New Amnesia Monsters Idea

**The Rock Worm** · 09-03-2012, 05:53 AM

Both Amnesia and Penumbra were inspired from the works of Lovecraft. Well, I was just looking at fanart from another Lovecraft inspired game called Quake. The Shambler, for example, was based off of the Dimensional Shambler while the Vore was an original design. What if we made our own monsters who were the inspirations to the Quake 1 monsters (totally different looking, but same original origin of inspiration)?

Below are two fan drawings of a Dimensional Shambler that I found online:

http://jagoba.deviantart.com/art/Vagabun...-286351888
http://dloliver.deviantart.com/art/Creat...-120611034 (the final version visible here http://dloliver.deviantart.com/art/Catamoc-206681081)

**Froge** · 09-03-2012, 06:09 AM

Personally, I think that the Lovecraftian style is becoming cliche and repetitive. Amnesia did it well, but I'm not sure how it would be able to keep up. Anything that gets perpetuated for a while will get very old.

**Mine Turtle** · 09-03-2012, 08:52 AM

monsters in general dont really scare me. ive grown acustomed to seeing monsters like those in FPS'es, and so on. the only thing that really terrifies me is someone/something looking so freaky and so deformed that it sends chills down your spine, to even think about how it got its form. thats my feedback on this, atleast

**Oswald Mandus** · 09-03-2012, 09:14 AM

no no no. Finally thechineseroom is going with with the steampunk theme and no more lovercraftian! Yay!

**The Rock Worm** · 09-03-2012, 02:29 PM

(09-03-2012, 09:14 AM)wtfomg Wrote: no no no. Finally thechineseroom is going with with the steampunk theme and no more lovercraftian! Yay!

From the video it still uses Amnesia 1 textures in addition to the new. I'm glad to see actual outdoors/city textures. A good change of pace from indoors only. It's unknown how much Lovecraft theme will be in (in fact, much of the game is unknown to us).

**Robby** · 09-28-2012, 01:50 PM

I've seen quite some games with that kind of style. For first time, it is good, but not so much later on.

**MyRedNeptune** · 09-30-2012, 09:25 PM

The problem I have with Lovecraftian monsters is that many of them are too inhuman to be scary.

Oblivion's zombies were one of the scariest things for me at the time, heh. ^^

**Hunter of Shadows** · 09-30-2012, 10:31 PM

(09-30-2012, 09:25 PM)MyRedNeptune Wrote: The problem I have with Lovecraftian monsters is that many of them are too inhuman to be scary.

Oblivion's zombies were one of the scariest things for me at the time, heh. ^^

Which is why Amnesia's monsters are deliberately made to be human like

**MyRedNeptune** · 10-01-2012, 12:04 PM

(09-30-2012, 10:31 PM)Hunter of Shadows Wrote:
(09-30-2012, 09:25 PM)MyRedNeptune Wrote: The problem I have with Lovecraftian monsters is that many of them are too inhuman to be scary.

Oblivion's zombies were one of the scariest things for me at the time, heh. ^^
Which is why Amnesia's monsters are deliberately made to be human like

That's right, and they're friggin' terrifying.

Until the whole cute and/or sexy grunt thing kicks in. Tongue

**Hunter of Shadows** · 10-02-2012, 12:18 AM

(10-01-2012, 12:04 PM)MyRedNeptune Wrote:
(09-30-2012, 10:31 PM)Hunter of Shadows Wrote:
(09-30-2012, 09:25 PM)MyRedNeptune Wrote: The problem I have with Lovecraftian monsters is that many of them are too inhuman to be scary.

Oblivion's zombies were one of the scariest things for me at the time, heh. ^^
Which is why Amnesia's monsters are deliberately made to be human like
That's right, and they're friggin' terrifying.

Until the whole cute and/or sexy grunt thing kicks in.

Which is even worse