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** Burn a book? That's horrible.. he might have killed a lot of people, but he wouldn't burn a book!
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*So how exactly is Alexander the bad guy here? From what we hear near the end, it seems that all he wants to do is go back home, which he can't do because Wayer stole that opportunity. Now he's stuck on Earth, sustaining his life for centuries, waiting for that jerk to help him. But Wayer is all "Send me Agrippa! There is a big chance that I will just start completely ignoring you after that, but still, do it!" Alexander even agrees and starts working on it... and then Daniel happens. I feel as if Wayer is a huge jerkass that just screwed Alexander over.
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** They probably all just ganged up on him to knock him out or something - Malo is still only human, after all. Alois and Basile might have even helped - last time I checked, the suitors weren't exactly friends.
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** They probably all just ganged up on him to knock him out or something - Malo is still only human, after all. Alois and Basile might have even helped - last time I checked, the suitors weren't exactly friends.friends.
*** Yeah, a human who can knock down giant steel doors with his bare hands while starving and who runs ridiculously fast for being half-dead. Maybe I'm just jaded after dying by his hand so many times, but it seems like even teaming up, they wouldn't be much of a match for Malo.
*** Yeah, a human who can knock down giant steel doors with his bare hands while starving and who runs ridiculously fast for being half-dead. Maybe I'm just jaded after dying by his hand so many times, but it seems like even teaming up, they wouldn't be much of a match for Malo.
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** He was traumatized by the memory of what he had done to the point that he almost could not function. Giving himself the potion made him forget the actual murders (minus the one you have to re-do near the end in a flashback), making it so that he knew ''what'' he had done, but couldn't remember, saving his sanity and allowing him to function. Also, since he was obviously really torn up about that the fact that he realized he was a CompleteMonster, he probably wasn't thinking in a terribly logically.
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** When you reach the elevator leading down to the Inner Sanctum you find it to not only be broken but partially disassembled. Did Daniel break it himself to trap Alexander down there before going to wipe his own memory?
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*** ''Kinda'' going into WildMassGuessing territory there, pal.
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* Thinking too hard about Justine, but: if you save all three hostages, they bang on the door at the end. Getting past Alois? Well, as long as you closed the door behind you, not too hard to do. Basile? He's the most sane of all of them, and as long as it was clear they weren't Justine, he would probably let them pass. But how the fuck did they get past Malo?! Unless Justine left a fully loaded shotgun laying around, I don't see how they ALL would have made it past him to the end chamber.
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* Thinking too hard about Justine, but: if you save all three hostages, they bang on the door at the end. Getting past Alois? Well, as long as you closed the door behind you, not too hard to do. Basile? He's the most sane of all of them, and as long as it was clear they weren't Justine, he would probably let them pass. But how the fuck did they get past Malo?! Unless Justine left a fully loaded shotgun laying around, I don't see how they ALL would have made it past him to the end chamber.chamber.
** They probably all just ganged up on him to knock him out or something - Malo is still only human, after all. Alois and Basile might have even helped - last time I checked, the suitors weren't exactly friends.
** They probably all just ganged up on him to knock him out or something - Malo is still only human, after all. Alois and Basile might have even helped - last time I checked, the suitors weren't exactly friends.
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*** But you don't know she's a cruel dumb bitch till the end. Plus, due to the lack of save points, you can purposefully let her get Karma'd if you let the Suitors kill her.
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*** But you don't know she's a [[spoiler: cruel dumb bitch till the end.end]]. Plus, due to the lack of save points, you can purposefully let her get Karma'd if you let the Suitors kill her.
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*** But you don't know she's a cruel dumb bitch till the end. Plus, due to the lack of save points, you can purposefully let her get Karma'd if you let the Suitors kill her.
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** It's strongly implied that the cockroaches are hallucinations, as they only appear when Daniel's sanity is low, and they dissappear mysteriously. Daniel was an explorer and archeologist, so it's very possible that he has visited Madagascar, and had a traumatic experience with the cockroaches.
