Ha! That 1:45 bit was the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread. The panicked grasping and implication that she knows what just happened is what gets me the most.LostGryphon said:Watching some of these... I can safely say that I am quite averse to body horror. Fantastic.
The 1:45 bit in particular...ugh.
Now I have MK fatalities too. Jesus. Some people there have genuine problems. ._.
The torture scenes in Farcry 3 and GTA V were a little rough, but having agency via controller directions lessened them quite a bit for me. "Spin right controller counter clockwise and press X to torture" pulls back on any immersive elements and makes me more aware that I am playing a game and that no real people are involved. Likewise the fatality graphics and build up from the Mortal Kombat stuff.
Conversely, the Tomb Raider reboot got me good several times because there was no transition from projecting myself on the character and trying to survive to seeing grisly, and often self-aware deaths. Characters realizing they are dead and being terrified in that realization will definitely get me to cringe and look away.