Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 1

[Kreekakon]

I think its the same reason why hearing that someone got tortured by having his teeth pulled makes people cringe more than hearing someone lost an arm. The closer something is to our everyday life or the easier it is to imagine what something would feel like, the more we can relate to it.
I don't know what it feels like to lose a limb, but I can easily imagine what getting a teeth pulled with local anaesthesia feels like - so its just a small step to imagine what it would be like without it.

I could swear you made a 80% similar post somewhere else before XD

Anyways, while what you said is valid, I don't agree with it being the reason for the "subtle" environment scares being effective. The thing you just posted right now is talking about something being scary because it's relateable.

Subtle environmental changes in my opinion are effective due to something most commonly referred to as "mind-fucks". The game will usually give you no obvious indicator that something has happened, but most people will be able to perceive that something is off here, and/or seriously wrong. This will likely lead to the player becoming paranoid about how far this small change will go. Will the statue that moved a bit come alive to chase you later? Will it do it again? How bad would it be then? That's what I think causes these changes to be scary in my onion.