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Rabukurafuto · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:34 pm Post subject:

I think variety is very important to horror games, particularly for enemies. Silent Hill series, Resident Evil series, Doom series, BioShock series, System Shock 2, Half-Life; these games all had a good variety of enemies to face. If there is not much variety then the game faces an up-hill battle to engage me.

In a book about Half-Life 2 that I read, a designer said he thought having big monsters rush at the player is boring, and felt monsters designed to be incredibly disgusting and horrid are much better. What are your opinions?
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Feral Dragon · Joined: 09 Dec 2010 Posts: 249 Location: Norwich

I agree. The way that monsters like headcrabs and facehuggers work is disgusting, and that's part of the fear they convey. And they are tiny creatures.
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Rabukurafuto · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:09 pm Post subject:

I like big fanged beasts, but they tend to get a "Oh, that's so cool!" reaction from me, whereas I feel a need to just fill gross things with bullets, like when I was talking about fighting the Globsters in Resident Evil Revelations. Mostly though, I think it is because I have a hard time feeling scared of most video game enemies, so feeling disgust is better than not feeling anything at all.

I thought one of the most unnerving video game experiences I know is the Oceanside Hotel in Vampire: The Masquerade—Bloodlines, where there is not a single enemy to fight, but an intangible angry ghost surprising you with disturbing visions and exploding things around you.
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The mutant 0408 · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:12 am Post subject:

I'm not sure I could play a game with no enemies. Although that does seem kinda interesting. . .

I think my favorite horror game to date though is Dead Space 2. It had dark atmospheres and creepy lighting which i usually find to be sickening cliches, but that school level with the exploding babies and stuff as pure genius.
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Rabukurafuto · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:17 am Post subject:

It is one section out of many, not the entire game. There are usually humans, vampires, or zombies coming at you with guns and knives.
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Rahkshi500 · Joined: 07 Jul 2010 Posts: 3230 Location: Unknown

My favorite horror games are the Silent Hill series, Resident Evil 4, Doom 3, Fatal Frame, Penumbra, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and a mod called Nightmare House and its sequel. I haven't played or seen System Shock but I heard its scary too.
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Rabukurafuto · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:35 am Post subject:

I wish the System Shock games would be released again.
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Rahkshi500 · Joined: 07 Jul 2010 Posts: 3230 Location: Unknown

I think that would be a good idea. It can help bring in new people.
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Rabukurafuto · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:43 am Post subject:

Also, with the BioShock games so popular, people should play the games that inspired them.
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The mutant 0408 · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:08 am Post subject:

Rabukurafuto · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:13 am Post subject:

It is, but it suffered from being rushed out because the company that made it was dying.
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Rabukurafuto · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:33 am Post subject:

I finished Resident Evil Revelations, most definitely a horror game. This is one of the first handheld games in a long time that absolutely kept me into playing. Many others I would play for short periods, but Revelations had be going for hours and hours. It benefits from some of the most repulsive and noxious monsters I have seen in a Resident Evil game, and offers a wonderful mix of pre-Resident Evil 4 and post-Resident Evil 4 controls and atmosphere.
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