Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 2

[Magnum66]

I've also been wondering lately about the lantern in A Machine For Pigs. From what I've seen so far, it looks like it's not the same type of lantern used in The Dark Descent. Not powered by fuel/oil, rather just an electric lantern. From this image alone found on the aamfp site:

http://www.aamfp.com/images/201210_aamfp...shot_1.jpg

It looks like it would just take a normal bulb or powered by electricity, which got me thinking. Will we have a constant 100% power source for our lantern in A Machine For Pigs and never have to worry about it running out? I really hope not, it takes away a lot of the desperation factor of the game and getting stuck in a horrendous situation of facing a new unfamiliar area, pitch black, and you have no light to supply you with even the slightest bit of comfort.

I liked the idea of always praying for any bit of lantern oil you could find, and not having the light to comfort you always as a crutch. Was the lantern for aamfp ever explained and if not what are other people's thoughts/observations on this?

I'm guessing it's not powered by electricity due to the fact that it would need to be running on batteries, which hardly was portable at the time. I'm thinking the lantern will still be running on oil/gas.

True, I forgot about the game being set in 1899 and never thought about the battery situation back then. It would have to be running on gas then I imagine or something to keep it charged. Also just for fun been looking back at the old teasers for aamfp and noticed something I never took a closer look at before:

http://puu.sh/3SXvs.jpg

The monster's hand as it breaks through the door. God I'm really wondering what the monster will look like in this game. It sounds absolutely terrifying and that hand is so enormous and fat I can only picture some type of pig/ogre looking hideous thing. Which again sets the tone marvelously.