03.15.08

Damn you, horror!

Posted in Game news at 14:26 by Jonas

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?

10 Comments »

  1. fox said,

    March 15, 2008 at 16:27

    It’s basically because people need horror atm. http://ramblefishing.blogspot.com/2005/11/horror-revival.html

  2. Jonas said,

    March 15, 2008 at 16:53

    Well damn people then!

  3. fox said,

    March 15, 2008 at 17:52

    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

  4. Jonas said,

    March 15, 2008 at 19:47

    Wow those guys do sound quite a lot like Sabbath…

  5. EER said,

    March 15, 2008 at 19:55

    You should watch 1408. Scared me alright :D

  6. Jonas said,

    March 15, 2008 at 21:34

    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.

  7. EER said,

    March 15, 2008 at 22:38

    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.

  8. Jonas said,

    March 16, 2008 at 02:50

    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.

  9. RazuBlog » Blog Archive » Fear and horror! said,

    March 17, 2008 at 09:01

    […] over at Narcissism Incorporated made a post a few days ago that made me thing about horror in games. I and he have very different […]

  10. fox said,

    March 18, 2008 at 22:29

    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/

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