What are some ways to improve the horror genre, /v/?
More jumpscares, more creepypasta monster pushing and more guns
>>339120938
Subtlety for one thing it isn't creepy when you know a jumpscare will happen.
>Turn around!
Not a thing was there but you still shat yourself a bit.
>>339120938
A game that fucking kills you
>>339120938
Humans are naturally afraid of the unknown, so never reveal the monster/enemy while focusng on atmosphere and buildup
>>339120938
I swear, if this is the kind of thread I think it is...
>>339121886
I still jump when the dogs go through the windows in Re1/Remake knowing that it will happen everytime.
>>339120938
a layered scream effect that builds up louder and louder until its unbearable
i almost have a panic attack if im on the sidewalk and a loud truck or motorcycle goes by
>>339122071
That sounds annoying as fuck, just like loud vehicles.
Actual consequences for getting caught/surprised instead of just starting over.
You know how terrified you feel in older games when you have one life left and a tricky enemy is threatening to undo all the progress you made in the last 45 minutes? Combine that with an actual scary monster
>>339122071
Kinda like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfX9z6Ed2rs
>>339120938
Place a Youtuber shrine somewhere in the game. I always get horrified by those.
More body horror.
>>339120938
Experiment, this is what kickstarted the genre back in the day. Both in the visual department and in gameplay. Some of the creepiest games in existence were unique, or at least innovative.
>>339121886
But then the tension is gone once the player catches on that they're never going to be shocked by something scary looking
Make it fuck with the hardware, i.e. controller locking up or inputs you didn't do or open the disc tray if you get caught by the monster or have it alt-tab into some /x/ shit or something
the crucial part is that you don't advertise this and don't overuse so people don't think it's the game and actually think it's a spoopening
>>339122214
yea but with more human-like screams added in, female mostly
>>339120938
more clowns.
add scary stuff in unexpected places
Don't put them in places that YOU will expect
>>339122434
eternal darkness
>>339122620
>>339122632
DankShame my internet is shit and lost the spoopy effect
>>339122632
I wasn't scared. Just disappointed that i can't see that hot bunny ass. Help an anon out here.
HAVE A GAME THAT CHANGES THE MECHANICS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY FOR ONCE IF I HAVE TO HIDE BEHIND A FUCKING BOX OR SOME SHIT AGAIN BECAUSE THE MONSTER HAS THE EXACT SAME MECHANICS AS EVERY OTHER MONSTER I JUST WANT TO KILL MYSELF
LOOKING AT SOMA
>>339122782
>>339122779
Have something else instead
I find the low poly models were way scarier looking than the hi res models of today.
Probably because they looked fucking terrifying.
Less BOO HAUNTED HOUSE trash.
>>339122909
s-stop it
>>339122434
This would be never approved by Sony or Microsoft. Those times are long over, Anon.
>>339122958
The more your imagination has to work the scarier it is. They used it to great effect with Ganon in OoT, the low poly model and the poor lighting makes him look terrifying.
>>339122958
>Indie devs waste so much time on cutting edge graphics when if they just made a low poly game it would be scarier and take much less work
>>339122434
Can never happen because of certification. Games are not allowed to mess with hardware at all anymore.
>>339120938
We need more monsters/creatures/villains that defy normal, human defined time and space. Show me some creature that is a horrific cartoon-looking creature out of context in our modern world, or something that blurs the senses and dimensions.
>>339123120
Isn't spooky just nasty as fuck.
>>339120938
Give the player a huge weapon arsenal but make none of them work properly. They will all either jam or explode in your face.
>>339120938
Spooky's House of Jump Scares was actually pretty good
I don't think you can totally revamp the horror genre without VR though
Quick /v/ what's your spooky fetish?
>when people become infected in some sort of way, or invaded by some sort of parasite
>they're aware of the transformation or inevitable death and are possibly in a shit ton of pain
>best thing is when you can see the parasites/insects/etc moving and writhing around under the skin
>>339123120
more gross than anything
>>339123202
could you just disable Controller input at certain points?
