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.

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!

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!

Probably one of the most upsetting horror games I've ever played?
Off the bat, AMFP plays pretty bad, especially for an amnesia game. It's basically a walking simulator with very little player involvement.
The story however? Is gut-wrenching. Easily the best of the Amnesia series. In broad strokes it's about originalist Marxism, but more specifically about the concept of revolution, and the rapture-like implications it's sometimes given. The writing's flowery and hard to follow but sickening, and the world-building is equal parts dark mysticism and endless 19th century machinery. The story definitely requires lots of reading and environmental awareness to understand fully, but it's worth the effort.
The game's pretty short, only about 4-6 hours front to back. Very good for an unpleasant afternoon or two.

"Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs" is the official sequel to "Amnesia: The Dark Descent" (Assuming you do not count Amnesia: Remember or Amnesia: Justine), a 2010 survival horror game which revolutionized the way horror is made in gaming now and the many ways that atmosphere plays a role in the tone of a game. Much like its predecessor, A Machine for Pigs borrows many of the puzzle mechanics of The Dark Descent whilst throwing away a lot of the other ones. You do not need to worry about resource management or inventory skills like The Dark Descent or any other game in the series; rather, it is a game which focuses more on the story and setting rather than the gameplay aspect. I honestly thought this was a great choice, creating a sequel which focuses more on the plot and immersion of the game's universe and less on fun-factor or problem-solving.
A lot of people have criticized this, stating that the game is a "walking simulator" and that it serves as a weak sequel to one of the most influential horror games of the decade. And while I do agree that this game could've been improved with more gameplay elements and that this is probably the worst installment in the Amnesia series, that doesn't necessarily mean the game is bad. If you can approach this game with an open mind and are willing to experience The Dark Descent in a more story-oriented way, I'd definitely recommend it. Focusing on what this game does wrong will only make you miserable while playing it. It's not really a game that's meant to be scary as much as it's meant to tell a story that is disturbing. While I do often think to myself: "Oh, they should've done this" or "Oh, they should've done that" while playing the game, it helps to remind to remind myself that it's not really a sequel that tries to be similar as much as it's a similar game with a different approach. 7.8/10!

Actually a beautiful story. I was nervous of what I was getting into due to the reviews, but I was blown away with how much I actually enjoyed it. This game most definently had the same feel as Dark Descent, which I really appreciated. The amnesia games always have the best stories I've seen in games, and this one did not dissapoint me.
Regardless of the gameplay changes that were made that made it slightly different from the others the game still had me hooked and wanting more. The puzzles were easier this game, at least for me. I didn't have to look up guides as much which I personally liked but I can imagine the game being easier may turn it off from others.
All of the Amnesia games have a sense of rectification in them, and this one hit that theme on the nail. I loved the story, and even if I felt I knew what was going on the longer I played the more I learned what was happening, even till the very end.
Anyways, all this to say I really enjoyed the game and I know for a fact the entirety of the Amnesia series is are some of the best games I've ever played <3 :D