I am about 80 minutes in and to date this has all those things you like (and maybe don't like) about Amnesia games.

You start in a WW1 trench, and make your way to the titular bunker. I am currently involved in its exploration, navigating the dark and hearing and recently avoiding a malevolent being that I have seen dismantle a soldier earlier on.

I have thrown things, shot at things, smashed things, exploded things, moved lots of things, and found plenty of other things. Numerous items can be picked up, less of them kept, assuming you have room in your inventory. A chest I found enables me to store stuff, and a kit bag I found has expanded my inventory. Clearly this aspect will be key as I move on.

Darkness needs to be banished, and a generator can be started and kept fed with fuel, provided you have found enough. It is a constant management issue. Levers throughout the bunker will switch on lights as you go so look for those. A hand charged flashlight will help as needs be, which for me has been a lot as the fuel ran out and things went dark.

The opening sequences act as a tutorial, a welcome one giving the somewhat fussy interface involved. I doubt I would have worked out how to do some stuff without it.
You save by lighting certain lamps and so far I have found only one. There is no autosave, so I have backtracked a fair bit to ensure my progress isn't lost through an untimely death.

It creates the foreboding creepy feeling really well, looks and sounds great, and plays in the third person. A combination of mouse and keyboard is used, and mimicking actions of previous games (e.g., pull the mouse backwards to open a drawer) is utilised.

I am settling into the interface as I go, and looking forward to what is to come.

Thanks flotsam and Drac!

Thanks, flotsam …. But it sounds very scary to me !!

I agree with Mad that it sounds scary and unsettling, flotsam! Thank you for the first look.

And thank you also for your help, Drac.

And of course, I LOVE scary and unsettling so I will be getting this one!

Thanks, flotsam! Sounds like a fun time is on the horizon!

Thanks, Drac!

Thank you!!!!!!

NO manual saves...and ESPECIALLY only saving the game by trying to find lamps (?), and having to backtrack and re-play large swaths when re-starting a game makes this a no-go for this old timer. Too bad, I loved the original Amnesia. I'm so glad I read your first look...thank you!

Yeah that's a first:

"You save by lighting certain lamps and so far I have found only one. There is no autosave, so I have backtracked a fair bit to ensure my progress isn't lost through an untimely death."

WHYYY.........That makes no sense at all. 80 Minutes in and only found ONE? That won't stop me and my wife from playing the game. I do have it and we will play it. Have never been let down by Frictional. I think Frictional has been partying too much. Who ever came up with this lamp idea and those who thought it was a good one....well....time for some MRI's

The Bunker is looking like a "search for lamps" game instead of a "explore then run and find a place to hide" game. Looking for lamps will be a priority with this one. It will be alright just an added objective thats all. Bring plenty of matches so you can light up everything

Thanks for the first look, interesting

Oh, that sounds just plain awful !!

I have played a few games with these sorts of save points and I certainly expect to find more as I get braver and venture out further into the bunker

Well you are a whole lot braver than me, flotsam !!

So

Looking forward to your full review my friend