• You and your partner might be in a room together, all the sudden a monster starts banging on the door. The room is small so only one person can hide well, while the other person might get a crappy hiding spot and might come close to dying. This creates a dillema putting even more pressure on the people.
  
• Eventually the two of you might split up. Well if you're playing like you should (no communication via steam, would be like the rule with lights off and headphones) this could create some problems. You might be thinking "Did my partner die?" etc, and he might have to do a puzzle on his side so that both of you can progress.
  
• When you do eventually regroup, at first you might not even know its your partner. Hearing footsteps by him can cause your character to freak out and think he's a monster playing the theme it plays when you run into a enemy, until you get a good look at the partner, this whole thing keeps the tention on and creates confusing
  
• Basically, multiplayer can be a good tool to cause fear by using the confusion, conflicts, and lack of important info between the two partners to make the game even more scary.
  

(12-20-2010, 04:57 AM)Adiane Wrote: The idea of a multiplayer puzzle game in the same vein is interesting, but it would be severely out of place in Amnesia. The isolation and loneliness are part of the overall experience. With someone else beside you, and especially with voice chat, it would turn into a completely different game - so why not HAVE it be a completely different game.

(12-20-2010, 05:14 AM)Shev Wrote: People here are going to say no, but most of them are narrow minded people who'd probably make horrible game developers themselves, wanting to stick to the same basic formula over and over again and probably change things less than nintendo did when they re-released the same mario games over and over again.

Honestly, multiplayer could be epic. Heres why

• You and your partner might be in a room together, all the sudden a monster starts banging on the door. The room is small so only one person can hide well, while the other person might get a crappy hiding spot and might come close to dying. This creates a dillema putting even more pressure on the people.
  
• Eventually the two of you might split up. Well if you're playing like you should (no communication via steam, would be like the rule with lights off and headphones) this could create some problems. You might be thinking "Did my partner die?" etc, and he might have to do a puzzle on his side so that both of you can progress.
  
• When you do eventually regroup, at first you might not even know its your partner. Hearing footsteps by him can cause your character to freak out and think he's a monster playing the theme it plays when you run into a enemy, until you get a good look at the partner, this whole thing keeps the tention on and creates confusing
  
• Basically, multiplayer can be a good tool to cause fear by using the confusion, conflicts, and lack of important info between the two partners to make the game even more scary.
  

(12-20-2010, 08:35 PM)Someone else Wrote: @everybody who says it sucks:
No, the idea is good, but it wouldn't work for Penumbra or Amnesia.
If it was to be used it would have to be for a completely new game which was meant to be played this way.

It should also be required to work as if you were actually inside the game so you could only hear the ones that were around you.

This wouldn't decrease scary level if it is implemented correctly, however implementing it correctly is easier said than done.