Will there ever be another AAA survival horror game?

[Hawk]

disolitude said:

Phoenix_Wiight said:
thats like saying I'm don't get scared my tigers that live in my apartment that follow me around, rawr at me and look like theyre about to eat me, and then i continue to put raw meat on myself because im not scared.

just because I'm not scared doesn't make it not scary.
RE4 was a survival horror game, and had scary aspects to it. was it nearly as scary as RE 1, 2 or 3? or 0 for that matter? no, but its still a survival horror

Ok lets take your argument in to consideration...and roll with it. Lets say that someone does find resident evil 4 scary after the first 30 minutes. This doesn't mean its survival horror. The only thing that stops that person from reaching the next room is lack of ammo...that is not "survival" horror. And therefore its not horror at all...as everything can be blasted away with the shotgun. The scariest moment in videogames is the one that doesn't happen...yet you think it will.

In old Resident Evil games you had to conserve bullets, run away, fight with any means neceessary. On top of that there were lots of puzzles which if not solver properly would kill you...

Unfortunately for your argument, RE4 has none of that. If someone finds the game scary, great. They are still playing a 3rd person shooter while being scared.

This is one of those things that is very subjective.  Survival Horror does not have a definitive definition that I can find.  But I agree with the wikipedia entry, that mechanics do not determine the genre.  So, even if it were a 3rd person shooter, that would not exclude it from being survival horror.

And on top of that, RE4 does have more ammo than most other survival horror games, but it is still limited.  You can't unload your ammo at will.  You do have to use it somewhat wisely.