Oh, where do I even start with this? There's something so compelling about characters who wake up not knowing who they are—it instantly pulls you into their journey. Take 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'. Link's 100-year slumber leaves him with almost no memories, and discovering fragments of his past through the Sheikah Slate feels incredibly personal. It's like the player and Link are uncovering Hyrule's history together. That moment when you first stumble upon a familiar place and get a flashback? Goosebumps every time.
Then there's Geralt in 'The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings'. While not fully amnesiac, his memory gaps about crucial events from the first game add such tension to political intrigue. CD Projekt Red cleverly used this to let new players jump in without feeling lost. And let's not forget 'Amnesia: The Dark Descent'—Daniel's fragmented memories of his horrific actions in Brennenburg Castle make the horror feel psychological, not just jump-scary.
One of the most iconic amnesiac characters in gaming has to be the protagonist from 'Planescape: Torment'. This RPG classic revolves entirely around the Nameless One, a man who wakes up with no memory of his past but is covered in scars and tattoos hinting at a bizarre, immortal existence. The game's brilliance lies in how your choices slowly peel back layers of his forgotten lives—some heroic, some monstrous. It's not just about recovering memories, but confronting what they reveal about identity. I love how the game turns amnesia into a philosophical puzzle rather than just a plot device.
Another unforgettable example is Booker DeWitt from 'BioShock Infinite'. While not a traditional amnesiac, his fractured recollections about Comstock and Columbia create this eerie sense of dissonance that pays off in one of gaming's most mind-bending twists. The way the story plays with false memories and alternate realities still gives me chills. It's rare to see amnesia used so creatively—not as a narrative crutch, but as a doorway to deeper themes about redemption and self-deception.
Kratos in 'God of War' (2018) has this subtle, buried amnesia about his past as the Ghost of Sparta—he remembers fragments but actively suppresses them, which makes Atreus' discovery of the truth hit so much harder. It's not the typical 'wake up with no memories' trope; it's a father trying to shield his son from monstrous truths. The way the game contrasts Kratos' controlled silence with Atreus' desperate curiosity is masterful storytelling. Other games might use amnesia for mystery, but here, it's about the weight of what we choose to forget.
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Amnesia
Meghan Barrow
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My name is Aria, so I’ve been told. Last week I was a normal girl about to celebrate her eighteenth birthday. Today I woke up and I can’t even remember my own name. Everyone says I’m not acting like myself but how can I when I don’t remember anything?
The touch of THOSE three elicits unfamiliar sensations, can I trust them?
Who can I trust if I can’t trust myself?
Excerpt:
I was shocked. This fine piece of man has never had a girlfriend? “Why not?” I asked him.
“I was saving myself for my mate. You don’t know how long I’ve waited for you. How long the three of us waited,” he answered.
“Waited as in no girlfriends?” I asked.
He smirked, “princess, you’re my first everything. Our first everything.”
He winked at me when realization hit. Oh my god. We were all virgins. They saved themselves for me.
Trigger Warnings:
Blood/blood play
Murder/death
Abuse of a minor/abuse
Dubious consent
Compelling (the act of forcing one to do things against their will)
Violence
Attempted sexual assault
Ambrose Miller forgets about me after an accident. He mistakes the perpetrator for me. He calls me a maid and forces our daughter to call the perpetrator "Mom".
The doctor tells me it'll be beneficial for his recovery to go along with him. Later, I overhear him laughing while talking to someone.
"I never would've expected to run into Maryanne again. Pretending to be an amnesiac is just a way to make up for lost time. I'll use a month to make up for the five years we've been without each other. I'll die without regrets."
I look down at my maid uniform as tears stream silently down my face.
I choose to leave so he and his true love can be together. However, Ambrose loses his mind that night and tearfully begs me to return.
Everyone knew that the future Don of the Jenco family, Evan Jenco, had a childhood sweetheart. They were in love with each other and made a promise in front of the Holy Mother that they would be together forever.
That was until Evan started suffering from a strange ailment, where he would forget about the woman he loved every three years. Nancy endured humiliation and torture because of this, but she chose to forgive Evan again and again because he was innocent.
However, she later found out that the so-called amnesia he had was nothing but deceit. The man she loved was the mastermind behind everything.
