[ SECRET POST #2583 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2583 ⌋

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Comments

Re: It's time for a video game thread!

[dethtoll]

Hopefully Isolation etc. will be better, because I'm really tired of Amnesia knockoffs. The most Outlast had going for it was that it reminded me very strongly of certain horror games from the early-to-mid-00s: Manhunt, Condemned, The Suffering, among a select few others. If it didn't have that I would have gotten bored very quickly. I like old-school survival horror games like Silent Hill and System Shock 2, same as you, and I do kind of feel sad at the rise of action horrors, even if I like some of them. But I really really don't like the route horror games have taken since Amnesia got popular, either.

Re: It's time for a video game thread!

[herpymcderp]

don't like the route horror games have taken since Amnesia got here

Yeaaaah, I really don't either. It feels kind of lazy, in a way. Like the only way they can actually manage to keep a player anxious is to make them helpless and ineffectual.

I mean, say what you will about Dead Space and jump scares, but at least there were moments of visual and psychological horror in that series that were truly innovative and able to wear through the apparent agency you have as a player. And of course, Silent Hill (at least the older games) were absolutely perfect for this. They managed to create fear just through judicious use of atmosphere, despite giving you a totally capable character.

Not entirely sure I'd call Manhunt a horror game as much as it was a gore porn game (even though I really enjoyed it).

Re: It's time for a video game thread!

[dethtoll]

It's absolutely a horror game, though. It certainly meets the common qualifications for one. But you're right, it does tend to draw more inspiration from slasher flicks and the like.