I finally faced my fear of horror games
Horror games scare me. Sure, that’s kind of the meaning and purpose of the whole thing, but I can’t get anything out of it. Still, I tried again and a real horror classic had a chance
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Platforms:Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Playstation 3, Xbox 360
It’s not that I’ve never gotten past the main menu of a horror game in my life. I’ve actually spent a lot of hours playing co-op games like Left 4 Dead, but it’s kind of not the same. I recently played their hardcore survival shooter with the developers at GTFO and actually had fun there.
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Resident Evil and Co. are just not my thing
It’s games like Resident Evil, Outlast, Phasmophobia or Dead Space. I’ve already started a few of them, but I’ve never got very far. It is amazing that all people experience the same thing in these games, but that they have a lot of fun while these experiences are me just stress.
I think co-op horror games work for me because I’m not alone there. In all other horror games, however, I’m on my own. What tortures me most are the games where I’m just on the run and I can’t really fight. Helplessness is a cruel feelingthat I don’t want to actively search for. It’s more the loss of control that I hate, but which is necessary for creating fear than the dark corridors and the disgusting monsters themselves.
What for many Adrenaline rush in horror games brings is for me pure stress. The great relief of having defeated a difficult opponent or simply escaping does not come to me. Somehow these games don’t give me anything positive. I just think sometimes that I might be missing out. That’s why I’m going to play through Dead Space now. At least that’s my plan. Because everything I’ve written so far was created before playing. So then…
Great idea thanks!
First of all, I pulled it off and it was hell. Despite his old age Dead Space (2008) still shocks pretty well and I can proudly say that I did not scream. Maybe I tore the headset and glasses off my head once or twice (or 50 times) – maybe. But that was also quite good, because of that I neither heard nor saw anything.
I was advised for the best experience, Dead Space at night in a dark room and with loud sound to play. I and my new sleep paralysis demon agree: Great idea thanks!
Dead Space: A good game nonetheless
I’ve played Dead Space on PC and while I’m not a horror expert I can say that Dead Space is a really good game objectively. I have to acknowledge that, even if I don’t know what to do with the genre. Incidentally, that only changed to a limited extent after playing.
The experience wasn’t that bad for me as communications engineer Isaac Clarke not completely defenseless is. However, he is not a soldier either and therefore shares my fear of moving through the corridors of the USG Ishimura mining ship. After all, Isaac has a specific job and is not just trying to survive. The game gives me something to do and on the way to straighten the stupid antenna again, I have the opportunity to buy new weapons and upgrade them like my suit.
Through this RPG elements I have the feeling that I am always improving and mine big problem with helplessness can no longer be felt so strongly. Of course, that doesn’t change the fact that the Necromorphs scare me as hell.
The atmosphere of Dead Space grabs me a little. The noises that Isaac’s boots make in the corridors or the soundscape in the game sections in weightlessness – if I didn’t expect a deformed monster around every corner, I could almost enjoy it. In fact there is a point there makes unfortunate not to like horror games – and these are the stories that I miss. I don’t even want to spoil the story of the 13 year old Dead Space because I liked it so much and I don’t want to take this experience away from any of you.
However, there is one thing that really annoys me about the genre and that is Jump scares. you are the IKEA Billy shelf of horror effects. They are super easy to assemble and then serve their purpose, but they are not particularly inventive and original. It doesn’t make much difference whether a game throws a screaming hamster in my face from one frame to the next, or some monstrous creature.
Still not a horror fan
I’m happy to finally have played through a horror game. Even if it only confirmed that this genre is just not for me. Video games are meant to entertain me, and in the end I want to look back on the game and be happy I played it. For me, however, only stress and discomfort remain with horror games. However, I am happy for everyone who is not. I think you are enjoying some extremely good games.