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RE: Amnesia killed the horror genre - penumbra 4ever - 02-02-2011
Both games are scary, but Amnesia is more because there's no weapon and the enemies are more scary.
RE: Amnesia killed the horror genre - SHODANFreeman - 02-02-2011
(02-02-2011, 04:40 AM)kailip Wrote: 2: On Dead Space, you have A LOT of (powerful) guns and med kits and stuff. you feel a lot safer, then.
Don't forget that ammo is barely even a concern in Dead Space, which was one thing that System Shock 2 and the early Resident Evils used pretty well to increase the scare factor. Nothing back then was even close to being as scary as running out of ammo or having your gun jam while hybrids chased you down yelling "KILL ME!" and "I'm ... sorry!"
RE: Amnesia killed the horror genre - Tanshaydar - 02-02-2011
Well, play on easy and tell it's not scary. Good choice
RE: Amnesia killed the horror genre - kailip - 02-02-2011
Oh my god, why in the hell people get scared of dead space? that's impossible. I'm going to leave this topic and never return
RE: Amnesia killed the horror genre - CHANCEPHOENIX - 02-02-2011
(02-02-2011, 12:24 PM)kailip Wrote: Oh my god, why in the hell people get scared of dead space? that's impossible. I'm going to leave this topic and never return
LMFAO , why so upset about the fact that some people ARE affraid of playing some particular survival Horror Games ...
makes me think though ....
* Could it be that "kailip" is THE ONE who is in fact scared as hell of DeadSpace ??? .... a simple case of REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY???
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_psychology
RE: Amnesia killed the horror genre - Tanshaydar - 02-02-2011
(02-02-2011, 12:24 PM)kailip Wrote: Oh my god, why in the hell people get scared of dead space? that's impossible. I'm going to leave this topic and never return
I'm not immune to jump scares.
RE: Amnesia killed the horror genre - SHODANFreeman - 02-02-2011
(02-02-2011, 05:27 PM)Tanshaydar Wrote:(02-02-2011, 12:24 PM)kailip Wrote: Oh my god, why in the hell people get scared of dead space? that's impossible. I'm going to leave this topic and never return
I'm not immune to jump scares.
There's no such thing as a "jump scare", as there is no fear involved. It's simply exploiting our instinctual reaction to things popping out of nowhere and making loud noises, which is being startled by them. There is no point before, during, or after a "jump scare" that you experience any level of actual fear.
RE: Amnesia killed the horror genre - Frontcannon - 02-02-2011
(02-02-2011, 05:31 PM)SHODANFreeman Wrote: There's no such thing as a "jump scare", as there is no fear involved. There is no point before, during, or after a "jump scare" that you experience any level of actual fear.
Wrong. The anticipation of possible jump scares following the first one could be called fear. It wears off, but it's still there.
RE: Amnesia killed the horror genre - SHODANFreeman - 02-02-2011
(02-02-2011, 06:19 PM)Frontcannon Wrote:(02-02-2011, 05:31 PM)SHODANFreeman Wrote: There's no such thing as a "jump scare", as there is no fear involved. There is no point before, during, or after a "jump scare" that you experience any level of actual fear.
Wrong. The anticipation of possible jump scares following the first one could be called fear. It wears off, but it's still there.
It's more anger for me, because I know what they're doing and it just pisses me off.
RE: Amnesia killed the horror genre - Xanatos - 02-02-2011
Reaction to jump scares.