Recent content by Omniponent

So I realize that my meaning got a little twisted. I was asking specifically about 4th wall breaking and atonal characters or dialogue.I wasn't trying to imply that all games should be dark, serious, grim, or hyper realistic. I may make another post with a differently worded question, because...

I wasn't actually referring to mechanics. RDRII has serious game pacing issues because it insists on having overly long animations and complex movement. My initial question was actually about story and the behaviour of characters, not the gameplay. I actually find it quite frustrating when a...

Edit: Hi, so I said this below as well but I'm not going to be pooling from this thread any longer. Feel free to discuss at your leisure, but I've realized that my thesis was a little weak so I'm just going to jump ship. Thanks for responding. I'll be back with a better, more clear idea later...

Do you find movies scarier? Books? This reminds me, I should really get to reading another horror novel; preferably at night during a thunderstorm.

Briefly discussed in the article is the fact that some games (Bioshock, System Shock, Hexen, etc) use the environment to invoke horror. It's not violence, or jumpscares or even atmosphere, it's the disturbing nature of the story and background of the world that builds the horror. While...

Special Thanks to everyone who contributed to the "What Games Scare you?" thread. Even if I didn't include a quote from you in the article, I enjoyed reading everyone's stories! Seems like the winners for scariest games are: Fatal Frame Alien Isolation and F.E.A.R (this one surprised me)...

Special Thanks to everyone who contributed. Even if I didn't include a quote from you in the article, I enjoyed reading everyone's stories! Seems like the winners for scariest games are: Fatal Frame Alien Isolation and F.E.A.R (this one surprised me) But I guess everyone is different...

They're both pretty bad. Alien 3 is way too long and Resurrection is just dumb (but has some decent FX). I'd say skip both. Honestly Alien VS Predator is a better movie.

I've never seen the final boss of Ecco. Jeez. I had no idea it got so H.R. Giger. Would've scared me too! https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/90/fd/56/90fd567925ab1e5718ddd0208206229f.jpg

Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven Retrieve the Yoto Swords A cemetery level filled with unkillable spirits/undead that forced you to run through the stage defenseless Hell for a kid I ended up climbing a tree too afraid to peer down for over an hour before noping out Shame as it was a fantastic...

I'm writing an article for my website and I wanted to get some community feedback on horror games. Everybody gets scared by different stuff, but I was hoping for some personal anecdotes to flesh out the article a bit. For ME. Seeing the the impaled heads in the original Mortal Kombat was the...

I got two of em. Starfox Assault on the gamecube. It got really bad reviews, mostly complaining about the on-foot sections. I love it for it's great B-movie story, and surprisingly good dialogue. That and it's one of the few first party Nintendo games with real voice acting. Mario, Samus...

I got to the series late but have been blowing through them over the last few months in spare time. Assassin's Creed 1 is so-so, I'd skip it Assassin's Creed 2 is a gigantic improvement and really fun, it's story is crazy and weird and if you 100% it then you get some crazy extras Assassin's...

I get that too. I do myself draw the line between a fun game and a good game. Earth Defense Force 2017 amiright? I mean playing the game with friends always helps, we're all a bunch of critics, me especially. I dislike a lot of games that other people just darn love. I get not liking a game...

Unfortunately I believe you might be right. If it's not a game, it's a movie.