Darkness Challenge

[superluser]

I didn't quite do that, but I found myself using light less and less as I progressed. I had exactly 46 tinderboxes and 5 jars of oil at the end. I was deathly afraid of being seen by the monsters.

[Vagrant]

He doesn't have Agrippa's head, so he didn't even bother trying to complete the entire game. He skipped a bunch of the endgame material.

This is my second run. The Bone is in the incinerator and the Poison Gland is in the extractor where I left them in the Laboratorium. I didn't find the Blood Pool on this run... must have missed it due to lack of light/stress speed run.

1st run took me 11-12 good hours. 2nd run in about 4-5 hours. So, in the first run, I spent at 6 hours being scared, moving slow, and solving puzzle. Also, half an hour looking for the The Elevator Control Room's 4th pipe BECAUSE THERE IS A FOURTH PIPE, OK?!?

[iTIMMEH]

My first playthrough I never had less than 20 tinderboxes and plenty of oil, after a while knowing I could, at a whim, skip down a corridor lighting every torch on my way took some of the power away from the darkness.

The game is best played with a low sanity if you ask me, there are events that might not trigger if you don't have one foot hovering over the threshold of madness.

That pipe got me, too.

[Kein]

The Elevator Control Room's 4th pipe BECAUSE THERE IS A FOURTH PIPE, OK?!?

There is only 2 pipes... you combine them in a rod. And yes, there is only 3 rods...
Sorry to disappoint you ;P

[Jinix]

I like playing in the dark and had over 50 tinderboxes and about 10 oil left.
I just 'lit up' when i wanted to see the game's models better.
I might have another go and see if I can do it without using any light at all.

[Kein]

Here, check 1:32 for the true Darkness Challenge ;P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-07MwkUE_Yc

[Jinix]

Here, check 1:32 for the true Darkness Challenge ;P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-07MwkUE_Yc

That's hardly a darkness challenge it's just breaking thru the collision seam on the mesh.
You can do that in lots of games.
It may be interesting, but would completely ruin a players enjoyment if they looked at the level before they play.
However FrictionalGames should add that to it's list of things to check before the next game.

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The Elevator Control Room's 4th pipe BECAUSE THERE IS A FOURTH PIPE, OK?!?

There is only 2 pipes... you combine them in a rod. And yes, there is only 3 rods...
Sorry to disappoint you ;P

The extra pipeholes are there to confuse you.
Apparently it worked.

[Kein]

Jinix
Huh? You don't get it, do you? ;P

Lemme explain: this trick helps to complete a true Darkness challenge, without even picking up that lantern (we are forced to do so, script you see). There is always can be a temptation to use lantern in some places, this trick prevents that completely