difficulty

[Kman]

why is it such a crime for a game to have a lot of challenge as well as a great story? perhaps im being naieve, but, i dont see why it seems to be a case of a game can have a great story, or it can have great gameplay, why on earth cant it have both? there have been many great games in the past that proove that the 2 are not mutually exclusive, so why on earth do so many people still seem to think they are?

I dont see what is wrong with having an ultra hard mode that unlockes once youve finished the game on its regular setting, i mean, once you know the story, theres no real point in going back for the story again, so i dont see what is wrong with having a special mode that unlocks on completion that is more gameplay focussed, for those gamers who want a challenge after they have experienced the story, ok, some of you dont want an ultra hard mode... well just Dont play on ultra hard mode! dont deny those of us who do want an ultra hard mode the right to have one, leave that kind of behavior to MW trolls Please!

The two can both be amazing in certain cases, and flow smoothly together (Portal, just as one example), but the difference with Amnesia is that it's a horror game. On top of that, it's a horror game that's whole focus is to immerse you and give you a terrifying experience. The problem with harder gameplay here is it'll make the player frustrated due to the excessive trial and error, FG wrote a great article on this a while back. The more frustrated you get, the more pulled out of immersion you'll be, and you'll start to treat it like a game that's meant to win. The problem is, it would completely destroy the very reason they made Amnesia, and it would go directly against a lot of FG's philosophies on these sort of things.