Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Review | GIZORAMA

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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Review | GIZORAMA

Added: 09.09.2013 18:18 | 7 views | 0 comments

GIZORAMA - What is it, exactly, that makes a game scary? The lack of ability to defend yourself? Threatening, uncomfortable environments? An unreliable narrator? Some combination thereof? No matter what your criteria for a game being classified as horror, many gamers agreed that 2010s Amnesia: The Dark Descent, produced by Frictional Games (developers of the cult favorite Penumbria series of horror adventures) was one of the most terrifying games in recent memory, due to your inability to fight back against any encountered monsters and a sanity meter not unlike Eternal Darkness that affected your characters ability to determine reality from hallucination. Originally announced by fellow indie developers The Chinese Room (creators of stellar Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 mods such as Dear Esther and Conscientious Objector, respectively) as a small add-on, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs eventually ballooned into a full-size semi-sequel, carrying with it many similar gameplay aspects witho...