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Re: Have you ever played a really scary game?
[Re: FBL]
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11/02/07 12:43
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Thief 2 was a very scary game, indeed.
Though, I really hate scary games - I don't want to play games that make me feel unwell. I often don't find the time to play games. So.. when I actually play a game, I want to enjoy it. Funnily enough, I played and finished The Suffering I and II and they were scary as well, but like Thief I - III, there are game-elements which were more dominant and more enjoyable as all the "scared-to-death" things.
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Re: Have you ever played a really scary game?
[Re: dblade]
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11/02/07 13:15
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Do you know Heretic ?
It's was also a great Dos 3D-Game.
(There was a funny cheat to became a chicken [yes, became, not get  ])
Of course I do. Fantasy Doom  There was also a sequel.
But all in all I liked Hexen a lot more... in fact I still love it today.
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Re: Have you ever played a really scary game?
[Re: FBL]
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11/02/07 15:10
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Yes, Hexen is great. But I could only get a Demo from DosGames.com It also uses the Heretic Engine with some advantages like weather effects,etc. All in all a great game. But i think the best of John Romeo is Daikatana
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Re: Have you ever played a really scary game?
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11/02/07 15:17
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i bought thief 1 & 2 for €5,- and i played thief 1 on my laptop whiteout a videocard on high so i tought why would i play 2
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Re: Have you ever played a really scary game?
[Re: Machinery_Frank]
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11/02/07 18:40
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My first 3d-game was Doom and I often moved my head just to look around the corner but it did not help since the screen is flat This was scary.
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But now it becomes more and more un-scary. We are getting used to thrilling moments in front of computers. And besides that I know how to defend me in real life as well. That might help also to feel more safe.
Oddly enough it's been the other way around for me. The original Doom was not scary at all because the monsters looked too funny, e.g. the giant berry-like cacodemon On the other hand Doom3's graphics are too realistic and I have refrained from playing it. My main objection to horror games are pop-up effects where an enemy shows up unexpectedly- killing zombies at a distance is okay, but in Bioshock spawning a deranged doctor right behind your back just is annoying.
Speaking of Thief & Bioshock- what is it about Art Deco design that makes it so intense ?
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Re: Have you ever played a really scary game?
[Re: Michael_Schwarz]
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11/02/07 18:49
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:D I remember playing Tomb Raider as a kid when suddenly some friggin gorilla showed up behind me and scared the crap out of me.
And I also hated Ravenholm in HL2 -.-. I was really so damn happy when I reached the exit ...
Yeah I know I'm a p*ssy, but that whole horror genre ain't my thing. Never was.
No, you are not a p*ssy, I can even agree with you. I was happy after finishing Ravenholm. The shotgun simply had not enough ammo.
Ravenholm scared the heck outta me, cause it seemed like there are infinite zombies just around every corner you could get... damn... i'm never going to pla THAT again
Yeah, the thing about Ravenholm that makes it pretty scary are the fast running, jumping and crawling aliens that do huge damage. You need to be careful because they are really 'dangerous'. It was still just about the only part of Half-life2 that was scary, but it proves the fact that a gamer needs to feel a bit weak before you even can get scared. The lack of a big ammo pile there was a great idea,
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That is exactly my problem, concerning movies, too. I'm really jealous of people who can be scared by games and movies.
Yeah, I think people that do get scared often have trouble with realizing that it's not real or that there's no reason to fear. I'm not saying it's wrong to be afraid or that those people are wussies, but objectively seen they shouldn't be. Still, there are plenty of times I've got to admit that certain movies did a great job of being quite convincing, even if only in specific scenes. So you won't hear me claim that there are no scary movies, but really getting scared is a whole different story indeed.
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I think the more realistic the games become, the more the faults attract attention and destroy the gaming experience - Games that go the other way and don't try to be a copy of our reality, but build their own reality instead, can be much more convincing to me.
It depends on the kind of game, but generally speaking I would definitely agree. I think the keyword is 'convincing'. As long as something is convincing, it can be very scary. The Alien movie, albeit a sci-fi movie, was quite convincing when I first saw it.
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Re: Have you ever played a really scary game?
[Re: phil3d]
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11/02/07 19:55
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I remember when I was really young, my dad got me PACMAN for the Sega Master System and he told me that when you turn it on "ghosts come out to get you" and I was too scared to turn it on.  Another time when I was young, Resident Evil kinda freaked me out. Now the only game that really freaks me out is FEAR, but even that's not so bad. Horror films are my favourite films, so I'm kinda used to a lot of things in the horror world.
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