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** It's strongly implied that the cockroaches are hallucinations, as they only appear when Daniel's sanity is low, and they dissappear mysteriously. Daniel was an explorer and archeologist, so it's very possible that he has visited Madagascar, and had a traumatic experience with the cockroaches.cockroaches.
* Thinking too hard about Justine, but: if you save all three hostages, they bang on the door at the end. Getting past Alois? Well, as long as you closed the door behind you, not too hard to do. Basile? He's the most sane of all of them, and as long as it was clear they weren't Justine, he would probably let them pass. But how the fuck did they get past Malo?! Unless Justine left a fully loaded shotgun laying around, I don't see how they ALL would have made it past him to the end chamber.
* Thinking too hard about Justine, but: if you save all three hostages, they bang on the door at the end. Getting past Alois? Well, as long as you closed the door behind you, not too hard to do. Basile? He's the most sane of all of them, and as long as it was clear they weren't Justine, he would probably let them pass. But how the fuck did they get past Malo?! Unless Justine left a fully loaded shotgun laying around, I don't see how they ALL would have made it past him to the end chamber.
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* You heal yourself with Opium. [[FlatWhat What.]]
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* You Laudanum (the item which you heal yourself with with) is actually Opium. [[FlatWhat What.]]
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* Why the hell are all of the Cockroaches I find in this castle Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches? They're quite large for any other species and they [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hiss]]. Did Alexander just happen to go on a trip to Madagascar, look at these and say "Aw, hell yes! I totally want a breeding pair of those!"[[hottip:*:Apparently, this game is also set before they were even given a proper latin name.]]
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* Why the hell are all of the Cockroaches I find in this castle Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches? They're quite large for any other species and they [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hiss]]. Did Alexander just happen to go on a trip to Madagascar, look at these and say "Aw, hell yes! I totally want a breeding pair of those!"[[hottip:*:Apparently, this game is also set before they were even given a proper latin name.]]]]
** It's strongly implied that the cockroaches are hallucinations, as they only appear when Daniel's sanity is low, and they dissappear mysteriously. Daniel was an explorer and archeologist, so it's very possible that he has visited Madagascar, and had a traumatic experience with the cockroaches.
** It's strongly implied that the cockroaches are hallucinations, as they only appear when Daniel's sanity is low, and they dissappear mysteriously. Daniel was an explorer and archeologist, so it's very possible that he has visited Madagascar, and had a traumatic experience with the cockroaches.
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* Why the hell are all of the Cockroaches I find in this castle Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches? They're quite large for any other species and they[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hiss]]. Did Alexander just happen to go on a trip to Madagascar, look at these and say "Aw, hell yes! I totally want a breeding pair of those!"[[hottip:*:Apparently, this game is also set before they were even given a proper latin name.]]
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* Why the hell are all of the Cockroaches I find in this castle Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches? Cockroaches? They're quite large for any other species and they[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hiss]]. they [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hiss]]. Did Alexander just happen to go on a trip to Madagascar, look at these and say "Aw, hell yes! yes! I totally want a breeding pair of those!"[[hottip:*:Apparently, this game is also set before they were even given a proper latin name.]]
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* [[spoiler: After knocking all the pillars and interrupting Alexander's ritual, Daniel is spared by the Shadow and backtracks all the way to the Entrance Hall.]] But even assuming the Shadow withdrew its MeatMoss from the whole castle because it had no grudge against anyone anymore, how does Daniel manage it ? The elevator is completely trashed, for starters, and if I recall correctly other parts of the castle collapsed once Daniel had left them the first time. Did the Shadow magically reset the castle to the state it was in before Daniel's arrival ?
