Review: Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs (PC)

Review by V8Ninja.

Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs was not developed by Frictional Games. Rather, the game was developed by The Chinese Room. The Chinese Room's resume only features one video game, which was Dear Esther.

While I cannot judge any of the claims, many individuals criticised Dear Esther for taking away all meaningful player interaction and replacing it with story and meticulously crafted environments, with many coming to the conclusion that Dear Esther was primarily a set of pretty dioramas rather than a video game (we rather loved it at Digitally Downloaded though). When many heard the news that The Chinese Room was developing A Machine For Pigs, they thought that The Chinese Room's freshman debut was not indicative of the developers future and that the developer would lend their knack for environmental detail to Frictional Games' top-notch horror gameplay.

The critics of Dear Esther are going to have a field day over Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs.