Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 1

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That thing with the repressurizing worked pretty well in Metro 2033 (where you had to charge up the battery by working a dynamo whenever the light would get dim) so I can imagine it would also work very well in Amnesia.
But in Metro it also added an additional layer of tension, because you had to put away your weapon in order to do so...maybe something similar could be added to Amnesia as well. Not weapons of course, but what if you weren't able to look around while repairing your flashlight or repressurizing your lantern because you'd have to look down on the item in your hand?

The only problem I see in general is, before light can be made an interesting resource, the player has to really need it first. Many people (including me ^^) were hoarding tons of tinderboxes and liters of oil by the end of amnesia because the game was actually easier to play in the dark. (yeah, your sanity would drain, but monsters wouldn't be able to see you and since your eyes adapted to the darkness you didn't get lost either)