Was I Wrong About Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs?

Let's meet some travellers from some antique lands. Twitch: https://twitch.tv/painticus Patreon: https://patreon.com/painticus Discord: https://discord.gg/VHu67QePNS VoD Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@painticus-archive5801 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs was the second game in the massively influential Amnesia series, following up from the legendary Amnesia: The Dark Descent. However, unlike its predecessor, it was not made by Frictional Games - the company behind other IPs like SOMA and Penumbra. Instead, it was made by The Chinese Room - an English development studio best known for narrative-heavy games such as Dear Esther, Still Wakes the Deep, and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. This change in development studio meant that the game deviated from The Dark Descent's innovative new take on survival horror, and instead ended up as something much more akin to a walking simulator with some puzzles and basic enemy encounters. This caused a lot of people (my younger self included) to dislike the game upon release. But since then, I've had the chance to revisit the game many times - and I can now appreciate it for what it is. A narrative and thematic masterpiece. With some puzzles and basic enemy encounters. In this video I summarise the plot of the game and explore its characters. Among some other stuff. I don't like writing descriptions and I reckon I'll stop right here. Video Sources: "Paint's Complaints - Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPCKFTwL9LM Body Of A Pig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X72xDpv898Y ACEPHALE HORROR FICTION - "MASTICATION": https://open.spotify.com/episode/7M4gcEDTFiLaRxUQe3VejA, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mastication/id1490067713?i=1000563195254 Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace The Inbetweeners - S3E5 "Home Alone" Audio Sources: Amnesia: The Dark Descent Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Amnesia: Rebirth Amnesia: The Bunker Penumbra: Overture Penumbra: Black Plague Scratches Director's Cut ("Where The Dead Might Lie", "The House, in Dust") S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky ("Ghost City") Conscript ("Refuge", "Carrying the Flame") Dark Souls ("Gravelord Nito") REPULSIVE - "Les Vieux Habitants", "1908 Vol. II", "In my dreams, we sat there for hours..." Timestamps: 0:00:00 Why was it disliked? 0:09:01 My evil old video... 0:17:24 Why do I like it now? 0:58:54 Closing thoughts Business Email: [email protected]