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Sal.Paradise on 22 April 2013
arcelonious said:
Bristow9091 said:
To be honest, I find Demon's/Dark Souls scarier than most survival horror games on the market... y'know what annoyed me too? The Dead Space series... the first was one absolutely brilliant, the second and third are complete trash.

I remember exploring the Tower of Latria in Demon's Souls for the first time and thinking how much it felt like playing a survival horror.

Yeh definitely. Those bells..



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HoloDust on 22 April 2013

Well, Amnesia (and Penumbra prior to that ) says hello...though he's right when it comes to "mainstream" survival horror offerings.



arcelonious on 22 April 2013
Sal.Paradise said:
arcelonious said:
Bristow9091 said:
To be honest, I find Demon's/Dark Souls scarier than most survival horror games on the market... y'know what annoyed me too? The Dead Space series... the first was one absolutely brilliant, the second and third are complete trash.

I remember exploring the Tower of Latria in Demon's Souls for the first time and thinking how much it felt like playing a survival horror.

Yeh definitely. Those bells..

Haha,  yes, and the eery singing as well.



superchunk on 22 April 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
superchunk said:

Try ZombiU.

and yes, this looks good too.


I did and it was boring. This game looks like a homage to Silent hill/resident Evil's of old. Can't wait!

How long did you play? Just opening?



hinch on 22 April 2013
superchunk said:

Try ZombiU.

and yes, this looks good too.

Don't have a Wii U.

I remember watching some of the gameplay vids on youtube and found it quite boring.. In a way it kinda reminded me of Dead Island - which got really repetive after the first area. I dunno, traditional Zombie games have gotten a bit stale for me.



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Akvod on 22 April 2013

Not a fan of horror games, but I think the problem with both horror and stealth games are that the player characters are becoming too powerful. When the PC's become more powerful than the NPC's, the PC goes from becoming the prey to the predator.

I mean, I'll give an analogy (is that even the right word?). I remembered playing EQ when I was young (and boy did I suck at it), but I thought it was a really interesting experience how some monsters can be terrifying in a sense when you're low level, and when you become a higher level they seem like fodder. It's that same logic. You just lose any sense of fear or suspense if you're more powerful than the object.



S.T.A.G.E. on 22 April 2013
superchunk said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
superchunk said:

Try ZombiU.

and yes, this looks good too.


I did and it was boring. This game looks like a homage to Silent hill/resident Evil's of old. Can't wait!

How long did you play? Just opening?

My neighbor was trying to sell me on the Wii U, so i'd say about an hour of watching and two hours of playing. Theres no real story its just surviving. I wasn't scared or anything. DeadSpace is probably the only western game thats ever scared me. I guess they were just testing out the Wii U for a bigger sequel or something, but really and truly with the next gen tech theres no need to waste their time.



DieAppleDie on 22 April 2013

ZombiU is amazing, best horror action since Silent hill SM on Wii



ROBOTECHHEAVEN on 22 April 2013

zombiu is a great game, hoping a sequel gets announced at e3 this year for a release in 2014
now this game does look very good, will give it my time when it does release



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Albicant on 22 April 2013

The trailer seemed to portray the game as a bit more action-horror than survival-horror, so it's great to hear Mikami say this. Survival-horror has been so neglected this generation.

I know what you mean about the Tower of Latria. Bells and tentacles, oh god..