I wish him the best of luck, and I can definitely understand from personal experience the pressures placed on you when the job you love the most is not what is paying the bills or is taking up more time and money then you can really afford.

Still, I am glad the games will still be up and purchasable for the foreseeable though. Nothing saddens me more than to see a work of art go out of circulation forever.

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Quoting: Quote from n30p1r4t3They didn't actually make AMFP, the Chinese Room did.

Yes, I am aware of that. It does not change the fact that the Amnesia franchise is showing some fatigue and that it is probably good for Frictional to go in a new direction.

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I am not saying that pigs was necessarily bad, just that it showed that it is time to move on (I myself have not played it yet).

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After some of the mixed responses to pigs, it is probably for the best that they do something fresh. And even if it is another horror game, this does look fresh for them.

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That one was tough, I grant you. ^_^

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Well, in my opinion nothing in the DLC truly equalled the difficulty of that one laser puzzle pictured in the review screenshots. :P

Also, keep in mind that the combat difficulty is way down in Hard Times as compared to the original, which in my opinion evens things out.

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I personally would like to see a more puzzle oriented game like Penumbra: Requiem. Under appreciated gem (as is Penumbra as a whole, but especially Requiem).

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I might take back a little of what I said, as the last two levels are lot more punishing, primarily because they are less thought puzzles as reflex tests that require a lot more luck. I also hit a bug wherein if the game was full-screen a lot of the effects and lighting would stop functioning about half-way through the level, a problem which I am currently discussing with Recoil Games support.

I am thinking of collecting up some of my thoughts and adding a small addendum to my Rochard review on Hard Times.

EDIT: Addendum added to Rochard review.

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I had suspected that Frictional would start revealing details about their next game after A Machine for Pigs was released. :)

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Quoting: Quote from SpeedsterYesterday I was talking to a gentoo comrade at work and mentioned my new desktop has a radeon, and got an enthused story about how awesome free radeon drivers are for non-gamers. He has had 6 years of trouble-free experience buying low-end (as in $20 fanless!) radeon cards for himself and family members and always having them work and continue to work through all the gentoo upgrades.

I have been doing the same thing with more higher end radeon cards for almost the same time as a gamer and have had much the same experience.

Quoting: Quote from SpeedsterAMD has major strengths and weaknesses, and thus experience varies a LOT from person to person. They are the best at discrete cards and free drivers, but lose big if you only care about the best experience with proprietary drivers.

That is probably a fair summary.

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