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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

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Developer The Chinese Room

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is a 2013 survival horror game developed by The Chinese Room and published by Frictional Games. Originally meant to be a mod, the game is an indirect sequel to Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010), which was both developed and published by Frictional Games. While set in the same universe as the previous game, it features a new cast of characters and time setting. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

299 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works

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66
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140 positive · 72 negative
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Mixed
8,488 of 12,191 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

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  • Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 1, 2025

    This game is not Amnesia. This game is something much much better.

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  • Anton @antonhand.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 12, 2026

    White Knuckle is the most interesting, genuinely fresh first person game I've played in I don't know how long, and also one of the most terrifying things I've ever played. Getting Over It meets The Descent meets Amnesia meets Half-Life 1.

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  • Wario64 @wario64.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2025

    Frictional Games (SOMA, Amnesia) next game teaser www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHn... www.hotelsamsara.com

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  • WildArts Games @wildartsdevs.bsky.socialBluesky · May 20, 2025

    Our new horror game: Amnesia meets King's Field 4, set in a 16th-century alchemist's tower... #TrailerTuesday

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  • Rob Kovacs @robkovacs.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    Just wrapped an intense 2 weeks of composing and producing music for a Double Fine game prototype - Bard Crawl! Bard Crawl is 1 of 4 game prototypes that were made in just 2 weeks as part of a company-wide game jam / fundraiser they call "Amnesia Fortnight."

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  • Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2026

    I just backed Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...

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  • TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2026

    If you want to vote on which games we make in our Amnesia Fortnight game jam, you need to back our reasonably-priced Kickstarter! Side benefit, if you do, we will be friends forever! :D www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...

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  • Double Fine @doublefine.comBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    Hello, we're contacting you about your indie games industry's extended warranty. Have you considered helping support a freshly (re)independent studio by backing AMNESIA FORTNIGHT: INDIE REBOOT today? 😁 www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...

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  • WildArts Games @wildartsdevs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2025

    #SteamNextFest has begun!! If you feel like trying a weird horror game that takes inspiration from Amnesia and King's Field 4, check out Caput Mortum! 👇

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  • FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    #vss365 #satsplat #vsshorror In the forest of beautiful bloom Sits an animal hard to see Maker of gloom Aura black as a starless night Its scent a putrid Deathly blight Beware of its #lure Amnesia its game For one whiff of its stench And you'll forget your name

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  • WildArts Games @wildartsdevs.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2026

    Our King's Field and Amnesia-inspired horror game, Caput Mortum, is now also available on Itchio! 🥳 It's 25% off for the first week! 🫴 wildarts-games.itch.io/caput-mortum

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  • Shinobi602 @shinobi602.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2025

    Frictional Games (SOMA, Amnesia) have shared a teaser of their next game ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHn...

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  • Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 28, 2024

    17. Amnesia: The Bunker Frictional's best game since Soma, adding combat and immersive sim elements to the Amnesia formulae. Giving the player the means to defend themselves and scare off the monster for a time actually raises the tension dramatically. store.steampowered.com/app/1944430/...

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  • Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    Lfgggggg Double Fine announced a Kickstarter for Amnesia Fortnight 2026 - Indie Reboot! Game Jam, Documentary and Kickstarter Campaign. (If you don't know Amnesia Fortnight youtu.be/nwklVX05gEM ) www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...

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  • Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 14, 2025

    Classic adventure game Amnesia (complete with its vast, text-only city) has been impressively restored, and is available to play online for free. ▶️ amnesia-restored.com

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  • Xisuma @xisumavoid.comBluesky · Mar 30, 2025

    Scaredy-Cat Plays Horror Game | Amnesia: The Bunker www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfQ1... #amnesiathebunker #livestream #xisumavoid

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  • WildArts Games @wildartsdevs.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 4, 2025

    The sights and sounds of our horror game that takes inspiration from King's Field 4 and Amnesia 👻 #horrorgame #survivalhorror #indiegame #caputmortum

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  • Tred @tredlocity.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2025

    I'm watching a playthrough of the recent FNaF game and it really is just Amnesia meets Bioshock.