>>339123120
>>339123120
What the fuck? Context? That shit makes me uneasy.
>>339123120
Why.
>>339123252
>Show me some creature that is a horrific cartoon-looking creature out of context in our modern world,
Sounds like a terrible idea.
>>339123329
Vaguely humanoid faces on entirely alien bodies gets my dick ROCK HARD.
>>339122632
>It's wearing a wedding ring
There really is someone for everyone!
SPOOKYS HOUSE OF JUMP SCARES WAS COMPLETE SHIT AND IT WAS EASILY ONE OF THE MOST BORING HORROR GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED.
>>339123120
THE SIN OF SLOTH
>>339123120
>mfw people can't tell a body suit in the year of our lord 2016
I bet you niggers thought godzilla was an actual lizard too
>>339123359
Taking control away from the player during gameplay is a cardinal sin of game design.
>>339120938
bizarre, unsettling, uncanny valley movement.
i hate it when a good monster design is undermined by shitty animation/locomotion
usually some cliche twitchy, fast foward, vhs jump cut shit. just a lazy attempt at a jumpscare even after the monster is already revealed
i want monsters that move like freakish cripples, more realistic, cumbersome and painful looking
heres some examples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqwlX8WGSFM
this entire channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Jirinovsky1/videos
>>339123453
yeah but I'd fuck the ghost
>>339123359
You can have the controls not do anything for the game anymore, you aren't allowed to mess with the system buttons.
>>339123276
Vr is won't have anything good for years to come.
They should focus more on the psychological aspect not the oh shit in your face.
>>339123524
I WOULD ALSO FUCK THE GHOST
>>339123425
Example: an anime girl.
Immerse the gamer in VR and convince them life is normal, as they know it. Then throw in a terrifying, screaming, 2d anime character in this normal 3d world running towards them and shouting bloody murder. It confuses the senses.
>>339120938
>Start game with objective to flick switches, presumably to weaken monster
>Go around old dark house, occasionally hearing heavy breathing, footsteps, screams, etc.
>Keep flicking switches, build up for jumpscares, but nothing too major, maybe just some creepy imagery.
>Eventually flick the final switch
>Go into next room and hear a voice say "Last of the generators is offline"
>Cut scene then plays as you enter the room and devour everyone
>>339123329
REPLY TO ME RIGHT NOW
RRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>339123480
maybe have controls tied to a fear meter/mechanic, the more scared you are, the less responsive your controls get.
>>339120938
stop putting generic, strong and powerful protagonists into scary situations and calling it horror
if you can effectively defend yourself then it can never really be scary
creepy and atmospheric maybe, but you'll never be really scared if you're powerful, like in a game like dead space or resident evil
>>339123252
Twilight Zone 80s movie did that pretty well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMjt12y9rI8
Sorry for all the analysis crap, I couldn't find another video that had just had the monsters
>>339123561
VR would do a lot more for the psychological aspect than the in-your-face aspect
being completely immersed in the game at all times with sound, peripheral vision, etc. vs trying to keep the gamer from remembering he's looking at a monitor
>>339120938
Give up on trying to make the game scary. It's just a video game, it's not going to be scary to anyone but wusses.
Concentrate on trying to make it unsettling but don't make the mistake of thinking repulsive is just as good.
>>339122779
i was a fully grown man when i emerged from babs bunny's birth canal
>>339123602
That is the single stupidest thing I've heard this week.
>>339123480
So about 90% of game designers are guilty.
>>339123629
I FUCKING DID YOU FAGGOT. I ALSO REALLY LIKE ELONGATED LIMBS AND GALLOPING MONSTERS, FOR SOME REASON GALLOPING, QUADRUPEDAL MONSTERS SCARE THE FUCK OUT OF ME.
suspense and atmosphere building, something like true detective investigation and shit
 
>>339123629
Whats scary is your need for (yous).
Here you go have four in one post (you).
>>339123508
I'm not only able to fap to this, I'm fucking going to. Why do I have a fetish for horror creatures?
