What Game Are You Playing Right Now?

Unknown Soldier · 08-25-2011, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

the only game I found scary was the original Silent Hill

Hey that was flippin scary especially the scenes in the hospital with the hunchbacked nurses, wheelchairs and bouncing balls. I found most of the Silent Hill games scary in general.

Howard the Duck · 08-25-2011, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Hey that was flippin scary especially the scenes in the hospital with the hunchbacked nurses, wheelchairs and bouncing balls. I found most of the Silent Hill games scary in general.

the scariest part for me was in the rooms with the chains, where it's half-dark and you thought something was moving inside the room, but it's only the chains

Rage Against the Machine · 08-25-2011, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by tore

A sad thing about making a horror themed game is that there are always people who will rip on it if they don't **** their pants when they play the game. I personally don't think that scaring the **** out of people was ever the goal of the designers .. They wanted to create a game which is exciting and scary enough to be engaging and I thought they succeeded in doing so. You're quite right that it's hard to be scared when you are so very capable of defending yourself.

Don't get me wrong, I wasn't ripping on it, I agreed that it was superior in every other way. I just pointed out that they decided to make Isaac down the 'badass' route, which was a stylistic decision that made it slightly different from what I got from the first one- obviously not necessarily a bad decision.

Thom Yorke · 08-25-2011, 11:21 AM

I just played through Resident Evil 4. Can't believe I never gave this one a try before. Awesome game and surprisingly long too (took me nearly 20 hours of gameplay to beat it). Tough to say if I like the moving camera better than the traditional still camera though. That added a lot of atmosphere.

For anyone who's played RE 4 though, is there any way to kill those regenerator zombies besides using the rocket launcher? I must have tried everything else on them but nothing worked.

LoathsomePete · 08-25-2011, 11:38 AM

We'll probably never see another "true" horror game in the AAA game industry ever again. Horror is such a niche genre and the costs of making AAA games is so astronomically high that it's not worth it in the end. That's why AAA horror games have more of a focus on action now. Resident Evil 4 laid down the ground work that has just been built upon (kind of) over the last 6 years. For true horror you'll have to delve into the indie market and find games like Amnesia: The Dark Descent or the Penumbra games. I think the last AAA horror game that actually frightened me was probably Condemned 2: Bloodshot but even that wasn't anywhere near as frightening as the first Condemned game. This Rise of Nightmares game looks like it could buck the trend, but like fuck I'm shelling out an additional $150 for the Kinect... also the game is being developed by the House of the Dead team so I expect horribly written/delivered dialogue and an over-the-top evil antagonist.

14232949 · 08-25-2011, 11:51 AM

The Dead Space series triumphs over all other horror games I've played in recent times.
It's an epic game, it's longer, more entertaining and has better set-pieces and originality than the first.
However, I would've liked a few boss battles.

It does have some jumpy moments. But, I think you get to an age where horror games no longer keep you up at night.

The multiplayer, imo, isn't very good. Apart from that, it really is a good game, and I'd probably agree that it's the GOTY so far.

midnight rain · 08-25-2011, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Thom Yorke

I just played through Resident Evil 4. Can't believe I never gave this one a try before. Awesome game and surprisingly long too (took me nearly 20 hours of gameplay to beat it). Tough to say if I like the moving camera better than the traditional still camera though. That added a lot of atmosphere.

For anyone who's played RE 4 though, is there any way to kill those regenerator zombies besides using the rocket launcher? I must have tried everything else on them but nothing worked.

Thermal scope with sniper, it shows the weak spots you have to hit to kill them for good.

RVCA · 08-25-2011, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mankycaaant

The Dead Space series triumphs over all other horror games I've played in recent times.
It's an epic game, it's longer, more entertaining and has better set-pieces and originality than the first.
However, I would've liked a few boss battles.

It does have some jumpy moments. But, I think you get to an age where horror games no longer keep you up at night.

