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Re: You DO realize it's a survival-horror game, right? by Bananadine 05/16/2010, 8:46am PDT
Mischief Maker wrote:

...and from a control standpoint it's a zillion times better than Silent Hill's tank sim and its imitators.

If I were Fussbett I'd make some band metaphor about how Thief was so awesome that everyone wanted their game to be Thief, and over time as imitator upon imitator failed to capture the magic of Thief, the whole concept of stealth gameplay became universally reviled, to the point that people have forgotten how awesome the original was.


Okay. I've never played Silent Hill, Thief, or System Shock 2 though. And I'm not good at being scared by stuff like that. I came to survival horror very late, starting with the GameCube remake of Resident Evil, and enjoyed that game very much--but more because of the exploration of an awesome mansion full of weird things and monsters, than because of any horror. I guess I'll try Thief sometime. Dudes seem to love it, and it's too old to have an annoyingly realistic physics engine. But if I played Penumbra, I'd probably just spend hours wanting it to be Resident Evil 4. I mean, these games have scary AI and all, but it's still just crappy video-game AI right? And you can see its patterns and learn to predict it and (if you're so inclined) stop seeing it as anything but machinery, right? That is my tendency. And that works fine in an athletic shooter; engaging with awesome machinery by running around and shooting fake mechanical zombies is awesome. But if the central thing you're supposed to do in a game is motionless roleplaying in a dark corner, then the game had better be surprising enough to transcend its mechanical feel. Resident Evil did that for me (albeit not to a scary end) via novelty and well-detailed 2D backgrounds. I think most of these other games wouldn't have any of that.

Also I like those tank-style controls. They're awkward until you get used to them, and then they're fine. You tell Jill to do a thing, and she does it, immediately. What's the problem? It's not my favorite control style, but I don't see anything especially wrong with it either. I guess people have trouble getting used to it or something?

I'm good at getting used to things I hadn't seen before, and bad at being surprised (or scared, or whatever else) by things I have seen before.
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    They made a million bucks. by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/12/2010, 11:59pm PDT NEW
        Re: They made a million bucks. by Bananadine 05/13/2010, 11:04am PDT NEW
            Nauseating good or nauseating bad? NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/14/2010, 9:51pm PDT NEW
                Bad, but I'm only talking about videos and stuff by Bananadine 05/15/2010, 12:08am PDT NEW
                    You DO realize it's a survival-horror game, right? by Mischief Maker 05/15/2010, 11:40am PDT NEW
                        Re: You DO realize it's a survival-horror game, right? by Bananadine 05/16/2010, 8:46am PDT NEW
                            Re: You DO realize it's a survival-horror game, right? by Gentleman Jim Browser 05/26/2010, 12:41am PDT NEW
                                Re: You DO realize it's a survival-horror game, right? by Bananadine 05/26/2010, 6:22am PDT NEW
                                    Re: You DO realize it's a survival-horror game, right? by Gentleman Jim Browser 05/27/2010, 9:46pm PDT NEW
            Here come the imposters! by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/26/2010, 9:55pm PDT NEW
                "Snarky, irreverent, pop culture, etc." sounds like the tagline for one of the NT by later You Don't Know Jack games :( 05/26/2010, 11:52pm PDT NEW
                    Re: "Snarky, irreverent, pop culture, etc." sounds like the tagline for one o by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/28/2010, 12:15am PDT NEW
                        Fuck that dude; the YDKJ games were awesome. >:( NT by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 05/28/2010, 12:29am PDT NEW
                            Even the free webisode versions on their website. :3 NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 05/28/2010, 3:47am PDT NEW
                        Re: "Snarky, irreverent, pop culture, etc." sounds like the tagline for one o by N 05/29/2010, 5:16am PDT NEW
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        Fabio's back, bdr's back, what's going on here? Or is this a different Bill? NT by Mischief Maker 04/13/2011, 8:29am PDT NEW
        Shadowgrounds looks interesting. Reminds me of Alien Swarm NT by Penny Arcade Watch 04/13/2011, 8:36am PDT NEW
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