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70/100
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2013 · Remaster · Otomate · Visual novel

Amnesia: Memories

Timed PlayStation exclusiveRemaster

Amnesia: Memories is a Japanese otome visual novel game. The game is a remaster of the original first game in Amnesia series, released on the Playstation Portable. Includes bonus new stories, minigames and CG gallery audio commentary.

Released
19 December 2013
Platforms
Nintendo SwitchPlayStation VitaWindows
Genres
Visual novel
Developers
Otomate
Publishers
Idea FactoryIdea Factory International, Inc.
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Text
Themes
FantasyDramaMysteryRomance
Engine
Artemis Engine
Age ratings
PEGI 12ESRB TCERO C
Languages
Chinese (Traditional), English, Japanese
Time to beat
8hmain story28hwith extras35hcompletionist

About

Amnesia (stylized as AMNEƧIA, released as Amnesia: Memories in English) is a Japanese visual novel series by Idea Factory. It was first released in August 2011, for PlayStation Portable, and then a fan disc in Japan, Amnesia Later, was released in March 2012. Another sequel titled Amnesia Crowd was released in April 2013. They were later combined for a PlayStation Vita release titled "Amnesia Later x Crowd V Edition" in October 2014.

A Nintendo Switch port of Amnesia: Memories and Amnesia: Later×Crowd was globally released on September 20, 2022. Due to its positive reception in Japan, it produced various related merchandise such as drama CDs, character music CDs and books. A 2013 anime television series has been produced by Brain's Base.

›Story

A story that takes place in a fictional world...

It was the 1st of August.

That morning, when she awoke, the heroine found herself without any memories from before August 1st...... Everything, from the sort of life she lived, to the relationships she had, was a blank......

A young boy named Orion appeared in front of her, referring to himself as a "spirit." Under Orion's guidance, the heroine began the struggle to regain her memories. She searched her house for clues about her everyday life, and received a message on her phone...

What was displayed on the screen was an unknown name to her.

Now, she is asked to meet with him, a boyfriend whose name and face she doesn't know. In a position where who to trust is uncertain, the heroine must move in a way that her memory loss remains undetected by her partner. Because of this, the story becomes tangled in complex ways.

With no memories of "him," our heroine will write a new love story starting today......

Players say

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Amnesia is an otome game; the player takes the role of a female character who can choose from a variety of male characters for her love interest.

In Amnesia, the male characters that the female character can interact with are based on the symbolic suit symbols from a card deck with the following storylines, commonly known as routes: Heart, Spade, Clover, Diamond and Joker. The player's relationship with each character differs depending on which route is chosen. Each route is a parallel world where the heroine seeks to understand more about her selected male character.

Reception

The anime adaptation of Amnesia was generally poorly received. Anime News Network's Rebecca Silverman gave the first half a C grade overall, commenting "Parts of it are fascinating...while other parts are intensely annoying", and said the show "basically feels like watching someone else play the game." Matthew Lee, writing for Twitch Film, opined that Amnesia's "story offers nothing of any interest beyond the burning question of what the hell any of it means." Seb Reid of UK Anime Network rated it 4 out of 10 and called it "A show that is best forgotten." Silverman gave the second half an overall grade of D, saying that "Ultimately Amnesia ends as it began – fascinating in the same way a loose tooth is, but the payout when you finally get rid of it doesn't feel like enough."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation Vita19 December 2013Japan · North America 25 August 2015 · Europe 26 August 2015
Windows25 August 2015North America · Europe 26 August 2015
Nintendo Switch20 September 2022Europe

Editions and related releases

Included in
Amnesia: Day One Edition Dual Pack
Part of
Amnesia
Remaster of
Amnesia

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