Especially since it costs absolutely nothing to play, providing you own an up-to-date copy of Amnesia.ĭesigning horror games is difficult, and for every one that nails it, there are a dozen that sink into cliche and lazy jump scares. But in light of everything else it does well, I’d still recommend it, flaws and all. And there’s a general feeling of front-loading, with some of the later scenes lacking the finesse of the opening hours. A lot of the puzzles are cleverly designed-particularly the one that involves playing a tune on a piano-but the difficulty of some of the trickier ones left me frustrated rather than challenged.

Although I do appreciate the decision to create original monsters for the mod, I never found any of them that scary. Amadeus does fall flat occasionally, however.