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  • Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2024

    I've just added Amnesia: The Bunker to my Steam curator page store.steampowered.com/app/1944430/...

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  • Maddie Machine @theuglymachine.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2025

    An Amnesia game where when your sanity gets low motion smoothing gets turned up

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  • Fat4all (Agatha) 🏳️‍⚧️ @fat4all.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2024

    the bunker is such a great, condensed horror game. im super happy with how Fractional are willing to experiment with the Amnesia formula from game to game

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  • The Art of Asty @theartofasty.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2024

    Good god, Amnesia: The Bunker is easily the hardest survival horror game I've ever played

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  • Saved You A Click Video Games @syacvg.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2025

    Caput Mortum is a psychological horror game inspired by King's Field 4 and Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Releases on August 27.

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  • WildArts Games @wildartsdevs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 25, 2025

    You will like our game Caput Mortum if you enjoyed: - King's Field 4 - Amnesia: The Dark Descent - Shadow Tower - Arx Fatalis

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  • Steam user Steam user …6049Steam reviews · Nov 19, 2025 · 21 h played

    Despite the lukewarm reception over the years, I ended up enjoying Amnesia A Machine for Pigs far more than I expected almost as much as the original Dark Descent, just in a different way. It shares a lot of the same narrative DNA you play as someone with a fractured memory, slowly uncovering a dark, tangled past that links you directly to the main antagonist. Instead of the medieval and Victorian occult atmosphere of the first game, this one leans heavily into a grimy, oppressive steampunk…

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  • Zenny @clubzenny.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2025

    The unabashed champion of pregnancy kink making it into a mainstream video game, Amnesia Rebirth, is less than $10 right now on steam

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  • AndresPlays @andresplays.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2025

    Time to raise my blood pressure with the first horror game I play on stream: Amnesia: The Bunker. Live NOW on Twitch! twitch.tv/andresplays93

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  • BloodThunder @bloodthunder.tvBluesky · Mar 31, 2026

    My 5 game submissions for #SGDQ2026 - Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs - SOMA - Trepang2 - System Shock 2 (1999) - Legendary

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  • rat posteriors inc🐀💨 @rattiesteps.bsky.socialBluesky · May 24, 2026

    If you remove the fact that it's an Amnesia game A Machine for Pigs is genuinely such an incredibly good game with an amazing atmosphere, monster designs, story, music and specially voice acting.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9500Steam reviews · Feb 19, 2026 · 7 h played

    Definitely a lot shorter than both The Dark Descent and Rebirth, and definitely feels the weakest out of the series, however I still did enjoy it but there are a couple of issues I have with this game. First of all, the game is very short, usually only taking 3-5 hours to complete for its price, and the main function and purpose of the series, which is the sanity mechanic is removed from this game, which defeats the entire purpose of the series and if it were added, it could definitely be much…

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  • Voobrajab @voobrajab.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 4, 2026

    Mopheads state in the story resembles the plot of the game Amnesia: the bunker. I like it #ersatz #fanart

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  • Mae 🏳️‍⚧️ @cromae.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 12, 2026

    I got some fresh ink today. It's inspired from my favorite horror game, Amnesia the Dark Descent. 🥀 Credit to Lancaster Tattoos

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  • Zenny @clubzenny.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 13, 2025

    OH Amnesia Rebirth, which is just straight up a pregnancy kink horror game, is less than $10 on steam right now

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  • Steam user Steam user …2926Steam reviews · Jul 18, 2026 · 5 h played

    It’s a very good game. Don’t let the people in the comments complaining about “Where are the chase monsters?” and “Why did they remove the sanity mechanic?” convince you that this game is just a walking simulator. The story genuinely rivals the one from The Dark Descent, and might even be better. The environments and atmosphere are what really make this game so great. You don’t need a monster chasing you around every corner when every corner is already scary enough to make you break a sweat.…

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  • But Thou Mustelid @rewhan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2025

    "Why did Paradox give VtM:B2 to the company responsible for the worst Amnesia game?" ...because it's the company responsible for the worst Amnesia game. Their reputation meant they'd accept a cheap contract, and they worked with the right subject matter.

