Posted on: September 15, 2013

Nayame

Игр: 362 Отзывов: 1

A good game but a disappointing sequel.

Alas, A Machine for Pigs can’t hold a candle to The Dark Descent. The plot is good, the atmosphere is still sinister but all the fear is gone. Instead of a bone-chilling survival horror, we receive a casual adventure game. How causal you ask? The inventory and the sanity meter are gone. The lamp you’re carrying would never cease to work. The realistic physics are still present albeit they’re limited – you can throw every chair around but you can’t break bottles, lift random items etc. As for the puzzles, I’ve seen more challenging ones in action games. Enemies are not even half as frightening as those in the first part. The pig guys are almost cute and when I encountered one for the first time the game didn’t even allowed it to kill me. Still I liked this game. The interesting story and the dark mood were enough for me to enjoy Amnesia: A Machine for pigs in spite of its many flaws.

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Posted on: June 12, 2016

Gutsripper

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Игр: 599 Отзывов: 1

Great atmosphere but too dark to see it

I loved the first one, I really did. And I also like this one, just not as much sadly. The story is great, the graphics are amazing and the atmosphere is just as good as the previous one in my opinion. Sadly, they took a lot of things from the first game out, things that made the game... a game instead of more of a walking simulator. - No more inventory, so the few "puzzles" there are where you need to get an item it won't be far away because you'll be carrying it all the way. - No more sanity. In the first game if you saw something weird or stood in the dark your mind would slowly go and it was a great effect and added to the game, well that's gone. They probably couldn't use the whole dark/light effect on your mind in this game because there's barely any light anyway. Which bering me to my next point. - No more tinderboxes or oil. In the first you had to be carefull with your lantern and matches. You needed light to stay sane sometime or to navigate easier but not this time. No more conserving oil which is probably best because the game is so bloody dark you'll be using your lantern about 95% of the time. In the previous game you could still kinda see in the dark once the characters eyes adjusted a bit. In this game it's just dark, constantly. Which is a real shame since the environments are actually beautifully made and designed. - Also no more health. You can get damage but this is one of those 'stand still for a second untill the screen goes back to normal and your health regenerates' kind of deals. So they took a lot out but kept some good parts, in the end you get a walking simulator with a horror element. It's still a good game, I liked it a lot, especially the ending. Like I said the story is great and the atmosphere is top notch. I'd recommend this to fans of the first but with a reminder not to expect too much.

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Posted on: July 29, 2024

A.G.B.

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Игр: 825 Отзывов: 84

There's more here to love than to hate

In a number of ways this is a departure from the first. I think it was a wise decision instead of just giving us more of what they already knew for sure people wanted from them. It was basically the culmination of their gradual growth over the first two parts of Penumbra and I hear that the most recent entries in this series are more of that but this and Soma try something different and I really admire that. Also I do think that what they delivered here was legitimately quite compelling. This has by far the least awkward and borderline broken interaction with enemies up to this point. I appreciate that some feel that they're just not quite dangerous enough which is true a lot of the time. It's somewhat like in thief one with some of the smaller enemies. They're incredibly creepy and just based on that you do not want to get too close to them. You can outrun them if they do get close; it's going to take them a little while to hurt you all that much. Honestly dealing with enemies is by far my least favorite aspect of The Dark Descent. They’re impossible to flee if they do spot you, it can be really difficult to tell where they are before they discover you, and I have never been able to get the hiding mechanic to work properly. Overall the narrative is at least slightly over complicated and some will hate that by the end there's still unanswered questions, mystery and ambiguity; I thought it was perfect for this. Let's keep in mind that these are inspired by HP Lovecraft unreliable narrators and uncertainty as to whether something seemingly impossible did happen or if it was someone losing their grasp on reality is a major theme, and this is the best exploration of it of Frictional Games output by that point. I will definitely grant that the puzzles are a step down; there's way too little proper use of the amazing physics engine and I maintain that using the term puzzle about pretty much anything in this game is giving it too much credit - they’re “tasks”.

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Posted on: January 17, 2025

Rubikson

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Игр: 258 Отзывов: 3

The Amnesia Devs did not make this one.

Ok story, fantasticly written, worst Amnesia Game.

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Posted on: May 4, 2025

GammaF88

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Игр: 105 Отзывов: 16

Okay, but there are better options

Ultimately, AMFP just lacks much that I could recommend it for. Linux version ran well after turning Adaptive Vsync off. There's very little gameplay to speak of - puzzles are mostly "find the 1 thing I can interact with to continue", the levels are linear with little exploration, there's no real interaction with the monsters other than turning off your lamp and/or running away, and that's the entire game. It's successfully spooky earlier on, but there's so little danger the tension doesn't last. AMFP sometimes nails the feeling of being trapped in a massive, incomprehensible, terrible machine, but most of the time it just feels like crawling around a bunch of dark, repetitive rooms full of the same pipes, boxes, and clutter; there are a few standouts like the cathedral, but most places feel much like any other place. The slideshow-like conveyor belt sequence near the end felt particularly "video-gamey" and definitely did not have the desired effect so close to the finale. Audio, voice acting and dialogue are good, and the story is serviceable if a bit predictable, and it drags on after the midpoint reveal. I don't regret playing AMFP, but SOMA's better in every way - story, atmosphere and environmental design, actual decisions to make, at least *some* gameplay, and especially the philosophical questions and existential horror that stayed with me long after playing. AMFP, by contrast, is darkness, loud noises, gore, a story of monologues and notes, and not much more. Unlike SOMA, you can get the full experience of AMFP by watching a video, and that's really what kills it for me. Maybe worthwhile on sale for fans of Frictional's other games. Otherwise, probably just skip it.

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