Monsters AI is like 5 years ago

[Rocko]

I personally think SmokeSum missed the whole point of the game and keeps repeating the same thing over and over : ''AI is crap; AI is not good; AI this; AI that''. They are monsters. Monsters are not necessarily supposed to have remarkable intelligence in the first place. Amnesia in not meant to have you killed at every corner you turn or every door you open. The game means to actually play with your mind: ''What's that noise? Where is it coming from? Oh no something bashes at the door! Quick I must hide somewhere!!'' It uses atmosphere to create a sense of dread. If the AI would have been as you wanted it to be, then the game would not have been playable. Remember you don't have any weapons and hiding is basically the only ''weapon'' you have in the game. If the creatures would be able to smell you, then they might as well see you in the dark, right? In that case the fact of not having a weapon to defend yourself in a game where the monsters can find you anytime would have been pointless and Amnesia would only have been a frustration of a game.

Oh, and BTW: I played and finished Dead Space (which was a great game, I agree on that...) and although there were times I jumped because a monster appeared out of nowhere, It never spooked me as much as Amnesia did. No room or corridor in Amnesia had me feel completely safe, which was not the case with Dead Space or Resident Evil or anything else out there.