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Posted September 10, 2013
Descend into the bowels of London!

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, a chilling survival horror game set in the stinking underbelly of Victorian London, is available on GOG.com for only $19.99.

The year is 1899, the eve of the new century. As industrialist London, anxious with anticipation, readies its factories and production lines for the impending golden age, Oswald Mandus, a troubled tycoon, wakes up from a nightmarish vision. Overcome by mind-numbing fever, unable to discern reality from a hallucinatory fantasy, he cannot drown out the hellish noise of mysterious machine. Is the sound real? The echo still reverberating inside his skull, the shape and form of this ominous apparatus gripping him, like a deliric spectre. The man rises from his bed aghast with sudden fear: "My children… Where are my children?" The deafening scream of the infernal engine drowns out his hesitant steps.

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is an exceptionally creepy exercise in industrial revolution horror. Building upon the ideas and mechanics used in Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the game will shock you with a nightmarish world all its own. Fans of the genre will definitely appreciate the ominous soundtrack by award-winning composer Jessica Curry as well as the detailed, haunting environments designed to evoke claustrophobia and paranoia. With the focus shifting towards phantasmagoric storytelling, with a nauseating secret at the heart of Oswald Mandus' ordeal, this perfectly paced horror will not only make you gasp for air while playing, but is sure to leave you shaken for weeks after.

Experience first hand the descent into insanity, and delve deeper into the soul-grinding horrors of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, for only $19.99 on GOG.com.
Posted September 11, 2013
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Mivas: Don't you want to add this as a review on the game's page? I'm sure more people would find it handy and here it gets lost in time fast.
Gamasutra: Why Frictional passed Amnesia to Dear Esther's developer
Sounds bullshit-y, they probably did it because they were willing to do it cheapest. I remember when this game was going to come out last year, Halloween 2012, yet got delayed to "make it better", I have to ask what da fuck they have even been doing for the last year, adding a shit-load of content to that 3-4 hour long corridor haunted house theme-park ride with features cut out? lol

I smell Gearbox/Aliens: Colonial Marines fraud all over this game. chineseroom probably took Frictional's money and pocketed it, just like Gearbox pocketed SEGA's money for years, while putting none of it back into the game.
Post edited September 11, 2013 by Crosmando
Posted September 11, 2013
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Zoidberg: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/eve

Just checked it and, unless something eluded me, it confirms what I said.

Also, do YOUrself a favor and drop the condescension, that was totally uncalled for.
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SDK94: A new century starts when the old one finishes, so 1900 is the start of the 20th Century and simultaneously the end of the 19th Century. Since the meaning of 'eve' is: "the period preceding or leading up to any event, crisis, etc", the 'eve' of 1900 (the new century) is 1899. Centuries start at 0 and go from 0-100, not 1-100 - that would be 99 years, and centuries don't go from e.g. 1901-2001.
No. There was no year zero. The first year of the first century is year 1. The last year of the first century is year 100. The last year of the 19th century is year 1900. 6 am on Dec 18, 1900, for example, is 1899 years, 11 months, 17 days and 6 hours away from the start of CE. Lern2math.
Posted September 11, 2013
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Silverhawk170485: Which features?
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KainKlarden: Steam cloud. Linux support.
The whole idea with games running on Linux is pointless if it is only through a closed, activation based, drm infested client, IMO. If that's supposed to be the future of Linux gaming, we might as well stay on Windows. Valve is the Microsoft of the gaming world, and Linux gaming is way better off without having anything to do with these two companies.

I have been gaming on Linux before, and i would embrace Linux gaming in a heartbeat again, if enough new games is released, drm-free for that OS - and by that i also mean through a delivery method that have no drm in it.
Posted September 11, 2013
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Crosmando: ...
I haven't played A Machine for Pigs, nor Dear Esther and Amnesia only briefly, so I don't really have any opinion. However I do understand they lacked a desire to work on the sequel. I guess their solution was more in the line companies manipulate with games as license.

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Solei: ...
Exactly.
Posted September 11, 2013
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Zoidberg: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/eve

Just checked it and, unless something eluded me, it confirms what I said.

