Multiplayer/Co-Op & Frictional Games? NO!!!

[Redeemer]

Um, no. Just "no." Never, ever, ever, and absolutely not. Multiplayer in Amnesia is a very bad idea.

Multiplayer is good for games that do not concentrate that much on horror (Dead Space 2, which was not scary and was actually a very stupid game.) But for games like Amnesia, it would completely kill the magic and ruin the fun. Think about it: you're walking along with your friend, and then your friend shouts "Oh Noes! Monstars!" so he runs off to hide and you're kind of like "Lol wut?" because you didn't hear anything, and then the monster finds you and kills you. Then either one of two things happen:

1. You float up from your body as a spectator. That completely ruins the effect of dying in the game. It takes you out of the moment and makes you realize, quite forcefully, that this is a game and that you should be watching it and just having fun. But that takes all of the fun out of it!

2. You respawn at the start of the level. This is even worse, because it provides a feeling of invincibility. You don't need to be afraid of the monsters, they just send you back to the start of the leve.

You see, Amnesia is only fun when it's not trying to be fun. Multiplayer is only fun when it's made to be fun. Why then would you combine these two things? They cancel each other out and ruin the fun!

(I used the word "fun" two different ways throughout this argument. See if you can decode it without getting confused.)