One of the most iconic horror franchises of the past 10 years is back with a true sequel. Frictional Games announced Friday morning that it’s bringing back theAmnesiafranchise for a new game.Amnesia: Rebirthis that game’s name and no, it isn’t a separate story likeAmnesia: A Machine For Pigsis. It’s a true sequel set in the world of the originalAmnesiahorror game,Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Frictional confirms thatAmnesia: Rebirthis planned to launch in fall 2020 on both PC and the PlayStation 4.
Alongside an announcement trailer forAmnesia: Rebirth, Frictional also provided early details about the game in a blog post on its official website.Amnesia: Rebirth’s protagonist will be Tasi Trianon, as introduced inFrictional’s earlier teaser trailer. Tasi is journeying through the Algerian desert, “pulling together the fragments of a shattered past.” All Frictional will say regarding the conflict at the heart of Tasi’s journey is that if she fails, she will lose everything.
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Frictional does expound further on the themes ofAmnesia: Rebirth. LikeFrictional’s previous horror games,Amnesia: Rebirthwill explore deeper ideas about humanity and identity. The studio describes Tasi’s journey as one through “devastation and despair, personal terror and pain, while exploring the limits of human resilience.”
Thecreepy trailershows some of how Frictional plans to bring these ideas intoAmnesia: Rebirth. Tasi appears to have been in an airplane crash. From there, she enters a nightmare world. It looks like she enters a strange temple or ruin and the farther she goes inside of it the more insane the experience becomes. One other thing seems clear: Tasi doesn’t appear to be alone.
Frictional even goes so far as saying thatAmnesia: Rebirthrepresents “another evolutionary leap” for the studio. It’s not exactly clear what Frictional means by this, whether it refers to visuals, gameplay, storytelling, or sheerhorror, but Frictional certainly is looking forward to showing fans.
Exactly howAmnesia: Rebirthties into the “world” ofAmnesia: The Dark Descentisn’t clear. Frictional even says it’s a “new protagonist, new setting, new story,” but says it’s “built” on what the studio learned from the first game. Given that this is the first game Frictional’s put out in five years and only the second in ten, fans are certain to have high expectations. Knowing Frictional, the studio probably wouldn’t have it any other way.
Amnesia: Rebirthreleases fall 2020 on PC and PS4.