>>339120938
I still can't believe that this fucker actually forgive the kid and let him go.
>>339123329
ANYTHING THAT LOOKS NORMAL WITHOUT A FACE IS SOME HOT SHIT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAS SKINLIKE TEXTURES IN ITS PLACE AND THE THING ACTS NORMAL EXCEPT ITS TRYING TO KILL YOU
>>339123836
Play Silent Hill 2. AKA Sex symbolism, the game.
>>339123719
This, it also applies to movies. Horror movies are so worried about being horror that they are rarely any good at all.
>>339123860
clowns are beings of justice, not revenge
>>339120938
unpredictability balanced with difficulty
making the game not so hard that you get caught by the monster often enough to become accustomed to a consistent pattern (death animations, kill screens) but also coupled with a variety of unpredictable results when death DOES occur.
>>339120938
some better combat would be nice. condemned managed to have great combat while still being spooky as fuck.
>>339122392
Thats the exact moment when the devs have to fuck the player up somehow. A good horror game will designed with this moment in mind and capitalize on it.
>>339123685
In the end you're still looking at a monitor regardless it's just inches from your eyes in vr's case.
Be comfortable then made uncomfortable while not right in front of a screen works better imo.
>>339123958
Then FNAF's baby will help you in the end?
>>339123958
You're goddamn right
>>339123617
This reminds me of The Starship Damrey.
Quite an underrated title really.
>>339124338
>The Starship Damrey
What is it?
>>339124148
No fuck you and all people who pick your job
>>339123329
basically what you described
painful transformations
this scene is especially unsettling
https://youtu.be/UFLQS12z8K4
the sudden "JESUS CHRIST"
the unfitting music
the bone popping noises
>>339120938
less emphasis on being scary, more emphasis on being horrifying
Just make a game that perfectly captures Tremors/Alien type atmosphere
>>339123329
Evil wish granters, baby. Wishmaster got me fucked up. Watch the intro to the first movie, it goes from 0 to 100 in no time flat.
>tobjectively the most scary stuff of this planet is all deep sea stuff related
>no good horror game about deep sea
why
>>339124458
3DS eshop game where you explore a space station and solve puzzles.
It's recommended to play without a guide, and I wouldn't want to spoil the story for anyone that's not played it, but it plays out quite similar.
>>339123329
Creatures/ghosts peeking around the corner or hiding from you intentionally.
>>339124574
Subnautica is pretty gud when you get better exploration options. I cannot deal with the deep ocean parts, especially the biomes with like 5-6 reapers roaming.
>>339124563
That's on hbonow should I watch it or pass?
They have original hitcher also is it worth a watch?!
>>339124592
Cool, I'll check it out
>>339124574
that movie the sphere is almost like silent hill under the sea
this scene in particular was really creepy
with giant squid eggs slowly falling like snow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7we5CRdP1ro
>>339120938
Enemies need to touch the player more without killing them.
>>339124687
Never saw Hitcher but the first Wishmaster movie is pretty good. So is 2 but all I really remember from it is that a lawyer fucks himself. There's like 5 of those goddamn movies.
>>339124574
probably a fuckload of work
Hell, most sea-based horror stuff we get is set in underwater bases and whatnot instead of the actual deep sea stuff. Programing an entire game about something so incredibly expansive and making swimming not boring are already two very problematic things
>>339124574
I'm seconding this, the depths of the ocean are fucking scary on their own.
>>339124485
The mutant nazi scene will fuck anybody up without knowing about it.
>>339124574
Water in games has always been the spookiest shit, even without any spooky stuff in it. I could not hunt sharks in Far Cry 3 without a gun boat. I can't wade far into the water from the beach in GTA.
if a game had just random shark attacks or horrifying monsters in the water, I might actually have a panic attack.
>>339124574
I never understood why people have such a boner for deep sea, all the stuff down there has bones practically made of jelly, it's just scary because its dark
>>339124773
They have all 5 on there, motherfucker looks creepy to me so I'll give it a watch.
