Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 2

[Plectrum61]

Since there isn't that many to discuss except for the release date and other games, I would still like to have the opinion of you all. What do you think of this: You need to go to a specific area and suddently you find another path that leads to the storage room where usefull objects (Like oil or tinderboxes in ATDD) are stored, but to get there you have to avoid the monster that is somewhere in the darkness. You can choose to walk that path and finally reach the items or you can avoid the monster by simply ignoring the path and walk forward towards your main goal. I think the player would have a feeling of freedom in exploring and making choices when you have something like this. Also, not every player is that comfortable around horror and may choose to ignore the path if he is afraid to go down there, but he may try it anyway since the items are extremely useful.
But my question is: Do you think these 'optional objective' could work in a game like Amnesia?