"Anna intrigued me from the first time I ever saw a trailer for it. The extremely ambitious premise completely blew me away, and since I'm a huge Horror game fan, it completely appealed to me. The genius premise lies in the fact that Anna is supposed to be able to tell what you're afraid of, and then use it against you. Focus on something a little too much and it will start to play tricks on you. This is evident in the game's trailer where it shows the player looking at a symbol with eyes painted on a door, and then those eyes appearing all over the walls. Awesome right? Except not so much. After delving into the game myself, I found that while there are some things the game uses against you, it's more of a test of patience than anything else," writes GameZone.
GameCrate: "October is here, and for a lot of people, that means watching horror flicks and playing scary video games all month long. It’s all in preparation for Halloween, a day to embrace your inner, scary-story-loving, candy-adoring child. We’re celebrating Halloween in a big way here at GameCrate: instead of relegating this wonderful day to a single 24-hour period, we’re doing it all month long. Over the next few weeks we’ll be taking a look 31 different quality scary games, one for every day of the month of October."
DHGF: Anna is an esoteric title that offers more in the way of offering players a chance to feel creeped out as opposed to hiding-under-the-covers-with-t he-lights-on horror. You likely won’t find yourself screaming for your mother, but you may have a couple of disturbing dreams afterward. The game offers a strong storyline which will satisfy the more curious players through repeated playthroughs, but has a simple ending for those who don’t want to spend time with the more obtuse puzzles. Dreampainters creates a fantastic atmosphere through detailed imagery and ambient sound, but misses the mark a little on the user interface side of things. For someone who isn’t terribly into horror games, I thought it to be a good experience and don’t regret playing it.
DSOGaming writes: "Kalypso Media Digital announced today the impending release of Anna – Extended Edition for PC and Mac via digital download partners"
