Study Declares Dead Space 2 "Scariest 360 Game"
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They need Amnesia for the 360, Dead Space 2 is a walk in a park compared to it. This is probably because, in Dead Space 2, you have a gun, armor, and could rip apart most of the enemies that attack you. In Amnesia, you have the ability to hide and wishful thinking.
Don't you love the combination of Science and Mass Media?
Science gives you:
a study on SIX participants and FOUR games.
Mass Media takes it and gives you:
"A study by UK-based videogame "user experience studio" Vertical Slice has declared that Dead Space 2 is the 360 game most likely to make you scream like a little girl."
Science gives you:
a study on SIX participants and FOUR games.
Mass Media takes it and gives you:
"A study by UK-based videogame "user experience studio" Vertical Slice has declared that Dead Space 2 is the 360 game most likely to make you scream like a little girl."
I don't really see this scale to be credible. I doubt the people tested didn't even know about Condemned: Criminal origins.
its the scariest out of the 4
but its not really scary
considering its the 360 which doesn't cater for the horror genre much it is up there
but it just isn't a scary game
but its not really scary
considering its the 360 which doesn't cater for the horror genre much it is up there
but it just isn't a scary game
Hey guys. I was one of the people responsible for carrying out this study. It was not published academically, and some of you are right in saying the sample size would need to be bigger, but certainly not the 100s that people are suggesting. Read this month's OXM (360 Magazine UK) for a full feature on the study.
The news report does not mention the method. You'd be interested to see how we came to our conclusions. We used biometrics, rather than just surveys and questionnaires. We believe our approach is far more accurate at determining what people are *really* feeling, rather than simply what they claim they are feeling. We monitor players' biological responses to see exactly what they're feeling at each individual point.
Please also remember that the trial was for 360 games only, and we included Dead Space 2 instead of the original because the study was timed to coincide with its release (for a specific purpose). I hear Amnesia is super scary.
It's also worth noting that while you expert gamers may be nonchalant about the scares in these games, our sample included much more everyday, normal gamers. Condemned fell short because players got lost on the map, or because of usability issues.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask away
The news report does not mention the method. You'd be interested to see how we came to our conclusions. We used biometrics, rather than just surveys and questionnaires. We believe our approach is far more accurate at determining what people are *really* feeling, rather than simply what they claim they are feeling. We monitor players' biological responses to see exactly what they're feeling at each individual point.
Please also remember that the trial was for 360 games only, and we included Dead Space 2 instead of the original because the study was timed to coincide with its release (for a specific purpose). I hear Amnesia is super scary.
It's also worth noting that while you expert gamers may be nonchalant about the scares in these games, our sample included much more everyday, normal gamers. Condemned fell short because players got lost on the map, or because of usability issues.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask away
It certainly had tension going for it, and there were parts that made me jump, but they were because I was running and dodging, when suddenly I got attacked from an angle I couldn't see. Never actually felt scared, just in a state of edge panic. Still, fun game.
This reeks of cheap marketing stunt. How can we know they didn't specifically pick-out sections that would skew the data towards Dead Space? Not to mention that they put RE5 in there? That's just an action game. It doesn't even have zombies anymore, so I don't know why people keep considering it to be "horror".
So no, I'm sorry. Their sad, pathetic little study does not impress me.
So no, I'm sorry. Their sad, pathetic little study does not impress me.
It was decently scary. But by the end it became less "this is scary" and more "ok, cool. Can I just move on. I want to finish this game"
Honestly, Ravenholm from HL2 could be scarier than Dead Space (IMO). Just not seeing how they can look at six players on four games on one console, and declare something to be the scariest, without having to throw a bunch of qualifiers after it.
The only horror on the 360 is when you lose your killstreak on Black Ops!Hobo Steve said:
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(Can already see that being reported -_-)
Any rate....How was Resident Evil 5 scary? Perhaps it was the controls..
I count scary as in way back when playing Fallout 3 and being punched in the back of the head by a ghoul or seeing a Reaver....
