amnesia: a machine for pigs

[blackstar]

amnesia developers are collaborating with the makers of dear esther (thechineseroom) to release a machine for pigs.

Promising the same kind of terrifying atmosphere delivered by the original Amnesia, but with a mechanical twist, A Machine for Pigs could well be one of the most disturbing games ever made.

[all images from joystiq / denofgeek]

It takes place sixty years after Amnesia: The Dark Descent at the turn of the twentieth century, yet the next game to carry the franchise's moniker will feel like familiar territory in one major respect: it is built to scare you senseless.

A rich industrial tycoon named Oswald Mandus* collapses from a feverish nightmare in which he sees a mysterious, dark machine. A "disastrous" and tragic expedition to Mexico, compounded with his illness, have stolen months from his life and he wakes determined to piece together the missing fragments of his life.

At its core, A Machine for Pigs follows the same terror-inducing principles as the first, but changes the gameplay to keep things fresh for veterans. "People going in will not know what to expect," Grip says, noting that elements from The Dark Descent have been ripped out of the game, and new ones have been added. Neither will budge on details, only to say it remains a first-person horror title. Both agree the game has a high bar to aspire to.

*My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is a PC title, with Mac and Linux versions to be released if not at the same time then "soon after" launch. The pair are proud that they can afford to develop the game, with Frictional -- acting in a production role -- financing the project. Crowd-sourced funding from services like Kickstarter seem intriguing to both teams, but Frictional says it has enough resources to meet the game's budgetary needs.

ETA: before halloween 2012

looking forward to this

articles
http://www.denofgeek.com/games/12575...announced.html
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/22/bu...rse-of-amnesi/

more on amnesia / dear esther
http://www.amnesiagame.com/
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...descent-review

http://dear-esther.com/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...er-review.html

[sadisti]

And it's gonna be better than any "AAA" horror game out there. Also cheaper.

I am ready.

[blackstar]

so very true!

If it would have been a less scary Amnesia it would have been called "Amnesia: A trip to rainbowland" or perhaps "Amnesia: A machine for cookie baking". Our dear collaborators, Chinese Room, has gone to great length to conjure up the most disturbing and repulsive subtitle for a game yet. There is nothing friendly, cuddly, or cozy about a machine for pigs. Men do not make machines that play with pigs, or sing cute songs for pig. No, there are only horrible and terrifying implications with this kind of machinery.

http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/p...al-games-11387

[Atlantis_Risen]

I can't wait for this!

[Ruzhyo]

Yep, do want.

[castun]

Can't wait for this either!

[blackstar]

bump

playing amnesia now, throwing dismembered limbs at invisible things that eat them. this is so wrong.