The puzzles on offer are OK, with you having to explore to pick up items in your surroundings which you can then use on a central obstacle. It is a perfect example of the limitations of the engine being used to bolster rather than lessen the game. This is neat as it works two fold, firstly in making you fear the enemy and secondly by stopping you spending too long looking at a frankly uninspired and simply designed enemy. Another neat implementation of this sanity mechanic is the way that staring at the stalking shadow makes this increase as well.
It’s a great mechanic which gives the entire game a terrible sense of tension. This makes the screen go all wobbly and if you don’t take action you’ll eventually collapse. Spend too long in the dark, or witness too much spooky stuff and you’ll start to lose your mind. The main mechanic behind this game is your sanity. Things soon take a shift to the scary though when you realise you’re being stalked by a malevolent force. Things start off fairly formulaic with your character waking up with no memory of how they ended up in a spooky castle. This is first and foremost a narrative experience with the emphasis firmly on plot. However the game has never been one to rely on state of the art graphics to sell itself so the fact that it looks dated now shouldn’t be too much of a concern. This also extends to the menus and HUD which really look dated. What this means is you’re looking at some simple environments and blocky graphics. Looking at the original game it looks every bit the six year old PC game.
What may be interesting for PS4 owners though is the fact A Machine for Pigs is developed by the people behind Everybody’s gone to the Rapture, The Chinese Room, and shows them refining their very familiar walking sim style.
The first two games in this package are both created by the same developer Frictional games and are very similar in approach being a kind of story based puzzle game.
What we have here is a sizeable package of the three Amnesia games, namely Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Justine and A Machine for Pigs. With recent evolutions in the form of PT and Resident Evil 7 it’s time to see if Amnesia is still terrifying today. It has now come over to the PS4 as a full package of the game, DLC and sequel. Horror games are great when done well, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent was one of the good ones when it was released on the PC back in 2010. Novemin PS4 tagged frictional / puzzle / terror / the chinese room / walking simulator by Steven
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