[SPOILER] For us who have finished this. Let's discuss![SPOILER]

09-09-2010, 08:08 AM

Now. I don't know how many have finished the game by now, probably quite alot. But now, as i understand, you replay your memories as you are haunted by "the shadow". And when you finally get to the end, alexander escapes and the shadow catches onto you. You hear and feel the pain of your tortured victims and die.

Now, i was hoping to be able to brace that teleport and enter another world ala Penumbra Black Plague and beat alexander is some otherworldy duel but no, i have to accept that i failed to catch alexander and die for my sins.

How about you guys? Satisfied with the ending? hated it?

I found the ending interesting. As expected from penumbra, i was bracing for a messed up ending.

What dissapointed me is that, when i cut off the head og Agrippe and carried him with me. He never said a word. Did i kill him because the potion didn't work? I was not able to throw his head into the gate either even though he asked me to do it. He was such a friendly character.

The game went from exciting, to mindblowing (All the torture man, the devices, the information, the flashbacks) to Insane! Loved the chemistry bench puzzles, really interactive and nicely done. Horrifying sounds when chased (Admit it, you were pumped when running from the water demon)

So how do you feel about this game when you finished it? There was some information that was confusing, such as the loading screen notes. Which person was this? Alexander?

All endings in one video if you'd like to watch it instead of replaying it yourself (I highly recomend doing the latter)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_niCjMgz-Sw

N3oN667 · 09-09-2010, 09:08 AM

I killed Alexander, and Daniel was "Forgiven for killing that terrible terrible man" And the ending was just him walking to a large bright light.

McPaper · 09-09-2010, 11:12 AM

I very much enjoyed my ending. I didn't understand the story fully but I was left satisfied. I did want to help out Agripa so I did end up taking his head. If I recall he wanted to be taken into the portal???

Regardless, I toppled the pillars and was satisfied to have Daniel walk out of the castle alive.

I assume if you wait for the portal to open Daniel dies.. ?

SlaveDeMorto · 09-09-2010, 11:13 AM

I liked ending when you kill Alex, as long as you stay alife. And "good" ending with you walking thrue some strange place after killing Alex and dieing at the same time is...well strange

Yet it might be an Amnesia 2, huh?

Looks like game has 3 endings.

1st - You do nothing and die
2nd - You push pillars and enjoy a happy end
3rd - You use a head(of previous orb carier that you have met) on the portal at the last moment... and you will see a strange ending

09-09-2010, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by McPaper

I very much enjoyed my ending. I didn't understand the story fully but I was left satisfied. I did want to help out Agripa so I did end up taking his head. If I recall he wanted to be taken into the portal???

Regardless, I toppled the pillars and was satisfied to have Daniel walk out of the castle alive.

I assume if you wait for the portal to open Daniel dies.. ?

I tried to push the pillars. But all i got was a slight buzz sound. Nothing happened.

I have my lamp, hammer and nail and the head with me. How do you push the pillars over? I clicked a hundred times for sure i was desperate at that moment

edit:
nevermind i figured it out.

Xyphious · 09-09-2010, 01:26 PM

The bad ending seems a bit lacking, i get that it was his previous victims coming back for vengeance and the shadow consuming him (thats what i got from it anyway) but i felt it was poorly executed.

Personally i think the destroy the pillars ending was the best although saying that why does him killing one man who was trying to transcend his earthly being (albeit a very evil man) suddenly redeem his crimes of killing and torturing many innocents?

Reading that back i sound like a real pedant, i did really enjoy the game and felt the story was also pretty strong. Just ended on a fart rather than a bang

Psychos · 09-09-2010, 03:50 PM

Alexander is a "man" from another dimenson banished here somewhat "evilly" by people on the other side who Agrippa is affiliated with. From Daniel's point of view, without any knowledge of why Alexander is banished or who Agrippa really is he cant really tell who is "evil". Alexander is evil by this worlds standards by methods of torture and murder, but he being from another realm would probably not care about the trivial humans and as such only cares to get back with his partner on the other side.

