Amnesia: The Bunker | Review in 3 Minutes

Michael Cripe reviews Amnesia: The Bunker, developed by Frictional Games.

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[theescapist]

Hey folks! Welcome Michael Cripe to our 3 Minute Reviews team! Michael has been writing news, interviews and op-eds for The Escapist for the past three years and is now making the transition to the video side to work on some 3 Minute Reviews as well. Enjoy his first one on Amnesia: The Bunker!

[malek]

I love how Frictional learned from Rebirth's criticism and evolved the tired old hide and seek simulator formula to deliver something a little different. Hopefully they stick to this approach with their next game, I'd love to see a more survival horror RE-inspired take on Soma.

[adiveler]

This is the right balance of horror:
A complete stealth focus (Outlast and previous Amnesia games) - Tends to become tedious ones you stop finding the roaming monsters scary and instead view them as obnoxious obstacles that prevent you from exploring and going forward.
An action focus, on the other hand (RE 4 and Dead Space) - Tends to leave you with too much ammo (because directly confronting the monsters is mandatory) that at some point it's starting to feel more like a power fantasy than a horror.
A balance of these 2 is what a proper horror game should strive for!

[WolfHreda]

I haven't been this excited for an Amnesia game since the original.

[omegalynx]

I love The Bunker because this time around, I'm actually playing the game, making interesting decisions regarding what I want to do, where to go, and how to get there instead of being shuttled linearly through the game. This is certainly the best horror game I've played in a very long time!

[MortDraken]

0:12 "takes players on a dark descent..."
I see what you did there 😂

[suzannafrazer]

Welcome Michael - a great first video!

[elsd]

Damn, this looks amazing and Michael's review was great! An excellent addition to the team

[iitzfizz]

Been playing it today, enjoying it so far. Going to wait until it goes dark to play some more!

[simoncrashfield]

Congratulations on such a good first video! I really enjoyed all the points and the overall structure of the review. I think that the speaking speed could be just a bit slower but I guess that is the cost of squeezing so much information into 3 minutes. I am looking forward to more reviews from Michael.

[nellkellino-miller]

I think the noisy flashlight mechanic is actually a really cool substitute for the sanity system in TDD. At the very least it's an interesting idea that they can develop in future games. Hopefully they keep innovating in the future. I'd love to see a sort of combination of this game's design philosophy and TDD's.

[patarfuifui]

Sandbox is a neat change, very interesting

[Vericyn]

Awesome first Vid! Welcome to the voice team!

[assassinaria]

I'm so happy it's a short game. I hate bloated games because the experience between start to end is usually meaningless fetch quests or filler.

[ThatFanBoyGuy]

I always appreciate when the 3MR has a different opinion from the ZP

[arsalansyed]

2:48 I rather take a good 5-6 hour game than whatever Amnesia Rebirth was. A bloated game with too many flashbacks and constant talking.

I feel that The Bunker is going to be the best Amnesia game just because how much it focuses on gameplay and replayability.

[rpersen]

I want more games like SOMA. Best game ever.

[Drumtariano]

seems like the most Penumbra thing Frictional has made since Penumbra. nice!

[xXRickTrolledXx]

They've gone back too their root on this one. Reminds me so much of Penumbra Act 1 and 2

[jacksonfoxtrot]

The game gets its 90% in Steam
The Dark Descent has 95% for comparison