Amnesia: Justine Discussion Topic

[Diz]

Justine's difficulty is hard, but it is perfect, in my opinion.

It introduces a no save or no checkpoint function, not only fitting for such a short game, but it also serves as an expansion pack to The Dark Descent. After playing the original game, I think these sort of additional features do good now that we are more used to how the game works. It forces players to be much more careful, and I personally feel it immerses me more to think of avoiding death to such a degree, because death is final, and not just something you can rush into. Players were also used to just hide in a corner and wait for the scary to go away, something which can be too much of an advantage at times, so forcing you to have to sneak past some enemies for once might be a different and more scary experience.

You say Justine is difficult and scary, and with this I wholeheartedly agree. It does feel terrifying. I do think it needs this however. If it makes you terrified to push on, then it just shows that the game is great at what it does. The more terrifying experience, the better! Good luck playing it, I believe in you, and you will manage it and have a lot of fun on the way. =)

One thing which I did have a lot of difficulty with was the phonograph without the wax cylinder and saving the second prisoner, but then again I am quite far from the brightest lantern around.