I've been looking at some of the Horror games and mods I own and I've been debating whether or not I like having weapons in them or if running only makes it a better experience. What do you all think?
Poll: Do you prefer Horror games with or without Weapons?
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you can have weapons just nothing huge maybe just a knife or a pipe to stun small annoying enemies and to piss off the bigger things
or guns but have a amnesia:the dark desent effect (when you look at mobs you go crazy) so fighting isnt your best option just in emergencies
or guns but have a amnesia:the dark desent effect (when you look at mobs you go crazy) so fighting isnt your best option just in emergencies
I think its much scarier without weaponry. I'm much less scared of the horrid beast when I have an M16 machine gun in my hand. If I can kill it by pumping a few rounds into it then it ceases to be a threat and is no longer scary.
However if I don't have a gun on hand, the only option I have is to either try beating it to death (which I imagine is only going to piss it off more) or run like shit. Thus the enemy is a constant threat and running into it would be extremely scary.
However if I don't have a gun on hand, the only option I have is to either try beating it to death (which I imagine is only going to piss it off more) or run like shit. Thus the enemy is a constant threat and running into it would be extremely scary.
Weapons can make for fun gameplay, but the horror can be lost if you can easily mow down enemies with a machine gun.
It's fun when you have shoddy, improvised weapons that feel like they're necessary to have even a slim chance of survival after an encounter, but are also unreliable, making each encounter feel like a real challenge.
It's fun when you have shoddy, improvised weapons that feel like they're necessary to have even a slim chance of survival after an encounter, but are also unreliable, making each encounter feel like a real challenge.
I think you need a weapon of some-sorts.
Nothing like a firearm.
Something basic, like a frying pan or a hammer. Everyday objects that pack enough of a punch to immobilise an enemy for a short enough duration of time so you can either run or hide from 'em.
Nothing like a firearm.
Something basic, like a frying pan or a hammer. Everyday objects that pack enough of a punch to immobilise an enemy for a short enough duration of time so you can either run or hide from 'em.
If they are done right.
If the guns make it easy to defeat you enemies, then it is not fun.
If the guns help you to barley survive, as in the enemy is difficult and or overwhelming, then it is fun and scary.
Games without guns are usually scarier because the enemies are overwhelming, since you cannot push them back.
If the guns make it easy to defeat you enemies, then it is not fun.
If the guns help you to barley survive, as in the enemy is difficult and or overwhelming, then it is fun and scary.
Games without guns are usually scarier because the enemies are overwhelming, since you cannot push them back.
I'm prone to anxiety attacks, so I like to play it safe. Also it is indeed fun to beat the tar out of one object with another smaller object.
It really depends on the game. The whole point of F.E.A.R. is that it's a shooter with a bunch of horror bits thrown in for good measure, bt the ineffectual nature of the weaponry in Alan Wake (particularly on the hardest difficulty setting) worked really well for me.
At a basic level, though, it's scarier when you can't fight back, so I'd say that the less combat effective the player is, the more likely it is that the game will freak them out.
At a basic level, though, it's scarier when you can't fight back, so I'd say that the less combat effective the player is, the more likely it is that the game will freak them out.
Even more so with the classic Doom games (which I'm obsessing over at the moment as I make a campaign for them), they were designed as horror games but the pure firepower you had took all that out of it.Mcoffey said:
Weapons kinda cheapen the effect. Why is Dead Space scary compared to Silent Hill?
It's because the weapons are used unconventionally in the former.
Seriously, I don't like the concepts of most games that are part of the horror genre. It seems that they do it wrong. The main game that truly scared the bejeesus out of me was SH.
To this day, when I hear a radio crackle, I get chills.
It's because the weapons are used unconventionally in the former.
Seriously, I don't like the concepts of most games that are part of the horror genre. It seems that they do it wrong. The main game that truly scared the bejeesus out of me was SH.
To this day, when I hear a radio crackle, I get chills.
I've always been of the feeling that a balance should be struck.
In a horror game, is it scarier to feel impotent against the horror by having no weapons at all, or having access to a weapon or two along the way, but having the reassurance provided snatched away as you realise they are practically useless?
And I don't mean "weapon-breaking" mechanics. That's just lame.
I mean for example, picking up a revolver on the way, which you can use to shoot the odd low-level horror, but soon enough the bullets have less and less effect and/or become incredibly scarce.
Thus, nervous scrambling to find ammunition, and an emphasis on conserving ammo. The fear of running out just adds to the experience.
As someone else mentioned, the original Resident Evil games used this formula well, especially on higher difficulty levels.
In a horror game, is it scarier to feel impotent against the horror by having no weapons at all, or having access to a weapon or two along the way, but having the reassurance provided snatched away as you realise they are practically useless?
And I don't mean "weapon-breaking" mechanics. That's just lame.
I mean for example, picking up a revolver on the way, which you can use to shoot the odd low-level horror, but soon enough the bullets have less and less effect and/or become incredibly scarce.
Thus, nervous scrambling to find ammunition, and an emphasis on conserving ammo. The fear of running out just adds to the experience.
As someone else mentioned, the original Resident Evil games used this formula well, especially on higher difficulty levels.
