You're definitely right - it was a very clever design decision in Amnesia to remove combat AND encourage looking away from the monsters (to not lose sanity) - it keeps them in the "scary unknown" category.



Bastion's narrator favorite moment (so far):

When I did the normal videogame thing - that is destroyed every pot and box and what-have-you for the thingalings inside - and the narrator acknowledges it and makes it sound like it's all part of the story.

"The Kid just rages for a while".


But also kind of makes you feel uneasy and observed!