Perhaps the evil one is agrippa for siding with those who banished alexander in the first place, then helping him would be the evil option. Or saving yourself by knocking over the pillars is the evil option because it is fuelled by selfishness and revenge. Or perhaps Alexander is evil, and letting him back into his realm, rewarding his crimes is evil.

I'd say the endings are vague at best. Or maybe I'm confusing things because I just completed the game and haven't absorbed it all yet.

09-09-2010, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Xyphious

Personally i think the destroy the pillars ending was the best although saying that why does him killing one man who was trying to transcend his earthly being (albeit a very evil man) suddenly redeem his crimes of killing and torturing many innocents?

Daniel is trying to convince himself that he's atoned for his sins, whether or not it's true. He probably believes it. You don't have to.

Emox · 09-09-2010, 07:43 PM

I helped Agrippa and got that weird ending, than i toppled the pillars for some reason that one seemed more satisfying than other ending... I wonder if i can help Agrippa and still topple the pillars?.

09-09-2010, 09:20 PM

Hi,

I really like ends like this. Somehow a metaphor that the world is not only black and white. You have to make a decision and so I did...

Amnesia is a great game. I'm not a hardcore player and a little bit oldschool (Monkey Island is one of my favorites) and so I really loved playing Amnesia. A game without real fights, great atmosphere and thrill. Gave me a shiver more than once...

Regards, raz

Ultima V|RUZ · 09-09-2010, 09:31 PM

Frankly, the endings sucked big time, but the gameplay TO the ending was excellent.

agleeD · 09-09-2010, 10:52 PM

yeah, I absolutely hated the endings as well. they basically don't tell you anything about alexander, or weyher or agrippa, or YOU for that matter. we only know that alexander is pretty old and probably keeps himself alive in our world by somehow extracting the life power of others. also, who the ♥♥♥♥ were these humanoids walking around? I was hoping they'd get explained somehow.

09-10-2010, 01:50 AM

Just finished the game.

It was good all the way to the end i've only seen the "Good Ending" Walking out of the door into the light.

Apart from that i have to say i was spooked almost all the way through the game those damn Zombies always chasing me even though i'm hiding in the dark.

The Gameplay is amazing, The Story is excellent, and the running and cowering in a corner instead of shooting everything in your path makes the game so much more spookier.

The Puzzles had me really confused at points of the game, they were EXCELLENTLY planned and EXCELLENTLY Created, to give even the best puzzle working minds a strain is good quality gameplay.

I found the game A++ Style and i would recommend anyone who likes horror to Buy this game.

09-10-2010, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Ultima V|RUZ

Frankly, the endings sucked big time, but the gameplay TO the ending was excellent.

Was it the bad ending? I agree that it was the worst ending. But also, the worst executed ending.

I found the good ending fair enough. The special ending was... hinting to a new expansion to put it that way.

I really loved the chemistry benches

Aetius · 09-10-2010, 04:57 AM

You can replay the final scene again and again by the way. After you finish the game, just click 'continue story' when you get back to the menu screen. I just did them all in the order: Agrippa ending, walk out of castle ending, do nothing ending.

Personally, i think the 'true' ending is the 'walk out of castle' ending as it seems to be the longest ending and has a personal review by Daniel of his tribulations for his wickedness. It ties up the events of the game more than the other endings.

Personally, i preferred the Penumbra series (Overture and Black Plague). I still liked Amnesia but i really felt more absorbed in the Penumbra story and atmosphere - the abandoned cave setting and empty rooms full of electronics i found a lot more creepy than a castle from which i could see outside and also could have potentially escaped from many times. In Penumbra there was no escape (even when outside there was just endless lands of snow, which is hardly safe to flee into). It was claustrophobic and had a variety of natural cave area and man made rooms and structures.

