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Really Machinima?
Prelauncher Offline
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Really Machinima?

Just saw machinima put out another of their little contests: Slender vs Amnesia TDD.
I just don't get how the two can be comparable?
In Sleneder all you do is wander around in a forest looking for notes for no reason, all while waiting for one major jumpscare. Obviously people find that game scary, I don't since it didn't scare me at all; the Slender man was painfully predictable and it was too apparent that the only purpose for the player is to complete the game as quickly as they can so they don't get caught.

Amnesia on the other hand was really scary. Exploring Brennenburg was one of the most exciting things I've done in a game and the game allways knew how to get to you. The story allways made you want to know more, it pushed you to further investigate the world you'd found yourself in. It changed in atmosphere and design often so you never got familiar with anything.

I'm not saying that Slender is a bad game, just because I don't like it dosen't make it bad. But I don't understand how people reason when they say that the little minigame that is completed in less than 15 minutes can be a better experience than the much longer and richer Amnesia The Dark Descent?





And here's the Slender video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgVDP-N1O...ture=g-u-u

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09-03-2012, 07:28 PM
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Kreekakon Offline
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RE: Really Machinima?

Where is the link to this contest, may I ask?

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RE: Really Machinima?

At last the comments say "Amnesia".

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09-03-2012, 08:00 PM
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RE: Really Machinima?

Why would you even compare them? Slender is just a fun quick little horror game that you can download to play and be immediately scared, Amnesia is a full-on game with large amounts of psychological horror but it takes a lot longer to get into.

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09-03-2012, 08:03 PM
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RE: Really Machinima?

Because people both think they're scary. Machinima is as bad as IGN in my honest opinion.

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09-03-2012, 08:04 PM
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Prelauncher Offline
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RE: Really Machinima?

Yeah, it sure is a strange thing to do to compare the two, they are two different games.
@Corinthian Agreed

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09-03-2012, 08:08 PM
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RE: Really Machinima?

Machinima has been putting out crap for a long time now

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09-03-2012, 08:09 PM
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RE: Really Machinima?

(09-03-2012, 08:09 PM)Damascus Rose Wrote: Machinima has been putting out crap for a long time now
Yeah, I guess we shouldn't be suprised. The only thing I watch on Machinima nowadays is Two Best Friends Play.

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RE: Really Machinima?

My only connection to Machinima is a couple of Runescape machinima videos.

So I may be biased, but they kind of stink.

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the dark side Offline
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RE: Really Machinima?

another so called "review site" that feels more like a casual gamers love in with reviewers who strike me as nothing more than paid trolls.

why is there so darn many of them?

take my advise, stick to Arstechnica, PC Gamer, CynicalBrit and Wired, they at least know what they are on about,
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