Alice Mesmerizing Episodes of Neurosis (AMEN)

创作的本质是表达，创作的欲望本质是想要被看见的欲望。 但光有欲望是不够的，因为他人没有看见的义务，不管你有精神病还是别的什么，因此表达的方式很重要。公平的交易，你用你的才能为他人提供或愉快或惊叹或回味的精神价值，而他人以鲜花与掌声、关注与支持作为回报。 他人看见你，然后爱上你，这便是创作者关于爱的小把戏。 而这个游戏，很遗憾，就是欲望过剩但才能有限的典型。 癫狂，是的。痛苦，是的。嘶喊的线条与扭曲的色块，是的。 可是，不好玩啊。

Гра дуже коротка, якщо у тебе розвивнена надивленість. Вийшло пройти на 100% за пів години. За таку ціну, особливо по знижкам, можу рекомендувати пограти заради гарних артів та музики, які в парі утворюють гарну атмосферу.

AMEN is a hidden object game in a horror setting, with brilliantly disturbing artwork and very appropriate strident music, which together create a very unsettling atmosphere. In each level, a number of small keys must be found in a large & often jarringly coloured scene to unlock the next level. There may also be a small number of secrets to discover, though these are not needed for game progress and levels can be returned to later in the game to find any missed secrets. There are achievements for completing each level, and for finding each of the secrets. Finding the keys can be surprisingly hard. On some levels I thought I had searched very carefully but after going through the whole scene I was surprised to find that I had missed 25% or even 35% of keys. There are a number of reasons for the difficulty, I feel - keys are small; some are hidden in the detailed chaos of the images; some are actually hidden INSIDE objects (some objects are automatically "x-rayed" when the cursor passed over them); and some are of very faint definition or coloured to match the background (I particularly struggled with keys hidden in the bright red backgrounds - the game's zoom facility was essential for me to find these). I'm not sure that I understood the overarching story or meaning of the images, but there is no denying the uncomfortable power of them, making AMEN unlike any other hidden object game that I have previously played.