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* [[spoiler: After knocking all the pillars and interrupting Alexander's ritual, Daniel is spared by the Shadow and backtracks all the way to the Entrance Hall.]] But even assuming the Shadow withdrew its MeatMoss from the whole castle because it had no grudge against anyone anymore, how does Daniel manage it ? The elevator is completely trashed, for starters, and if I recall correctly other parts of the castle collapsed once Daniel had left them the first time. Did the Shadow magically reset the castle to the state it was in before Daniel's arrival ??
* Why the hell are all of the Cockroaches I find in this castle Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches? They're quite large for any other species and they[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hiss]]. Did Alexander just happen to go on a trip to Madagascar, look at these and say "Aw, hell yes! I totally want a breeding pair of those!"[[hottip:*:Apparently, this game is also set before they were even given a proper latin name.]]
* Why the hell are all of the Cockroaches I find in this castle Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches? They're quite large for any other species and they[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hiss]]. Did Alexander just happen to go on a trip to Madagascar, look at these and say "Aw, hell yes! I totally want a breeding pair of those!"[[hottip:*:Apparently, this game is also set before they were even given a proper latin name.]]
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*** I mostly thought that it was because of two factors: 1, Daniel is really scared and doesn't want to even go near those things, preferring to run as fast as possible. 2, if he gets too close, they hit him and wound him badly, causing him to drop the weapon and leaving himself vulnerable.
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** Circumstances dictate actions, and at that point, it was do or die, so yeah
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* Question about one of the endings : [[spoiler: after After knocking all the pillars and interrupting Alexander's ritual, Daniel is spared by the Shadow and backtracks all the way to the Entrance Hall.]] But even assuming the Shadow withdrew its MeatMoss from the whole castle because it had no grudge against anyone anymore, how does Daniel manage it ? The elevator is completely trashed, for starters, and if I recall correctly other parts of the castle collapsed once Daniel had left them the first time. Did the Shadow magically reset the castle to the state it was in before Daniel's arrival ?
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*** Daniel is nyctophobe ; he can't stand the idea of being trapped in darkness. That also explains why his Sanity decreases when he's in the dark, whereas Justine's doesn't, since she doesn't share his phobia.
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*** Daniel is nyctophobe ; he can't stand the idea of being trapped in darkness. That also explains why his Sanity decreases when he's in the dark, whereas Justine's doesn't, since she doesn't share his phobia.phobia (her vision does blur and distort, but unless she's looking at a Suitor [[spoiler: or walking in the Crypt]], her Sanity remains crystal clear).
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* Question about one of the endings : after knocking all the pillars and interrupting Alexander's ritual, Daniel is spared by the Shadow and backtracks all the way to the Entrance Hall. But even assuming the Shadow withdrew its MeatMoss from the whole castle because it had no grudge against anyone anymore, how does Daniel manage it ? The elevator is completely trashed, for starters, and if I recall correctly other parts of the castle collapsed once Daniel had left them the first time. Did the Shadow magically reset the castle to the state it was in before Daniel's arrival ?
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* Question about one of the endings : [[spoiler: after knocking all the pillars and interrupting Alexander's ritual, Daniel is spared by the Shadow and backtracks all the way to the Entrance Hall. Hall.]] But even assuming the Shadow withdrew its MeatMoss from the whole castle because it had no grudge against anyone anymore, how does Daniel manage it ? The elevator is completely trashed, for starters, and if I recall correctly other parts of the castle collapsed once Daniel had left them the first time. Did the Shadow magically reset the castle to the state it was in before Daniel's arrival ?
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** It's by the same reasoning that you "heal" yourself with painkillers in VideoGame/MaxPayne, VideoGame/DeusEx, and morphine in CryOfFear. It makes the pain bearable so you can continue.
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** It's by the same reasoning that you "heal" yourself with painkillers in VideoGame/MaxPayne, VideoGame/DeusEx, and morphine in CryOfFear. It makes the pain bearable so you can continue.continue.
