History VideoGame / AmnesiaTheBunker

* ActionizedSequel: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. It is the first ''Amnesia'' game with an equippable firearm and grenades, but the amount of ammo to be found can make the player think twice if a combat scenario is preferable (in a single playthrough it's likely you'll only find less than a dozen bullets ''in total''). The game's announcement trailer even shows Henri walking around with only one bullet in his revolver.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: [[spoiler:There are at minimum one and potentially two shotguns hidden in the game, although you can only carry one of them. One is carried by the soldier in the Roman tunnels, and the other has a random chance of being in one of the lockers in Mission Storage. A shotgun blast can break open wooden doors, and a full blast will always drive the Beast off, but shotgun ammo is the rarest resource in the game, and it's unlikely you'll find more than 3 or 4 shells in a single game.]]

* TenSecondFlashlight: Even when fully wound, your hand-cranked flashlight won't last more than 30 seconds before it needs to be cranked again, potentially attracting the Beast.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: [[spoiler:There are at least two shotguns hidden in the game, although you can only carry one of them.]]

* EarnYourBadEnding: [[spoiler: Finishing the game with the Beast still alive is ''way'' more difficult than just killing it in the final confrontation. The second just requires you to break one of the wooden bridges with a shotgun or grenade when the Beast is walking across it, while the first requires a complex cat-and-mouse dance across the maze of bridges in order to delay the Beast long enough to give you time to move some crates around so you can jump over the wall blocking the way to the exit. Killing the Beast just requires 1 shotgun shell, which you can find in the tunnels where you get the shotgun or in Lambert's locker, while delaying it so you can escape without killing it will likely require you have saved up a decent stockpile of ammo and resources.]]

* ArtifactTitle: Yes, according to the bunker's doctor, Henri does have some memory loss due to head trauma from taking a shell to the face. However, he hasn't forgotten any particular DarkSecret or anything critical to the plot. Thus, the game being named ''Amnesia'' is much less meaningful for him than it is for Daniel, Mandus, or Tasi.

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: ''The Bunker'' is a considerable break from the conventions of the series, being a shorter, non-linear open-ended experience with randomized items and immersive sim gameplay elements and even giving the player a limited capability to defend themselves. In terms of plot, the main character is more of a bystander to the central events rather than having them revolve around him, and the backstory is entirely conveyed through notes rather than it ever playing a direct role in the gameplay.

** The game offers a lot of affordances to your pistol that it does with no other inventory item, It's ammo is kept in its own slot. The pistol is a one-handed item, allowing you to use it alongside your flashlight, and Henri will always keep his aim extremely steady whenever he has it at the ready.

* BloodierAndGorier: Constantly finding mutilated corpses is one thing in this series, but [[spoiler:the chapel near the end of the game that The Beast converted into a shrine of sorts has corpses that look straight out of {{Film/Event Horizon}}.]]

** The game offers a lot of affordances to your pistol that it does with no other inventory item. It has its own slot, allowing you to carry it alongside a full inventory, and ammo is similarly kept in its own slot. The pistol is a one-handed item, allowing you to use it alongside your flashlight, and Henri will always keep his aim extremely steady whenever he has it at the ready.

* InterfaceSpoiler: It is possible to pick up [[spoiler: shotgun shells]] long before seeing the shotgun.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The map for each sub-area of the Bunker is shaded out on the map, requiring Henri to examine a smaller sub-map in the office of each sector. These doors are often fully locked and require Henri to open them via explosives or bricks, which will inevitably attract the Beast.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The bunker's commanding officers abandoned their posts and their men the moment the Beast appeared and caved in the entrance to the bunker behind them to seal the Beast inside, trapping the soldiers they left behind with it. There's also an achievement for closing out the game right after seeing Joubert get killed in the infirmary.

* WhamShot: On a meta level, [[spoiler: seeing the eerie blue lights and levitating magnetic rocks first seen in ''AmnesiaRebirth'']], which provides significant context about what's happening and the nature of the Beast provided you played that game. On a gameplay level, [[spoiler: seeing a rat coming out of the safe room and subsequently seeing a new hole has been opened up within it]], signifying that now ''nowhere'' is safe.

** In the Roman tunnels [[spoiler:there's a very trigger-happy human soldier armed with a shotgun who's been driven mad by the influence of the tunnels, likely due to dimensional bleed-over from Tihanna's world. He's too far gone with insanity to be reasoned with, so you need to either fight or stealth around him. You need to explore this area to obtain both the detonator lever you need to escape the bunker and Lambert's dog tag that unlocks his locker which contains a journal revealing the origin of the monster.]]

** In the Prologue, the player fights four German Riflemen, this is the only time German Soldier that Henri can shoot appear in-game.

* UniqueEnemy: In the Roman tunnels [[spoiler:there's a very trigger-happy human soldier armed with a shotgun who's been driven mad by the influence of the tunnels, likely due to dimensional bleed-over from Tihanna's world. He's too far gone with insanity to be reasoned with, so you need to either fight or stealth around him. You need to explore this area to obtain both the detonator lever you need to escape the bunker and Lambert's dog tag that unlocks his locker which contains a journal revealing the origin of the monster.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The bunker's commanding officers abandoned their posts and their men the moment the Beast appeared and caved in the entrance to the bunker behind them to seal the Beast inside, trapping the soldiers they left behind with it.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Early in the game, Henri comes across a mortally wounded soldier who asks him to finish him off, preferring to die at the hands of a fellow soldier rather than face a gruesome end from the Beast.

* BreatherLevel: While by no means being free and clear of danger, getting through the Arsenal and reaching the explosives at the end is a far less complicated affair than getting ''to'' the Arsenal. Other than a handful of traps [[spoiler: that can be disarmed with the boltcutters]], the layout is simply an expansive maze. With sufficient fuel in the generator to keep the lights on and enough care to not cause enough noise to draw out the Beast, you can safely make your way in and out with little difficulty.

* ResourcesManagementGameplay: In stark contrast to previous entries, ''The Bunker'' has a crafting system that allows you to make items using resources you've collected in your journey around the bunker, like using pieces of cloth to make bandages. You only have a limited number of inventory slots, however (you start off with six), and the only items that do not take up space are your bullets, which are exceedingly scarce in comparison to other resources you'll find across the bunker. To give you an idea how scarce, each box of ammunition you find only carries '''a single bullet'''.