Yeah, but it's no dog through a window. That got a lot of people, in fact, it still does get people.Zac Smith said:
Study Declares Dead Space 2 "Scariest 360 Game"
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I played Dead Space on the PS3 and I loved it AND found it really scary. Haven't tried DS2 yet but i heard it's more action less horror.
Not sure why they even bothered with RE5.
Not sure why they even bothered with RE5.
Just learn a few keys for the menus and the rest is handled with your mouse. It's not overly complex.Nenarek said:
On topic, did they include XBLA titles here? I think there are a few more horror games there. That said, I use a PS3 and a PC, so I can't be a good judge.
Although I think some of the psychopaths in DR2 were pretty scary in a subtle way.
EDIT: 30 minutes is not enough to take in enough of a game to get you into the horror mindset.
...Amnesia is either an exception or a LOT more terrifying than I've been able to experience. I'm tense after 5 minutes, if that.
That's an extremely small sample size! No reputable journal would publish a study like that. One person could skew the results so far. This study is a bit more in depth and probably expensive than others, so you wouldn't need as many people as you would for more correlational research (Surveys, Questionnaires). But you'd still need to study at least 100 people and probably more than that.
As for the scariness of Dead Space...I can't say. But I'd probably have trouble playing it, as I don't handle horror well at all. Dead Rising scared me. The Re-Dead in Zelda games scare me. I steer clear of the genre.
As for the scariness of Dead Space...I can't say. But I'd probably have trouble playing it, as I don't handle horror well at all. Dead Rising scared me. The Re-Dead in Zelda games scare me. I steer clear of the genre.
Who the hell considered RE5 a freaking horror game?!
You know what, just to be an ass, I'm going to ***** about these games being called horror games.
Alan Wake - Could have worked. Was actually really atmospheric. But after a while you know that scary things only happen when the scary music plays. Which leads to you knowing when scary things will happen, which doesn't make them scary.
Dead Space 2 - HA! It relies on the "LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ALL THE DEAD AND DECAYING STUFF! SEE HOW SCARY I AM! LOOK AT ME!" type of horror. Which isn't that good. At best its startling, at worst its any other action game.
Condemned: Criminal Origins - Ok, this game is actually scary. As was the second, before the plot went all WTF on you.
Resident Evil 5 - Who the hell considers Resident Evil games horror games anymore? I mean really.
These people would probably crap themselves if they tried playing Amnesia. Maybe even get a heart attack.
You know what, just to be an ass, I'm going to ***** about these games being called horror games.
Alan Wake - Could have worked. Was actually really atmospheric. But after a while you know that scary things only happen when the scary music plays. Which leads to you knowing when scary things will happen, which doesn't make them scary.
Dead Space 2 - HA! It relies on the "LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ALL THE DEAD AND DECAYING STUFF! SEE HOW SCARY I AM! LOOK AT ME!" type of horror. Which isn't that good. At best its startling, at worst its any other action game.
Condemned: Criminal Origins - Ok, this game is actually scary. As was the second, before the plot went all WTF on you.
Resident Evil 5 - Who the hell considers Resident Evil games horror games anymore? I mean really.
These people would probably crap themselves if they tried playing Amnesia. Maybe even get a heart attack.
So it's actually the scariest of the four games chosen, and not the scariest game on the XBox. You can't assert is the absolute scariest unless you compare against every other game for the XBox. This is like saying PB&J is the most delicious food in the world because out of the choices of Bologna, PB&J, Ham, and Macaroni, more people preferred the peanut-buttery goodness. Which is fallacious at best.
But more to the point: No. Dead Space 2 is not scary. At all. Not even a little. I have fallen asleep to the sound of DS2 more times than I care to count (true story).
But more to the point: No. Dead Space 2 is not scary. At all. Not even a little. I have fallen asleep to the sound of DS2 more times than I care to count (true story).
I didn't find Dead Space 2 'scary' but it was stressful. That's probably what these guys are picking up with the frustration and suchlike. Theres a difference between getting 'chills up your spine' scared and something going ''BLARGLEBLARGLE'' in your face and you flailing ineffectually.
Too bad those games were all crap, and the only reason Dead Space 2 was scary was because it had unfamiliar things jumping out from the same vent fifty times, saying "boo".
Amnesia, though, was amazing.
Amnesia, though, was amazing.
Am I the only one that thought, at least at times (and especially near the beginning) that Bioshock was quite a bit scarier than any of those except maybe the original Dead Space?
I'm sorry when it came to horror on the 360, Final Fantasy XIII won it for me (snark, snark, insert trollface picture).
Microsoft want everything Mainstream and Horror is not really main stream, it's quite a niche field. So this news is about surprising to me as if you told me a fish is wet.
Microsoft want everything Mainstream and Horror is not really main stream, it's quite a niche field. So this news is about surprising to me as if you told me a fish is wet.
Haven't played Dead Space 2 yet, but the first one didn't have crap on Amnesia.AwesomeFerret said:
Out of those games, Alan wake is the only one I haven't played. I have to agree with them though, I found Dead Space 2 scarier than Condemned and RE5.
Although there results aren't really well done. For instance, I found Dead Space scarier than Dead Space 2, but they haven't included that game in testing. Another thing is that they have only tested it on 6 people, which obviously isn't good enough to "Declare Dead Space 2 Scariest 360 Game.
They need to include MANY more people and A LOT more games before I can take this seriously.
EDIT: Also, why are loads of people bringing up Amnesia? It isn't a 360 game, and the title clearly says "Scariest 360 Game".
EDIT 2: Looking at my games list, I have F.E.A.R 2 on the PS3 (but you can get it for the Xbox 360), and in my opinion, that was much scarier than all those other games on the list combined.
Although there results aren't really well done. For instance, I found Dead Space scarier than Dead Space 2, but they haven't included that game in testing. Another thing is that they have only tested it on 6 people, which obviously isn't good enough to "Declare Dead Space 2 Scariest 360 Game.
They need to include MANY more people and A LOT more games before I can take this seriously.
EDIT: Also, why are loads of people bringing up Amnesia? It isn't a 360 game, and the title clearly says "Scariest 360 Game".
EDIT 2: Looking at my games list, I have F.E.A.R 2 on the PS3 (but you can get it for the Xbox 360), and in my opinion, that was much scarier than all those other games on the list combined.