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Tormentum dark sorrow art bok4/27/2023 Sneak around, scavenge for things, or shoot everything in sight. You are alone and you get to decide how you want to survive. Lone SurvivorĪ pixel art zombie survival game where you can imagine is as basically the film I Am Legend with Will Smith. It's not a long game and most of the time you can appreciate the art and design of the environments and characters. At first this might not look like much but when I played it I couldn't stop for some reason and ended up finishing the game. Tormentum - Dark SorrowĪ point-and-click puzzle adventure game that's heavily inspired by the works of H.R. The point of these games aren't to scare you but to immerse you in a dark but interesting world, so this is where the art of horror can shine. Now these are games even I can play! When you want to appreciate the horror aesthetic but not actually ruin a week's worth of sleep, a great thing you can do is look for games that aren't too scary but still bring all the good things that you love about horror, like the art and atmosphere. Solution 1 : Find Not So Scary (but still good) Horror Games I mean, look at that video, and it comes in VR too for those of you who really have no fear. Speaking of RE, Resident Evil is the game series that basically invented the survival horror genre and the 7th main game in the series is just horrific. The Evil Within 1 & 2įilled with psychological horrors and about how the mind manifests the worst things you can think of, The Evil Within games were both loved by fans of the genre and was made by the creator of Resident Evil, so it's going back to pure survival horror. It's generally agreed upon that the second game is more fun but if you're looking for a focus on horror then the first game is where it's at. Set in space where you're a dude in power armour sounds okay but basically alien monster zombies come for you. The Dead Space series slowly turned into an action shooter kind of game but the first one started as a deep dark horror and kind of survival game. Robots, underwater, questions about what life and consciousness actually is-there's a lot to SOMA but also it is very scary. Without spoiling anything, your mind somehow gets transferred to somewhere else after a medical checkup and things go downhill so fast it's actually just a cliff. One of my favourite premises in horror games, maybe even in games overall. From the setting, to the darkness, to the fact that you have to slowly and manually push and pull on doors, every bit of this game is designed to keep the tension and put you on edge. No horror games article can escape from mentioning Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Amazing Scary Horror Video Games (that I'll never play but still love) 1. Again, not everyone gets nightmares, but I sure do and I kind of like getting my beauty sleep. The horrors during the game are one thing but do you ever get that effect where after consuming some horror media, even if you're okay during the game/film/book, later on you just aren't comfortable closing your eyes in the shower? Maybe that night when you sleep you get a nightmare inspired by the game that feels way more real than the game you played. Of course the more hardened of you gamers wouldn't face this problem, being all tough and stuff, but after a while of playing a horror game I need to go outside and look at a flower or pet my cat or something. Just from a physical point, horror games stress me out! Playing a really immersive one for even an hour can mentally and physically leave me drained and that just adds another level of challenge when it comes to completing them. If you're into horror games you'll know that kind of rush can't come from anything else. That tension and adrenaline has nowhere to go and it's all poured into your mind in the game. You can run from a guy in a zombie costume at a Halloween event but all that physical energy is trapped when playing a video game. You sitting alone at home (in the dark if you're hardcore) with 100% control of your character but almost paralysed in real life. It isn't even like going through a haunted house. There is No Experience Like a Horror Video Game
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