>>339124892
>anything shark related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRChY7uzvSg
>>339124731
fucking hell
>>339124968
The later movies get kind of retarded but if you like retarded horror movies they're worth a watch. The first one has some pretty good grotesque and disturbing shit happen though. A lot of it is in the first scene to boot.
>>339123602
>example: an anime girl
no
>>339124893
being in a completely foreign environment where you can barely move full of bizarre looking creatures you know nothing about and cant see til they're just a few feet in front of you illuminated by nothing but your lamp
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JjHh7a9P-YU
Unexpected as fuck when you go out of map for the first time purposefully or accidently.
work on atmosphere and trying to instill the fear of the unknown, STALKER SoC managed to do it many times
You know a game like Dead Space? Don't do anything it does - sound clues when enemies are around and music stops when they're gone, over reliance on jumpscares, and predictability
>>339124968
Also to add on to it, the Wishmaster himself gets pretty funny in a Freddy Krueger way. Wes Craven apparently produced the movies.
>>339124892
Tfw aquaphobia
Tfw selachophobia
Just kill me. All water in any game horrifies me that I have to immediately give up the game
>>339123329
anything going horribly wrong
science experiments, rituals being fucked up, accidents, etc
>>339125373
Holy fuck I just realized I have selachophobia after googling what it means.
>>339125096
I've watched every leprechaun movie apart from new one and enjoyed myself so retarded is nothing new to me.
Anybody have a gif of jason punching black guys head off?
>never watch tv show
>always watch movies instead
>good part of that is horror shit that is not even worth the time
>friend recommends me american horror story
>not spooky but I keep watching it for the drama
wew lad
>>339122434
This would probably make some dumb motherfucker throw his console out the window.
On stream.
>>339120938
Ambiguous incestuous undertones.
in fact anything similar to a deer in headlights is really creepy to me. and not just cuz their eyes glow.
something about them being the only thing illuminated, in such a stark, unnatural manner; framed and contrasted by the stretch of featureless road
anyone got any creepy pics/gifs like that? like that one with that quadruped monster crawling off the road?
>>339125567
Not gonna lie, that would be hilarious.
>>339125296
>>339124892
Watch this video.
In a free roam Scarface game nigga scared the fuck out of me.
>>339125567
You say it like it wouldn't be the funniest shit. But then again in this day and age the devs would have their ass sued by everyone who bought the game and then by everyone who didn't but still wants a slice of the pie
>>339123329
When the monster/creatures you're facing make noises that sound like anguish/pain and feel as if they're making huge efforts to make them. Like pain screams only distorted. Kind of like the sounds this particular dying alien made in this scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0s9sG_kWyY
>>339125647
Silent Hill 2 Mannequinns stayed frozen for a bit when you shone your light on them I think.
Wheres that webm of that dude playing that VR game "scary thing on the right" on a train?
>>339124893
It's not just because it's dark, it's because a human is totally out of its element in the ocean.
also there's shit like SHARKS. FUCK SHARKS.AND FUCK SQUIDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fkl312lldQSquid easily dislocated this diver's shoulder and then started to drag him down like something out of a goddamned horror movie
>>339125861
And then theres this thing.
>that shark on batman arkham city
JUST
>>339126002That's kinda cute though.
>>339125647
this, i would love a game where you have to drive at night with realistic graphics and shit like that happens, your car breaks, have to repair etc
Has there actually been a game that has a lone sea monster type enemy that is hard to find? Fuck you GTA rumors
>>339126002
>not posting my boy the shark goblin
step up my dude
>>339125638
didn't watch that film, expand on the incestuous undertones.
>>339125861
why are squids so OP? I'm more of a shark guy.
Also what's more dangerous a killer whale or a white shark?
>>339126175
what you finna say bruh?
>>339126017
I expected it honestly, as far as I recall henchmen talk about it before you ever see it.
>>339126084
The fuck.
>>339125296
>Jaws theme
fucking jesus christ, I almost had to pause the video
If that happened to me in-game I would have immediately shut off the console
>>339126084
what about basking sharks?
