I’m really looking forward to this. The first game was awesome and if they can produce something equal to Dark Descent I’ll be thrilled. (If they surpass it . . . I won’t even know what to say. Maybe, I’ll just scream.) And what I’ve seen and heard so far, I think the game looks very promising.

As for the title. Well, at first, I heard it and thought it was like an early April fools joke or something, because it was a ridiculous title. But it grew on me quickly, and a day later I decided I loved the title. Something about it, once you think it through, is eerie, and just perfect. Whoever came up with it is a genius.

Sprungjeezy

United States1313 Posts

February 24 2012 22:14 GMT

#82

I really liked the title because like the games, you have to really guess a lot about what it means.

Also can't wait for it and really hope it's as good or better than The Dark Descent.

solidbebe

Netherlands4921 Posts

February 24 2012 22:17 GMT

#83

The title in combination with the picture just lets my imagination run wild with very, very morbid thoughts.

Diizzy

United States828 Posts

March 13 2012 07:43 GMT

#84

nice interview they did with rockpapershotgun

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/12/makin-bacon-dan-pinchbeck-on-a-machine-for-pigs/

pretty excited for this game. They are sticking with the no weapons and trying to make it even scarier than the 1st. comes out halloween night!

Cosmology

Canada360 Posts

March 13 2012 07:44 GMT

#85

omgomgomg, another game for me not to finish!!!!!!!

trias_e

United States520 Posts

March 13 2012 08:10 GMT

#86

Regarding the title:

Pigs are one of the most similar animals to humans. Not much hair. Pig organs can be used for human organ transplants. etc. Pigs also get slaughtered on a regular basis, and a machine for pigs is likely to be some sort of slaughtering machine.

Deleted User 183001

2939 Posts

March 13 2012 08:15 GMT

#87

I played the first Amnesia a few times through. It's pretty fun. Umm, people say it's the scariest game out there, but if it is, then... Idk, it just wasn't all too bad as far as scary goes. Personally, I think the scariness is terribly overrated. Very fun game though

. I'm looking forward to #2 :D

Tobberoth

Sweden6375 Posts

March 13 2012 08:52 GMT

#88

Looking forward to this. Playing Amnesia at the moment, and I'm definitely one of those people affected by it. I guess it just comes to your suspension of disbelief, like with most horrors. If you just see it as a game, it will obviously not scare you at all, but I really immerse myself fully when playing a game like this, it's the perfect type of horror for me where instead of short shock moments, there's this constant tension. Doesn't matter if I know in the back of my head that I can just run from monsters, that part of my brain is fortunately not intruding when I want to enjoy the scarriness of the game.

Diizzy

United States828 Posts

March 13 2012 08:57 GMT

#89

yeah if you actually look at the picture it kinda looks like a human body with his head and arms cut off

CrazyF1r3f0x

United States2120 Posts

April 04 2012 02:18 GMT

#90

Q4 isn't too far off

Though I hope the production time that's only like ~1 year doesn't impact the quality of the game.

Supamang

United States2298 Posts

June 15 2012 05:22 GMT

#91

Teaser trailer for A Machine for Pigs. Doesn't really show much, but then again its only a teaser.

Teence

Canada157 Posts

June 15 2012 05:34 GMT

#92

I'm excited to see how Frictional incorporates outdoor environments into their horror framework, especially when you consider that much of Amnesia's scare factor was based on chance encounters in cramped hallways.

On a side note, I can't see any enemy that grunts like a pig being more disturbing than the monsters in Amnesia, although I know that's completely subjective. For some reason, I'm picturing something like Bebop from Ninja Turtles :D

rebuffering

Canada2436 Posts

June 15 2012 05:43 GMT

#93

hell, im excited! even that short teaser is enough to freak me out, cant wait!

Avaloch

241 Posts

June 15 2012 14:02 GMT

#94

I remember watching someone stream their play through of Dark Descent and it already scared the hell out of me. This teaser is even more creepy... @_@

Zambrah

United States7283 Posts

June 16 2012 03:15 GMT

#95

On June 15 2012 14:34 Teence wrote:
I'm excited to see how Frictional incorporates outdoor environments into their horror framework, especially when you consider that much of Amnesia's scare factor was based on chance encounters in cramped hallways.

On a side note, I can't see any enemy that grunts like a pig being more disturbing than the monsters in Amnesia, although I know that's completely subjective. For some reason, I'm picturing something like Bebop from Ninja Turtles :D

I imagine the pig monsters as terrible abberations, much like the ones in The Dark Descent, they'd be amalgamations of flesh with steel, I picture large hump back monsters with pig heads pointing upwards, large steel framework bursting from the raw, bloody, decaying flesh, a sickening combination of steel and slaughtered pig.

Incidentally, I really hope A Machine for Pigs is as beautiful atmospheric as the original, I REALLY didn't care for A:tDD's story, but this one... I REALLY think I could get into this one, the last was a little out there for me, but this, this seems JUST up my alley, if the frame work from A:tDD is still there, I'm going to cream my pants.

EDIT: Also, I hope the scenes are darker and generally more visually distorted than the teaser portrays, part of Amnesia's immense power as a terrifying game lies in the denial of concrete visual information, and I can see the experience being lessened heavily without that skewing darkness.

dronescout

Iceland246 Posts

June 16 2012 13:31 GMT

#96

By the look of this teaser it looks like Machine for pigs will be like Black Plague was to the Penumbra series. Kind of like a really big expansion with modification.

MichaelDonovan

United States1453 Posts

June 16 2012 13:52 GMT

#97

If the Dear Esther writers are working on it, you can bet your ass it's going to be full of symbolism and suspense. Pretty exciting. I hope Day9 plays this one on stream too. Dark Descent was really funny to watch.

solidbebe

Netherlands4921 Posts

June 16 2012 14:02 GMT

#98

Damn that teaser lol, the pig thing didn't sound THAT scary but really if there's no suspense build up before hand then almost nothing is scary.

Diizzy

United States828 Posts

June 16 2012 14:09 GMT

#99

i imagine machine for pigs story to be something like a butchery, where pigs are hung on those hooks but instead someone used it for humans.

UniversalSnip

9871 Posts

June 16 2012 15:49 GMT

#100

i lost interest when i found out the game wasn't being developed by any of the same people. I'm not saying it will or won't be good, but now i have no reason to have expectations. I don't really understand why this little indie developer would have such a huge hit and then risk their only popular franchise by having somebody else make the sequel.