Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 1

[the dark side]

why not have Both!

the flashlight should produce more light, but should be very, very unreliable and will often pack up and will need repairing before it will work again. it should drain power fast (5 minuites and its dead, with the light getting more and more dim as the batteries give out), and batteries for it should also extremely hard to find, ie, no more than 10 in the Entire game.

the lantern, shouldnt be a lantern, it should be a victorian "gas Jet" Light, it should produce only a quater the amount of light as the flashlight, and the noise of the flame should attract monsters if you are in earshot of them. but, the fuel should very easy to find, (it would be pretty much everwhere in industrial victorian england (i assume AMFP is set in England, possibly manchester, london or birmingham, going on the "victorian industrialist steampunk" theme?) thanks to the machines also using it!) and it should last a long time on each tank of fuel, about 20 minuites, but as with the flashlight, the light should get dimmer as the fuel runs out, you should also need to manually "re-pressurise" the fuel every 5 minuites or it will loose pressure, the flame jet will die, and youll be in darkness. youll have to find a light source before you can repressurise the tank, just to make it that little bit more... eeek...

that adds strategy and choice, do you use the flashlight and have an easier time seeing and risk it packing up meaning you need to repair it, or the batteries giving out rapidly. or do you use the lantern and have a harder time seeing (and risk attracting monsters) but have light for longer as its more reliable, lasts longer, and has more fuel.

it also adds an element of horror were you may be in complete darkness because the flashlight has broken down and the lantern has depressurised (you need to be able to see to pump it) and you...can...hear...grunting,....