Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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I have yet to play the first one. I'm still hyped!
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs announced
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jim-jam bongs
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Amazing title, looking forward to it.
Night_Trekker
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Will buy. Amnesia wasn't as amazingly terrifying as some people make it out to be, but it was an excellent Lovecraftian adventure game. Anything Frictional touches has my interest.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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I expect a Trent Reznor-esque soundtrack with that name...
jim-jam bongs
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Funny thing, I was actually listening to March of the Pigs earlier but I didn't think of it until you posted this. I bet Trent played the first game, if they approached him and told him the title I reckon he'd be down like a clown.
I was thinking it sounded like an industrial album - Ministry - when it was confirmed.
It's now top of my list of most wanted games this year. That and a fresh pair of pants.
Didn't manage to complete the original game because I'm a coward, but I'm still hyped for this game nonetheless. And watching gameplay/reaction videos of the original game before playing it kinda killed the experience for me, and I've learned my lesson. So this time all I can say is BRING IT ON BRO.
ForzaFerrari
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Wants
Spieler Eins
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Can't wait. Didn't play Dear Esther though.
RyanReedyMusic
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Bring it \=/
Wyndstryker
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When this comes out, someone needs to get Day9 to play it.
Bjoern the Smexy
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I am awaiting this game with great pleasure.
Bring out your diapers, everyone!
Bring out your diapers, everyone!
HurricaneJesus
Member
After the horror that is Amnesia, I will probably pre order this to support frictional, and end up never playing it. They do the horror thing a little too well.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Hope they have more extensive modding capabilities built in this time too. Amnesia's engine would be perfect (& perfectly modest for old schoolers without amazing PCs) for modern Thief fan missions with the way it handles dark/light, physics and interactions.
Dark Mod already has that covered.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Nah. Still very clunky & harder to make good levels in. I'll check it out again when they get a stand alone release though...
I'll buy this if there's a Mac version. I really enjoyed Amnesia, even though I ended up ruining the game for myself 2/3rds through the game. I basically charged at an enemy one night while playing to get over my fear of them. This proved successful, and instead of going slow and cowering the whole way through it like I had been before, I ended up blasting my way through the rest of the game because I came to learn how the enemies actually behaved and such.
but Amnesia has very good mod tools and tons of mods for it. Including total conversions.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Maybe total conversions in the sense that they use mostly new assets, models, textures, etc, instead of recycle game content, but I haven't seen any that have substantially different gameplay that goes beyond Amnesia's adventure roots... Maybe I missed some?
AndyMoogle
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I really need to finish Amnesia one of these days.
Foliorum Viridum
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I need to play Dear Esther so I can judge if these guys are worthy of the IP.
Amnesia was so so special. If they fuck it up heads will roll.
Amnesia was so so special. If they fuck it up heads will roll.
afternoon delight
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After Dark Descent, I support Frictional in whatever they do.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Who else played Amnesia at night, lights off + headphones? I did, and that was the best way to fully experience the game.
It's been long enough that I've forgotten certain parts, going to have to replay the game in the coming months.
It's been long enough that I've forgotten certain parts, going to have to replay the game in the coming months.
plagiarize
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i did, and fear wise it did nothing for me, but i won't go on about that again.
i approve this collaboration.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Title made me think of NINs extremely NSFW music video for 'Happiness in Slavery'.
Amnesia is what got me into PC gaming (which is ironic, since it's one of the least demanding PC titles, performance-wise). I've long admired the horror genre and I was so blown away by what Frictional accomplished with Amnesia that I bought copies for six or seven people here during the Halloween Steam Sale. It's a game that deserves every sale it gets and then some. It's the savior of survival horror. And to hear Frictional is collaborating with thechineseroom, the people who made the amazing interactive poem that is Dear Esther, creates so much hype in me that I can hardly contain myself. If this is truly coming out this year, color it my most anticipated game.
Navidson REC
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I have yet to man up and finish the first game! At the current rate I won't be done until this thing releases.
That said, I've been "enjoying" (if you can call it that...) Amnesia a lot and this seems like a match made in heaven. Which reminds me... I also need to buy Dear Esther!
That said, I've been "enjoying" (if you can call it that...) Amnesia a lot and this seems like a match made in heaven. Which reminds me... I also need to buy Dear Esther!
Hellsing321
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Time to stock up on adult diapers.
I'm very curious what dynamics they might change up. They say much of it will be familiar, but there will be new elements. I know that the removal of "punishing deaths" was something they added late in the game and a mechanic they're quite proud of (see Grip's GDC speech last year, iirc), so I bet in this game fear of the unknown will once again be the prime emotional motivator, not dying and losing progress.
Will the game still have the "stay in the light to stay sane/avoid the light to not be seen" mechanic? What about the delicate management of light-creating resources (oil lantern, matchsticks)? What about staring at monsters and rapidly losing sanity, to the point where you can collapse and draw attention to your hiding place? What about hiding inside closets, or closing doors behind you to slow monsters during chase scenes? I'm really curious what will be kept, removed or changed.
I also wonder what thechineseroom will bring to the game. I have to imagine much of Dear Esther's strength lied in Robert Briscoe, the former Mirror's Edge designer who shaped Dear Esther's stunning environs. Is he involved with this game? If not, I'm sure thechineseroom are still capable designers, and certainly they're capable writers.
Will the game still have the "stay in the light to stay sane/avoid the light to not be seen" mechanic? What about the delicate management of light-creating resources (oil lantern, matchsticks)? What about staring at monsters and rapidly losing sanity, to the point where you can collapse and draw attention to your hiding place? What about hiding inside closets, or closing doors behind you to slow monsters during chase scenes? I'm really curious what will be kept, removed or changed.
I also wonder what thechineseroom will bring to the game. I have to imagine much of Dear Esther's strength lied in Robert Briscoe, the former Mirror's Edge designer who shaped Dear Esther's stunning environs. Is he involved with this game? If not, I'm sure thechineseroom are still capable designers, and certainly they're capable writers.