* Question about one of the endings : after knocking all the pillars and interrupting Alexander's ritual, Daniel is spared by the Shadow and backtracks all the way to the Entrance Hall. But even assuming the Shadow withdrew its MeatMoss from the whole castle because it had no grudge against anyone anymore, how does Daniel manage it ? The elevator is completely trashed, for starters, and if I recall correctly other parts of the castle collapsed once Daniel had left them the first time. Did the Shadow magically reset the castle to the state it was in before Daniel's arrival ?
* Question about one of the endings : after knocking all the pillars and interrupting Alexander's ritual, Daniel is spared by the Shadow and backtracks all the way to the Entrance Hall. But even assuming the Shadow withdrew its MeatMoss from the whole castle because it had no grudge against anyone anymore, how does Daniel manage it ? The elevator is completely trashed, for starters, and if I recall correctly other parts of the castle collapsed once Daniel had left them the first time. Did the Shadow magically reset the castle to the state it was in before Daniel's arrival ?
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** It's by the same reasoning that you "heal" yourself with painkillers in MaxPayne, DeusEx, and morphine in CryOfFear. It makes the pain bearable so you can continue.
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** It's by the same reasoning that you "heal" yourself with painkillers in MaxPayne, DeusEx, VideoGame/MaxPayne, VideoGame/DeusEx, and morphine in CryOfFear. It makes the pain bearable so you can continue.
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** Why should it have close connection with Daniel's story? It's an independent short game, more scares for fans of the original game who can't wait for a proper sequel. And do you seriously expect that a horror game like Amnesia would conform to common moral sensibilities to preserve your peace of mind?
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** Why should it have close connection with Daniel's story? It's an independent short game, more scares for fans of the original game who can't wait for a proper sequel. And do you seriously expect that a horror game like Amnesia would conform to common moral sensibilities to preserve your peace of mind?mind?t
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* You heal yourself with Opium. [[FlatWhat What.]]]]
**It's by the same reasoning that you "heal" yourself with painkillers in MaxPayne, DeusEx, and morphine in CryOfFear. It makes the pain bearable so you can continue.
**It's by the same reasoning that you "heal" yourself with painkillers in MaxPayne, DeusEx, and morphine in CryOfFear. It makes the pain bearable so you can continue.
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** TheCoconutEffect at work. It's a sound that ''communicates'' Daniel's teeth grinding, even if it sounds nothing like actual teeth-grind.
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** TheCoconutEffect at work. It's a sound that ''communicates'' Daniel's teeth grinding, even if it sounds nothing like actual teeth-grind.teeth-grind.
* You heal yourself with Opium. [[FlatWhat What.]]
* You heal yourself with Opium. [[FlatWhat What.]]
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* What exactly is the sound we hear when Daniel is at low Sanity ? It's commonly described as "teeth chattering", but it sounds more like grinding that the clack-clack sound the chattering implies (unless my vocabulary is just plain wrong). Either way, teeth grinding does not sound like that either, unless your teeth are completely rotten. So what is this ?
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* What exactly is the sound we hear when Daniel is at low Sanity ? It's commonly described as "teeth chattering", but it sounds more like grinding that the clack-clack sound the chattering implies (unless my vocabulary is just plain wrong). Either way, teeth grinding does not sound like that either, unless your teeth are completely rotten. So what is this ?this?
** TheCoconutEffect at work. It's a sound that ''communicates'' Daniel's teeth grinding, even if it sounds nothing like actual teeth-grind.
** TheCoconutEffect at work. It's a sound that ''communicates'' Daniel's teeth grinding, even if it sounds nothing like actual teeth-grind.
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** Yes. Daniel gets his redemption and victory after beating the Big Bad. I would have at least liked a chance for multiple endings, one where the [[spoiler: Justine gets Karma'd. Karma Houdinis just bug the hell out of me. It makes me not want to play the game when the person I'm playing as is some cruel, dumb bitch.]]
