Амнезия: Машина для свиней

It's like a joke. Give the development of a game sequel to a studio that everyone made fun of for making a "walking simulator" with no gameplay, and they go ahead an remove all game design. There is no tension, no sense of accomplishment or exploration. You just walk forward and get assaulted by pretentious writing. The few interactive things in the environment are badly indicated, and basically you're just supposed to find the one thing in the level that you can touch.

I played for nearly an hour, which is completely different from the rhythm of the previous generation. I didn't even know how to reach the destination indicated by the prompt, so I walked and walked around this big house, circling one after another, trying to aim my sights at every possible interactive object (I only opened the bathroom mechanism). Until the hot summer wears away my last bit of patience. I'm not saying the game wasn't good, the game was probably much better than I thought it would be. But the fascinatingly difficult situation forced me to call it a day early and focus my energies elsewhere.

Been waiting for this for a long time. Constantly checking forums and Dev Diaries. I just finished the game. Well sory but took only 4 hours and even I did go all the posiable places and accuallly spend some time at the mansion (couldnt find my way). What they (thechineseroom ) focused was story. They thought they could give an intence experiance by focusing just that but saddly they dumbed down lots of game elements which made the series is a hit! For example there is no inventory so there for no healt or sanity or complex puzzles. You have unlimited light source! Another dumbed down feature is the blinks that your light is doing when a monster come nearby. So all you do is turn of, crouch and just stand still for a 8-15 sec. Then you continue walking and ingore all the creepy sounds or atmosphere. And since there is no gameplay features all you have is very simplified take this and put it there puzzles. They are so obsessed with the scripted events and so called story ( btw there is no twist ) they forget the "real story" what Frictional Games made all these years. The real story was the experiance! Since there is no gameplay there is no experiance. The Series become Dear Ester which is NOT A GAME! sorry but It is what It is. They've just wasted all the hard work on the details and story by not doing any gameplay issues. Frictional Games should deffinetly make this series for themselfs. Im very disappointed by It. 5/10 (+1 from soundtrack)

The least intense offering by Frictional in all respects, but still fun to play. The game flerts with terrifying and intriguing concepts but they don't quite come through as they could have in my estimation. No need to go out of your way, grab it on a sale.

Sadly, I didn't get the panic attacks I paid for. This sequel provides discomfort instead of pure terror. Fans of Dear Esther could like the intelligent entangled story plot with its poetical allegories (I don't). To be fair, this kind of story-telling is rare enough in gaming as well as extreme terrific experiences are. People expecting “Dark Descent 2” will be disappointed for sure. Anyway $20 are far too much for just 4 hours of gaming. Pros: + Very good sound effects creating a great atmosphere. + Feeling of anxiety until around mid-game. + Nice dia- and monologues. + The “enemy” stays mysterious until the end Cons: - Ridiculously easy riddles. - No inventory system. - No “mental health status”. - Extremely short. - Plot sometimes a bit too vague due to poetical allegories of the Dear Esther-creators. - The “enemy” is unseizable and therefore appears to be unimportant for too long. - Very vague and interpretable ending.