Penumbra scared me 100% and kept me thinking over the events in the game long after i finished. Amnesia, i literally finished 20 minutes ago and the only parts which really scared me was being chased by zombies, the water monster and running from the dark force following Daniel. Also the puzzles in Penumbra were much better i think. Nothing will beat the ending of Overture for me. That was just epically scary (avoiding the zombies near the end of Black Plague was also very scary).

09-09-2010, 08:08 AM	#1
den rare Guest Posts: n/a	[SPOILER] For us who have finished this. Let's discuss![SPOILER] Now. I don't know how many have finished the game by now, probably quite alot. But now, as i understand, you replay your memories as you are haunted by "the shadow". And when you finally get to the end, alexander escapes and the shadow catches onto you. You hear and feel the pain of your tortured victims and die. Now, i was hoping to be able to brace that teleport and enter another world ala Penumbra Black Plague and beat alexander is some otherworldy duel but no, i have to accept that i failed to catch alexander and die for my sins. How about you guys? Satisfied with the ending? hated it? I found the ending interesting. As expected from penumbra, i was bracing for a messed up ending. What dissapointed me is that, when i cut off the head og Agrippe and carried him with me. He never said a word. Did i kill him because the potion didn't work? I was not able to throw his head into the gate either even though he asked me to do it. He was such a friendly character. The game went from exciting, to mindblowing (All the torture man, the devices, the information, the flashbacks) to Insane! Loved the chemistry bench puzzles, really interactive and nicely done. Horrifying sounds when chased (Admit it, you were pumped when running from the water demon) So how do you feel about this game when you finished it? There was some information that was confusing, such as the loading screen notes. Which person was this? Alexander? All endings in one video if you'd like to watch it instead of replaying it yourself (I highly recomend doing the latter) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_niCjMgz-Sw Last edited by den rare: 09-10-2010 at 04:07 AM.

09-09-2010, 11:13 AM	#4
SlaveDeMorto Join Date: Sep 2010 Reputation: 1 Posts: 52	I liked ending when you kill Alex, as long as you stay alife. And "good" ending with you walking thrue some strange place after killing Alex and dieing at the same time is...well strange Yet it might be an Amnesia 2, huh? Looks like game has 3 endings. 1st - You do nothing and die 2nd - You push pillars and enjoy a happy end 3rd - You use a head(of previous orb carier that you have met) on the portal at the last moment... and you will see a strange ending Last edited by SlaveDeMorto: 09-09-2010 at 11:17 AM.

09-09-2010, 07:43 PM	#9
Emox Join Date: Jul 2009 Reputation: 73 Posts: 612	I helped Agrippa and got that weird ending, than i toppled the pillars for some reason that one seemed more satisfying than other ending... I wonder if i can help Agrippa and still topple the pillars?. Last edited by Emox: 09-09-2010 at 07:46 PM.

09-10-2010, 04:57 AM	#15
Aetius Join Date: May 2009 Reputation: 283 Posts: 1,516	You can replay the final scene again and again by the way. After you finish the game, just click 'continue story' when you get back to the menu screen. I just did them all in the order: Agrippa ending, walk out of castle ending, do nothing ending. Personally, i think the 'true' ending is the 'walk out of castle' ending as it seems to be the longest ending and has a personal review by Daniel of his tribulations for his wickedness. It ties up the events of the game more than the other endings. Personally, i preferred the Penumbra series (Overture and Black Plague). I still liked Amnesia but i really felt more absorbed in the Penumbra story and atmosphere - the abandoned cave setting and empty rooms full of electronics i found a lot more creepy than a castle from which i could see outside and also could have potentially escaped from many times. In Penumbra there was no escape (even when outside there was just endless lands of snow, which is hardly safe to flee into). It was claustrophobic and had a variety of natural cave area and man made rooms and structures. Penumbra scared me 100% and kept me thinking over the events in the game long after i finished. Amnesia, i literally finished 20 minutes ago and the only parts which really scared me was being chased by zombies, the water monster and running from the dark force following Daniel. Also the puzzles in Penumbra were much better i think. Nothing will beat the ending of Overture for me. That was just epically scary (avoiding the zombies near the end of Black Plague was also very scary). Last edited by Aetius: 09-10-2010 at 05:00 AM.

