Noob needs help!

[MrE]

Hi folks,

My first post here... I just picked up Amnesia: Dark Descent yesterday and have only played it for half an hour thus far - but wow, what a game! Superb :-)

Anyhow. This is probably a dumb question, but is the running speed (i.e. the speed at which the character runs) really that slow?? I'm playing this on an iMac with a standard Mac wireless keyboard & mouse... I hold shift and press forwards (W) to run, but my character's speed barely changes - in fact, I'm not even sure he's moving any faster at all.

This might well be the default running speed - i.e. not too fast, so as to add extra tension to the game! - but at the moment it feels as though my shift key ain't working (which it is, btw).

Any advice on this greatly appreciated.

... looking forward to scaring myself stupid with this game (clean underwear on standby).

:-)