Reviews - The Things in the Night Mod for Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Mar 6th, 2013 1 person agrees 0 people don't

You don't always find a mod like this, but here it is. The best use of the Amnesia assets I've ever seen. Every level has had so much detail put in, that its a feast for the eyes. He somehow manages to make everything look different to anything we've seen in Amnesia. Hes got a gift! It's one of the longest mods I've ever played (the longest mod for Amnesia, beating Lost the Lights by about an hour). The pacing is excellent (the monsters come when you don't expect but also occasionally when you do expect, jump scares are very few but well placed), the puzzles are new (sure you still have to search for stuff) but it feels fresh to find these new items... the atmosphere and use of sound is chilling. It gives every area life and breathes tension eventhough the visuals already do a great job. The only criticism I can think of is the storyline was decent, it keeps things interesting but the readables you find are a bit to predictable and don't shed much light on the state of things. I feel with some professional writers working with this modder could probably make this into a MOTY potential!

Aug 25th, 2012 1 person agrees 0 people don't

Haven't tried it yet, and i'm allready about to **** my pants.

Aug 10th, 2012 1 person agrees 0 people don't

mate this was the best custom story. More people should notice this.

Aug 10th, 2012 1 person agrees 0 people don't

WOAH

Jul 31st, 2012 1 person agrees 0 people don't

Nice CS 10/10

Feb 3rd, 2013 0 people agree 1 person doesn't

Very long and atmospheric CS. Full of potential but unfortunately, everything went to waste with all the cheapscares using that "lovely" iron maiden's scream

Seriously, those made no sense at all and seriously ruined the experience for me. Never got to finish it, I admit but after hearing that scream 3 times, I just gave up.

Is really sad seeing those CS full of potential really abusing this sort of cheapscares.

Dec 16th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

lags too much on some points... even in LQ

Nov 24th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

Sorry, I have to agree with some others here. This story is just too long. It would have been better breaking it up in chapters. I just lost interest after several hours of gameplay. It was really well made though.

Nov 6th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

Best custom story I have ever played!

Sep 30th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't
This review may contain spoilers

Really incredible custom story. By far the best I've played, and I haven't even finished it yet.

Pros:
~Amazing scenery and map designs (the village was designed flawlessly in my opinion)
~ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC atmosphere and music, it really made me feel truly creeped out, especially in the cellar.
~Greatly placed jump scares, always where I least expected them. It was good that it wasn't overkill with them. They were at the best moments.

Cons:
~Really long CS, I feel like it should be divided into two chapters, the first ending when you place the two orbs on the angel and lion pedestals
~There were some really difficult puzzles
~Some maps were too large

Overall I think that this is an outstanding custom story, and that it really excells as far as scenery at atmosphere go.