What are some legitimately spooky games that have come out recently? Are horror games truly dead?
>>339952608
Some stupid shit will come in and say SOMA, but no. Horror games are dead.
>>339952608
layers of fear is pretty good. it's not terribly scary but it's got some spooks and looks good
I was a big fan of horror games, but I think I'm immune now to any types of spooky stuff. Literally played Alien: Isolation and Soma without flinching (and the last time I was genuinely horrified by the game was playing Penumbra 1,2, and during the night sequences of Scratches)
>>339952927
replace "stupid" with "inexperienced" and your post is good to go.
New Londo in DkS 1 is really spooky if youre playing a blind run. Dementium is also pretty spooky. Fallout 4 when playing against the ghouls can be scary too. The fishing village in Bloodborne is kinda scary. And some parta sin TLOU are spoopy too. TL;DR, horror games are dead. The only salvation is a new Silent Hills type game and the RE: Remakes
>>339952608
What is that movie?
>>339953695
Are you fucking serious
>>339953606
Parts in*
>>339953606
well, it's less spooky and more like "ass clenching intense"
>horror games are dead
yeah, killed(or rather "temporarily knocked-out" as trends keep coming around)swifly by micro-transactions wide audience appeal (from AAA side) and popularity of running simulators with no means to self-defence (thanks to stupid fucks, who decided to cut the gameplay mechanics w/o any substitution for Penumbra ep.2)
>>339953967
Agree, whats the point of playing a bitch character that cant fight back? Imagine RE4 without guns or knives. Just León running around like a pussy.
The horror genre has unironically become literally Lebbit these days. Search Youtube for 'creepy stories' or even 'horror' in general and you get some chad cuck narrating 'I'M NEEEEW TO THIS SUB BUT I WANNA TELL MY EXPERIENCE' and they ALL end up the same generic crap of home invasion or skinwalkers told over and over. What the hell happened?
>>339953737
Well, it's not Robin Hood: Men in Tights...
So what is it?
>>339954191
Lazy Masquerade is pretty good desu, you should check his videos out
Anyone else unironically looking forward toSister Location?
>>339954181
so, the Ashley sequence?but even there you could harm and slow-down the enemies with the environment - that shit was really intense
So, i guess, if running away from enemy could be balanced with environmental actions (like knock-off a chair or throw a book or somethin), where you would frantically need to decide, whether it's better to just run or find something around to slow the chaser down with - it would be slightly more tolerable.
>>339952927
Soma is alright
nothing special and weak gameplay, but I enjoyed the atmosphere and story
>>339954191
Now it's all "I WENT ON THE DEEPWEB AND SAW GORE I'M SCARRED FOR LIFE A SCARY MAN IN A MASK HACKED MY COMPUTER"
>>339952927
Soma had a good story , but scary?
No
>>339954191
>>339954265are there any scary stories on youtube read by cute girls?
Dark Souls 3
>>339952927
And what exactly is wrong with SOMA?
Or are you one of those
>I beat it in one afternoon while talking to my friends on Skype and no headphones and I didn't get scared at all lol xd
retards?
>>339954617
Yep I saw those ones already too
>I WAS ON TOR AND MAN TOOK OVER MY COMPUTER!!!!
>>339954242
I'll give you a hint.
>>339954639
Reignbot
>>339954191
you dont know shit boy
devil walks among us and has a big sack for u fools
Would you classify spec ops as a horror game?
It's not environmentally dark nor are there monsters (well non-human monsters)
Less scary monster horror , more human horror
Also playing Dark souls games blind is better horror then most horror games
> tensly inching through a new area hoping to not get squashed by a trap
> cautiously attack a new enemy being unaware if hey will kick your ass
>>339954765
People just seem to dislike everything made by FG after aamfp because muh walking simulators
>>339954808
Are you sure that's not just a reference to what what going on in the video?
Because it's very easy to assume that.
>>339954639
>image search this literal gonad ghoul
>every response back to Rebbit
KEEPS HAPPENING
>>339955060
I'm not talking about the filename.
>>339955004
no, Benjamin - I wouldn't
>>339952927
I agree only because personally I enjoyed SOMA for it's setting and story more than it's attempts to spook me which were kinda annoying and in the way
>>339952608
Outlast is good
>but muh jump scares
pussy.
>>339955332
Spot the 13 year old.
