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I did happen to notice that Philip and Daniel have different reactions to the dark.•Philip gets hazy vision and a slightly unsettled breath pattern
•Daniel falls onto the floor and walks on his face.
Anyone think Daniel has nyctophobia?
Penumbra & Amnesia © Frictional Games
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Well, it is all about nyctophobia... (not a very practical thing to have for a haunted castle expedition ^^)
Haha, well I think Philip is a bit more calm in all situations but this can be easily explain. Daniel KNOWS something supernatural is after him all along +plus he comes from the 1890's were people still more or less had some beliefs supernatural beings existed. This makes him WAY more scared shitless... On the other hand Philip goes on an expedition of a CAVE. He is calm and stuff. Yep he does freak out about all the monsters, but he has a more scientific temperament towards them, like "What are they? What is going on?" PLUS he is soo less confused (you know memories and stuff). But I do love them both xD (Danny a bit more, in a 1st come 1st served basis).
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Daniel actually does have nyctophobia:
"Young Daniel developed nyctophobia, an intense fear of the darkness. This was not because Daniel was literally afraid of the absence of light itself, but because he feared the possibility that he may be trapped forever in the dark with no hope of escape. "
Ssssssssstraight from the wikia!
Poor Danny 
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Penumbra is easy because you don't have to worry about yur sanity. In Amnesia, that means you are in big trouble.
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Well i think i would have nyctophobia too if i knew there was monster's out there that can rip me apart in seconds.
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But... You are safer when it is dark .-.
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A pretty swell mentality to have but you see primitive instincts don't work that way you see:
Unknown= dangerous
Darkness= unknown
Therefore a lot of people are afraid of the dark its also why horror games/movies cannot be scary without darkness. ( I'm pretty sure of that fact anyway :3)
Plus its always never good to actually know something is there in the darkness waiting for you to accidentally bump into you. So while you may be safer because it doesn't see you the fact you cannot see it is the reason why its scary, hope this explains my point of view clearly =3
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Well, I actually get the logic, it was a "reference" comment. 
Still though, in some of sort of similar situation, I'd rather stay still in a dark place, hidden, that in the light and out in the open.. Though, I haven't had any chances to test it in real life yet (and I hope I will never need to >.<)
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Haha thanks, When I was young I use to ask my father a lot of questions and I asked him about why darkness was so scary so the insight is his =3
I know this is un-neccasary but I feel like sharing a part of my childhood so here is what he said
"Ok imagine you're in a room with only one exit and a psychopathic murderer, it is also pitch black. Now normally in light he will see you instantly and will kill you without hesitation. But in this instance he cannot see you unless you bump into him. However there is a trade off because you see the human mind works in ways scientists cannot even explain. Even though it is safer in the darkness the human mind is mostly thinking about that 50% chance of him bumping into you. Also aided with the human imagination it doesn't even have to be a psychopathic murderer to put you into anxiety. It could be a harmless rabbit or a gust of wind to set the imagination off, so you see while in the short term hiding in darkness is safe its not a great long term survival. Unless of course you either have a brain made of steel or you want a sure fire way of going insane."
So mostly it isn't darkness itself, it is the things inside darkness which spike the most fear.
I don't know what I would rather personally, I guess I would rather the light option since I rather fight then try to evade.
Its really hard to decide whether something is safer due to the different sizes and mentalities of people because one person might have a better time defending themselves and other's might have a better time evading. Others may perish in either conditions due to weakness in both however in times of great stress the human body can do amazing things so the only real question is what can you deal with?
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=3 Well, your father's words are wise indeed.
To be honest, I can't pretend I don't fear the darkness, since my spontaneous reaction for example when I hear a sound in my room, is to turn on the lights. But in a situation like the forementioned (which for me means to know that my opponent's vision isn't better than mine), I would CERTAINLY go for the dark option. Maybe because I trust my evading skills more than my fighting. But, as you said, no one can really know how their reactions will be in a matter of life and death.
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"I'm just going to lay here and drag my face across the floor..." Oh Daniel.
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One does not simply walk on your face
I'm dying of laughter right now
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omfg i love this so much
according to pewdie daniel break-dances
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If I could, I'd give a thumbs up to this comment 8D
Daniel's reaction pretty much is the same as mine would be.
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Because he does have nyctophobia 8D
Daniel and Philip, a match made in Hell.
If I tried to walk like that I'd break my neck... but I wanna try anyways 8D
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I always imagined Daniel army crawling on the floor but this made it 10000000000000 times funnier XDXD
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This made my day. I did notice all Daniel did was walk on his face. Rather amusing If I say so myself.
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Thank you! 
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This is hilarious. I also believe him to also be hydrophobic and schizophrenic actually.
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Well, amnesia somehow plays with Daniels's (One's) fears as shown when he encounters the kaernk, the loading screen says something about his fear of water which he remembered or something. He probably has a fear of the dark as well.
Or Daniel's just...
This is a funny picture anyway~ xD I like the whole "walking on his face" thing!
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Nyctophobia makes sense...also, it's much easier to walk around mystery place when you have all your memories. During game, or at least at begin, Daniel is just like empty paper...can you imagine walking around somewhere knowing NOTHING? :/
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True. I wasn't making fun of him, though, or saying that he doesn't have good reason to be afraid. I know how he battled nyctophobia as a child, and how his father trapped him in the basement with a bottle of tint that he broke ont he floor as punishment.
I was just poking fun at the overall situation of in-game reactions to the dark. D: Sorry if I offended.
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No, it's okay. It was just speculation.
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put your ass in the air~
no, I won't start singing that.....but seriously Daniel....XD
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OMG so true! But isn't that why we all love freaked out Daniel? 
Who else could be this.....Daniel-ish?! XD
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Phillip gets the fear anyone would have.
Daniel is just......well, he's Daniel.
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walking on your face.... seems difficult. o3o but makes for a funny picture!
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