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  • Chris Wade @luckshotgames.comBluesky · Aug 31, 2026

    I just backed Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...

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  • Gerard Riley @gerardriley.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 24, 2026

    the last horror game i played was Amnesia: The Dark Descent...at launch So anyway, lets play White Knuckle!

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  • Steam user Steam user …5646Steam reviews · Apr 30, 2026 · 5 h played

    Kojima predicted this and Kojima predicted that, nobody talks about how The Chinese Room predicted people stealing bunch of children and eating them and using them as sacrifice. 10/10.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6606Steam reviews · Mar 22, 2026 · 396 h played

    Barely a horror “game,” but a really good story if you’re into that Game gets hard carried by the atmosphere and the story. Gameplay-wise, it’s very stripped down—puzzles are simple and there’s barely any real challenge, so if you’re expecting something like The Dark Descent, you might be disappointed. But if you treat it more like an interactive story with strong atmosphere, it’s definitely worth experiencing.

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  • Koneteo @koneteo.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2025

    👀Happy 15th anniversary to one of the the scariest games ever - Amnesia: The Dark Descent! The game was first released on September 8, 2010. #gamedev #gaming #amnesia #horrorgames

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  • Steam user Steam user …7690Steam reviews · Apr 13, 2026 · 10 h played

    Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs feels (and plays) like one of those weird sequels. As we begin playing we immediately notice that it's not the work of the creators of the amazing [url=steamcommunity.com/id/atisz2/recommended/57300]Amnesia: The Dark Descent (it was meant to be a modification initially) and while the core mechanics are (almost) the same everything just seems off, not exactly what one expected. According to this, it's advisable to lower our expectations, as the game is both shorter…

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  • Lena Lenkevich @lenkenvenom.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 3, 2025

    Monster from the “Amnesia: The Bunker” #amnesia #horror #game #fanart

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  • Shaun - Daily Game Bytes @dailygamebytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2026

    Heya folks, here's a short featuring the indie horror game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. I finally beat this game earlier this year, but I didn't do a First # video for it at the time. So, I figured I'd get it out of the way. #amnesiathedarkdescent #videogames #indiegames #horrorgames #shorts

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  • ☀️🌸idspispopd🥀🌙 @bhaalspawn.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    My dual cents... Amnesia the Dark Descent! Closely followed by Thief 3 - the only game I've had to download a save file to skip a level, specifically because it was too scary for me. 😱

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  • Philip Tibitoski @ptibz.younghorses.comBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    I just backed Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...

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  • Lainwithtea @lainwithtea.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    I appreciate Amnesia and Outlast for their cultural impact but I kinda can't stand playing either or any horror game that uses their idea of stealth or mechanics It kinda sucks because I know some people love that but those systems are like my kryptonite

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  • Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    It reminds me a bit of an unfinished game I did, Amnesia. I abandoned this one.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1504Steam reviews · Jan 5, 2026 · 9 h played

    The worst Amnesia by far This is a plot-driven horror game that doesn't scare you in the slightest and has a highly predictable story. Gameplay-wise it's boring as hell. Apart from the scripted encounters with monsters, A Machine for Pigs plays like your everyday interactive movie. There's no survival horror elements and interesting mechanics like inventory or sanity from other Amnesia entries. And the encounters with monsters are heavily scripted as well. Not once through the entire game…

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  • Confronted @confrontedgame.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2025

    My game is for AMNESIA FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM! My game is for AMNESIA FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM! My game is for AMNESIA FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM! My game is for AMNESIA FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM! #indiegame