>>339954242
It's Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
>>339955106
?????????
>>339952608
I think monstrum was pretty good
>>339952608
There's a terrible meme that says for games to be scary the player can't have any means of defending themselves.
This makes the games fucking unfun and not scary because being defenseless is FORCED.
It would perhaps be better to have a game where you CAN defend yourself against some threats, and much less against others.
Giving the player a sense of confidence and control only to abruptly take it away is a good way to invoke feelings of anxiety and uneasiness.
>>339955332
>The problem with Outlast is that it's not good and it's not scary
>>339955370
If you can't handle jump scares you really must be a woman. Atmosphere is good and spooky but everyone who isn't autistic needs some adrenaline here and there.
>>339955332
It's bad as a horror. No suspense, no psychology.
It's just frequent/predictable jumpscares and gore. You will stop being scared after 15 minutes.
>>339955489
Ayyyyyy there it is, thankyou!
>>339955609
Jump scares aren't fucking scary you dumb shit, that's why they're the lowest form of horror next gory shock value crap.
>>339955609
>this horror game is good because it's actually not scary
Just stop.
>>339955704
>things popping out and yelling loudly at you trying to kill you isn't scary
yes it is, you faggot.
>>339953606
>that part in TLOU when you're in the dark hotel basement and have to start the generator
>>339954191
I fucking hate skinwalkers so much. That shit started here, it was never scary. Some fucking indian turned into a wolf and crows did scary things. Big deal. Put SARs on some blankets and call it a day.
>>339954191
i thought you were bullshitting
this faggot's voice is literally Red-dit too, jesus christ
>>339955871
Wish they used Stalkers more in that game.
>>339954743
And what exactly am I supposed to be looking at?
>>339953737
how about just answer his question holy fuck
what is it with people like you who refuse to give a source you fucking retard? not everyone can know of your great movies. jesus fuck.
should I play alien isolation or not? is it scary or just tedious and a pain in the ass?
>>339955852
It's not scary when done repeatedly and when it's the main (or worse, only) way in which the game attempts to scare you.
If the game is full of jumpscares, they quickly become predictable and you get used to them.
It's clear you have no understanding of suspense and didn't play a lot of horror games in your life, so please refrain from talking about them like you know anything.
>>339956206
It's irresponsible for an adult to recommend scary movie to minors.
>>339956307
the irony being here that is the most immature thing you could say
>>339956306
Outlast has well paced jump scares you retard.
Might as well say all the Fatal Frame games are shit too.
>>339953695
>>339956206
It's Brom Stoker's Dracula 1991 I think, not sure on the year.
>>339956275
it hits a solid five hour wall of unnecessary tedium when the alien is gone and you're stuck with the stupid robots
Honestly the best thing about the game is how absorbed you feel in the world of Alien, everything is so unbelievably detailed and it's got that awesome 70's / 80's sci-fi aesthetic.
>>339956275
I like it IMO
It should of been shorter then it was but its good and the androids are a butch
Play it on hardest difficulty , the alien actually presues you through many of levels and learns very quickly
> run too fast or make too much noise and it will get you
> try to hide or distract more then once by the same method won't work
>>339956275
Nope
>the aliens don't even crawl on the goddamn walls
>THEY WALK UP RIGHT
>>339956206
Quit being underage.
>>339956206
Just get the fuck out and never post again.
>>339956275
Its a very good 70´s scifi hallway simulator.
Not a very good horror game.
But its stressful.
>>339956275
>is it scary or just tedious and a pain in the ass?
A little of both.
>>339956631
>THEY WALK UP RIGHT
Pretty sure that's all it did in the first movie, and that's what they based the game on.
>>339956436
>Outlast has well paced jump scares
Hardly. The game doesn't try to scare you in any way except for gore and jumpscares.
>Might as well say all the Fatal Frame games are shit too.
Not even close. Fatal Frame doesn't rely on jumpscares nearly as much as on great music/sound effects, atmospehere, difficulty and the design of locations/ghosts.
>>339957384
fatal frame is nonstop jump scares and guess what? they work
>>339957007
hi james bond how are you
>>339955332
Outlast was good in some aspect but after a while you can phone in all the jumpscares. Outlast 2 seems even worse.
>>339957519
>fatal frame is nonstop jump scares
>>339957569
have you played any of them?
Gimme agoodPC horror game that runs on a toaster.
