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Is it just me or does Horror lose all of its appeal once you add a companion NPC
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SCB3
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Imagine thinking RE4 is Survival horror
I've not played Siren actually, its on PS3 right? Wonder if its on PS Plus streaming
Keihart
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just the first one as a PS2 Classic, it's on PS4 too.
It's pretty good but the second one is the peak of the series.
The PS3 reboot it's pretty whack in comparison.
Danjin44
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Survival horror games your character being alone and isolated is the best but at least NPC is not as bad as co-op which destroys all tension and horror.
One useful tool NPC could be is to make us comfortable having companion but the game take that companion away from which makes the feeling loneliness and isolation that much worst (in good way).
One useful tool NPC could be is to make us comfortable having companion but the game take that companion away from which makes the feeling loneliness and isolation that much worst (in good way).
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SCB3
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I get help for these voices
Codiox
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jigglet
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or maybe you're both wrong. maybe the game doesn't identify as either survival horror or not, maybe it's a spectrum? consider their feelings pls
Preferably friends you can outrace
SCB3
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What’s it’s pronouns? RE4/RE4s
jigglet
Banned
Resident-they's and Resident-them's.
VeganElduderino
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Yeah ! I agree , Re4 and 5 too ! Feels more like a action game when your taking care of someone
Handel
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It doesn’t in general, but few horror games have utilized NPC companions correctly to enhance the horror. Ico is not a horror game, but it had a tense scenario where you had to leave Yorda in a room alone while you went along the castle ramparts, and if you took too long Yorda got captured so game over. More games should split the party so to speak, and make you worry what may/has happened to your only reprieve from isolation.
Another way of handling NPCs in horror games to enhance the horror, is to make them sus af so you're always wondering if they're going to shank you at any time
Another way of handling NPCs in horror games to enhance the horror, is to make them sus af so you're always wondering if they're going to shank you at any time
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AeonGaidenRaiden
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The escort missions are still scary because i keep thinking how quickly they will kill my companion and then i gotta restart all over. But yes, as soon as its even 2 guys in the same room and you are part of a team, its much more calm mentally. Again, as long as you dont have to babysit him.
SCB3
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That’s a great point, SH2 does a great job when it forces you to leave Maria and then your weapons and all your items to go into a Creepy basement area, now where it fails is that SH2 is easy to avoid enemies and there is barely any down there but the tension was real
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Codiox
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Resident-helicopter
ANIMAL1975
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I don’t like npc companies in survival horror games too when they are only there to slow you down, or forced babysitting. I love silent Hill, original resident evil trilogy, all around the survival horror genre,... but please put a Gatling on my hands from the start and don't give me more headaches than needed.
Jack Package
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Welcome to the true survival horror
abstract alien
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I'm ok with the companion in theory, but what really kills the mood is when you give me a gun and a bunch of ammo, or whatever powerful weapon the game offers. I have no reason to be afraid of anything I can kill.
Nemesisuuu
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For me, quite underwhelming series, sightjacking took out all the tension. One of worse mechanics for horror game.
Johnny Concrete
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So they look like companion NPC’s to you? Interesting..
Reizo Ryuu
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The appeal of horror games/movies for me is just the vibe of them, they are never scary to me; adding companions/coop doesn't change the vibe for me.
A friend of mine is the same as you though, coop is the only way he'd play through dead space 3 at all.
A friend of mine is the same as you though, coop is the only way he'd play through dead space 3 at all.
Generic
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Shinji Mikami said it isn't.
thekillergreece
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Phasmophobia and Outlast Trials are both co-op games with 4 players. Despite that, they still can get scary at times.
Codiox
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Source?
cyberheater
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Always hated A.I companions. The fuckers are always doing dumb shit and getting in the way.
Keihart
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One of the best mechanics i would argue, giving you a look on the monsters perspective. It doesn't even give you the exact location but it teases you with what is around the corner, coupled with a map that you have to read (instead of just giving you your exact location), the games really focus on the loop of replaying surival horror games.
Duchess
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For some reason, Haunting Ground absolutely terrified me. I think it was because Fiona was just so much more vulnerable than most other protagonists in horror / survival games at the time.
She had Hewie to help get out of scrapes, but ... he was still just a dog, and could get knocked about, too! Such an excellent game.
EDIT: I was reminded of another game that came out around the same time, called Rule of Rose. I was wondering why I never played it, and just discovered that it was cancelled in the UK, due to moral panic. Ironic, given that the game itself is set in England ...
en.wikipedia.org
She had Hewie to help get out of scrapes, but ... he was still just a dog, and could get knocked about, too! Such an excellent game.
EDIT: I was reminded of another game that came out around the same time, called Rule of Rose. I was wondering why I never played it, and just discovered that it was cancelled in the UK, due to moral panic. Ironic, given that the game itself is set in England ...
Rule of Rose - Wikipedia
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Grildon Tundy
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100%. Hell, solo Call of Duty Warzone BECOMES a survival horror game. Super tense, and it proves your point
Grildon Tundy
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And 10x more scary in VR solo, in my experience
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AlteredForms
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Absolutely, because you're no longer alone. That's not to say there aren't cooperative games that can't have scary moments and tension, but they'll never be more frightening than a solo horror campaign. You alone with an in-game avatar and hostile environment made more intimidating by the dark recesses of your imagination.
Nemesisuuu
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It's all subjective, glad you liked the games. I wanted to like them, setting and everything else is great, but sightjacking just didn't click with me.
fart town usa
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I can't speak to Siren 1 & 2 though I heard the 1st is notoriously difficult. Blood Curse, the one made for PS3, that game is straight up terrifying and pretty damn solid. Controls are kinda wonky but that game will put you on edge like nobodies business. It's only streaming for Blood Curse but the PS2 games are available for download on ps4/ps5.
Keihart
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Only the first one IIRC, the second one has never been on PS2 classics and is only jpn and pal, never published properly on NA.
brian0057
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The first third of Resident Evil 4 is the closest the game gets to horror.
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Knightime_X
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Boil down what survivor horror actually is with bullet points.
Do not ignore something if the other has it and goes against your agenda, otherwise it's null and void.