Nancy accepted another man into her life on the day she found out the truth. She pointed her polished gun at Evan's head and said, "No man can hurt me and think he can get away with it, Evan, and that includes you."
The third year after I got diagnosed with intermittent amnesia, I happened to overhear my husband, Lucien Rook, chatting with his friends.
“Lucien, Anneliese loses her memories every couple of months, and you keep making us impersonate you to live with her. Aren’t you afraid that one of us might take it all the way one day?”
“What’s there to be afraid of?” Lucien laughed uninhibitedly, swishing the alcohol in his glass. “Annie is cold and distant. As long as you guys don’t tempt her, she won’t have any such desires.
“But I’m warning you now. You can act all you want, but you can’t ever sleep with her. Once I’ve had my fun, I will be going home to her.”
For three years, every time I lost my memories, Lucien was not the one who would hold my hand and embrace me, or even sleep with me in the same bed.
In three years, I had lost my memories nine times, and nine men had pretended to be my husband.
What they did not know was that my amnesia had been cured two years ago.
I got into a car accident on my way to celebrate my daughter, Anna Chapman's birthday.
When I wake up, I stare at my family, who has my bed surrounded. Then, I decide to crack a joke.
"Sorry, but who are you people?"
I do my best to suppress my smile as I look forward to how my family will comfort me now that I'm "amnesiac".
Will my dad and my wife hold my hands out of heartbreak? Or will Anna rush over to hug me while crying for me?
What I don't expect is that my family actually heaves sighs of relief after their initial shock.
My dad is the first one to speak up, his tone tinged with relief.
"It's a good thing that you've forgotten about your past. The truth is, you're the adopted son of the Gray family. Calvin is the actual heir of the Grays."
My wife, Yvonne Stewart, points at me while telling Anna, "You should address him as Uncle Damian."
Before I can recover from my shock, I see Anna, who I've risked my life to protect, run into Calvin Gray, the fake heir's arms.
"Daddy, I was out having fun the whole day! Oh, I've missed you so much!"
It turns out that my family wants nothing more than for me to lose my memories.
In that case, I might as well abandon everything that's fake in my life.
After a long-term enemy injected him with drug that wiped his memory and left to die in the middle of nowhere, Kat has to fight and bring back his memory. But Charlotte becomes the reason he never wanted his memory back as she gave him the ferry tail life everyone would wish for, as he became the manager of a book store where he would just pass time. When life was good, several events kept on happening and it appears that Charlotte is involved in Kat’s memory loss and she’s politically connected.
An ex-girlfriend who witnessed him when he was getting drugged came into his life and leads him to finding the truth about what happened to his memory but when Kat tries to get deeper in investigating the matter by himself, he gets stuck between the rock and a hard place when he realizes that Charlotte has got so many secrets under her sleeves. When he decides to search for answers Charlotte breaks the news the news that she’s pregnant, he agreed to stop the investigation for the sake of the Child.
As the Child grew up, he decided to secretly search for the truth but he triggered the wrong buttons by tempering with powerful people. Crimes that would put him in prison were stage and he was blackmailed, being ensured that he would rot in prison. And the life of his daughter was now in danger as Charlotte promised to kill her if he continued to investigate.
With Cindy’s help, his ex-girlfriend he would get his old memory back and began to fight against Charlotte and her notorious business partners who are in a serious drug business.
One of the most iconic amnesic characters in film has to be Leonard Shelby from 'Memento'. The way Christopher Nolan structured the story to mirror his fragmented memory is nothing short of genius. Watching Leonard piece together his life through Polaroids and tattoos is both thrilling and heartbreaking. It's one of those rare films where the protagonist's condition isn't just a plot device—it's the entire foundation of the narrative. I remember being completely absorbed by the way the black-and-white and color sequences intertwined, making the audience experience his disorientation firsthand.
Another unforgettable character is Jason Bourne from the 'Bourne' series. His journey from a blank slate to uncovering his past as a lethal CIA operative is packed with adrenaline. The amnesia angle adds layers to his character, making his quest for identity as compelling as the action scenes. What I love about Bourne is how his skills remain intact even when his memories don't, creating this fascinating tension between instinct and forgotten history. The films do a brilliant job of making his amnesia feel like a living, breathing part of the story, not just a gimmick.