Also, do YOUrself a favor and drop the condescension, that was totally uncalled for.
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SDK94: A new century starts when the old one finishes, so 1900 is the start of the 20th Century and simultaneously the end of the 19th Century. Since the meaning of 'eve' is: "the period preceding or leading up to any event, crisis, etc", the 'eve' of 1900 (the new century) is 1899. Centuries start at 0 and go from 0-100, not 1-100 - that would be 99 years, and centuries don't go from e.g. 1901-2001.
If 1900 is the first year of the tewntieth century, which century is 2000? Certainly not 21th! As has been said, there was no year 0, year 1 is the first year of the ffirst century. I guess the arabs didn't give us the 0 soon enough. :P

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SDK94: A new century starts when the old one finishes, so 1900 is the start of the 20th Century and simultaneously the end of the 19th Century. Since the meaning of 'eve' is: "the period preceding or leading up to any event, crisis, etc", the 'eve' of 1900 (the new century) is 1899. Centuries start at 0 and go from 0-100, not 1-100 - that would be 99 years, and centuries don't go from e.g. 1901-2001.
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Starmaker: No. There was no year zero. The first year of the first century is year 1. The last year of the first century is year 100. The last year of the 19th century is year 1900. 6 am on Dec 18, 1900, for example, is 1899 years, 11 months, 17 days and 6 hours away from the start of CE. Lern2math.
:D Indeed!

But whatever, back on topic, haven't taken the time to play it, just launched it once. Maybe I'll stream it.
Post edited September 11, 2013 by Zoidberg
Posted September 11, 2013
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SDK94: A new century starts when the old one finishes, so 1900 is the start of the 20th Century and simultaneously the end of the 19th Century. Since the meaning of 'eve' is: "the period preceding or leading up to any event, crisis, etc", the 'eve' of 1900 (the new century) is 1899. Centuries start at 0 and go from 0-100, not 1-100 - that would be 99 years, and centuries don't go from e.g. 1901-2001.
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Starmaker: No. There was no year zero. The first year of the first century is year 1. The last year of the first century is year 100. The last year of the 19th century is year 1900. 6 am on Dec 18, 1900, for example, is 1899 years, 11 months, 17 days and 6 hours away from the start of CE. Lern2math.
I just discovered that apparently there's some controversy surrounding this issue, but in general both of you are right. Still, the fact remains, who would actually celebrate the beginning of the 21st Century on 2001?
Posted September 11, 2013
Lol, a friend of mine just said me they released a patch for the Steam version, now he can't even start the game :D
Post edited September 11, 2013 by Punished_Snake
Posted September 11, 2013
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Punished_Snake: Lol, a friend of mine just said me they release a patch for the Steam version, now he can't even start the game :D
If only they patch out my memory of this game.
Posted September 11, 2013
I guess it's a candidate for disappointment of the year award. Who'd have thought.
Posted September 12, 2013
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Crosmando: If only they patch out my memory of this game.
They can do that! Just go to the nearest psych ward and tell them you want electro-shock therapy. I'm sure the side-effects will be quit minimal.

EDIT: I just noticed the coincidence between what electro-shock therapy can do and the name of this game: "The acute effects of ECT can include <span class="bold">amnesia</span>"

EDIT #2: Uh oh, this is starting to sound like a good idea. Just think how many games and movies one could enjoy for the very first time all over again! Just be sure to write down the names of all of the good games and movies before getting treatment so you don't waste your time on the stinkers the second time around.
Post edited September 12, 2013 by TheJadedOne
Posted September 12, 2013
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zeffyr: I guess it's a candidate for disappointment of the year award. Who'd have thought.
Nah I was disappointed more by Shadowrun Returns, but perhaps my expectations were too high.

fail of the year definitely goes to the Realms of Arkania remake
Posted September 12, 2013
Those of you interested in this game should really check the let's plays. Some are disappointed. Others are elated. It's vastly different form Amnesia the Dark Descent.
Posted September 12, 2013
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zeffyr: I guess it's a candidate for disappointment of the year award. Who'd have thought.
(note: this is without having played A Machine For Pigs for myself)

I'm not surprised at all, actually. Thomas Grip of Frictional Games has been pretty open about his belief that challenge and traditional "gamey" mechanics need to be eliminated from games in order to tell good stories, and... well, The Chinese room isn't exactly known for advancing storytelling through gameplay either.

Even if you look back at the first Amnesia game, the groundwork was laid for a no challenge ambient stroll (which is, I gather, what A Machine for Pigs is). The enemy AI focuses on appearing like it's hunting you without actually posing a threat, death is often more of an advantage than a disadvantage, the sanity meter does almost nothing, etc. It's a lot of smoke and mirrors that was very VERY good at scaring, but very weak when it came to actual mechanics.
Posted September 13, 2013
BTW I forgot to tell you
another reason for NOT to buy this cheap-ass casual sh*t
There will be no mod support for this game!
but dont get darpen folks, be sure the see some DLC's
*facepalm*
Posted September 13, 2013
The game still crashes for me. I buy both Amnesia games on Gog, and they won't work.
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