So I took another look at AAMFP

[Mastersarge]

Will agree that it gets straight to the point very quickly in terms of story, but to say that it isn't actually a game and that it lacks atmosphere is a very odd claim for you to say. It is impossible to get immersed by watching a video. We only saw the first hour of the game, and the notes make up most of the story more than TDD did. Play the game.

Well, not sure how it is for some people, but even as I watch videos of people playing the game I get immensely scared. In fact, after watching so many The Dark Descent Videos, I was prompted to buy the game a year and a half ago. It doubled the immersion, doubled the scares, and doubled my nope meter.

I still feel immersed with some gameplay vids.