Bonus points if it relies on atmosphere and is not very action-y.
I'm burnt out on horror /v/. Nothing ever scares me anymore. Not trying to sound edgy here, but nothing gets me anymore. I can't even remember the last time I was seriously spooked by something. I even went into the woods at night. I climbed up high places, I even went into abandoned houses. It's like I just can't get scared
Help me /v/
>>339957547
Outlast 2 is the same thing as the first, except with open cornfields.
>>339957519
>fatal frame is nonstop jump scares
>>339957650
Have you?
I started playing Dead Island recently and between the really fantastic (indoor) environments, how weak your character is, and the fucked up not quite 3D sound I've been getting spooked quite a bit. Even though it's a really silly arcadey game it's pretty tense when you can't tell if the growling is coming from one zombie or half a dozen hidden out of sight and everything is pitch black with flickering lights casting spooky shadows.
>>339957713
>mc talks generic mumbles
>free mutilation of genitalia
>going from the start paranormal (the third act of outlast was the weakest)
>even more free mutilation of genitalia.
I argue that that's worse since it's the same but they also focused on the wrong stuff.
>>339957818
>>339957986
>le eric hard cut to spooky ghost standing out of the previous shot accompanied by a spooky chinese percussion sound
>not a jump scare
yeah you're right. Even though that's over half of the scares in the series, that's okay because it's chinese.
>>339958179
>le eric hard cut
Who is Eric what does a type of haircut have to do with anything?
>>339957650
There are really two kinds of ghosts: harmless ones that appear suddenly, and violent ones that come straight at you.
Where are the jumpscares besides ghost hands or some shit?
>>339957519
>fatal frame is nonstop jump scares
>>339958143
>free mutilation of genitalia
What?
ITT Fatal Frame fags get blown out so they resort to memeing
>>339958179
Don't tell me you're scared of cutscenes?
>>339958510
>free mutilation of genitalia
>>339958179
>long fights that reward you for getting up close and risky timing
>jump scare
>>339952608
To this day I can't decide if Bram Stokers Dracula is a legit good movie or a terrible one that's super enjoyable. I own the Special Edition DVD and everything and I just can't figure it out.
>>339958687
Yeah over 20 years later nobody is still sure.
>>339952608
Battleborn
True ghost town simulator.
Nobody mentioning Layers of fear?
>>339958687
It's a good film by its own, an okay adaption of the source material, but nothing compared to Browning's Dracula and Murnau's Nosferatu, IMO.
>>339958687
Why not both?
>>339958661
Talk sense woman.
>>339952608
>Crtl+F
>no UNtil dawn
If youre still here op. And you have a ps4. And enjoy slasher flicks. and Super spoopy atmosphere You'll love until dawn
>>339958826
That's because it's the most cliche, gimmicky piece of borefest in recent times.
>>339952608
Project zero 5 has some good moments
>>339959030
Until Dawn isn't spooky at all.
>>339959030
OP said games, not movies.
>>339955054
except that game was only published by frictional, while it was developed by the chinese room
so walking simulation was 100% fully expected and avoided by anyone familiar with the devs
What is with this sudden surge of people pushing that shitty movie?
Coppola's Dracula sucks ass. Its tone is inconsistent, its casting is horrific outside of Gary Oldman, the design is very hit or miss, and it doesn't even follow the book that well at all despite being called Bram Stoker's Dracula. Even Browning's movie was closer to the book.
>>339952927
SOMA was a pretty atmospheric game. It had neat environments to explore and some of the later segments on the seabed were quite unnerving. However, the real horror value lies in the game's themes. One of the only other times I've seen similar concepts discussed in the same environment as videogames was the whole mario double cherry webm fiasco
>>339958687
What weighs it down for me is
>The stupid Mina/Dracula romance shit
>Keanu Reeves, when Johnny Depp almost played Harker
>Some of the production and costume design
>Lucy being a massive slut and dyking out with Mina
>Werewolf-Dracula fucking unconscious Lucy
It just seems like wasted potential.
>>339955004
I don't know if it's just me but if a game isn't explicitly horror then it doesn't matter how genuinely tense and lethal the gameplay is, it will never scare me. People always talk about how so-and-so game could be considered horror because of how tense it is but I'm not sure they're the same.
>>339957675
Play "The Last Stand" on Kongregate (They are free flash games), all 3 of them are awesome!
