It's a key that you need to activate in Steam. I sent it to the email address in your profile. Have fun!

In other news, Amnesia - A Machine for Pigs is finally released on 10 September! necros rejoice! 

I'm so happy for that. :) 

I had to stop playing the first one... 

I liked the first one but my interest waned when I discovered this tactic:

1. Monster appears
2. Run to the nearest corner
3. Stick your head in it
4. Leave the pc, go get a glass of water or something
5. Continue playing

I completely ruined it for myself I know, but I can't help taking advantage of an exploit.

Wasn't a fan of Dear Esther either, and apparently those two developers teamed up for AMFP. Esther was just a shoddy HL2 mod, for me at least.

Having said all that, Machine is still tempting... 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vxwAGB6Tos0&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvxwAGB6Tos0 

Bit of shit trailer, just some dude walking around in pitch dark almost, and nothing actually happening. Doom3 looked better than this. 

A lot of the game actually. But yeah, the game play shown in that one is pretty staid.

But bear in mind if your expectations are for an atypical FPS then you'd be disappointed anyway.

What its strong on are the storytelling, environment design and raw fear. 

Tried those games a few times but got bored pretty fast... I'dd rather play Myst. 

just some dude walking around in pitch dark almost

That IS the game. There's no fighting of any kind. 

There's also your character crying, shivering, moving like a slug and breathing heavily for no apparent reason :P 

 

 

More like too scary! 

I still plan on playing it, and the first Amnesia that I haven't played yet. I just hope they're better than the Penumbra's. 

but amnesia was too much for me. Christ, i just about shat myself 

now excuse me while i go wrestle a polar bear in my back yard. 

Feels very much P2W...
I don't get all this upgrady crap... I never liked RPG's to begin with, and it's EVERYWHERE.
Really makes me wish ingame advertising worked out so there was some other F2P model... 

Have anyone here played Mirror's Edge or F.E.A.R. 2? If so, quick thoughts? 

Mirror's Edge -- I liked it a lot. It's a first-person parkour puzzle game. The puzzles are cool. The environments are cool. The art style is cool. They have some shooting but manage to balance it so shooting is not the ultimate solution to most problems. The story is good enough, but not critical to enjoying the game. The cinematics are kind of budget, but are few enough and don't drag on. 

definitely worth playing Mirrors Edge. Super awesome art style and parkour stuff.

The actual shooting is actually quite bad unfortunately, luckily its not the focus and doesn't go on for too long.

I haven't played FEAR 2 but I enjoyed the original quite a lot from what I remember. 

very retro and cool...

http://www.locomalito.com/gaurodan.php 

I like it. Very authentic. 

started playing mirror's edge. (as usual, i'm behind with games... )

interesting game that suffers from some weaknesses.

the main weakness is that the game isn't able to be as abstract as it needs to be the way portal can since it is supposed to be taking place in a real city.
but the thing with this game is that it wants you to run fast and react, but that usually the paths through the level take some time and planning (and some trial and error) so i end up feeling like a chump as i bumble along missing jumps (and falling to my death a lot) and stopping and staring around, trying to figure out how to get to where i want to be.

still, it's nice to see first person games that are different. 

er... when i say it can't be as abstract as it needs to be, what i mean is that it can't be as explicit about what can be mantled, climbed, jumped, etc...
the 'runner vision', where bits of geometry that you can interact with in some way lights up as red is ok, but because it's only a short range effect, you can't actually use it to plan a route whereas in portal, everything is explicitly marked in some way and you can see exactly what you need to do before opening a single portal.

also, it's possible i just suck. i've never been very good at twitch games. 

There is a set of standard moves in the game which the architecture is pretty much tuned to. With practice it's possible to judge what moves are possible where.

Yeah, the goal is to optimize your route/s through each level.

I find combat is also pretty cool in ME, I haven't seen so many games that allow you to disarm opponents with martial arts moves and pick up their weapon including the ammo left in the magazine. This is handled pretty well.

very great game IMO even if it suffers a little from being mostly linear. The route options are kinda limited and it is very scripted. More game modes might have helped, such as hiding bags for other players to find.