>>339120938
use creepy uncanny valley 90s era cgi graphics
>>339126290
I thought it only happened when on outer edges but video showed guy near islands and shit.
I hate in gta5 boat breaks down and you're fucked.
I want more people to experiment with horror in light/more normal settings. Like Im much more scared by say the thought of some weird human person i dont know slowly walking toward me in a scenario where im fairly helpless than i am by any monster etc. infact that stuff generally doesnt scare me at all
I want a horror game about realistic horrors like you play as a woman who is being stalked or as a child who has to face abuse.
>>339126616
>you will never be a little girl fighting off your drunk dad
>>339126571
If it was like the mind of a paranoid addict or a nameless person who stalked you it could be interesting.
I can only imagine how those soldiers I kill in mgs games feel.
>>339126259
Look up videos. That niggas mouth is magic
>>339126534
I played that game for a while too, never happened to me.
Almost makes it scarier that way
>>339126616
Beyond the sleep implies it because the mom is an alcholic and treats baby like shit.
>>339126838
That game is epitome of good movie game/doing it's own thing with lore and expanding universe.
I know this isn't a retarded "idea guy" thread but here goes; a game where you play as an abused animal and every human looks like an abomination and you have yo evade capture.
I know it's basic as fuck but with workshopping it could be a good premise.
>>339123508
Something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hewimSXd5yM?
>>339127621
just the thumbnail already creeped me out i'm not even playing this shit
based guillermo
>>339127582
I can see that playing well with the "MUH STORY!" Hipster Reviewers.
>>339126616
>A walking simulator where you walk around NYC as a woman getting stalked by a dude
>If you go too close to alleys or less populated areas you risk getting captured by him
>>339127719
Yeah I didn't think about market demographic as I typed it.
>>339127905
>>339120938
Deep sea diving game. Sea monsters in the cold deep dark just on the edge of your pitiful little light source while you dive down deeper searching for treasures.
>>339127621
Mama wasn't a very good movie, but fuck was Mama(the ghost) the actual scariest thing to be on screen in a long while.
slight movie spoiler:There's a scene where's she's underneath the floor and moving towards someone in the middle of the day, and you only see her flowing hair above the floor. It's just so weird and unsettling, proper spooky.
>>339127930
Still, there's not a bad basis for a horror game; especially if it's set in like, a dogfighting ring or something.
>>339127993
Is Jaime Lannister any good in it?
Include some natural, real world horrors in the game.
>>339128092
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
MODS
>>339128090
Enough to forget he's Jaime at least
>>339126002
SOMA actually did this
Apologize for the res
>>339128045
Maybe if you played a Pitt. They are actually gentle creatures irl with proper treatment and respect.
"Intro you escape the arena/pound and dog catchers come after you throw in a all dogs reference because I love those movies.
>>339121886
I don't know about never revealing the monster, but I'd be okay with never explaining the monsters origins or whatever. I remember being very afraid in SOMA when you first wake up in the fucked up undersea lab, and then loosing all that once they explain how you got there.
I guess the "standard" ending would just be the PC getting the fuck away from whatever the evil was, without giving much of an explanation for the evil was. Later playthroughs could actually give explanation.
>>339125647
this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJWL9YaZ3C0
I go for surreal horror that has a touch of the familiar about it.
>>339127963
Nope. Fuck this. You just described my worst fears.
I'd still play it though.
A game that blends daytime levels with dream/nightmare levels. However these sections are never explicitly stated as such and you have to tell what is a dream and what is reality.
Click Me
>>339128538
From where is that picture?
>>339128615
It was a cut scene from The Wall.
>>339128605
noooo thanks
>>339128152
Wait until you see this terrifying webm.
>>339122632
>mfw on mobile
You can't spook me
>>339128687
This what is it.
>>339128675
Holy shit you sick bastard.
>>339128605
>it starts moving
I don't often nope.jpg out of a gif that fast
>>339128538
Looks like syfy channel shitty horror movie monster.
