Dreams About the Game?

[Diz]

I used to be terrified and very easily have nightmares, but it took me a while to dream about Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It was probably the most terrifying experience in my life up to that point, but for some reason, I did not have any dreams about it, until around the time Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs was announced. Then I had a bad dream that started off nicely, I was in some sort of old and big mansion with a lot of people, an extended school trip or something. Suddenly, one dark evening, everyone started panicking and fleeing, and I was left alone, and there were a lot of (I think) brutes breaking in doors and looking for me, so I kept trying to find different spots to hide. It felt very real.

The next time was when the Halloween teaser trailer was released, the one were you were hiding in a small cage thingy while listening to horrifying noises. The trailer did not scare me that much, but for some reason, I had a nightmare the following night. I was lost in an old mansion again, this time one more resembling A Machine For Pigs rather than The Dark Descent. I was really scared, because I knew something was going to happen. I felt all alone, yet I felt something was closing in on me. I entered a room which looked like a luxuary bedroom, closed the door and illuminated the dark room with a small light in the ceiling. I suddenly heard a loud pig squeal, and knew something was coming. I quickly snuck past some curtains in the wall and to a pitch dark area for clothings or so. I just sat there all terrified and as silent as I could be, hoping I was somewhat safe. When I slowly turn my head, I see something even smaller than my croached self almost right next to me, seemingly staring in my direction. I could not see much, it was so dark, but it sort of felt like an animal head of some sort on top of a small robot body with many legs. It just stood there, I was terrified. Suddenly I hear this really loud squeal and I feel a sharp pain in all of my body and my body had been ripped to shreds.

I shortly wake up on the floor in the middle of the mansion, in a hub-like area, and an old man is standing next to me and smiling, saying that it will not be long until it finds me again. After a few seconds, I wake up. I have played quite a few custom stories for The Dark Descent, but this was the first time since my first ever playthrough of the game that I had felt this genuinely terrified, so I have very good faith in that A Machine For Pigs will feel like my worst nightmare.

I have also had a few different creepy or outright scary dreams of A Machine For Pigs. You see, I feel that Frictional Games and The Chinese Room are doing an excellent job in hinting, and yet not revealing much (until now, anyway). While Amnesia: The Dark Descent is still scary, it is not nearly as scary as the first time I played it, as I have become more used to the game and the way it works.

However, during the Q&A, a member of the team said "the same tricks won't work this time around" and simply "good luck" whenever anyone made a reference to creatures, it just took away a lot of the security I had built up. I really cannot wait to see how the game will turn out. Everything will be fresh and new. I think this is why I have been having some dreams about it, though I have not had any recently for some reason ...