Soma is the latest from Frictional Games, and for me personally their best game yet. Many people remember their hit Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and due to its immense popularity, many are thinking of Soma as "Amnesia 3" (Or Amnesia 2 if you didn't like Machine for Pigs). This is a flawed perception because Soma is highly successful on generating scares through thought, ethics, and philosophy, as opposed to relying entirely on flight or fight reactions in Amnesia. If you can get past the common consensus that this game is not as scary as Amnesia on a standard horror level, you should be able to find great value in this game, because the story and the choices that it forces you to make haunt you and make you think about them much more than anything in Amnesia. Amnesia would give you nightmares, but Soma can plague your thoughts in the day. Themes such as identity, personality, the soul, life, and humanity are all brought up, twisted, and most importantly questioned within the story, and the game is able to make an impact since you, the player, and behind all these acts that raise these questions. Its definitely worth the money currently, as $30 for a 8-10 hour game is decent, but when you contemplate how many mods are going to be made for the game since Amnesia had hundreds of well made custom stories, you can count in this game to at least deliver in the long run. It should be noted, however, that on the PS4 version that I played, I had the occasional crash during a loading screen, 3 times over the course of 4 playthroughs. A patch has since come out, but I do not know if this remedied this exact problem. If you liked Amnesia and have a good PC, get this game now. If you want a great story with great horror, get it on any platform.
VideoGame Soma or: How I Learned to Stop Comparing It To Amnesia and Love the Plot
Soma is the latest from Frictional Games, and for me personally their best game yet. Many people remember their hit Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and due to its immense popularity, many are thinking of Soma as "Amnesia 3" (Or Amnesia 2 if you didn't like Machine for Pigs). This is a flawed perception because Soma is highly successful on generating scares through thought, ethics, and philosophy, as opposed to relying entirely on flight or fight reactions in Amnesia. If you can get past the common consensus that this game is not as scary as Amnesia on a standard horror level, you should be able to find great value in this game, because the story and the choices that it forces you to make haunt you and make you think about them much more than anything in Amnesia. Amnesia would give you nightmares, but Soma can plague your thoughts in the day. Themes such as identity, personality, the soul, life, and humanity are all brought up, twisted, and most importantly questioned within the story, and the game is able to make an impact since you, the player, and behind all these acts that raise these questions. Its definitely worth the money currently, as $30 for a 8-10 hour game is decent, but when you contemplate how many mods are going to be made for the game since Amnesia had hundreds of well made custom stories, you can count in this game to at least deliver in the long run. It should be noted, however, that on the PS4 version that I played, I had the occasional crash during a loading screen, 3 times over the course of 4 playthroughs. A patch has since come out, but I do not know if this remedied this exact problem. If you liked Amnesia and have a good PC, get this game now. If you want a great story with great horror, get it on any platform.