Sanity system

[TeleProd]

About the walls closing in idea, It sounds great and would most certainly illustrate claustrophobia as gbee proposed, but the walls slowly inching the way towards the player, why wouldn't the player thiink of it as a gameplay mechanic trying to run out of the corridors that seem to want to eat him skipping the story as he runs through the closing walls.

Why can't sanity effects be gameplay mechanics? It would possibly make them more impactful and central. A mechanic where walls are closing in can be crafted (or scripted) in a way that it would be purposeful and wouldn't need skipping the story. I obviously cannot tell what works in Amnesia or other games because I am not developing them. I do, however, want to see more games explore and experiment with sanity and its effects.