Official Poll Regarding SOMA's Monsters

[BrothaAtlas]

I also chose 'a bit scary and interesting to encounter'. I think, for me, what made them so interesting was how they fitted into the story. I kept wondering if it was someone I had heard in audio logs or read about somewhere, and I loved that feeling! The mystery worked so good with the atmosphere too.

What I found quite scary, besides the awesome sound design, were the build up moments. Like before you encounter the diving suit and is notified that someone is coming in, I remember that giving me chills. The randomness of some enemies, as someone mentioned, was also quite thrilling.

The reason why I didn't choose 'very scary' is because I found many of the monsters quite easy to outmaneuver, and if I happened to eventually get caught, it felt like I wasn't really punished for it. It also felt like the encounters in the darker areas had more of an effect, as I had neither any clue of their whereabouts, nor what they in fact looked like