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  • Adrian Brightmoore / The World Foundry @theworldfoundry.comBluesky · Jun 25, 2025

    Amnesia Rebirth concept artist MenogCreative www.menogcreative.com/prop-concept... #gamedev

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  • Steam user Steam user …4378Steam reviews · Dec 18, 2025 · 4 h played

    I was enjoying the story of this game, despite it's differences to the first game's gameplay. It has far simpler puzzles, which were already dead easy in the first game, and basically no survival elements at all. Looking past that, the story is intriguing and doesn't explain itself all at once or in a linear order, giving you plenty of time to put things together and think- Which is probably why some people don't like the way the story is presented. While it isn't spoonfed to you, if you…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2076Steam reviews · Sep 19, 2026 · 7 h played

    This game is not Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and that is what makes it good. This game lacks the lantern needing fluid, the sanity mechanics, the darkness, all of that. but, it still works. The reason people write off A Machine For Pigs is because it lacks what the first game had, but they remain blind to this game's true potential. It is not Amnesia: The Dark Descent two. It does not one-up the previous game, or make it worse/better by comparison. It is a custom story turned into a full game,…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2716Steam reviews · Sep 4, 2026 · 6 h played

    I hate this game. The inventory system, sanity management and a degree of interactivity with the world have all been removed. Most objects can't be moved, most doors are locked. It constantly crashes during loading screens (which resumes the save at the beginning of the prior chapter). Performance is awful. Every time the player character is feeling crazy there is this blurry effect that has not failed to give me a headache. I also don't think I've actually been in danger once this game, which…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6392Steam reviews · Aug 8, 2026 · 8 h played

    Really don't understand the hate, it's a good game. Creepy and great atmosphere. Although the game definitely stretches closer to the end. Rating after 3,6 hours: 8/10 Rating after beating the game: 7.5/10

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  • Steam user Steam user …1898Steam reviews · Jun 28, 2026 · 8 h played

    100% Achievement Review #09 ● Estimated difficulty: 2/10 ● Approximate amount of time to 100%: 5 hours ● Online achievements: none ● Number of missable achievements: 1 (Master Archivist) ● Difficulty based achievements: none ● Minimum playthroughs: 1 ● DLC required: no ● Glitched achievements: none Notes Amnesia A Machine for Pigs is a game that receives a lot of negative reviews for being a dumbed down version of the original Amnesia The Dark Descent, interactivity with the world is…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9012Steam reviews · May 26, 2026 · 8 h played

    Amnesia: A Machine for Pig was…fine. Not terrible, not amazing, just kind of standing in the corner breathing heavily like it wants to scare me but forgot its lines. The game has a good setup and a really strong atmosphere. The environments are creepy, detailed, and definitely carry that classic "Amnesia" franchise energy. You can tell it’s trying to build something disturbing and memorable. The problem is, after playing it with breaks in between, I started to feel less like “I need to survive…

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  • Panic Restaurant (Permanent Deltarune Brain Edition) @panicrestaurant.northsky.socialBluesky · Feb 10, 2026

    Amnesia: A Pepsi for TV-Game

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  • Shaun - Daily Game Bytes @dailygamebytes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=d371... Heya folks, here's a First 15 Minutes video featuring Amnesia: The Dark Descent I wound up completing the game back in April of this year, after nearly 12 years of attempting to play through it #AmnesiaTheDarkDescent #videogames #indiegames #retrogames #horrorgames

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  • Casey Leip @rockgod96.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    Tonight I finished #amnesia. I have some problems with this game, but not with the scares. I love #horror, so this scratches that itch. My issues mostly lie with the puzzles that can be counter-intuitive. Overall, though, 7/10 #twitchstreamer #smallstreamer #twitch

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  • Steam user Steam user …6843Steam reviews · Jun 13, 2026 · 7 h played

    ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☑ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and…

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