Yeah, so ‘Anna’ kind of sucked…

Hey there!
I just wanted to ask if there are any “mon­sters” in this game or if the whole “scare” is based on atmosphere.

And you made it sound so awe­some yes­ter­day, too! :P

I kind agree. The music of Anna is so good, it gives another atmos­phere to the game, that is the one of small pos­i­tives points, if it exists more. The game was so full of that rit­u­als and no sense, that was just bad and i stayed dis­ap­pointed too in the end, because, to me, it look very promising.

I actu­ally quite enjoyed the game.
The graph­ics were well done and the music suited the atmos­phere.
I’m not sure I’d call this a hor­ror game though. Maybe sus­pense? It had hor­ror aspects, but a lot of it was up to sug­ges­tion really although there were some pretty creepy parts that kind of made me not want to go into a cer­tain area in fear of what might hap­pen. I won’t spoil anything.

As for the puz­zles, I thought they were also well done. Sure, some of them were a lit­tle hard to fig­ure out, but I got them all even­tu­ally and they all made sense to me!
It should be noted that there is a PDF that you should read before you start the game that gives a lit­tle back-story. You must also remem­ber that this game is heav­ily based on sym­bols and rit­u­als, but the rit­ual part is more impor­tant.
This isn’t a spoiler, so I will say that at the begin­ning of the game, there is a note you can read which tells of a rit­ual where some­one does a few actions. You find the part to make the rit­ual blade and you have the limpid water to bleed into. Mak­ing the walk­way vis­i­ble was also a very log­i­cal way to me.
The parch­ment tells you to use a heated blade, so heat it with the lighter! In other parts of the game, of you see some­thing that resem­bles another rit­ual sense on it, heat the blade again and have a go.
Yes, some parts were hard, but they make sense as long as you look for clues and always exam­ine things so that you under­stand. You can’t sim­ply skip through the game all la-di-da unless you’ve played through it before.

The story I agree was a lit­tle vague, but I got most of it, and if you look at all the clues prop­erly, you will learn more about your­self and Anna. Also, doing all three end­ings explains much, like the fact that she was accused of being a witch and killed for it (I don’t see this as a spoiler, if any­thing it will make all of those who are con­fused under­stand some parts better).

The short­ness of this game I felt was a lit­tle sad because I found myself enjoy­ing it so much, I wanted more, but at the same time I really thought it needed to be that was so as not to become too con­fus­ing and to reach your goal with enough ease.
It is one of the best things I’ve stum­bled across in a while and I would rate it at an eight or nine.

I rec­om­mend this game to those who are up for a chal­lenge and are patient and most impor­tantly, imag­i­na­tive enough to think out­side the box. Take your time in the game, noth­ing bad will hap­pen if you take too long. Just enjoy it. If you let it, it can really pull you in. =3