The horror in SOMA

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Frictional once said that in order to immerse the player and make the player NOT to think they're evil dudes, they make the "monsters" human-like. Probably just sympathy.

Also, Normality is also a factor. In order to immerse the player, Thomas (or is it Jens I forgot) said that the setting must be mundane in order to draw a parallel to the gaming world and the real world.

It was in 10 Ways Evolving Horror Games!