Disappointed with AAMFP

[Xenomorph]

I thought the main problems had to do with the locations and lack of monsters. In dark decent you start at the top of a castle and make your way deeper and darker into the castle. As you do so the areas become more and more scary and complex (IE: Prison area)

Machine just had lots of steam room like areas and wandering pig AI. The trailer is extremely deceptive because there are few if no areas where a giant pig brute breaks open a door looking for you. I almost felt pity for the pig at the beginning. The few times I hid it just went right past me without any sort of searching. There was an extreme lack of inventory system which just meant that you had to hold onto key items (that never really "popped") and bring them to the correct area. I was never scared at these points, because I knew the game would never threaten you if you had to carry crap to one end to another.

The atmosphere was great and I did get scared a few times. But compared to Penumbra and Decent it doesn't even touch the fear levels or awesome locations. It feels like Machine is a prequel in quality to decent. Consolidating the sanity meter, lantern energy, and puzzle systems for a streamlined story with added horror elements.

Playing Outlast before this really made me feel like this game was a lot less threatening and spooky. It was also WAY SHORT. For having to wait essentially a year after the delay, there sure is an extreme lack of content.

Also during the "water level boss 2.0" if you die more than twice it puts you into a random area spawn that bypasses that scene completely. I wanted to actually figure it out, not just be given it after the third death.