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RE: Jump-scares: What's your opinion? - TheUnbeholden - 02-17-2013
(02-16-2013, 01:45 PM)ElliotSaysStuff Wrote: I think jumpscares are good if done properly, like has already been said, teleporting naked guys are just lazy. Condemned twists the jumpscare idea a bit, building up a horrifically claustrophobic atmosphere, then hitting you with jumpscares in the sections that normally wouldn't be scary.
Thats a good point. Condemned had solid pacing and absolutely brutal action. You can feel the teeth crushing, bone crunching of every blow, and the psychotic verbal insults as the enemies struggle to fight you.
Dead Space is a classic example of screwing up jumpscares, monsters jump out at you ever minute or so. So all of the "Building up" is barely any time. It sacrifices pacing for action, and as such, an element of horror is gone.
Apart from the momentary startle from jump scares, I ended up having fun!
It's entertaining, I wasn't ever afraid or disturbed, paranoid, depressed.
Thats a failing of a horror game.