The Swine are Rising! In 2010 Frictional Games terrified the world with the cult horror Amnesia: A Dark Descent. Now they bring you a new nightmare. Created by The Chinese Room, the studio behind Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is an intense and terrifying journey into the heart of darkness that lurks within us all. The year is 1899. Wealthy industrialist Oswald Mandus awakes in his bed, wracked with fever and haunted by dreams of a dark and hellish engine. Tortured by visions of a disastrous expedition to Mexico, broken on the failing dreams of an industrial utopia, wracked with guilt and tropical disease, he wakes into a nightmare. The house is silent, the ground beneath him shaking at the will of some infernal machine: all he knows is that his children are in grave peril, and it is up to him to save them. Step back into the horror.
I enjoyed this game, I really did! But to me it seemed like they went for a Bioshock type story line. The whole time I played the game I felt like it was reminding me of another video game, that was not amnesia the dark decent, and it was Bioshock. The game sort of guides you through everything where as in the first one it felt as if you were on your own. I still enjoyed the game, don't get me wrong. I just felt as if it sort of tried too hard for this epic plot twisting story line which in the end was, sadly, predictable and kind of short. The game did get me a few times with some scares but most of the time I felt safe, not crapping my pants, and just relaxed like I could run along. Even with the "big boss" at the end I did not feel that threatened by him because he just walked and couldn't even break down stuff. Hope you guys let there be custom stories in this one soon, that would be awesome cause I love seeing all the creativity from indie developers with your games!