Originally posted by BackFire
I prefer the slow and creepy tone of the first couple games over the faster pace of the new ones.
I kinda have to agree with you, too.
I actually miss the pre-rendered backdrops and fixed camera angles of the original RE series. I would love to see it again, especially if RE 2 was remade like RE 1 was for Gamecube. Awesome remake, if you ask me.
Originally posted by Neo Darkhalen
I'm just giving a personal experience, it may well be categorised as a horror but if it doesn't scare me, then to me it's not a horror, like Dead Space, It's classed as a horror but to me there's nothing about it that's scary; I'd go far as to say it's more of an action game.But I understand what you mean, generally it would be labeled as horror to the general consensus, although RES 5 is very much an action game, and I mean that really does pull all the conventions of the action genre so...
No, it's still a horror. An action horror at the very least.
It doesn't matter at all what you consider it. Horror films and games are just that, regardless.
I don't find Silent Hill scary, it was funny. So that makes it a comedy game. Right? Literally, that's your rationale.
-AC
Apparently I took a wrong turn and ended up on the KMC where everyone's a retard and doesn't get sarcasm.
1) Doom isn't scary at all, to me. Is it a horror? It's a horror/action FPS.
2) As Occult so tellingly mentioned; Silent Hill is "scarier" than a lot of horror movies. Hmm, why? Because there are a lot of horror movies that aren't that scary...but...REMAIN...horror movies! Eureka! I have discovered the principle of whoop-placement, I am Alphamedes.
Originally posted by Neo Darkhalen
I like how you try and twist my words to suit you, that's very productive.
I'm using your exact rationale and logic. Answer my question.
If I found Silent Hill to be funny, does that make it a comedy? If you feel not finding something scary means it ISN'T a horror, surely you apply the same logic elsewhere.
Obviously, that's all irrelevant, simply because you're wrong. It's a horror regardless of whether you find it scary or not. You put cart before horse, there. Horror movies exist, then you decide if they are scary. They are not defined in the reverse; if they are scary, they are horrors.
Learn this then return to the thread.
-AC
Originally posted by occultdestroyer
Silent Hill? Comedy? ROFL.Anyone who plays it the first time will be scared.
That ringing buzz will give you goosebumps.
And the scenery and storyline is totally ****ed up. A lot better than even most horror movies.
Silent Hill 1 is easily the scariest game I've ever played. Nothing else even comes close.
I haven't seen many horror movies, but Silent Hill tops the ones I have seen too.
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Apparently I took a wrong turn and ended up on the KMC where everyone's a retard and doesn't get sarcasm.1) Doom isn't scary at all, to me. Is it a horror? It's a horror/action FPS.
2) As Occult so tellingly mentioned; Silent Hill is "scarier" than a lot of horror movies. Hmm, why? Because there are a lot of horror movies that aren't that scary...but...REMAIN...horror movies! Eureka! I have discovered the principle of whoop-placement, I am Alphamedes.
I'm using your exact rationale and logic. Answer my question.
If I found Silent Hill to be funny, does that make it a comedy? If you feel not finding something scary means it ISN'T a horror, surely you apply the same logic elsewhere.
Obviously, that's all irrelevant, simply because you're wrong. It's a horror regardless of whether you find it scary or not. You put cart before horse, there. Horror movies exist, then you decide if they are scary. They are not defined in the reverse; if they are scary, they are horrors.
Learn this then return to the thread.
-AC
What does the A in AC stand for?
It amuses me that all this started because I said a one line statement. All I was really just saying that I don't think Horror games should follow RE's new format because I don't think it would do them any favours as a horror franchise. RE is a horror/action game now, AC is right about that. But if I was forced to give it one title or the other I'd say action. That is all.
I was more freaked out in RE4 than I ever was in the previous RE's.
The town level was intense for the first time through and was still intense the 5th time through. Why? Because you were surrounded and one of the most powerful enemies in the game is your first obstacle. And what makes it worst is that your character is incredibly weak. This created a feeling of desperation and the feeling of being chased which is pretty unique feeling to have in games.
So it doesn't have the dark corridor with things jumping out but it was still a horror game. It had a ton of action but that made the game a lot better than previous games. There not going back to the originals.
Originally posted by §P0oONY
Alpha Centauri is a star..... Or a game by Sid Meier.
I've heard, don't quote me on this, that someone on these very forums uses it as a screen name. It's probably just a rumor though.
I think the main problem is that the middle of the day in African and Spanish villages doesn't lend itself to the horror genre as effectively as creepy mansions or abandoned towns in the middle of the night. This is where the difference in the feel of the games is most apparent.
I can see the reasons to move away from the stereotypical horror locales but sometimes it doesn't work as well and some locations in 4 and 5 didn't work well at all. Obviously 4 had some typical horror locations though.
Some of the gameplay mechanics from the older games such as the fixed camera positions helped add to the horror "feel" of them. It gave the player a far greater sense of being spied on. Some angles worked well to allow brief glimpses of things to come. The licker crawling past the window in RE2 probably had everyone going "what the **** was that?" and so dreading going into the next room to find out.
As a game I prefer RE4 to the others in terms of how it plays but I always liked the stories and the atmosphere of the older RE games.
This incessant need to classify every game into genre is really just sad though. Who cares what it gets labelled as anyway. It'll end up getting as ridiculous as the music sub sub sub genres like "nintendocore". Stupid, pointless and irrelevant names that people give to make themselves look more intelligent even though it just makes them look like idiots.