Anybody ever watch this syfy movie about woman goes to small town and evil preacher thing wants to impregnate her.
>>339128767
Wanna know something spoopy? Apparently when you take it into Photoshop and analyze all the frames,it doesn't move in any of them.
>>339123359
>pause game
>press quit game
>game says on screen "THERE IS NO ESCAPE" and does not quit
really the players' fault for not knowing to alt+tab
>>339128359
interesting, but you run the risk of clashing with "Any vicious dog is a pit bull and thus needs to be destroyed" groups.
>>339128921
>implying you would be safe by alt+tabbing
Did you learn nothing from Irisu Syndrome?
>>339128605
Why is this so fucking unsettling
>>339128605
Lol no nigger
Subtle horror that you brush-off at first, then put all the pieces together and realize how truly fucked up that mildly spooky thing 2 hours ago was.
>>339129114
Any examples?
>>339128605
>>339129004
it's really not
>>339129213
Lol not this tiem faggot
Thread getting to spoopy.
hey, to any game devs browsing here, A challenge:
Make a horror game where you CAN'T die, and you are NEVER chased or Hunted
>>339129213
Oh, holy fuck, you bastard.
Uncanny valley is a great tool for making shit creepy. Everyone has a spot they aren't comfortable with, finding it is different from person to person though
Pic related, last summer vacation I stopped by a creepy doll exhibit museum in the middle of nowhere in the valley. Got a mate who has automatoniphobia who is freaked out senseless by this stuff.
>>339129160
There are probably lots but my brain is being a faggot and can't remember anything specific.
>>339128998
Never played.
Time trials
Add a racing mechanic
Like doom is coming and its really hard to push back.
>>339128945
True I mean it could really be any breed I suppose.
I genuinely hate those people so much I cringed a bit when watching The Drop when Tom Hardy's character said "that's a dangerous dog" about a fucking puppy.
Good movie all around imo.
>>339128605
At first I thought this was that pic where you click it and it gives you a vi
>>339129536
RIP.
>>339129536
Are you oka
>>339129504
Those people are immensely frustrating, especially when it's clear they know next to nothing about dog breeds.
but some bad apples ruin the bunch for some people. My mother was recently bitten by a rescued Pit Bull who luckily had it's teeth ground flat so it couldn't break the skin, but it's sad when a tragic life ends in more tragedy.
>>339129386
I used to be bothered by it as a kid because I watched childs play but doesn't bother me as much now.
Not really scary per say, but whenever I'm playing an FPS and an enemy suddenly pops up from the side of the screen (such as when turning to the right and an enemy is right in your face), I always jump.
>Playing Doom for the first time years ago
>Toxic Refinery
>Mowing down enemies with the shotgun
>Retreading old rooms to collect ammo or health
>Walk around corner, suddenly there's an imp right in my face
>Mfw because I wasn't expecting it
Stuff popping up in my peripherals and sudden loud noises always make me jump.
>>339123719
If you cant make a game or a movie "scary" then how can you think you can make a game unsettling?
Are these more of an art style in media or is it more of a reaction from the viewer?
>>339129114
you mean kinda like this
I still really don't understand why people like horror.
For one thing, why do you want to be scared? Fear is a reaction to things that need to be dealt with, in my mind. When I'm scared, I think about what needs to be done to ice the motherfucking thing that's scaring me or otherwise just deal with it.
For another, scary things have, over the years, went from actually freaking me out and making me cower to making me go into an offensive stance and become really tense and, if I didn't know any better what to call it, angry. Scary shit just makes me angry, after the initial shock.
Facing fears > Subjecting yourself to them
That's how I got over my arachnophobia, by punching spiders. I sometimes don't even bother getting up to get a tissue to smack them anymore. Just go on the offensive.
/v/, why do you like to be scared? What the fuck is appealing at all about it?
>>339120938
I don't know but your pic reminded me of a good spooky WAD for Doom.
Too bad I forgot the name of it.
