Some flaws...

[gbee]

Well you don't kill her directly in the game anyway, instead of my proposed button you turn a wheel instead. That was just an example anyway, it seems most of us agree that there were too many holes in the sequence as it appeared in the game, so I proposed one example of a way in which some of these issues might have been addressed - largely the question of why Amabel chases, injures and ultimately will kill you if she's not really a turngaait. (And why Clarence, who wants to live so badly, would create an illusion capable of killing both of you)

The exact method by which you kill her doesn't have to change. How about we keep the location, method of death the same, but with one small change, we enter that room on a platform/walkway above the warehouse floor. There is a door visible on the other side and so we believe that it's necessary to kill the Turngaait to reach the door and rescue Amabel. Amabel/Turngaait can't get to us to kill us, but we can access the pulley system to kill her/it. Yes, it takes out the fear and urgency out of the scene and diminishes the experience, but it doesn't remove the horror of killing her and it avoids those nagging questions about what happened.

I'm sure there are other ways to do it, better ways, maybe even a way that maintains the fear and urgency. I still believe the horror of murdering an innocent person is greater if it's a choice, even one we made based on incorrect information, than a matter of pure survival.

Of course we can't change the game now, it's already out there. We're just discussing this for fun and in case it influences the choices made for Amnesia or future Frictional games.