Amnesia: The Bunker is surely essentially the most scary horror sport I’ve performed this decade. Its terrifying story of being chased by means of a crumbling French bunker by a monster has the darkest, thickest, most unnerving ambiance of any horror sport I’ve performed since Alien: Isolation. It’s so intense that it is arduous to think about anybody making one thing mild and ethereal out of its subterranean warrens, and it is downright inconceivable that somebody would possibly, say, flip Amnesia: The Bunker into Mirror’s Edge.
And but, that is precisely what modder TiMan has accomplished. Created for Frictional Games’ 2026 modding jam—which ran with the theme of ‘What is actuality?’—Bunker’s Edge sees the bottom sport’s protagonist Henri transported by means of a portal from the trenches of war-ravaged France to the pristine skyline of EA’s free-running basic.
The change of surroundings alone is outstanding. The Bunker’s HPL engine is goal constructed to ship darkness, shadows and murk, so seeing it deal with such a shiny and vibrant setting is mightily spectacular. But what’s actually fascinating is how TiMan has carried out all of Mirror’s Edge’s free-running mechanics. Mantling, sliding, wall-running, pipe-climbing, runner’s imaginative and prescient, that 180-degree wall-jump that I all the time struggled to carry out within the base sport, it is all right here.
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Despite the breezier setting, Bunker’s Edge remains to be a horror sport. The Bunker’s monster has adopted Henri by means of the portal, and chases him throughout the rooftops simply as relentlessly because it stalks him by means of the bottom sport’s subterranean fortification.
All instructed, it is a snazzy little bit of modding showmanship, although there are a few factors to concentrate on. First off, Bunker’s Edge is (very understandably) not as slick as precise Mirror’s Edge. Some of Henri’s parkour strikes, like sliding, are a little bit awkward, and greater than as soon as I clambered straight by means of a wall and located myself trapped contained in the world geometry.
The different factor to notice is that Bunker’s Edge is very quick. You can blast by means of the entire thing in about quarter-hour. The ending can be extraordinarily bizarre, not what you’d anticipate from both The Bunker or Mirror’s Edge.
Nonetheless, Bunker’s Edge is a enjoyable diversion for a Sunday afternoon. Alongside internet hosting modding jams, Frictional can be engaged on its subsequent horror sport Ontos. The sci-fi journey has extra in widespread with 2015’s Soma than The Bunker, nevertheless it’s nonetheless one among my most anticipated video games of 2027.