Puzzles, what are they good for?

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The puzzles in Amnesia aren't there for artificial difficulty, they are a pacing and storytelling device. You always know where you are supposed to go and what you are supposed to do, and the real difficulty is actually doing it. Not figuring out abstract puzzles that make no sense. Still, having difficult puzzles is not a bad thing if they make sense, especially if they are near the end of the game.

Also, why would you bring up Penumbra: Requiem when we're talking about logical puzzles? Of course they are illogical as Requiem takes place entirely in Phillip's mind (supposedly). That doesn't mean that almost all of the other puzzles in Overture and Black Plague are fair and logical, even if some of them are difficult.