Weapons or no weapons in horror games?

[CarnivorousJelly]

I like Dogfood's idea. Knowing you're screwed if you used your ammo and didn't need to is bound to cause some extra tension. Either that or weapons that are supern inefficient - like improvised stuff (throwing vases/rocks). It'd slow the monster down but take an incredible amount of determination to actually kill one or drive it off.

In whole (regarding the survey) I have no strong opinion whether weapons are better. Both options change the game's mechanics in interesting ways but it's what the devs do with the mechanics that makes it good (or bad).