Monsters AI is like 5 years ago

[Bulbatron]

I certainly encountered a couple of annoying bugs, but nothing to do with the monsters, which I think were done really well. In fact, I think Amnesia has been just about as perfect a horror game as anybody could ever ask for. It's one of the few games which is not only creepy, but at times, genuinely scary.

I think the developers truly understand horror. Since the monsters seem to be the problem here, they are what I'll talk about.

The point of not looking at the monsters is (I assume) to increase the players' desire to see them and check where they are. I thought that worked really well when I knew a monster was close but daren't look to see where it was, because I knew my fear would give away my position.

The monsters didn't always disappear for me, and that was good too, because eventually I had to look round - and fear that the monster would be really close to me and then I'd be in trouble. But what usually happened was even scarier. There were no monsters near me, but I knew they were nearby, in the dark, waiting for me. Great stuff!

OK, you can jump on a table or whatever to evade them, but you can't stay there forever.

But really, if you're just playing Amnesia as an ordinary game rather than as an experience, then I think you're missing the point.

And yes, I have played 'Dead Space', and while it is certainly a scary game, it's not a patch on Amnesia, and while I have no desire to play Dead Space ever again, I'm really looking forwards to my next playthrough of Amnesia!