This is the opening scene of VTM:B, a game hailed by many as a triumph of immersion and player choice mechanics. You spend the final seconds of your life in the predator’s embrace, gazing at the stained wallpaper of that hotel room as the creature empties your veins. “I want to show you something” the stranger coos, but instead of unhooking a bra or unbuttoning a fly, they sink their fangs into your throat. Vampire the Masquerade: BloodlinesĪfter a long night out and more than a few cocktails, you find yourself alone in a seedy hotel room with a glamorous stranger. Each shakily written letter you uncover pressed between the page of an ancient grimoire, every message scrawled in red across the wall of a defunct laboratory, they come together to paint a picture of events so heinous that Daniel chose to inflict himself with amnesia rather than live with the memories on his conscience.Įnjoying a relaxing soak at Spa Brennenburg.Īn encounter best avoided at all costs. The game uses what you do not yet know - in Daniel’s case, everything - to make you project your worst fears into each corner. What makes Amnesia so truly terrifying is a primal instinct that we all share as old as darkness fear of the unknown. When the nightmares stalking Brennenburg castle descend upon the player, Daniel’s life and sanity will depend upon his ability to find a good hiding place. Daniel is up against forces older and stronger than him. There are no epic battles in Amnesia, only flights for survival.
Creep through castle halls and subterranean sanctums in search of the answers Daniel thinks he wants. Conveniently, Daniel has completely forgotten just what exactly that secret is along with where he is and how he came to be there - hence the game’s title. Players step into the shoes of Daniel, a former archaeologist with a terrible secret.
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