{"id":425200,"date":"2023-11-07T10:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T16:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=425200"},"modified":"2023-11-07T10:14:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T16:14:08","slug":"amnesia-the-dark-descent-gets-an-unofficial-vr-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/amnesia-the-dark-descent-gets-an-unofficial-vr-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesia: The Dark Descent gets an (unofficial) VR remake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Amnesia: The Bunker<\/em> has all but reinvented Frictional Games&#8217; horror series, a crucial move at a time when the previous entry didn&#8217;t quite hit the mark for some. However, the original \u2013 <em>The Dark Descent<\/em> \u2013 will always hold a special place in the hearts of horror fans. And if you thought the 2010 game was scary as it is, get ready to play it in VR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/halloweens-over-but-you-can-still-scare-yourself-witless-with-this-vr-recreation-of-amnesia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PCGamer<\/a>, a mod over on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moddb.com\/mods\/sclerosis-an-amnesia-vr-remake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ModDB<\/a> has taken the OG <em>Amnesia<\/em> title and completely remade it. By rebuilding it in the Unity engine (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/unity-runtime-fees-announcement-draws-heat-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">boo hiss, etc.<\/a>), CreaTeam&#8217;s <em>Sclerosis<\/em> has managed to implement VR into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-amnesia-the-dark-descent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the acclaimed horror game<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sclerosis: an Amnesia VR remake | Release Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B5qlJePwwF0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The above trailer shows off the more immersive aspects of the game. If you didn&#8217;t know it was a rebuild, you&#8217;d swear it was just the original release. The team looks to have done a comprehensive job remaking <em>Dark Descent<\/em>, right down to the redesigned controls that have been &#8220;meticulously adapted to virtual reality controllers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-if-you-ve-missed-amnesia-you-ve-missed-a-treat\">If you&#8217;ve missed <em>Amnesia<\/em>, you&#8217;ve missed a treat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m a long time fan of the <em>Amnesia<\/em> series. The first game set quite the tone in the indie horror scene, particularly at a time when the genre was experiencing something of an identity crisis (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/destructoid-review-resident-evil-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Resident Evil 5<\/em> <\/a>came out the year before \u2013 just saying).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With no ability to defend yourself, being forced to hide from monsters, and the knowledge that staying in the dark too long was just as detrimental, <em>The Dark Descent<\/em> was a breath of (horrifying) fresh air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who knows whether Frictional will be able to reinvent the franchise again with subsequent entries. But judging by the likes of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1944430\/Amnesia_The_Bunker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Bunker<\/a><\/em>, the series still has a lot of life left in it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no salvation&#8230;only soiled underwear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":868,"featured_media":425201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1895,9776,176,1785,261,19112,223,418,20501],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[23725],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":868,"display_name":"Andrew Heaton","user_nicename":"andrew-heaton"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/amnesia-the-dark-descent-vr.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Andrew Heaton","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/andrew-heaton\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/amnesia-the-dark-descent-vr.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/868"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425200"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425302,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425200\/revisions\/425302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425200"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=425200"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=425200"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=425200"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=425200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}