AMFP Member Review Thread

[Nospheratu]

To be honest, while i enjoyed the game and found some of it's parts very satisfactory, the distinct abscence of some other parts led to my verdict being an overall 6 out of 10 (like i voted).

A quick recap of the pro's & con's in my opinion:

THE GOOD

• the visual department - i loved the victorian era & steampunk style as well as the inclusion of the outside world (walking in the streets)
• the sound department - sounds & music were lavish and very well made, although i'll have something negative to say on this later on
• the underlying allusions - as a reader of Orwell's Animal farm i appreciated the man/pig and social class exploitation notions

THE BAD

• the all too predictable plot twists
• the too simple puzzles
• too little horror - even the psychological kind; there were only two notes which i found disturbing enough to dwell on them for a while (sh*t & pixies)
• the cheesy music inserts - when the organ started playing at the church, i cracked a smile at that, but when the "punchline" music started playing at each major point which the developers tried to "hammer in", i was kind of rolling my eyes (even though the music in itself was very good)
  

THE UGLY

• the removal of game mechanics - if you would at least get blurred vision or have trouble coordinating your character while looking at an enemy, that would give them more merrit
• the removal of interaction with objects - as i mentioned in another thread, not being able to pick up any box or flowerpot broke the immersion for me more than any inventory could
• the lost story potential -
  Spoiler below!
  

  i was delighted when i found the reactor (i recognized it right away) and got even more intrigued when i heard the text about splitting the atom, the pile soon going critical and the great burning;
  
  i expected an appropriate optional ending to be present, but sadly it got removed, leaving some players somewhat dissapointed with the only alternative left.

TL;DR: This game had huge potential and would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those meddling chinese (Scooby Doo pun intended). They should definitely have left out the "Amnesia" part in the name; it would have probably been received much better in such a case. I hope for a future DLC with the alternative ending, more object interactivity and possibly insanity effects. My 2 cents.

Edit: i rephrased some stuff so i don't sound too harsh since i found it to be a good game in it's own right.