Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 1

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Well, yes, but after thinking about it some more, I think randomization is also kind of a tricky thing to have if you're trying to have a perfect pacing in your game. (I mean you wouldn't create a painting like the Mona Lisa by randomly throwing buckets of paint at a wall, right? )
From a Game Design point of view you might need stressful parts as well as contrasting more peaceful parts to keep the player in the mystical "flow" that every game tries to achieve. You also might want to know exactly when these parts will occur, so your whole level design and monster appearances serve to create a maximum of emotional impact.
The downside is of course, that this will hurt replayability. But, couldn't it be that replayability is a bit overrated anyway? Personally, I think, I would rather live through the perfectly staged horror experience once, instead of being able to play through a less perfect and more random one several times.

And last but not least, since the player has no means of fighting back, randomization always bears the danger of creating an unfair situation in which the player dies - something amnesia absolutely has to try and avoid, until they find a way to make the death experience in itself frightening. (Which, I think, is almost impossible because player death always destroys the tension created beforehand.)

In the end, it's sort of like the difference between a sandbox game and a more structured, linear game - they both have their strenghths and weaknesses and they generate entirely different experiences. And I wouldn't want Amnesia to be like SCP - Amnesia is more masterfully crafted moments of perfect horror for me than "horror-sandbox"