Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 1

[The Rock Worm]

I chose story because that's the most important part for one thing. One could have a great atmosphere, but a lousy story. Atmosphere is important too, otherwise it the scares to the story would have the same affect in the wrong atmosphere. Penumbra and Amnesia 1 both had great stories (Penumbra's was longer, but Amnesia offered you multiple ending options).

Here I thought 'Monsters' would be a choice option, part of me is eager to see what new and scary creatures are in it. These new monsters would easily be used in new custom stories.

The multiple endings really didn't work. If you want to have multiple endings you have to have events in the game that lead towards different endings, instead of just having a choice at the end, because then you are basically just choosing which movie file you want to watch. Amnesia would have been basically perfect if it had a more focused, non-optional ending like Penumbra (which had a very good ending).

I loved the Penumbra ending (you are led to assume, however, that the humans went after the Tuurngait. This could have been hinted a little more at least).

I guess what I really mean by multiple endings is this: Have a story designed such that, what ever key actions you make dictates what possible ending you reach. Basically like a choose your own adventure book, each book had its own base story, but your actions determined the ending.