Amnesia: The Bunker takes the horror series to World War I with a harrowing game about wartime trauma.
Though the horror genre has a rich history of using monsters as stand-ins for something truly horrifying, scary video games aren’t always so thematically ambitious. There’s a slew of zombie games, for instance, that trade in sharp social commentary for mindless shooting. That trend always leaves me looking for more cerebral horror games, ones that scratch the same itch as 2010’s psychologically unnerving Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
Recommended Videos Hiding in the dark When Amnesia: The Bunker begins, I find myself in a surprisingly cinematic situation. I’m a soldier in World War I running through the trenches, pistol in hand, as bombs and gunfire ring out overhead. It’s the kind of action sequence that I expect from games like Battlefield 1. Though it’s a far cry from anything I’ve seen from Amnesia before, the stressful claustrophobia of it all still fits with Frictional’s atmospheric brand of horror.
What immediately sets The Bunker apart from previous Amnesia games is its more open-ended structure. After finding a way to release the bunker’s emergency locks, I’m free to explore all of its distinct areas – from living quarters to an armory — in any order I want. Scattered notes give me leads as to what the ultimate goal of each area is, but I can tackle the Resident Evil-like puzzle box in any way.
That loop makes for a strong — though at times frustrating — horror game premise. The stakes are incredibly high, as I can only ever save by returning to a safe room at the center of the bunker. The longer I spend exploring, the more I stand to lose if the monster kills me. It makes the moment when the generator runs out of fuel truly scary; my heart pumps out of my chest anytime the lighting grid goes black.
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