(02-13-2012, 12:05 AM)xdeath Wrote:

(02-12-2012, 09:20 PM)Vithcommalobsel Wrote: As I recall nobody said Fatal Frame was bad and/or not scary, you are the one hating, on Amnesia.


And Amnesia's monsters are threatening. They are faster, stronger, and the player has no option to fight back.

They could show up at any time, in any place. The player feels vulnerable.

The player is discouraged from looking at them. So the players mind fills in blanks, with things that scare them the most.

If and when the player does get a look. The monsters are grotesque mutilated, twisted versions of humans.

Makes the player feel revolted, and wanting to get far away from the monster.

(02-13-2012, 12:17 AM)Vithcommalobsel Wrote: 1. I never said anything in the context of hating on Amnesia. I said I don't find it scary. Is the only goal of this game to make you feel scared? If that were the case, it would have failed. But no, it's still fun, even though it doesn't scare me. I said that several times. People get pissy about me not being a scaredy cat.
2. The monsters aren't very scary looking to me. They just look like goofy big guys with claws, or occasionally with swords, etc. Nothing I haven't seen before.
3. The monsters growl like 5 minutes before you see them, they don't see you if you don't look at them or move, they are usually slower than you, they can be stunned if you throw stuff at them (except for brutes, but they'll pretty much kill you when they're around and there isn't anything you can do about it), and looking at them has no real consequences, just imaginary consequences because all you do is lose your "sanity", which comes back in no time. I have a video where I literally stare at one grunt for like 5 minutes while he stands in one place slapping a doorway. I stand there, my guy lays on the ground for a moment, I get back up, and the process repeats, but the monster is no closer to attacking me. So I just ran away and the monster chased me for a bit, but never caught me.
The only "weakness" you have in this game is the level of fear you allow yourself to give into. Daniel is able to fight and survive if you play like a man.

(02-13-2012, 12:43 AM)Vithcommalobsel Wrote: "Whatever was the reason, you probably shouldn't post that the game didn't scare you in a forum dedicated to it. Populated by fans of the game."


That hardly seems fair, don't you think? "Don't tell us you have a different opinion, we won't like it."
It occurs to me that I don't need you people to give a damn about what I think anyway. If you want to be haters, be haters. It won't change my mind no matter how much you want me to.


And yeah, Dead Space wasn't very scary. It had a lot of jump scares, but that gets old fast and stops being scary.

(02-13-2012, 12:55 AM)Vithcommalobsel Wrote: not really. It's still a fun game even if it didn't scare me. It has a good story, great mechanics, fun puzzles, and lots of fun things to do on the side...like messing with the monsters for luls.
When they make an Amnesia 2 with scarier, smarter monsters, it'll probably scare me more.

To be perfectly honest, I think many people only think it's scary because they saw someone on Youtube screaming like a girl while playing it.

(02-13-2012, 12:43 AM)Vithcommalobsel Wrote: That hardly seems fair, don't you think? "Don't tell us you have a different opinion, we won't like it."
It occurs to me that I don't need you people to give a damn about what I think anyway. If you want to be haters, be haters. It won't change my mind no matter how much you want me to.

(02-13-2012, 12:55 AM)Vithcommalobsel Wrote: To be perfectly honest, I think many people only think it's scary because they saw someone on Youtube screaming like a girl while playing it.