The upcoming Alone in the Dark looks fantastic. The video previews alone have showed off too many fresh new ideas and amazing details to count, and the gameplay looks a lot like MacGuyver: The Horror Game. It pains me to know I will never ever ever get to play this game precisely because of the “horror” part.
It’s bad enough that apparently all games these days must have a horror element (of course I exaggerate, but even Mass Effect has creepy zombie-like enemies for crap’s sake), but I don’t understand why there are so many outright horror games – is fear just the only real emotion that can easily be conjured up by video games?
It’s basically because people need horror atm. http://ramblefishing.blogspot.com/2005/11/horror-revival.html
Well damn people then!
If you like Doom Metal like Black Sabbath played it, you should check out Saint Vitus – if you don’t know them yet. I think they’re brilliant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpVUMuLLqug&feature=related
Wow those guys do sound quite a lot like Sabbath…
You should watch 1408. Scared me alright
THEN WHY SHOULD I!? Did I just tell you I don’t like horror!? Oh look… YES I DID!
Though horror in films isn’t nearly as bad as horror in games because a horror film will carry on as the screenwriter intended no matter what I do, whereas a horror game expects me to move the plot towards the next fright.
Face your fears! Maybe you should watch (the original) dawn of the dead while you’re at it, although I have a hard time classifying that as horror. It’s hilarious by today’s standards.
Well I’ve played Bioshock and Half-Life 2 and Thief 3 and I’ve sat through FEAR, so I’ve done what I can to face my fears. It’s not getting any easier.
Yet another cool band doing it Sabbath-style I’ve learned about just today:
- http://hardrockhideout.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/new-video-cavalar-rush/