Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs didn’t really impress me in the beginning. It was the sheer lack of mechanics that The Dark Descent did well; the stress of having to find tinderboxes, the loss of sanity, the puzzles with being able to interact with so much of the environment. All of it was missing, initial chapters fairly slow. It was such a stark difference.

But then I started to enjoy it more later on. I think being under the Amnesia name did it damage due to there being certain expectations from the fanbase, and I'll admit I probably judged it too harshly myself. It had its own good moments, and despite the enemies being few, there were still some stealth segments. Sure, it was different and made up mostly of walking, but it wasn't terrible.