History YMMV / AmnesiaAMachineForPigs

* ContestedSequel: The general reaction to the game, because of the changes made by Creator/TheChineseRoom and their involvement in it. While the story is quite good and the voice-acting is '''far''' superior to [[VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent the first game]], the length, lack of [[InventoryManagementPuzzle Inventory Management Puzzles]], and, perhaps most prominently, a remarkably different style of horror that focuses more on unnerving the player by creating a dreary, oppressive atmosphere, rather drawing on the the more direct and upfront terror of being stalked by enemies, made this game [[BrokenBase a rather controversial]] sequel.

* ContestedSequel: The general reaction to the game, because of the changes made by Creator/TheChineseRoom and their involvement in it. While the story is quite good and the voice-acting is '''far''' superior to [[VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent the first game]], the length, less horror and lack of [[InventoryManagementPuzzle Inventory Management Puzzles]] made this game [[BrokenBase a rather controversial]] sequel.

* {{Narm}}: Mandus's journal entries are written in an often [[PurpleProse epic, pompous style]] that's so forced, it comes out as unintentionally hilarious, and makes you doubt if he's really serious about saving his sons.
** "How can a man shit so much blood and still live?" Sounds more like something you would hear from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' than ''Amnesia''.

** Given the [[SurvivalHorror nature]] [[{{Gorn}} of the game]], whenever Mandus mentions sex in his journals, it's hilarious. But when he mentions them in unnecessary detail and it's completely irrelevant, then it's just ridiculous. And since not every gamer is an English Major who would know what the hell he is saying because of the old-fashioned and industrial terms he's using, it's easy to misinterpret them as something else entirely. Or, if you wanted to read the easier understood detail about Mandus' and Lilibeth's wedding night by her "summoning him into manhood", then there you go.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Mandus apparently got the Pig Mask while exploring an Aztec temple. But pigs aren't native to the Americas (peccaries are, but the mask clearly depicts a domesticated pig), and the design on the mask is very much not Aztec. It's more similar to Haida designs from North American tribes, which is a pretty big distance to get wrong[[note]]The Haida are from the North Pacific coast, in British Columbia and Alaska, very, very far away from the Aztec[[/note]] . For a game that obviously spent a while on researching industrial England, this seems less like a mistake and more like "Screw it, make it look foreign and intimidating".

* UncannyValley: The manpigs invoke this trope, not so much by their appearance, but by the way they move. When you see one for the first time, its stooped, three-legged gait makes it hard to tell if it's an animal that has been turned monstrous or a person that has been turned animalistic. It's a minor [[WhamEpisode Wham Moment]] when you see one standing up for the first time, revealing that they are indeed fully humanoid.