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09-09-2010, 09:08 AM	#2
N3oN667 Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 47 Posts: 586	I killed Alexander, and Daniel was "Forgiven for killing that terrible terrible man" And the ending was just him walking to a large bright light.

09-09-2010, 11:12 AM	#3
McPaper Join Date: Jan 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 48	I very much enjoyed my ending. I didn't understand the story fully but I was left satisfied. I did want to help out Agripa so I did end up taking his head. If I recall he wanted to be taken into the portal??? Regardless, I toppled the pillars and was satisfied to have Daniel walk out of the castle alive. I assume if you wait for the portal to open Daniel dies.. ?

09-09-2010, 01:26 PM	#6
Xyphious Join Date: Dec 2008 Reputation: 14 Posts: 151	The bad ending seems a bit lacking, i get that it was his previous victims coming back for vengeance and the shadow consuming him (thats what i got from it anyway) but i felt it was poorly executed. Personally i think the destroy the pillars ending was the best although saying that why does him killing one man who was trying to transcend his earthly being (albeit a very evil man) suddenly redeem his crimes of killing and torturing many innocents? Reading that back i sound like a real pedant, i did really enjoy the game and felt the story was also pretty strong. Just ended on a fart rather than a bang

09-09-2010, 03:50 PM	#7
Psychos Join Date: Jun 2006 Reputation: 3 Posts: 480	Alexander is a "man" from another dimenson banished here somewhat "evilly" by people on the other side who Agrippa is affiliated with. From Daniel's point of view, without any knowledge of why Alexander is banished or who Agrippa really is he cant really tell who is "evil". Alexander is evil by this worlds standards by methods of torture and murder, but he being from another realm would probably not care about the trivial humans and as such only cares to get back with his partner on the other side. Perhaps the evil one is agrippa for siding with those who banished alexander in the first place, then helping him would be the evil option. Or saving yourself by knocking over the pillars is the evil option because it is fuelled by selfishness and revenge. Or perhaps Alexander is evil, and letting him back into his realm, rewarding his crimes is evil. I'd say the endings are vague at best. Or maybe I'm confusing things because I just completed the game and haven't absorbed it all yet.

09-09-2010, 09:20 PM	#10
razmatazzz Guest Posts: n/a	Hi, I really like ends like this. Somehow a metaphor that the world is not only black and white. You have to make a decision and so I did... Amnesia is a great game. I'm not a hardcore player and a little bit oldschool (Monkey Island is one of my favorites) and so I really loved playing Amnesia. A game without real fights, great atmosphere and thrill. Gave me a shiver more than once... Regards, raz

09-09-2010, 09:31 PM	#11
Ultima V\|RUZ Volunteer Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Reputation: 5745 Posts: 20,071	Frankly, the endings sucked big time, but the gameplay TO the ending was excellent.

09-09-2010, 10:52 PM	#12
agleeD Join Date: Jun 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 17	yeah, I absolutely hated the endings as well. they basically don't tell you anything about alexander, or weyher or agrippa, or YOU for that matter. we only know that alexander is pretty old and probably keeps himself alive in our world by somehow extracting the life power of others. also, who the ♥♥♥♥ were these humanoids walking around? I was hoping they'd get explained somehow.

09-10-2010, 01:50 AM	#13
Paddles Guest Posts: n/a	Just finished the game. It was good all the way to the end i've only seen the "Good Ending" Walking out of the door into the light. Apart from that i have to say i was spooked almost all the way through the game those damn Zombies always chasing me even though i'm hiding in the dark. The Gameplay is amazing, The Story is excellent, and the running and cowering in a corner instead of shooting everything in your path makes the game so much more spookier. The Puzzles had me really confused at points of the game, they were EXCELLENTLY planned and EXCELLENTLY Created, to give even the best puzzle working minds a strain is good quality gameplay. I found the game A++ Style and i would recommend anyone who likes horror to Buy this game.