why we love to be afraid...

[Crabski]

I don't play horror games because I like the feeling of relief after beating them; I play because a really great horror game is one of the few things that can completely take me in. Being chased around in the Prison, for instance, is just so intensely terrifying that it completely immerses me in the world. I find myself running from the Grunts/Dogs/Infected/whatever just like I was running from them in real life.

Other forms of horror (books, movies) just don't come close to that level of immersion, and 95% of horror games are only mediocre anyway. FG is one of the few developers that always manages to get me.