Amnesia killed the horror genre

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Not respecting people's scares is what we should not bother with. Some can be scared of even Left 4 Dead, and it's not fake.

left for Dead was indeed scary becuz of the insane fast zombies that came in hordes ...

the campaign-mode of Doom 3 (with the portal to Hell) was also superscary and i enjoyed it very much.

This totally proves that this guy has no sense of "horror" or "scary"

Kinda funny how you completely ignore the point Tanshaydar made. Sorry, you're not the one to decide what's scary for me or not. I am.
Same with SpookerWekd, who seems to think he can "prove" in some way that Penumbra was scarier than Amnesia. Might be true for him, but I could easily play and finish Penumbra alone at night in a dark room. Amnesia? No. Took me "down" in a matter of minutes.
Different people are susceptible to different scares. When someone says Dead Space is scary, I can understand that. For me, it wasn't that scary, but I can see there were quite a few elements that were supposed to be and seemingly worked for a lot of people. Left 4 Dead is a great example, too. The common denominator seems to be that it isn't scary. To be honest: It was for me. Playing through the campaigns for the first time with my friends was an awesome experience.

Stop being intentionally ignorant, accept the fact that someone might have a differing opinion and stop seeing your own opinion as fact when it clearly isn't. To sum it up: Grow up.

For me, Amnesia didn't "ruin" the horror genre. It was a great addition to it, but that doesn't mean there are no other games, books or movies that scare me. I'm pretty certain that Silent Hill 2, Fatal Frame (Project Zero for Europeans), etc would still scare me if I played them now... and I'm positive there will be other games that scare me.
To be honest, I don't think "Amnesia was scarier than this" when I watch a good film, read a good book or play a good game... and I think it's pretty stupid to intentionally ruin the experience for yourself that way.