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[Spyxos]

I had this conversation with a buddy yesterday. He thinks that horror movies are much scarier. I rather think that the horror games are scarier? I was scared by Alien (1979) and couldn't sleep at night, but also Dead Space, I only played during the day, and I was much more scared of Dead Space and almost had to force myself to play it.

Edit: Just Games not VR.

 

[AV]

Games, but playing Alyx and a little RE7 in VR has completely desensitised me to the horror in regular horror games. Nothing will be spookier than having it strapped to your eyeballs.

 

[Spyxos]

Games, but playing Alyx and a little RE7 in VR has completely desensitised me to the horror in regular horror games. Nothing will be spookier than having it strapped to your eyeballs.

I played through Alyx, but I didn't get the impression that it was a horror game. I didn't even dare to play Resi in Vr.

 

[SeraphJan]

It depends on what game, movie rarely reach the level of P.T in terms of horror

 

[Kev Kev]

Pre RE7 VR, I'd have said movies. But nothing is scarier than a horror game in VR. I had to take the headset off multiple times lol.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Games for sure.

I’m the one in charge of the onscreen character that has to come face to face, or be chased by the terror.

With movies I’m just a bystander watching events unfold.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Horror games, because i am in control so it feel like that stuff is happening to me, the player. I dont feel that way when watching a horror movie.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Neither, they are both fake and nothing can actually hurt you; horror is my favourite genre, but I'll never understand how people can experience genuine fear from it; no freddy krueger is not jumping from the screen to get you...

 

[AV]

I played through Alyx, but I didn't get the impression that it was a horror game. I didn't even dare to play Resi in Vr.

Not explicitly a horror game, but still loaded with horror segments a la Ravenholm. Stuff like navigating back through a pitch black headcrab room with a flashlight was spookier than any non-VR game I've touched. Loved it though.

 

[mxbison]

• PT
• RE7 VR
• That house in RE Village
• Some parts of HL Alyx

No horror movie I've seen comes close, they usually just annoy you with jump scares.

 

[SaintALia]

Games.

At least they have FAR more potential than movies anyway. In games you are actively participating in the 'horror' and are surviving and can make actually make a difference in what you do. As opposed to movies wher you are watching something and hoping that they make it through. With the latter, having no control or input does make it scarier for folks, especially if they 'buy into' what's going on with the characters and setting.

But videogames do need you to 'buy into' it as well, which not everyone will do. You are 'surviving', but you're controlling a character in a space to survive, and if you die, it will just incur the penalty which will likely cost you time or items. So the 'dread' can expand to more than just 'horror' games.

Though I suppose, there may be horror games out there that have you play them and if you 'die', they boot you out and IP lock you, and you're forever dead or something. I doubt much games will want to heavily penalise you like that though, or even something like delete your save after a death. Maybe 'lives' can come back for horror games?

Or they do it Zombi U style, you level up your random character assigned to you and if that character dies, all that experience (and maybe items) dies with them, and you simply get a new one, a bit like rogue-like games. Though ZOmbi U wasn't particularly scary to begin with.

 

[22:22:22]

For me personally, horror games. And it's not even close. Even a game like Resi4 triggers some subconscious primal fear in me while the common consensus regards it as a pure action game with some goofy horror elements. Although that's true as well.

Needless to say it's the interactive aspect that does it (for me)

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

Games and it’s not even close.

 

[Gambit2483]

Games and it's not even close. Especially in VR.

Could you imagine Outlast or Outlast 2 in VR? You'd have to have nerves of steel to complete that in VR.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Games because you're the one being impacted. Movies just give you a sense of being uncomfortable at best but in certain games, you can even sweat from panic. They are extremely rare tho, as good horror games have dwindled in the last decade.

 

[PaddyOCanager]

Games and it's not even close.

Turn off the lights, put on some noise cancelling headphones and then try and say movies are scarier. If you take into account VR, nothing even compares to playing Re7 for the first time.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I think it really depends, but in most cases games can be scarier IMO, because you're controlling the character(s). Rather than just watching things play out without being able to control them. But like I said, I really do think it depends on the type of horror.

 

[Danjin44]

I would say horror games are much more intense, because you much more involved. Horror movies heavily rly on jump scares and loud noise and feel like in more recent horror movies I'm just waiting to something happen.

 

[GymWolf]

Horror games in vr make horror movies look like childplay.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Neither, unless you mean "jump scares". Then games.

 

[Robb]

I find horror games way scarier. Can’t even play most of them.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Games easily, I'm very much into horror movies and they don't phase me, but games are a whole different level for me.

 

[22:22:22]

Doesn't help matters that most of not all horror films suck nowadays.

I remember playing Resi7 in VR (intoxicated ofcourse) and I had to stop when reaching that mutating spider womans house. I just couldn't. Fuck that.

 

[jm89]

Games.

Siren blood curse made me quit like a chicken when I played it years ago. No movie has done that, and I watch a shit ton of horror movies.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Playing RE7 in VR is the answer.