The Dark Descent takes place in in 1839, placing you in the shoes of Daniel – an adventurer and archaeologist – who wakes up in a crumbling Prussian castle, with only a vague memory of his name and his address. With several puzzles that require you to explore adjacent areas for important items, deciding which paths to illuminate is essential to maintaining your sanity. All three games have an intriguing narrative – told through flashback sequences, scattered documents, and brief loading screen snippets – so you’ll want to pay attention if you’re looking to find the connection between each game. There is no means to fight back against the creatures that lie in your path, so stealth is an essential part of experience, with progression typically gated by a myriad of physics or item-based puzzles. All three are narrative-driven, survival-horror games with some light puzzling involved and, though they may look dated, they drip with atmosphere and are packed full of moments that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat (and peeing more frequently than usual, or maybe that's just me). This collection includes Frictional Games’ Amnesia: The Dark Descent, its short, puzzle-oriented DLC, Justine, and the loosely-connected follow up Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, developed by The Chinese Room.
At long last, Xbox One owners finally get their hands on the terrifying Amnesia games.
