Disappointed with AAMFP

[Diz]

I enjoyed A Machine For Pigs, I really did, and I do plan to play it again to try picking up more on the story. It was a great game, and I enjoyed it a lot.

What I do not get is how some of you, in order to retaliate to the "AAMFP suckz" crowd, seem to do pretty much the same thing to The Dark Descent as revenge. For instance, I was reading somewhere that The Dark Descent has much more jumpscares. What? The Dark Descent did not rely on jumpscares, nor do I feel it contained any but perhaps one of two worthy of being called so. The Dark Descent was backed up by (well, almost) neverending horror from start to finish. I do not remember the game as an experience of jumpscares, I remember it as an experience of being trapped in fear and where making another step or opening another door felt like a milestone. If not equally, if any of the two relied on jumpscares more than the other, I would say A Machine For Pigs did. Not at all a bad thing, and they are both really good games.

Next up is story. i did not understand much of the story during my playthrough of A Machine For Pigs, so I will soon play through it again to hopefully get a better understanding of the world. I did miss voiced diary entries. There were the playbacks, but those were more a replacement for most of the flashbacks. Why do I miss diary entries read aloud? Well, I simply feel it enhances the experience, hearing the entries written by the character in his very own voice. The situation and emotion might become stronger (it would for me, anyway), and there is a whole lot more emphasis. Lastly, I think it would make the story easier to pay attention to, for many player. I was dragged more into the story in The Dark Descent when my character read his own words aloud.

Once again, I do not understand why some are picking on The Dark Descent's story when comparing it to the one in the newest addition in the Amnesia series. Is this just an act of retalating to the crowd disappointed in the new game? I apologize if not, but honestly, you are making it seem as if you are trying to move the focus, being utterly disappointed in its predecessor. Up to this point, I am willing to bet that The Dark Descent had one of the best stories ever presented in any game before. It kept me on the edge, always, and never did it come off to me as dull or even predictable. It was great, and it went exceptionally well combined with everything else in the game. I am not trying to cause a fuss here, not at all. I just feel that the disappointment in The Dark Descent feels just as sudden and uncalled for as the hatred for A Machine For Pigs, and I do not understand this because I love both games. All I can think of is different players having different preferences, both in regard to type of horror and elements of gameplay.