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Bitterly disappointing. I was quite excited when I originally heard about Amy. The idea of a new, slightly traditional, survival horror appealed. But the way you describe it, it sounds horrific in entirely the wrong way. Maybe fifteen years ago it might have been acceptable...

'There would be tears and there would be strange laughter. Fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings. And dreams, and violence, and disenchantment.'

I can't imagine there ever being a time where I would have relished the thought of playing a game like this. Great job with the review! You picked some examples that really let me imagine what it might feel like to play this game. I am relieved that I didn't put myself through that torture. I'm betting this one shows up on some "worst of 2012" lists at the end of the year...

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality

"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world2

Good good good review. Need more Marc reviews.

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This game looked interesting, but the average score of reviews seems to be about a 2/10 so I'm glad I checked reviews first.

I can avoid death by not having a life.

I played the demo yesterday with interest of reviewing it. I quickly changed my mind in the middle of the demo after quitting. The game got way too repetitive and boring QUICK. And irritating. I knew this was going to be an escort-mission game, but I was at my wits end when I not only had to escort a little girl that wandered away a lot, but also this creepy old guy that wouldn't shut the hell up about stories.

Based on reading your review, it sounds like absolutely nothing changes throughout the game from what I've played of this demo, except for that really stupid game-changing mechanic about being spotted. I'm now really glad I spent those ms points on another title. Good review.

I head spaceshit noises.

Thanks.

Pick: that's the guy with the stupid 'accent' I mentioned in the review. As soon as I heard him talking for the first time, it was a total WTF moment, like, is this guy for real? "...all deez monstuhs..."

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Thanks, Marc! You saved me even more money. I was actually interested in this title, but your marvelous review has dashed any hope that I would purchase it.

The only thing my milkshake brings to the yard is a subpoena.

http://www.gamerankings.com/ps3/623148-amy/index.html
http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox360/640660-amy/index.html

The PS3 version seems marginally better.

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I have to say that this picture:



...is creepier than this one:

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"or iterations so poor it’s clear the developers forgot what they used to do right (you too, Silent Hill: Homecoming)."

That have something to do with the fact that the SH: Homecoming developers had never previously developed a Silent Hill title...

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In spite of the super drubbing, I predict I'll play and review this about 4 years from now on my then newish PS3 console.

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Those pictures do bring up one point. The only thing I disagree with in the review is the graphical assessment. I really don't think it's PS1 quality graphics. I mean, I remember Resident Evil 2. That looked like this:



Not this

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Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic."

Thanks Joe and Bloomer.

The screenshot comparison is interesting. My version of Amy did not look anywhere near this good. And I've got full HD going on a 50 inch Samsung LCD. Could it be that the PSN version is sharper? Or do they just dress up the screenshots that they release? Strange.

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"or iterations so poor it’s clear the developers forgot what they used to do right (you too, Silent Hill: Homecoming)."

That have something to do with the fact that the SH: Homecoming developers had never previously developed a Silent Hill title...


This seems a bit nitpicky and misses the point. Yes, I'm aware different teams made different games in the series. But to say that 'Team C' have forgotten what it was that used to work, or what it was that 'Team A' did well, isn't incorrect.


EDIT: That being said, I changed it anyway. =)

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Put aside the hilarious commentary and look at the corpse followed by the ugly monster at about the 9:50 mark onward.

Here.

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The video proves at least that your description of all the graphical glitches and hang ups are very accurate. I still think PS1 graphics are a stretch. Parasite Eve 2 probably had the best graphics on the PS1 and they were pretty bad. There definitely wasn't texture to the moving characters like they have here. Even PS2 games never really achieved this level of texturing or lighting. Even going back and playing Metal Gear Solid 3, which in my mind had the best graphics of the entire PS2 system, the difference between it and the PS3 Metal Gear graphics are quite apparent.

Again, it's all that lighting and texturing. Lighting maybe even more than the texturing. You can do some beautiful light effects on the PS3. I think the variations in soft and hard lighting have made most PS3 games look as good as they do (and sometimes better than they really are). Playing ICO and Shadow of the Collosus HD has also really pointed this out to me, how that lighting just wasn't there.

Anyway, I'm not nitpicking, really, I'm just getting nostalgic.

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Amy is one of the worst games I've ever played, for many of the reasons discussed.

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2 out of 10 is appropriate.

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