Co-op horror

[eliasfrost]

+1 to bridge, if only a developer would dare take the step, I think it would be worth it. Co-op doesn't necessarilly mean that the players are in the same room solving the same puzzles all the time, things are not that black and white. You can break the players up for a time and set them in uncomfortable positions during the time until they are reunited again, and like Bridge said, the scare factor will be greater because the contrast between safe and vulnerable is so distinct between the episodes.

This very concept is what makes for example, the cradle in Thief 3 so very more scary than any other game, because the contrast between normal and creepy becomes so apparent it's crawling under your skin. The same goes for the haunted house in Fallout 3 or the crying children in Half Life 2. I would go as far as to say that the most horrific moments do not come from horror games, but from creepy moments in non-horror games, but that is just my honest opinion.

People are far too up their opinion to even consider the possibility, and I think it's sad.