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Unscary horror.

*Abstract-Mindser Dec 27, 2012

So, we know that video game developers often cling to the wrong genre for the longest time, and this often effects the quality of the games.

So, what claimed horror games simply aren't scary or horrific for the right reasons?

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~Zetikla Mar 6, 2013 Student Photographer

Land of the Dead was rather a bit boring than scary

*Abstract-Mindser Mar 6, 2013

It sounds like the sort of thing you'd see after the great mass extinction.

~Zetikla Mar 6, 2013 Student Photographer

actually yes X)

*Abstract-Mindser Mar 6, 2013

Or a desert with an uncreative name.

~Zetikla Mar 8, 2013 Student Photographer

hehe yup

~nightchildmoonchild Feb 18, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Dino Crisis
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Clocktower Ghosthead/Clocktower II: The Struggle Within (it's the same game, but it's differently named in Japan and the United States)
Clocktower 3
Rule of Rose
Resident Evil: Outbreak

~chaosvolt Feb 16, 2013

Not many game developers are good at creating suspense, I'd say. And if you can't create suspense, the next best thing is always to throw jump scares at you. And once you play the game, any time you come back to it the old surprises are only scary if you forget about them, otherwise they're good for a little startle at best.

Unless that surprising moment is still enough of a challenge gameplay-wise, in which case coming back to it is at least good for generating anxiety. You know it's going to happen, you know it'll be a tough fight, and you know you're not going to get any farther into the game until you go pick up that keycard and have two dozen imps teleporting into the room all around you.

*Abstract-Mindser Feb 18, 2013

I honestly think the best thing to scare players are atmosphere and bad odds.

~Vulpimo Feb 16, 2013

Alien Colonial MArines

Amnesia

Dead Space

Dante's Inferno

Diablo III- worst of all

Resident Evil 6? Was it supposed to be scary?

~Sareth1337 Feb 18, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Dante's Inferno: not a horror game...

Diablo 3: not a horror game...

why did you put these there? thats like saying Skyrim or HalfLife are 'Unscary Horror'

otherwise I can pretty much agree. (though amnesia is kind of a double-edged sword to me)

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