A Question About Stories.

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What bothers me is that the original Amnesia didn't scare me all that
much (read: hasn't scared me yet), the cheap scares like these do.

Yeah, unfortunately jumpscares are pretty effective for me too. Which doesn't mean I like them. They create an entirely different kind of fear, one that has no emotional impact whatsoever and which just feels very shallow compared to deeper, psychological horror.

I mean, playing a game with many jumpscares is like playing any other game with a modified mouse that gives your hand electric shocks at irregular intervals. Sure, you get somewhat tense in anticipation of the next shock, but its not real fear you feel. The shocks are just unpleasant and annoying as hell.