Reviews - cblack679

First of all, I want to say this game was brilliant. I will put down the reasons why I gave it a 9/10. I gave this careful thought...

This game focused more on the psychological aspect of terror rather than jump scares and in your face visual terrors. The true "horror" of the game felt like it was in the peripheral encounters with these piggy men that felt like they almost surrounded you earlier on in the game. You didn't always see them up close until later in the game when you were finally faced with these bizarre and unnatural creations. Then to suddenly face yourself and realize what you had done...only to have to tear yourself apart again...wow....

That being said, I did miss some of the puzzle aspects from the first Amnesia. While there was still a little bit of investigation which seemed to point more towards the inner questions of the character themselves...I was hoping for a bit more trouble destroying the machine. Or maybe even a bit more difficulty getting around the piggy men. But that is my personal preference.

Thirdly, I understand why they didn't add things like oil and laudanum or sanity potions. This character had not gone through the same things that Daniel did which gave him his phobia. This character was already settled in his actions and knew (mostly) what he was doing and what had happened. His condition was different and focused more on his fevered illusions of his children. I'm not sure even a sanity potion would have helped. As for the lamp...since, again, the fear of the dark played no role in this game, it was not needed.

The twists, tugs and turns of the game were over all very enjoyable and I loved the questions and scholarly humor used within the notes. It did not shy away from going inside the mind of someone willing to do good yet turning to twisted ways of "purifying" the imperfections of humanity. It touched on many disturbing thoughts and questions that many might shy away from. Very, very well done.