10-09-2011, 10:44 AM
I thought Amnesia was scarier... let's face it. If you have a gun, you will feel way better and filled with courage than when you have a barrel you have to throw at a monster that is chasing you.
(10-07-2011, 08:05 PM)kman Wrote: [ -> ]Speaking of that... I was talking to someone in school yesterday who said dead space was the scariest game ever/*facepalm* BUT WAIT, it gets worse. When I told him dead space wasn't scary because all I did was use jump scare after jump scare. He then replied "yeah of corse it does! That's what true horror really is!"/*mega facepalm* and no I'm not done yet, he then asked me what games I did find scary so I said games that actually cause psychological terror, which he then went on to say "ok well then name a few games that use this so called 'psychological terror'" so I said games like amnesia, penumbra, silent hill, fatal frame, etc. So he replys "wtf none of those games are even scary, i didn't jump once playing any of those"/*mega ultra super facepalm* see THIS is why I hate dead space. Because it's just further fueling the belief that jump scares=horror. Thank god there are still people that can tell the difference between the 2 :|Heres my take on it, Dead Space can be scary, but games like Penumbra and Amnesia, those games are true horror, your defenseless (for the most part) and not some action hero who can just point gun and make bad thing go away, you need to hide, and hope the monster doesnt see you.
(10-10-2011, 12:33 AM)Excel Wrote: [ -> ]I hate arguing with people who seem to think jump scares are true horror, they're some of the most stubborn people ever. To me, true horror is not wanting to play the game/watch the movie anymore. When the atmosphere is so chilling, and you're tensed up, waiting for the next monster to show up. Expecting something to be right around the corner, so you take your time and build even more tension, only for the monster to appear at the exact moment that you let your gaurd down.woah big guy
To me, jump scares just add adrennaline(sp) and make my blood hot, and as mentioned before, sometimes they just make me laugh at myself. Actually, usually I see jump scares coming, because most of them are extremely cliche. Has anyone seen the movie Insidious? I've read reviews and such online, after seeing the movie with a group of about 5 friends, and most of the reviews, and all my friends seemed to think the movie was extremely scary, and my friends wondered why I laughed through the whole thing. They were just so...predictable.
Sorry for the long post, if it offends anyone
(10-10-2011, 02:37 AM)Hunter of Shadows Wrote: [ -> ](10-10-2011, 12:33 AM)Excel Wrote: [ -> ]I hate arguing with people who seem to think jump scares are true horror, they're some of the most stubborn people ever. To me, true horror is not wanting to play the game/watch the movie anymore. When the atmosphere is so chilling, and you're tensed up, waiting for the next monster to show up. Expecting something to be right around the corner, so you take your time and build even more tension, only for the monster to appear at the exact moment that you let your gaurd down.woah big guy
To me, jump scares just add adrennaline(sp) and make my blood hot, and as mentioned before, sometimes they just make me laugh at myself. Actually, usually I see jump scares coming, because most of them are extremely cliche. Has anyone seen the movie Insidious? I've read reviews and such online, after seeing the movie with a group of about 5 friends, and most of the reviews, and all my friends seemed to think the movie was extremely scary, and my friends wondered why I laughed through the whole thing. They were just so...predictable.
Sorry for the long post, if it offends anyone
No one here has said anything about jump scares being horror
Though some of you seem to be missing that there is a difference between fear/terror and horror