The Gaming Commandments 2: The Commandments for Playing Survival Horror

[Iron Mal]

a) You will always be safest on your own, if you've been stuck with another person (in a single player game) you can usually guarentee that someone's going to die/be injured and soon.

b) There is no such thing as 'overkill', only 'just about enough-kill'.

c) Don't be a red shirt, don't be the first person to enter a mysterious and unexplored room/building and don't volunteer to 'split up to cover more ground'.

d) If your friend is dying, don't put yourself in danger to rescue them, you'll probably just end up joining them in Hell(sometimes the kindest thing to do is blow a kiss goodbye and walk on).

e) If all else fails, nuke it (or pull out a rocket launcher/plasma cannon depending on the game).

 

[Chiefmon]

a) You will always be safest on your own, if you've been stuck with another person (in a single player game) you can usually guarentee that someone's going to die/be injured and soon.

b) There is no such thing as 'overkill', only 'just about enough-kill'.

c) Don't be a red shirt, don't be the first person to enter a mysterious and unexplored room/building and don't volunteer to 'split up to cover more ground'.

d) If your friend is dying, don't put yourself in danger to rescue them, you'll probably just end up joining them in Hell(sometimes the kindest thing to do is blow a kiss goodbye and walk on).

e) If all else fails, nuke it (or pull out a rocket launcher/plasma cannon depending on the game).

You haz been added

 

[a51himself]

Watch Your Aim.... Teammates Don't Need Extra Holes In There Body Thanks To You

 

[ryai458]

if you hear something but cant see it turn around and look up

 

[Sev72]

Try not to get tunnel vision. Killing that zombie 50 feet away with a head shot is all well and good, but when the ghoul is eating your face right next to you pay attention.

Also, if its withering in pain and looks like its about to die, its not, its about to get bigger/stronger so shoot it some more for good measure.

 

[Mr Frogurt]

Rule 1: You do not talk about the gaming commandments
Rule 2: You do not talk about the gaming commandments!

 

[nettkenneth]

the speedy little undead rat thinge is more dangerous than the slow-moving superzombie with a fork and a dining platter

 

[Novacain4862]

Aim for the head FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AIM FOR THE HEAD!!!

Use melee too, it saves ammo and looks badass

Multiplayer, Have a good internet connection, if you're from Russia playing in an America server with bad ping kindly GTFO

 

[maddawg IAJI]

as a zombie in L4D use every trick in the book. Don't just run down a long hallway to attackt the survivors. Try an catch them alone and by surprise.

Don't be an ass with the tank. The Tank in left 4 dead is your greatest friend or your greatest enemy. Don't hit a hunter or Smoker who have a survivor pinned. You'll just waste your time downing them while the other 3 run for the safe room or tear your ass up with Auto Shottys.

 

[Slash Dementia]

When in a room (as in L4D), have everyone cover all possible entrances. (common sense)

If you have a gasoline tank, ask your teammates what the best action to take with the tank is and form a plan around it.

 

[Marv21]

A New Rule: If you turn the sound up so you can hear everything then you will be your ass scared by being shocked by the loud sound and the scary monster! If you turn the sound off then you will get your ass startled even worse! You damned if you do and You are damned if you don't!

 

[I Stomp on Kittens]

If you are too scared to advance turn the brightness all the way up, there you go you can see everything in your path!

 

[zahr]

The best horror doesn't give you guns. Doesn't let you kill the enemy. Doesn't let you fight. Do you know what, for me, was the most frightening part of Dead Space? The beginning, where you're forced to run from the Necromorphs and you have no weapon. Even though I knew that it was the start of the game and I'd survive, I still felt helpless, vulnerable. Then suddenly they gave me a gun and it was LOL SHOOTAN' from there.

The best horror forces you to sneak, helpless, hoping the enemy won't spot you, and if they do, forcing you to run and hide.

COMBAT PREVENTS HORROR. The closest thing to fear I've felt in a survival horror game that gave me weapons was the worry that I might die and have to reload. And that's not really fear at all. Yes there will sometimes be situations in these games when guns won't work against a given enemy, or you're unable to use your weapons, but it's sadly limited and should really be the other way around.

Short rant over.

So anyways, I give two commandments to horror developers:

Thou shalt not let thy players win through combat.

Thou shalt force thy players to survive by stealth and fleeing.

 

[Nanissimov]

Hello again, I am making a sequel to my original gaming commandments; The Commandments for Making GamerTags, Screennames, ect. In this one I will be addressing playing survival horror games. Enjoy!

General:

Rule 1: When in doubt, shoot its face off. If you think there is something in the shadows, shoot. Even if ammo is scarce, at least get out your melee weapon. I can't tell you how many times I have seen people notice something slithering in the darkness, get close to it, and proceed to notice that they are missing a limb.

Eh that doesnt always work some times the ass is where you gatta aim

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Take this lockpick. You, the master of unlocking, may find it useful.

Here's some serious one's for L4D-

Man on Point crouches! Crouch so we can shoot over your head, also stagger the guns so autoshottys are in front, rifles in back. At least one person should have the hunting rifle just incase.

CLOSE DOORS BEHIND YOU. It's polite, and keeps out infected.

 

[RagnorakTres]

Man on Point crouches! Crouch so we can shoot over your head, also stagger the guns so auto-shottys are in front, rifles in back. At least one person should have the hunting rifle just in case.

CLOSE DOORS BEHIND YOU. It's polite, and keeps out infected.

THANK YOU. I completely forgot how annoying it is when the guy on point insists on standing up. Not only does crouching allow your teammates to shoot over you, it also improves your aim.

And the door closing thing sounds useful, I'll try that next time I'm the back end.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

If there's a body on the floor and you didn't put it there, it's probably a trap.

 

[DM.]

Never Ever walk Infront of the guy with the shotgun. For any reason.

I can't stress the amount of times I've shot and killed a teammate because they decided that they needed to walk infront of me to pick something up.