Spoiler Free Review of "A machine for pigs"

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(Spoiler free)
TDD means "The dark decent"
AMFP means "A machine for pigs"
Amnesia a machine for pigs is not a sequel to TDD and the Player soon realizes that this Product is not penned by Frictional Games.
When in TDD the focus lay on surviving the ultimate Horror now in AMFP it's more like you are beeing told a story and don't really have to do something. The riddles are far from beeing difficult and the "My thoughts" part of your journal explains everything in every situation (in my opinion to detailed). When in TDD I often had problems in getting to the next level and would have appreciated a hint in AMFP the total opposite is in place.
There is no Room for interpretation or imagination. I like games where you habe to puzzle the background story together (e.g. Silent Hill or TDD) so this production is to bolt and solid for a deep Horror Game. Despite a few scarejumps and the first encounter with the evil creatures the game isn't really scaring. It seems like the creators of the game had a very good idea of an interessting story (More in the spoiler area) but were forced to bring Horror Game Elements into this game. The parallels to Dear Esther (a great game wich i love and revommend) can be clearly outlined. The Character of AMFP speaks to himself in a similar way like the Protagonist of Dear Esther and even the voice itself seems to be identical (althoug i dindn't researched this further). The miss of a psycholocical reaction of the protagonist (transfered to the player through a blurring vision and sound effects) is an other reason for beeing different from TDD. Also the Lamp in AMFP begins to flicker when ever you are near an evil creature so you have more than a fair warning to turn it off to not atract them. This seems familar to the ones who have played the Silent Hill Series (the static of your Radio) but under the circumstances of AMFP destroys every scaryness that was left.

So my Spoiler Free conclusion is that this game can be played but shouldn't be expected to be an Amnesia Game. I will now proceed to the parent of TDD ->Penumbra of which i expect that it will be much more like TDD an not a crippled apendix like AMFP.

(Spoiler alert)
Never the less I in some points enjoyed AMFP. Especially the first Chapter in wich we explore the House of the Protagonis named Madnus. The estate that he calles home is perforated by secret passages and you get to know he photographed his beloved bathing wife.
At this point I will not explain the story furthermore, becaus there are many detailed plot resumés on the net.
On thing that I thing was a really good Idea ist the snorting sound that the Lamp makes when you are turning it off. I don't know if this sound is there from the start on because i first realised it beeing in the depths of the machine. I nearly fell from my chair so terrifiening was it.

I hope this review gives you the fair chance to deside if you want to buy A machine for Pigs or not.

747mike747

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I want to exuse myself for my english skills because i'm a foreign speaker.

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Oh my, is this possible....someone who gives an objective view of the game and doesnt obnoxiously assert their opinions as fact.

This must be the end of the world!

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Thany you :) I hope it's the end of the world.