How do we bring back horror games?
base the plot around your face
>>337405094
#rekt
>>337405094
O SHIT
Focus on a sense of dread rather than a sense of repulsion or shock.
>>337405094
SCREENCAP THIS
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>>337405024
Black Phillip! Black Phillip!
>>337405094
Ayy
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>>337405512
I want to own that doggo
>>337405024
By not buying the bullshit that's being made today. Stop paying for retarded games. The devs will figure it out eventually.
>>337405616
He seems pretty chill.
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>>337405094
he was just asking how to bring back horror games you unnecessarily wreck him
what did he do to deserve it
>>337405094
HOLY SHIT!!
>>337405094
S-S-S-SADISTIC.
>>337405094
OP ON SUICIDE WATCH
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/thread
>>337405094
FINISH HIM!!!
>>337405094
You are not a friend of justice
>>337405094
DAMAGE CONTROL GET IN HERE!!!
>>337405024
Thats kinda cute.
>>337405469
I kinda agree. Dread seems wrong though. Just a bit of discomfort is normally all you need with dread at moments. They need to focus on the flow of tension with occasional bursts of terror.
>>337405094
SHIT!
>>337405024
Look at silent hill interactive trailer and make an actual game based on it's methodology.
>>337405094
ayyy new meme xD
>>337405094
That's not very nice. This is a Christian imageboard. Rudeness will not be tolerated.
>>337405094
damn
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(^: All me
26/8/4/2
>>337405094
Screencapped dis shit
cut back on the goddamned jumpscares and increase the creepiness and uncanny levels. pewdiepie ruined horror
>>337405094
OMG THIS MADE MY DAY!
>>337405024
Honestly, imo, the only way is to go back to roots with how they are made.
Horror used to be made with OTHER features, not just "scariness" and horror.
The last big horror craze brought it back, but didn't last because all it had to offer were very simplistic concepts of horror and nothing else.
It needs to go back to being like old Silent Hill games and/or Resident evil. Implementing scare/fear moments but also other mechanics, such as limited ammo/resources and puzzles.
But just go further than this. Evolve the mechanics to be more integrated into the game. Make more interconnected maps like they used to be but allow different ways of getting around based on knowledge of the map and understanding of enemies ala Legend of Zelda 1 or Metroid.
Make survival be the goal, but don't make it too story dependent in order to survive. Give real choices.
I mean all of this doesn't need to be implemented into one game. But at least some of it does if scary games are going to come back.
People loved Silent Hill 2 because the story was REALLY solid and took a "figure it out yourself" approach like Dark Souls which made it more engaging. The game wasn't particularly hard and wasn't so much "scary" moment-to-moment as it was disgusting and horrifying to discover the truth of individual stories.
No, horror games need to be more than just scary, that's the problem. Recent horror games have gameplay that isn't fun nor replayable at all and is often just aggravating. Players constantly question, "why can't I do x or kill y?"
They're missing so much content.
>>337405094
utterly savage
>>337406732
pics or didnt happen
>>337406964
As soon as a horror game becomes an action game it loses almost all of its fear factors.
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>>337406964
Agreed. Silent Hill 2 was the pinnacle of the genre and that was a really fucking long time ago.
You would think some talented dev between then and now would've picked up the mantle but everything has to be an action game and indie games are literally all trash.
>>337405024
Won't happen. Millennials can't handle the spoops without getting triggered.
>>337405024
Make them.
>>337405094
this picture is the most suitable reaction
>>337405094
FIRST BLOOD!
>>337405094
C-C-COMBO BREAKER
>>337407734
That's not how that works
>>337407734
You don't know what a combo is or how it's broken.
>>337405094
delete this right now or I AM reporting you
This is a written threat
>>337407460
I hope you're over 30
>>337408324
>leaving evidence of a thread
you sure are foolish
>>337408469
31 in october
>>337408571
threat*
opps
WOOOOOOW
How I was supposed to know the devil is evil??
>>337405024
Give an example. Because when you say "bring back", that generally implies that previous games were 2spooky. So which ones are you talking about, and don't you fucking say "The hotel level in Bloodlines!!!!"
>>337405024
black Philip black Phillip
>>337405953
Making the same thread over and over as an excuse to post /x/ stuff?
>>337407220
There still needs to be an engaging gameplay element.
For example, the Fatal Frame series struck, in my opinion, solid gold with how the camera obscura is being used.
>>337409732
nigga goat is pretty based
also, decent horror movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpJdx1yGsY8
>>337405094
OHHH
Use psychological horror instead of just grotesque sights.
Jumpscares should be used very sparingly and only with enough tension built up.
Villains need to be in the small spot that's more than just scary, but less than edgy.
>>337410447
Completley agreed, just horror games become action games as soon as you can kill an enemy easily. RE, Silent Hill and Dead Space just were not scary to me.
>>337405094
>this entire thread
Yeah I need to remember to stay on JRPG threads for now own, God this board is so cancerous some times.
>>337411454
I haven't played Silent Hill since I was 9 or 10 years old and I haven't played Dead Space yet but I definitely agree on Resident Evil
Sure, most ghosts in Fatal Fram weren't hard to defeat but the scariness of the games didn't necessarily come from the ghosts.
In Crimson Butterfly, for example, I was mostly spooked by slowly learning about the village's past.
>>337411736
This same stupid thread gets made everyday
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>>337411736
>expecting quality video game discussion on /v/
what are you, retarded or something?
Outlast was good--a game with a dwindling light resource where you're not Rambo on roids with access to fifty guns and enough ammo to start World War 3. You're just a dude in over his head, scared shitless, and forced to run and hide.
Also some naked dudes hanging dong in prison wanting to do unspeakable things to you chasing you around was pretty scurry.
>>337412302
Then why bother coming here other then to discuss video games you MEME spouting faggot?
>>337405024
Augmented reality game with real locatios with real actors ready to jump scare you. irl.
>>337405024
The story.
That's all you need really. A compelling story from the beginning to the end. Keep the horror to the simple "tension build up and then a shock" tactic.
The problem I feel with horror being in a game form is that you have to let the story carry everything else for it to work. The gameplay can never get heavier than the story it self. Whether it be a puzzle type gameplay or an action type gameplay the moment the gameplay gets attention that is when the whole thing just get notched down by one. Which is why I think the old Silent Hill games were the only ones to actually nailed that idea right. The story was great, the gameplay was inclusive enough to call it a game but doesn't have enough dominance to interrupt the story's flow or take attention away from it.
And another thing about this is that this will also prevent people from churning out cheap horror games as well since now they actually have to think to bring out the real defining factor of a horror genre.
>>337412439
for the shitposting and waifu faggotry
>>337410567
black phillip was the only redeeming quality in this otherwise garbage movie
>>337413137
It's a pretty great but plebs like you don't understand nuance
>>337412417
Being raped by crazy people is my fetish
>>337405094
enjoy your karma.
>>337405094
SHIT that burn
>>337405094
sic
>>337413552
how about you actually learn how to type before attempting words like that little boy?
>>337414526
A pretty great movie
It's called a typo kiddo
>>337405094
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>>337405094
SAVAGE