>>339953606
I have never been as scared of a video game as I have been in the fishing hamlet in Bloodborne. I was almost literally shitting my pants in fear of those terrifying shark giants running out of nowhere after the first one came around that corner.
>>339960440
That DLC was amazing, especially Fishing Hamlet. Enemy design, enviroment, músic, ORPHAN OF KOS. Truly spookyspoopy and ass clenching good
>>339960378
k.y.s. t.b.h. f.a.m.
>>339955512
How did you get past highschool
>>339958684
Outlast's chase moments are definitely scarier than Fatal Frame's spooky Pokemon Snap combat moments, although Fatal Frame is still spooky. But the big scares in Fatal Frame are the jump scares and they work.
>>339962587
>Outlast's chase moments are definitely scarier than Fatal Frame's spooky Pokemon Snap combat moments
Yeah it's pretty scary to be chased by psychopaths who are at least 2 times slower than a guy holding a camera and who can't figure out how a fucking door knob works.
I can't be scared when I'm literally bursting into laughter each time they knock the door down rather than open it.
>>339960728
The one thing I feel Fishing Hamlet fucked up badly was that despite a ton of cool, creepy as fuck enemies, great atmosphere (that whispering Fishman at the start was a masterful opening) and amazing design...
They just reskinned the dogs as an enemy.
They already did that with the fucking goddamn dobermans at the start, do we really need MORE exact dog clones? Every enemy besides them is great and fun but WHY?
There's only like 3 anyway..
>>339963115
It is scary. I know I laughed at a couple of Outlast's jump scares. Retard jumping out of wheelchair and absurdly loud hanging guy come to mind. Outlast is good because of the quiet moments. Like when you lose your camera or when the creepy priest guy approaches you when Lobster Man throws you out of that window. I think I've laughed at every survival horror game I've ever played. That doesn't make them not scary. My main point is that jump scares are fun and are good in horror games. I think they're what make Fatal Frame good.
>>339954765
>>339955054
both of you faggots are wrong. amnesia was a good game but it was still worse than frictional's penumbra series. somehow though, my guess is LP'ers, amnesia got a shitload of attention and frictional just keeps putting out worse and worse games.
SOMA had boring puzzles that were next to insulting, the story could have been interesting but everytime it got close to something good it just dropped whatever momentum it had. it just kinda laid out the basics of existentialism and what defines a person, be it soul, body or a mix of both, and doesn't do anything with it or take it further.
the enemies were boring as hell past the first encounter and most could be avoided just by looking into a corner whenever they come around. not to mention when you do "die" you just go unconscious and walk with a gait of a war vet for a bit after you wake up.
exploration was another thing they could have done a lot with and instead they just let it sit and did nothing with it. exploring the areas outside the zones on the ocean floor would have been perfect for little scares or easter eggs, anything interesting and I only found one thing that was even close to a reward for walking around it wasn't even far off the regular path. each area and went around and slowly walked around to each corner and in-between trying to find something hidden or interesting and in each area I was let down.
the game is just a let down in so many ways, and yet there who don't know shit about horror that are trying to give it a lot of undeserved praise. it wasn't a terrible game, but it certainly wasn't good either. the ending was decent though, easily the best part of the game which is rare for a horror title.
>>339959547
>One of the only other times I've seen similar concepts discussed in the same environment as videogames was the whole mario double cherry webm fiasco
Talos principle did it much better and flushed it out past the core concepts. it's also completely optional as an aside to the gameplay, and it gets you to take a school or idea of philosophical thought in-game and actually try and defend it while staying consistent as the game tries to find flaws in your answers.
>>339963593
>I think I've laughed at every survival horror game I've ever played
Well you are doing something wrong then.
Not even trying to insult you or adress your point or anything but immersion is probably the most important aspect of horror games, I would even say it's more important than in RPGs. So it's really counter-productive to play them without immersing yourself.
I hope you always play at night in the complete dark, alone, with headphones and ideally when no one else is at your home. No other way to do that, otherwise it's like watching a comedy on a funeral.
>>339965521
I do. That's why I really can't play the Whistleblower DLC. Hearing buzzsaw guy behind me paralyzes me.
Maybe I just laugh at a lot of things. I know when Rose said she was pregnant in MGS2 I laughed and said "oh no" even though it was really sad.
