Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is the atmospheric and haunting sequel to Amnesia: The Dark Descent, developed by The Chinese Room. While it shares the same terrifying survival-horror DNA as its predecessor, it takes a different narrative direction, focusing more on story-driven exploration and psychological horror than jump-scare tactics.
Set in a steampunk-inspired world, the game follows the protagonist, Oswald Mandus, who wakes up in a mansion with fragmented memories of a horrific machine he built. As the story unfolds, the player must piece together Mandus’ past while uncovering the dark secrets of the machine, all while navigating a world filled with grotesque creatures and eerie environments. The atmosphere is chilling, with haunting audio design and atmospheric visuals that keep you on edge throughout the experience.
The game’s strength lies in its storytelling and atmosphere. The narrative is deeply unsettling, and the grim setting paired with the psychological themes create a sense of dread that’s hard to shake off. The environmental storytelling is especially strong, with clues scattered throughout the game’s environments, allowing players to uncover the disturbing tale at their own pace.
However, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs has its flaws. The pace can be slow, and some players may find the lack of the traditional puzzle-solving elements from The Dark Descent a bit disappointing. Instead of the more challenging puzzles, the focus is largely on exploration and uncovering the story, which might leave some fans of the first game yearning for more interactive gameplay. The lack of significant challenge, combined with the more linear progression, can make the experience feel less engaging than the first game.
Despite these criticisms, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs excels at building a deeply atmospheric and unsettling experience. Its strong narrative, eerie world-building, and psychological horror elements make it an intriguing experience, though it might not have the same lasting impact or intensity as its predecessor.
Score: 7.5/10 – A haunting and atmospheric horror game with a strong narrative, but lacking some of the interactive elements and intensity of the first Amnesia.

Now I'm scared of pork. The game throws me into a dark, eerie world where monstrous, mechanical pigs hunt me down with their glowing eyes and creepy grunts. Every time one of those twisted, mechanical swine came at me, my heart raced and my palms sweated. Thanks to Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, pork isn't just dinner—it's a terrifying reminder of my nightmarish encounters. I can't even look at a piece of bacon without shuddering.
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Good macabre history that shows how much a guy can love is family at a point where he doesn't even recognize what is saint or not. Not the best horror game I've played, but still worth it and enjoyable. I give it a 7/10!

Puzzles are dissatisfying. but the atmosphere and environment is cool and the macabre story is pretty good. the game didn't catch me. but i am not saying it's a bad game.

A mixed bag of a game for sure, if you have played the first game, you will quickly realize this one isn't as well designed in its gameplay. But the music, art direction and story, truly were fantastic from the start, they weren't realized perfectly, but ultimately this is a game i would still recommend to anyone.
This is one of those games you have to make peace with, it could've been better, but we still got something unique to experience. Just finish it once and see what i'm talking about.
---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☑ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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This game is such a good balance of basic game mechanics, and storytelling. I love how this was very story oriented to the point where everything you interact with tells you something about it. At parts it was terrifying, at others it was intense but bearable. I recommend this for anyone who is really looking for a story rich game that is mentally traumatising whilst fun to play! As someone who has completed the game 100% It is enjoyable through and through!

The game lost me until Mandus turned to the camera and said, "Huh... appears to be like a machine... A Machine for Pigs..." That and his line "What is this? Some kind of Amnesia??" really sealed the deal for me. This is the best game I have ever played.