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user-inactivated  ·  3413 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do you know any deep, dark, disturbing, experimental "games"?

The Path:

And then there's Amnesia and the Penumbra series, but those are closer to actual games than experiments:





GodOfAtheism  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The guys who made Amnesia are putting out a new game, Soma that looks to be pretty solid.

user-inactivated  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Soma looks like a really cool theme. It also looks interesting that they are bringing the puzzling aspects back from Penumbra. It kind of looks like a Penumbra/Amnesia mix with a more futuristic theme. Thanks for letting me know about that!

The problem with Penumbra was that it is now a really old game and a bit hard to play. It's pretty fascinating when you get into it, but those damn dogs.... they just needed to balance those dogs out a bit I think. Most of the game is just running from those damn things and hiding for 10 minutes.

user-inactivated  ·  3413 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wow, The Path, at least in that video, looks trippy and disorienting. The sound effects add oodles to the haunting experience.

user-inactivated  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·  

All I remember when playing it was dying over and over again. Going off the path is dangerous, and going on the path is dangerous as well. I never made it to the house, I'm amazed he wasn't jumped by something the entire time.