The Ultimate SOMA Discussion Thread

[Macgyverthehero]

Do you guys think the game will compare in terms of scariness to the first time you played amnesia? I'm not sure it could, even if the game is much scarier. Amnesia was my first horror game and to this day no game I've played has been as scary

Depends on what kind of scary you're looking for. Amnesia: The Dark Descent in my opinion is a frightening and disturbing scary game, while something like System Shock 2 would be a more creepy and also disturbing scary game.

When it comes to SOMA on the other hand, I think it will keep trying to be frightening and disturbing scary, but also try to be more mind fuck scary, because for example; the Mockingbird robots. They could trick you into thinking they are real like say, through a radio, and then when you meet them in person they might not be human (anymore), but rather a machine... or something else a lot more frightening. There is also the Vivarium machine that can show false images through monitors which would mess with your perception of events. SOMA would also be disturbing because it screws your perception of reality in the game, therefore; a mind fuck.