Unlike the main game, this expansion places a bit more emphasis on running away from scary monsters. There’s a mixture of psychological horror, monster horror, gory horror, sexual horror, gothic horror, character-based horror, cruel horror, moral horror and frantic suspense. So, I should probably start by talking about this expansion’s horror elements, which are fairly similar to the main game.
The voice of an aristocratic woman – Justine – welcomes you to her “cabinet of perturbation”, a psychological test of some kind.
As you crank the phonograph, a lantern lowers from the ceiling and the wax cylinder starts playing. Set in 1858, you play as a person who awakens in a mysterious stone cell with a phonograph in the corner and no memory of how you got there. Needless to say, this review may contain some mild-moderate SPOILERS and DISTURBING IMAGES.Īfter a few messages telling you that there is no way to save your progress, the game begins. So, let’s take a look at “Amnesia: Justine”. However, I’d recommend playing the main game first, since “Amnesia: Justine” kind of assumes that you’re already familiar with it’s gameplay mechanics (eg: using the mouse to perform “motion controls” style actions). To be fair, the small button labelled “Justine” on the opening screen initially just seemed like it was there for dramatic effect – especially when placed opposite another button titled “Remember”.Īside from one brief, and easily missed, reference to “Amnesia: The Dark Descent”, this expansion tells a self-contained story (though it obviously requires a copy of the main game to work). This is a free expansion for “ Amnesia: The Dark Descent” (2010) which was also included in the DRM-free edition I bought from GOG a few weeks before writing this review – but somehow I completely missed it back then. Well, since “Dino Crisis” (1999) is taking longer to complete than I’d expected and because it’s been a little while since my last horror game review, I thought that I’d take a quick look at “Amnesia: Justine” (2011) today.
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