Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 1

[PutraenusAlivius]

Just wrote a post and it all disappeared on me so I have to type it again.

We talking about Pewdiepie now? I did not find his The Dark Descent Lets Play particularly bad. From what I know, he started becoming overly silly when playing custom stories, and he tried to joke around as a means to continue the game as he was too afraid to go on. If I recall correctly, Pewdiepie read through all notes (or at least all the important diary entries) and refered to flashbacks, while many other Lets Plays completely skip voiced diaries, saying they do not at all care about story and immersion and are in the biggest rush completing the game. Now those are the Let's Plays I dislike.

Bullshit, Amnesia is scary even when he plays it. You should stop letting other people dictate your taste.

I agree, The Dark Descent storymode is scary even if you watch others play it, and I would like to add Pewdiepie to that list. In fact, I could really sense his fear when playing it, which can easily spread, depending on the viewer. You do get immersion. However, there is no substitute for actual experience, and there is no way you can actually compare the two - The game will be a ton lot scarier to play it with your own two hands. The responsibility and immersion will be much greater, for sure. While the game will still be scary to watch, it cannot match the terror of actually playing it.

Compare pewdies videos from the original Amnesia and now. See the difference?