* SummoningRitual: [[spoiler:The protagonist is so in love with Anna that he performs a horrifying version of this involving echild sacrifice.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: The protagonist.]]
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: The protagonist]], and, if two out of three endings are anything to go by, even [[spoiler: Nature Goddess herself]] is not immune to this trope.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia]]: [[spoiler: [[MindScrew Apparently]], happened to the protagonist before the beginning of the game.]]

* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:It's up to interpretation whether he's a despicable {{Yandere}} who was always an unsympathetic monster, or a TragicVillain who was seduced by a fickle goddesss and tricked/driven into doing terrible things because of his love for her by the bitch herself.]]

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* [[spoiler: AndIMustScream]]: The protagonist, in the "best" ending. He takes it pretty well, though.

* [[spoiler: BeatStillMyHeart]]: Even the protagonist has a freak out at this part.

* [[CreepyDoll Creepy Statue]]: [[spoiler: Subverted with Anna, if the protagonist is just insane. The statue is pretty, but it is ambiguous if it is possessed or not.]] The other dolls and statue, are just freaky besides maybe the fertility dolls.

* [[spoiler: HumanSacrifice: ''Children'' sacrifice, too]].

* [[spoiler: LaserGuidedAmnesia]]: [[MindScrew Apparently]], happened to the protagonist before the beginning of the game.

* [[spoiler: VillainProtagonist]]: Big time. [[spoiler:It's up to interpretation whether he's a despicable {{Yandere}} who was always an unsympathetic monster, or a TragicVillain who was seduced by a fickle goddesss and tricked/driven into doing terrible things because of his love for her by the bitch herself.]]
* [[spoiler: WouldHurtAChild]]: The protagonist.

* BiggerBad: According to the after credits scene in "The Whole Truth" ending, [[spoiler: it's none other than [[UsefulNotes/{{Zoroastrianism}} Angra Mainyu]] himself.]]

'''Anna''' is a horror adventure game for Microsoft Windows, published in 2012 by an independent Italian studio Dreampainters.

* YouAreWorthHell: [[spoiler:One ending involves the player being trapped in a dark room for eternity, which he's fine with because he'll have "Anna" with him.]]

* ShoutOut: The statue (which was originally intended to portray the penitent Mary Magdalene for display in a church, but stuff happened) looks very similar to [[http://ec-dejavu.ru/images/m-2/magdalene-8.jpg an actual sculpture of the same saint by Antonia Canova.]]

* LouisCypher: [[spoiler: "The Whole Truth" ending seems to imply that 'Anna' is a Louis Cypher-version of 'Angra Mainyu,' the destructive spirit in [[UsefulNotes/Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism]]. Which opens a whole new can of theological and linguistic worms...]]

* LouisCypher: [[spoiler: "The Whole Truth" ending seems to imply that 'Anna' is a Louis Cypher-version of 'Angra Mainyu'. Which opens a whole new can of theological and linguistic worms...]]

The game was rather poorly received by the critics, who praised the atmosphere and the horror aspect, but criticized the nonsensical puzzles and a rather incomprehensible story. However, the game proved to be fairly popular with the audience; it became something of a trend to make video walkthroughs of it.

It was released again in 2013 as an 'extended edition' that features completely retooled puzzles, a new inventory system, 5 new endings, some changes to the scare system, and some redone translation work. It was given for free to original customers, and critics' opinions improved dramatically, with its initial 55 Metacritic rising up to a 75. This version of the game is available on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and other places.

* MultipleEndings: Three of them.

''Anna'' is a horror adventure game for Microsoft Windows, published in 2012 by an independent Italian studio Dreampainters. It can be purchased [[http://dreampainters-anna.blogspot.ru/p/buy-now.html here]].

It was released again in 2013 as an 'extended edition' that features completely retooled puzzles, a new inventory system, 5 new endings, some changes to the scare system, and some redone translation work. It was given for free to original customers, and critics' opinions improved dramatically, with its initial 55 Metacritic rising up to a 75.

* YouAreWorthHell: [[spoiler:One ending involves the player being trapped in a dark room for eternity, which he's fine with because he'll have "Anna" with him.

* MindScrew: Very intentionally so.

* SceneryGorn: Once you go inside the house.
* SceneryPorn: The outside of the house is very nice.

* SummoningRitual: [[spoiler:The protagonist is so in love with Anna that he performs a horrifying version of this involving child sacrifice.]]

* [[spoiler: VillainProtagonist]]: Big time.

* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: The protagonist]], and, if two out of three endings are anything to go by, even [[spoiler: Nature Goddess herself]] is not immune to this trope.

* OminousLatinChanting: ''"Miserere mei... Miserere mei..."''

* RealitySubtext: [[http://dreampainters-anna.blogspot.ru/p/faq.html One of the questions at the FAQ page]] is whether the game is related with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogne_homicide the Cogne homicide]]. Without spoiling anything, let's just say there is a reason why this is a FAQ.

* LoveMakesYouCrazy / LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Guess, this is what you get for falling in love with Mother Nature herself]].

* CosmicHorrorStory