Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 1

[Kein]

Someone from general thread put it in a bit more simple and grounded interpretation (forgive me my english while I'm trying to relay it):

The year is 1899. Wealthy industrialist Oswald Mandus has returned home from a disastrous expedition to Mexico, which has ended in tragedy. Wracked by fever, haunted by dreams of a dark machine, he recovers consciousness in his own bed, with no idea of how much time has passed since his last memory. As he struggles to his feet, somewhere beneath him, an engine splutters, coughs, roars into life...

The slaughtering machine for pigs Oswald saw/inspected in Mexico left a deep scar on his soul + plus he caught some kind of disease/fever there. Struggling with both of those and with his own inner conflicts he loses his mind for some time (described as "short blackout" in premise), but he is not actually unconscious during this period. His crazy genius develops this "dark machine" the roar of which he will be hearing. And his discovery of what happened and the reason why this machine exist will be his own self-discovery (hello Dear Esther).

I wish I could link to the post but I can't find it.