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** Why should it have close connection with Daniel's story? It's an independent short game, more scares for fans of the original game who can't wait for a proper sequel. And do you seriously expect that a horror game like Amnesia would conform to common moral sensibilities to preserve your peace of mind?
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** Why should it have close connection with Daniel's story? It's an independent short game, more scares for fans of the original game who can't wait for a proper sequel. And do you seriously expect that a horror game like Amnesia would conform to common moral sensibilities to preserve your peace of mind?mind?
* What exactly is the sound we hear when Daniel is at low Sanity ? It's commonly described as "teeth chattering", but it sounds more like grinding that the clack-clack sound the chattering implies (unless my vocabulary is just plain wrong). Either way, teeth grinding does not sound like that either, unless your teeth are completely rotten. So what is this ?
* What exactly is the sound we hear when Daniel is at low Sanity ? It's commonly described as "teeth chattering", but it sounds more like grinding that the clack-clack sound the chattering implies (unless my vocabulary is just plain wrong). Either way, teeth grinding does not sound like that either, unless your teeth are completely rotten. So what is this ?
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*** Daniel is nyctophobe ; he can't stand the idea of being trapped in darkness. That also explains why his Sanity decreases when he's in the dark, whereas Justine's doesn't, since she doesn't share his phobia.
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* What exactly is the point of the Justine content? What connection does it have with Daniel's story beside his letter and a few mentions of characters from the dark Descent? [[spoiler: Also, the fact that Justine turns out to be the player, and is such a cruel bitch who doesn't get Karma bugs the hell out of me.]]
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* What exactly is the point of the Justine content? What connection does it have with Daniel's story beside his letter and a few mentions of characters from the dark Descent? [[spoiler: Also, the fact that Justine turns out to be the player, and is such a cruel bitch who doesn't get Karma bugs the hell out of me.]]]]
** Why should it have close connection with Daniel's story? It's an independent short game, more scares for fans of the original game who can't wait for a proper sequel. And do you seriously expect that a horror game like Amnesia would conform to common moral sensibilities to preserve your peace of mind?
** Why should it have close connection with Daniel's story? It's an independent short game, more scares for fans of the original game who can't wait for a proper sequel. And do you seriously expect that a horror game like Amnesia would conform to common moral sensibilities to preserve your peace of mind?
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*** Then why does throwing a box at them work so well? Even if he can't kill them, I'm sure a crowbar in face will distract them.
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** Daniel frequently [[spoiler:hallucinates]] about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_hissing_cockroach giant Hissing Cockroaches]], which are indigenous to Madagascar... Despite [[spoiler:his only time spent in Africa, to the knowledge of the player, is in Algeria, on the other side of the African continent.]]
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* What exactly is the point of the Justine content? What connection does it have with Daniel's story beside his letter and a few mentions of characters from the dark Descent? [[spoiler: Also, the fact that Justine turns out to be the player, and is such a cruel bitch who doesn't get Karma bugs the hell out of me.]]
* What exactly is the point of the Justine content? What connection does it have with Daniel's story beside his letter and a few mentions of characters from the dark Descent? [[spoiler: Also, the fact that Justine turns out to be the player, and is such a cruel bitch who doesn't get Karma bugs the hell out of me.]]
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* The protagonist has to light torches and lanterns to hold back the darkness and keep his sanity. He will pass ''hundreds'' of books and pieces of wooden furniture just lying around over the course of the game. Apparently, those don't count.
** Also, light sources other than one lantern cannot be moved under any circumstances (there are plenty of candles around) and they can only be lit by a tinderbox, never from another light (including the oil lamp you carry).
*** There's a bit of a running gag among some parts of the fandom that Alexander had his servants glue all of the candles to the tables.
*** Those could be justified (Albeit weakly, like he doesn't want to risk setting the room alight), but on more than one occasion you come across windows blocked by ''curtains'' that you can't remove or pull aside to let light in. For a game based heavily around physics something like that is just silly.
