Frictional Games Reviewed: From Overture to Rebirth

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Published on April 2, 2021 4:00:17 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syoewGCufEw

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Amnesia: Rebirth (2020)

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Review

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With the recent release of Rebirth, and the tenth anniversary of the Amnesia series, I figured it was an opportune time to take a closer look at the entire gameography of the swedish game studio behind it all: Frictional Games.

0:00 Intro
1:58 Penumbra: Overture
17:45 Penumbra: Black Plague
32:28 Penumbra: Requiem
41:43 Patreon Ad
42:44 Amnesia: The Dark Descent
58:14 Amnesia: Justine
1:07:22 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
1:21:20 Soma
1:37:07 Amnesia: Rebirth
1:56:23 Final Thoughts
1:58:24 End Credits

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Sources used

Overture:
https://frictionalgames.blogspot.com/2009/08/puzzles-in-horror-games-part-1.html

Black Plague:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/amnesia-designer-removing-combat-opens-up-new-horizons/1100-6328973/

The Dark Descent
https://frictionalgames.com/2011-07-amnesia-post-mortem/
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-11-amnesia-has-sold-roughly-a-million-units
https://www.pcgamer.com/why-horror-games-need-to-quit-killing-us/

Justine
https://amnesia.fandom.com/wiki/Notes_(Justine)

A Machine for Pigs
https://web.archive.org/web/20120621034546/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/22/building-a-machine-for-pigs-and-expanding-the-universe-of-amnesi/

https://v1.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/features/10456-You-re-at-the-Heart-of-A-Machine-For-Pigs

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2013/oct/15/horror-amnesia-a-machine-for-pigs-chinese-room

https://v1.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/127666-Original-Amnesia-Studio-Explains-The-Chinese-Room-Hand-Off

Rebirth
https://frictionalgames.com/2019-10-9-years-9-lessons-on-horror/

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-10-13-amnesia-rebirth-is-more-than-a-decade-of-horror-gaming-refined

https://www.thefinalgirls.co.uk/bloody-women/killer-bumps

https://frictionalgames.com/2021-03-amnesia-rebirth-five-months-later-and-soma-sells-1m-copies/

Harlan Ellison interviews
https://youtu.be/DDxnsNw4FZI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmkX0koTAN4

#Penumbra #Amnesia #Soma

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