Amnesia: The Dark Descent got to me first before I could play this game, so I COULD be biased on how I say it's not scary. There were a few shameless jump scares, but you had a gun the whole time, and some kinesis to fall back on. No worries.
BUT, it did give me a sense of dread, a sense that I could potentially die on this big frickin' ship stuck in space and NO one will hear me scream. It REALLY does have some of those "creep the shit out of you" moments like hearing twinkle twinkle little star to some good old fashioned ritualistic executions. Yeah, no. How about let's NOT take the big spaceship to Saturn?
Heheh. Well, in any case, with the player character not so much speaking a single word through the whole game, you will feel pretty alone and stranded despite having two people hound you about shit sometimes. But being alone is a good thing. Because the mortifying mistakes for organic life that stalk the ship with you aren't there to rip your guts out. Riiiiight before they do...and they sometimes will if you're not careful. Game isn't without some gore...well, a lot of gore. Isaac gets ripped apart practically every time he dies.
What I like the most about this game is the survival. It's a real unique survival space horror that's worth playing. This is only the beginning for our friendly space engineer Isaac...and the first doesn't fail to please.
Not scary, but good.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent got to me first before I could play this game, so I COULD be biased on how I say it's not scary. There were a few shameless jump scares, but you had a gun the whole time, and some kinesis to fall back on. No worries.
BUT, it did give me a sense of dread, a sense that I could potentially die on this big frickin' ship stuck in space and NO one will hear me scream. It REALLY does have some of those "creep the shit out of you" moments like hearing twinkle twinkle little star to some good old fashioned ritualistic executions. Yeah, no. How about let's NOT take the big spaceship to Saturn?
Heheh. Well, in any case, with the player character not so much speaking a single word through the whole game, you will feel pretty alone and stranded despite having two people hound you about shit sometimes. But being alone is a good thing. Because the mortifying mistakes for organic life that stalk the ship with you aren't there to rip your guts out. Riiiiight before they do...and they sometimes will if you're not careful. Game isn't without some gore...well, a lot of gore. Isaac gets ripped apart practically every time he dies.
What I like the most about this game is the survival. It's a real unique survival space horror that's worth playing. This is only the beginning for our friendly space engineer Isaac...and the first doesn't fail to please.