>>339129694
It's mostly a respect thing with all animals no matter what.
You don't treat it properly be prepared to get fucked.
Hope your mom and dog is alright anon.
My grandma has a little dog and bitches about the littlest scratch and it pisses me off.
>>339120938
Enough making Horror games first person. It just doesn't fucking work because it gives the player too much of a chance to joke around and you're able to see if the enemy is close behind you when running away.
Don't add a jump button and have things context sensitive to add a slowness to the movement where you really have to consider "should I try and open this right now?"
Finally, don't use the same gimmick of an enemy the entire game. Have 4 or 5 different enemies throughout the game and mix them up from time to time but have them extremely hard to kill.
I can go on and on but I know it will all be a wasted effort. The way horror games are now are only scary for people who don't play games.
>>339129982
It's a love-hate relationship, and it's hard to explain. Plus there's probably a bunch of reasons people like to be scared.
For me, it's a little bit of the thrill of getting past the fear and also a little bit of enjoyment in being freaked out. There's enjoyment in the tension when you're waiting for the fear to hit, too.
I dunno, it's probably something to do with the after effects of the fight-or-flight response. That burst of adrenaline.
>>339130034
Bite's healed, Mom's fine but the incident hasnt changed her opinion of Pit Bulls.
It wasn't my dog (I prefer cats honestly), but it had been showing signs of aggression for awhile before it finally crossed the line. It got put down the morning afterwards.
>>339120938
Is this the new Freddy or something?
>>339122203
no that would probably make it less scary. more about progressing than actually being scared.
>>339129504
James Gandolfini was pretty good in it, too bad it was his last role.
>>339120938
Not clowns that's for sure, any horror game that uses clowns is trash.
Meme scare.
>>339123329
Anything that tickels my paranioa really
>>339123329
>sad, ruined bodies
>silent, lifelong suffering
>expectant light
>knocking at the door
>humans made into drones
>the familiar mutilated
>>339123508
Fuck everybody who said this was a bad movie. By far one of the best horror movies, and not a bad video game movie adaptation. Yeah it didn't catch the right vibe, but it translated really well into a movie.
>>339130184
Hand her a puppy bet she'd melt then tell her the breed see what happens.
>>339128548
Level one... Swim down here.
>scary OST
>well designed monsters
>consequences for dying
>mess with the player's head (think the 4 floor in SH1 appearing out of nowhere)
>unique gameplay mechanic (sightjacking from siren, camera from fatal frame, radio and fladhlight from SH etc)
>subtlety
>isolation
>balance between flight and fight
shouldn't be too hard right?
>>339120938
less jump scares, abusing them is the problem.
Stuff like cat with hands is pretty fucking creepy. A good balance is what you need.
>>339130370
Wtf is that a real thing or is it shopped?
>>339130420
>tfw the only thing CG about this scene is the hair.
>>339130340
True, but it would be hard for a lot of people to resist a puppy, even non-dog people.
but little dogs, man. FUCK little dogs, especially chihuahuas.
>>339130420
Wtf anon I expected it and still jumped.
Gotta stop browsing at 4 am
>>339130420
Sauce on that gif?
>>339129982
Because the horror of the fantastic helps me forget for a little while the mundane horror real life is plagued with.
>>339120938
The important thing is that something scary has to stay scary or threatening after the player has died to it. Most of the time once people see the monster, any large sense or horror leaves because now the atmosphere isn't based on being hunted by some unknown force. If the game doesn't continue to stress the players with enemies after that, then it just devolves into the closest related genre and now it's shite of both worlds.
That's the reason why Alien Isolation worked well for me. You learned the rules of the Alien and the mechanics you could use to protect yourself, but you always had to be on your toes and fighting in every way you can in order to get by, knowing all the time that you were up against something far above your league. It could take its time getting to you, but you couldn't slip up once or take one look back or you're done.
A good horror game needs to transfer well from fear of the unknown to a justified paranoia of the known that just absolutely drains on the player's endurance. This can take many forms like the unstoppable Xenomorph in Alien Isolation to the daunting fact of limited ammo, ink ribbons, and the durability of even the most basic zombos in Resident Evil 1+2.
