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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
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Sequel to 2010's Amnesia: The Dark Descent, this time developed by thechineseroom, with Frictional Games producing and publishing.
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Oink Oink

Atmospheric, intriguing and story-driven, but not scary Lets be honest, no one was envious of the position A Machine For Pigs was in, since it had the unfortunate fate of being the the sequel to one o… Read more

Fit for the Slaughter

With its focus on disempowerment, a set of mechanics which made you push yourself into frightening situations, and a proof that in many ways indie development was more equipped to tackle the horror ge… Read more

Boring in all aspects.

The original Amnesia game, Amnesia: The Dark Descent , was fun because it had interesting puzzles, extremely dark and scary locations, a suitable castle-and-dungeon setting, a story that included a ve… Read more

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Review: Non-Fattening Horror

Reviewing Outlast and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs back to back shaved years off my life expectancy, but I would gladly give up my days as a senior citizen to relive both stories for the first time. Ou… Read more

A dark descent into the mind of a madman

A Machine for Pigs is a spin-off to the 2010 survival horror smash hit The Dark Descent developed by Dear Esther remake developers, The Chinese Room, and published by Frictional Games. It starts off w… Read more

Heavy on story and atmosphere, light on scare... but it works.

Amnesia: TDD was incredibly suspenseful, and filled with such an atmosphere of terror that you just couldn't escape. A beautiful game in its own right, and in terms of horror games, one that would be… Read more

Heavy on story and atmosphere, light on scare... but it works.

Amnesia: TDD was incredibly suspenseful, and filled with such an atmosphere of terror that you just couldn't escape. A beautiful game in its own right, and in terms of horror games, one that would be… Read more

A Machine For Disappointment

When Frictional Games and The Chinese Room set out to make Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs they had some pretty big shoes to fill. The first game in the series, Amnesia: The Dark Decent, is considered by… Read more

What Machine for Pigs was missing

Okay. What's the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions the game Amnesia: The Dark Descent ? For me, it's fear. Pure and unfiltered fear. Amnesia, whether it wants to or not, carries the… Read more

A different approach

When it was announced The Chinese Room were handling the sequel to Amnesia, a horror game so hilariously hostile in its treatment of its players that it became more common to have seen people screamin… Read more

A different approach

When it was announced The Chinese Room were handling the sequel to Amnesia, a horror game so hilariously hostile in its treatment of its players that it became more common to have seen people screamin… Read more

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

Introduction Amnesia: A machine for pigs developed by The Chinese Room and published by Frictional Games, sets out on the glorious quest to win the crown of horror in this non direct sequel to Amnesia… Read more

The Swine Has Risen

Watching Amnesia: The Dark Descent move from a game championed by horror game enthusiasts to a YouTube phenomenon was strange. Horror has been a consistently popular genre across all mediums for centu… Read more

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