The multiplayer, imo, isn't very good. Apart from that, it really is a good game, and I'd probably agree that it's the GOTY so far.

I draw a LOT of similarities between Dead Space and Resident Evil 4, both fantastic games. It's really too bad Capcom has shat all over the Resident Evil franchise lately, focusing more on the action-shooter genre instead of the horror-survival one, like what Pete was talking about.

Sparky · 08-25-2011, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by tore

I feel the other way round. I loved Dead Space 2, but haven't yet finished Amnesia. It was scary, but not as much as I perhaps expected considering it's hype. I also disagree that Amnesia's core game play is more satisfying - at least it hasn't been to me. When I stopped playing, I was in rooms flooded with water, trying to jump between bits of flotsam. I didn't find it to be original, nor particularly entertaining.

I liked what happened before though, but I felt like it's 90% atmosphere and not much else. I'll pick it up again though and finish it one day soon and maybe my opinion will change.

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I think there's some psychology behind people praising games like Amnesia which stems from a knee-jerk reaction to support indie developers, particularly when they do something different from everyone else. Amnesia deserves a lot of praise, definetly, but I think the hype may well make out the game to be better than it really is. I wonder if people would have liked it so much had it been developed by Ubisoft f.ex.

Your probably right.`But i liked how the game never tried to be fun or give you a sense of reward. There's a section later on where if u die that's the end of the game.

I really liked how physics based and grounded in reality the puzzles were. I'm used to resident evil where you collect a key to open a box that has a half-circle which combined with another half circle opens up a door to the big key etc.

In amnesia your just throw a chair out a window to get through the window.

Xyphon · 08-25-2011, 01:46 PM

I'm back on Elder Scrolls Oblivion on the PC. Still fun. Can't wait for Skyrim. Other than that Halo: Reach and Rock Band.

08-25-2011, 11:21 AM	#3694 (permalink)
Thom Yorke Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,848	I just played through Resident Evil 4. Can't believe I never gave this one a try before. Awesome game and surprisingly long too (took me nearly 20 hours of gameplay to beat it). Tough to say if I like the moving camera better than the traditional still camera though. That added a lot of atmosphere. For anyone who's played RE 4 though, is there any way to kill those regenerator zombies besides using the rocket launcher? I must have tried everything else on them but nothing worked. Last edited by Thom Yorke; 08-25-2011 at 11:28 AM.

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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	We'll probably never see another "true" horror game in the AAA game industry ever again. Horror is such a niche genre and the costs of making AAA games is so astronomically high that it's not worth it in the end. That's why AAA horror games have more of a focus on action now. Resident Evil 4 laid down the ground work that has just been built upon (kind of) over the last 6 years. For true horror you'll have to delve into the indie market and find games like Amnesia: The Dark Descent or the Penumbra games. I think the last AAA horror game that actually frightened me was probably Condemned 2: Bloodshot but even that wasn't anywhere near as frightening as the first Condemned game. This Rise of Nightmares game looks like it could buck the trend, but like fuck I'm shelling out an additional $150 for the Kinect... also the game is being developed by the House of the Dead team so I expect horribly written/delivered dialogue and an over-the-top evil antagonist. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

08-25-2011, 11:51 AM	#3696 (permalink)
14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	The Dead Space series triumphs over all other horror games I've played in recent times. It's an epic game, it's longer, more entertaining and has better set-pieces and originality than the first. However, I would've liked a few boss battles. It does have some jumpy moments. But, I think you get to an age where horror games no longer keep you up at night. The multiplayer, imo, isn't very good. Apart from that, it really is a good game, and I'd probably agree that it's the GOTY so far.

08-25-2011, 01:46 PM	#3700 (permalink)
Xyphon Groupie Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 3	I'm back on Elder Scrolls Oblivion on the PC. Still fun. Can't wait for Skyrim. Other than that Halo: Reach and Rock Band.