>>339130524
I have chiuahuas all bark no bite they are funny as fuck otherwise.
>>339130571
The movie "Mama" iirc.
>1st person
>going down a path
>bug flying around you
>you don't know what it is, could sting, could be out for blood
>it moves too fast for you to tell
>swat it away
>it never leaves
> you leave area it found you in
>never leaves you
>>339130514
nah that rush of that looks like stop motion animation and rushing so fast is freaky as fuck.
>>339130571
it's the trailer to del torro's mama
too bad the movie was meh
>>339130459
It's real. Caused by glaciation or some shit. It's basically an ocean sinkhole for all intents and purposes.
>>339130661
>it turns out you were the bug the whole time and the person swatting you away was the personification of your emotions
>>339122978
I'd like them to do a better job of it at least. Make it more open so you can explore more.
>>339124574
>>339125861
People need to realize that deep sea stuff are generally pretty small and slow. It's hardly scary down there.
Open water where whales and ish are freaks me out though.
>>339130707
I don't care what people say stop exploring space and explore the ocean no telling what we haven't found.
>>339130553
right, it's because of that creepy movement
>>339130781
There's nothing rational about primal fear, Anon. The ocean is massive and unfathomably deep from the small scale of being human. It's also largely mysterious even today. There may not be any kind of sleeping elder god or anything on the ocean floor, but that doesn't stop your mind from screaming "Don't fucking go down there!" when you peer into the dark.
>>339120938
The problem with horror games is that the Japanese have all but left the genre.
Western devs don't really understand how to envelope the player in a world of fear.
They think that body horror is all it takes, or that isolated moments of shock equate to a feeling of horror.
What the Japanese excelled at, and the reason survival horror was so popular for a good few years, were feelings of dread, suspense, tension and uncertainty.
I will contend that Five Nights at Freddies has made effective use of the core thematic of a jumpscare (that is, a suspense into a payoff), but a jumpscare, no matter how well done, cannot compare to a pervading sense of foreboding and uneasiness that permeates the entirety of a playthrough of Silent Hill or Haunting Ground.
PT showed incredible promise, and was truly terrifying, through its use of repetition to create an inherent mystery and strangeness to its world, which only ever progresses forward and never takes a turn that you expect (including a "jumpscare" that doesn't actually jump at you).
At the end of the day, the only way to save horror is to get the Japanese back in on it.
The West has a completely different grasp on "scary," which isn't really all that scary, especially when the audience is in control of the action.
Western tactics may be serviceable in film, but the same effect can't really be achieved in games.
>>339130781
True, but those things would move better than you would, since they are designed to live in type of environment and you're not.
but you're right about open waters. last thing you want to be is the object of an angry whale's wrath.
>>339124035
>>339121886
Amnesia did this and you people shat on it.
>>339130825
>stop exploring space
What the fuck? Hell no. Leave the shitty ocean behind. The stars are way more fucking interesting than that shit. The ocean just has organic shit in it anyway while the stars are the true realm of physics.
And as we all know, physics > chemistry > biology.
>>339128538
Surreal horror always gives me a vibe of calmness for some reason. It feels as if you're seeing a race of aliens who are so advanced most of it is incomprehensible to you and knowing that the weight of existence as the most intelligent species is finally off of your shoulders.
>>339129982
People ride rollercoasters and shit so why pay for that it's all entertainment.
>>339130963
Atleast put some more dedication to searching the ocean.
I love nature docs of ocean and space shit makes me sleep.
The perfect setting for a horror game
>be a women
>everywhere you go men cat call
>whistle at you
>cough
>breath
>leave orange sticks in the snow
It would be the perfect nightmare.
For me SH series is the best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkYtflr1KsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tninxTWCpvM
>>339131194
Make sure at least one of them has a fedora and tips it at you at least once.
>>339131194
>orange sticks in snow
What does that mean?
I'm out of touch...
