Dead Space
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All Dead Space did was imitate Carpenter's the Thing. The Thing wasn't scary because the creature took really messed up shapes. The Things horror appeal was meant to be that anyone could be the thing. Not to mention each, and every form the Thing took was different. The very fact that their were "Types" of enemies took away from this. The thing was Visceral, and Psychological. Dead space is a decent shooter, just not a decent Horror game.Nifarious said:
I guess some people find different games scarier than others. For instance, I thought the first Dead Space was pretty scary, and so was the second one to a certain extent. But I do agree with the fact that they overused the whole scenario where you come across an already dead necromorph, then it jumps out at you.
Anyway I find the Dead Space series much scarier than Condemned. But the F.E.A.R series is still the scariest by far in my eyes.
Anyway I find the Dead Space series much scarier than Condemned. But the F.E.A.R series is still the scariest by far in my eyes.
Ive played though the whole thing, its pretty fucking predictable and never really gets scary. Silent Hill was the only game that ever got me scared though.
Dead Space as a series is really just a 3rd person shooter badly disguised as horror. Never gets scary.
Deadspace 1/2 isnt a horror game so much has a well done survival action. It ddid become scary during some moments. in the beginning and on the ishumura the second time it really built the tension and scares but it resorted to the usual" HEY LOOK AT ME! ARE YOU SCARED YET! I POSE AN IMMINENT THREAT AND MY FACE IS MISSING RAWR ABLOOGY WOOGY WOO!" most of the time. still a great game though. Honourable mentions to those damned stalkers.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a "it's coming, it's coming where am I going to hide" gameAndrew_Mac said:
Condemned: Criminal Origins is a "Ok so I just killed a couple of hobos with a pipe... wait weren't those mannequins over there before?" game.
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System Shock 2 is a "Shhhh what was that? Did you hear that? Where is it coming from? Over there? 'Join Usssssssss' Was it up there? 'eeek eeek ook' Run! Run! It's monkeys!" game.
None of these game resort to jump scares, they develop a sense of danger and use audio clues to torment you.
I thought Alan Wake was scary in the "fucking with your head" sorta way.alfawx said:
Shrug. It didn't terrify me, but it did the job while I was playing it.
Dead Space never gets scary.
Neither did Alan Wake for that matter.
Both games make the utterly fatal horror mistake of letting the player kill the monsters. Nothing is scary when you can casually blow it away in three shots. Or in the case of Dead Space, cheerfully bounce the monsters around the room with a the force gun, cut of their legs with a plasma cutter and then stomp their heads off.
For what it's worth, Dead Space 2 does have one scene that I would count as horrific. You'll know it when you see it.
Neither did Alan Wake for that matter.
Both games make the utterly fatal horror mistake of letting the player kill the monsters. Nothing is scary when you can casually blow it away in three shots. Or in the case of Dead Space, cheerfully bounce the monsters around the room with a the force gun, cut of their legs with a plasma cutter and then stomp their heads off.
For what it's worth, Dead Space 2 does have one scene that I would count as horrific. You'll know it when you see it.
The only time either of the Dead Spaces got scary was when in the sequel,
Apart from that, it doesn't scare, it just startles. And that's good enough for me, honestly. I find it's impossible to make a game genuinely scary throughout when you can just pause the game whenever shit gets real and say "Look there it's a game now it's not scary in the slightest."
you had to drive a giant fucking needle into Issac's eye and it made you watch and do it very slowly. Goddamn but that came out of the fucking nowhere. I hate needles and eyes. And this game goes "Oh well then here we'll make you do this then." That's some psychological shit on a really deep level and I couldn't sleep that night. But anyway.
Nifarious said:
Jesus fucking Christ, I am terminally sick of people trying to bring out this pathetic bloody argument.idarkphoenixi said:
"Oh God! Someone disagrees with me! But surely they cannot possibly disagree with me for legitimate reasons of their own formulation. Wait sec... their argument is similar to something Yahtzee once said! Therefore they must be parroting him because, unlike me, they are feeble minded sheep. QED."
Nifarious, there was nothing abject about the Necromorphs. They're aggressive and violent. The only thing they ever do is attack you. The only ones who appear to be in pain are those things that stick to walls and spawn smaller monsters. Besides, even if they were abject, it would lose any and all impact once you've cheerfully spattered Necromorph #482 across the room.
idarkphoenixi, I can honestly say I wasn't the least bit "drawn into its atmosphere". I cheerfully waltzed through the game, secure and comfortable in the knowledge that no matter what the game threw at me, I would be able to shoot it twice in the left leg, then once in the right arm. Just like I did with the last 500 monsters.
Dead Space isnt as much a scary game as it is an intense game. Some parts made me kind of nervous, but I was not too scared. However, if you do want a scary game play Condemned: Criminal Origins. Its second on my list of "Games that scared the shit out of me."
Number 1 is The Suffering, in case anyone was wondering.
Number 1 is The Suffering, in case anyone was wondering.
Honestly its how you play things. Hard mode with only the plasma cutter is scary because you will run out of ammo a lot and if a necro comes at you from too close you have no defense. Except flailing like a mental patient. The decon room is downright terrifying to me and the game kept making me go back though it. When there is a room in a game you don't want to go through again they did a good job. That said the reused that room in DS2 and it didn't scare me at all.No_Remainders said:
Scariest movie of all time for me was "they" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283632/ until a friend ruined if for me with some comment while I was watching it. Now its just silly to me.
TL;DR: The reason it's not scary is because he is not playing it alone in the dark he has a backseat driver.
You found Alan Wake scary?! I agree that Dead Space isn't scary, but Alan Wake is even less scary... if that's possible. Anyway, despite not being scary, Dead Space is a fantastic game. I didn't care too much for DS2, though
Agreed! Condemned is a fantastic, somewhat underrated, game. But please, please avoid Condemned 2, it's baaadBroady Brio said:
You know what? That is probably the best damn review of dead space I have ever heardDaystar Clarion said:
Exactly. Like i said, apart from these sorts of games. These are the best type of horror games. There's 2 types. THESE and jumpy jumpy shock type games. THESE are the best. I wasn't say that only alan wake does this, hell no. It was just the example that came to mind.octafish said:
When I had heard that EA was getting complaints about their game being too scary, I had to laugh.
that means that nobody knows what real horror is. Its less about weird aliens and monsters, and more about atmosphere. While Dead Space had a good atmosphere, it locked subtlety and came across as an action game.
don't get me wrong though, it is a pretty fun action game!
that means that nobody knows what real horror is. Its less about weird aliens and monsters, and more about atmosphere. While Dead Space had a good atmosphere, it locked subtlety and came across as an action game.
don't get me wrong though, it is a pretty fun action game!
I agree with this. I actually like both Condemned games, but the first one takes the cake for me. It's not, to me, as polished as Dead Space, but I believe that it's the better game.Broady Brio said:
