Machine for Pigs & Custom Stories

[kingbdogz]

Puzzles are done through physical interaction now. You pick up an item physically, then use it with other objects to complete a puzzle.

This isn't really new. In Penumbra you could also take two objects, and combine them into one. For instance, you'd take a can of gas and put into the generator to get it to start running.

Or like in Amnesia you had to place the coal into the furnace (furnace type thing), and there are already various other physics involved puzzles. Is A Machine for Pigs just going to improve upon this or what? How is this new?

I'm not saying that it's new. The difference is is that the entire AMFP game is structured around this mechanic, rather than juggling between using the inventory and interacting with objects directly. The interface of an immersive game such as Amnesia should never draw the player away from the world, and the inventory did just that. As a result, I can see why they removed it in favour of direct interaction.

I mean, if you think about it, the inventory actually paused the game as well. It was really just a hindrance to the game's atmosphere.