*** Not pulling aside the curtains is justified by the fact that while being in the dark is bad for your sanity, ''not'' having dark to hide in is bad for your continued existence.
** Speaking of which, why does darkness make you insane?
*** You're being hunted by a ''shadow''. Why wouldn't the dark make you paranoid and nervous?
* You pass bandsaws, but can't pick them up as a weapon. Or the hammers nearby. Or the shovel. You can pick up a crowbar to open a door, but it's dropped immediately upon use.
** Perhaps Daniel just has the sense to know he doesn't stand a chance against the powerful monsters.
*** You never saw [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} Gordon Freeman]] give up when [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer all he had was a crowbar]].
*** I saw Gordon Freeman give up when he didn't have his HEV suit though...
*** Even if he can't ''kill'' the monster, at least he might be able to use the crowbar / shovel / hammer to wound and distract it. In fact, when you throw crates and other items at the monsters, it actually delays them and gives you more time to escape. So wouldn't it make more sense for Daniel to keep his weapons instead of discarding them?
*** Didn't Daniel say towards the beginning of the game that he'd already tried fighting the monsters with weapons, and that it had no effect?
* In the level the entrance hall you need to dissolve the meat moss blocking access to the refinery, however attempting to leave the castle reveals that the door is blocked off by the same meat moss. Daniel could have escaped the castle right then and there by using the acid he found to dissolve the meat moss blocking the exit and gotten out of there. (however because the devs think of everything trying to do this has no effect)
** It could be that Daniel, in spite of his amnesia, still senses the shadow closing in on him, and, since his past self is all he has to go on for information, and his past self is saying to go deeper into the castle and kill Alexander, he thinks it would be better to follow his own advice and try to fix the problem instead of running away. However if [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything they had thought of everything,]] they should have let you go out the door, walk a few hundred feet, hear the noises of some monster, and get dragged off into the swamp like some of the notes that you pick up hint at happening. Would have added some "My God... That was almost ME" paranoia to the game, [[SarcasmMode because God knows it needs more of it...]]
** This is something that the designers at Frictional are aware of, according to the [[WordOfGod in-game commentary]]. The dissolve-the-slime-barrier-with-acid puzzle was one of the first designed, and while that section of the game went through several redesigns, the puzzle stayed the same. In the original version, the MeatMoss did not start filling the entrance hall as the player progressed, but was added later, and kind of undermined the concept of the puzzle. However, by that point in development there was not enough time in the project schedule to come up with a different puzzle that fit the newer level design. They left it in because they needed something there for the player to overcome, but were not fully satisfied with the end result.
* In the 'Entrance to Cistern' there is a puzzle requiring you to lower an automatic ladder, except that for some reason a pipe is in the way. Makes you wonder if the ladder was put in first, and the plumber decided to mess with the engineer, or some lazy engineer decided to slap the ladder down early and call it a day
* At some point in the game, you have to [[spoiler:inject yourself with the blood of a corpse to pass into the next level.]] Anyone ever wonder that just maybe [[spoiler:that guy might have a different ''blood type'' than Daniel?]]
** Daniel frequently [[spoiler:hallucinates]] about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_hissing_cockroach giant Hissing Cockroaches]], which are indigenous to Madagascar... Despite [[spoiler:his only time spent in Africa, to the knowledge of the player, is in Algeria, on the other side of the African continent.]]
* The protagonist has to light torches and lanterns to hold back the darkness and keep his sanity. He will pass ''hundreds'' of books and pieces of wooden furniture just lying around over the course of the game. Apparently, those don't count.
** Also, light sources other than one lantern cannot be moved under any circumstances (there are plenty of candles around) and they can only be lit by a tinderbox, never from another light (including the oil lamp you carry).
*** There's a bit of a running gag among some parts of the fandom that Alexander had his servants glue all of the candles to the tables.
