I'm finding Black Plague somehow... Boring!!

[hollowleviathan]

I managed to get pretty good at pickaxe combat, so Overture was frightening for me, then I grew acclimated and comfortable, just in time for Black Plague to take it away and force me to run. It worked well for me, unfortunate that it did not for you. It sounds like you're too far outside the game, analyzing it (looking at alleged commonality of location for horror games). If you can, try to think only inside the game and as Philip. Get from 'oh this is realistic' to 'oh, God. This is real!'.