Effects Of Sanity

[merkava808]

Hi,
I am just getting into Amnesia but I was wondering if someone could tell me what is the point of trying to keep a good sanity and what are the effects of having low sanity, and how much of a priority should it be to keep it good?
Thanks for the help

[merkava808]

And also how to regain it.

[Azrael]

you regain your sanity when you are in the presense of light. It is important to keep it high because you are more likely to see things if your sanity is low. like "poofers" which is when the monster comes after you but it disapeers when it touches you or gets close to you.

[Fwip]

Your sanity meter is the current state of your character's mental health, represented by four stages, each with graduating levels of intensity and severity. You'll start to notice visual and audio cues like screen warping or crackling noises when it's deterioring. The only ways to restore it are completing tasks/puzzles, or letting it deplete in a safe zone (see below).

Things such as staring at unsettling scenery, the monsters, or standing in darkness for too long will degrade your meter further. If the meter dips down too low, Daniel falls to the floor and undergoes a nervous breakdown for several seconds before recovering. Apparently your flailing around can also attract the unwanted attention of Gatherers, but that's never happened to me in vanilla since most of the monster encounters throughout my game have been heavily scripted and situational. I only collapsed twice, and that was solely because of the imagery Daniel saw in those specific rooms near the game's climax.

It's a pretty neat mechanic that has potential, but it's rather superficial and just ends up getting in the way.