*** Those could be justified (Albeit weakly, like he doesn't want to risk setting the room alight), but on more than one occasion you come across windows blocked by ''curtains'' that you can't remove or pull aside to let light in. For a game based heavily around physics something like that is just silly.
*** Not pulling aside the curtains is justified by the fact that while being in the dark is bad for your sanity, ''not'' having dark to hide in is bad for your continued existence.
** Speaking of which, why does darkness make you insane?
*** You're being hunted by a ''shadow''. Why wouldn't the dark make you paranoid and nervous?
* You pass bandsaws, but can't pick them up as a weapon. Or the hammers nearby. Or the shovel. You can pick up a crowbar to open a door, but it's dropped immediately upon use.
** Perhaps Daniel just has the sense to know he doesn't stand a chance against the powerful monsters.
*** You never saw [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} Gordon Freeman]] give up when [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer all he had was a crowbar]].
*** I saw Gordon Freeman give up when he didn't have his HEV suit though...
*** Even if he can't ''kill'' the monster, at least he might be able to use the crowbar / shovel / hammer to wound and distract it. In fact, when you throw crates and other items at the monsters, it actually delays them and gives you more time to escape. So wouldn't it make more sense for Daniel to keep his weapons instead of discarding them?
*** Didn't Daniel say towards the beginning of the game that he'd already tried fighting the monsters with weapons, and that it had no effect?
* In the level the entrance hall you need to dissolve the meat moss blocking access to the refinery, however attempting to leave the castle reveals that the door is blocked off by the same meat moss. Daniel could have escaped the castle right then and there by using the acid he found to dissolve the meat moss blocking the exit and gotten out of there. (however because the devs think of everything trying to do this has no effect)
** It could be that Daniel, in spite of his amnesia, still senses the shadow closing in on him, and, since his past self is all he has to go on for information, and his past self is saying to go deeper into the castle and kill Alexander, he thinks it would be better to follow his own advice and try to fix the problem instead of running away. However if [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything they had thought of everything,]] they should have let you go out the door, walk a few hundred feet, hear the noises of some monster, and get dragged off into the swamp like some of the notes that you pick up hint at happening. Would have added some "My God... That was almost ME" paranoia to the game, [[SarcasmMode because God knows it needs more of it...]]
** This is something that the designers at Frictional are aware of, according to the [[WordOfGod in-game commentary]]. The dissolve-the-slime-barrier-with-acid puzzle was one of the first designed, and while that section of the game went through several redesigns, the puzzle stayed the same. In the original version, the MeatMoss did not start filling the entrance hall as the player progressed, but was added later, and kind of undermined the concept of the puzzle. However, by that point in development there was not enough time in the project schedule to come up with a different puzzle that fit the newer level design. They left it in because they needed something there for the player to overcome, but were not fully satisfied with the end result.
* In the 'Entrance to Cistern' there is a puzzle requiring you to lower an automatic ladder, except that for some reason a pipe is in the way. Makes you wonder if the ladder was put in first, and the plumber decided to mess with the engineer, or some lazy engineer decided to slap the ladder down early and call it a day
* At some point in the game, you have to [[spoiler:inject yourself with the blood of a corpse to pass into the next level.]] Anyone ever wonder that just maybe [[spoiler:that guy might have a different ''blood type'' than Daniel?]]
** Daniel frequently [[spoiler:hallucinates]] about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_hissing_cockroach giant Hissing Cockroaches]], which are indigenous to Madagascar... Despite [[spoiler:his only time spent in Africa, to the knowledge of the player, is in Algeria, on the other side of the African continent.]]
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*** Didn't Alexander only start murdering innocents when Agrippa ruined his first attempt at returning home? Oh, who knows. This game is full of unreliable narrators.
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*** Didn't Alexander only start murdering innocents when Agrippa ruined his first attempt at returning home? Oh, who knows. This game is full of unreliable narrators.narrators.
* The lantern. What does he light it with?
* The lantern. What does he light it with?
