Is Amnesia overrated?

Its scary as hell :/

It has LOADS of custom stories, that's the first real advantage over other games.

Secondly, by a while you probably mean 15-30 minutes. Obviously nothing super scary will happen at first, you also probably don't read the notes etc. so there is no story under what you're playing. When you get to the puzzles and actually play for about 2-3 hours you will get hooked.

Isn't everything overrated?
Yes, according to the forums.

The storyline is bloody amazing, I didn't find it all too scary, but it was one heck of an experience.

But Custom Stories are what made me weep, it's funny watching other people crap themselves, but it's a whole different scene when you play it yourself.

Exhibit A: Me shitting myself playing a custom story

Great game, horrific too, but since i have palyed a lot of horror games it is very scary. But the athmosphere is frightening. I somehow lauhged at those monsters and when they kill you they just vanish to other chamber, kinda odd it was, because it only gave me advantage to pick up items :D

You should stop playing Amnesia.

This game is not for everyone. No game is. Move on and find something that suits you better.

I don't like it as well... Had to crank my brightness to max to see anything. Barely saw a shit with the default brightness settings

no

It isnt THAT scary, as friends tell meh.

I love amnesia, is not over rated at all.

I didn't think it was that scary either at first. Get to the storage room, and let us know if you still feel the same way.

No game is meant for absolutely everyone. However Amnesia differs from the traditional survival-horror by not giving you a single weapon. I mean, look at Resident Evil 5. Not only did it become Left 4 Dead in terms of scariness, it gives you plenty of ammo and you're just playing CoD:third person.

In Amnesia, when you see a monster, you run, you hide, and you hope it doesn't catch you. In most horror games, you aim, you empty the magazine, you keep going.
But what Amnesia does good is that it doesn't pop monsters from a corner or something. That is, there's no crappy screamer like so many games have.

Still, it's not for everyone. One thing I'd like to see is replace monsters with humans, and perhaps change the mechanics a little to reflect human behavior. Something in the lines of Forbidden Siren, I guess. This time, it's not mindless drones chasing you if they see you. It's conscious humans who know you're there. Think about it.

I feel the same way man... I only got scared sometimes if something jumps out and BOOO. but this game is just dark and quit and OMG dark and quiet. I got bored pretty fast too....

Still a good game and if you're scared I envy you :(

yes

What -is- scary to you? To me, Amnesia is scary because of the atmosphere, because it makes me imagine what could be there, because when I play an adventure game I try to be immersed in the world. Sure, if you go through the whole thing as nothing more than some guy at his PC playing a vidya game, there isn't much out there that -can- scare you.