Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 2

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"Dark locations automatically means better atmosphere" you clearly haven't played Bioshock Infinite. (Mostly) very bright settings, very ideologically horrifying.

By your logic, I could take the shittiest horror game you could think of, turn down the gamma, and "automatically" have a better, scarier game. Appropriate darkness supports these classic survival horror games, yes, but they do not necessarily "automatically" create a better atmosphere and better horror.

That's YOUR logic, not MINE.
Well, I haven't played Bioshock Infinite, because it is an AAA action game and ego shooter. Not the experience I expect in a game.
Every game has its own atmosphere, but horror games should mostly be dark. Or why we did a Penumbra Pitch Black Patch? Dark areas are very important. That doesn't mean the full game should be in darkness, but when you can't see everything around, there will be more tension. Also, there is night at the screenshots.

Remember the storage room in Amnesia, where you got enveloped into sticky darkness. That was a very good atmosphere blow.