Your only motivation? Figure out exactly what’s going on.
The mysteries of your surroundings often drive the journey, as you explore strange new environments with seemingly infinite horrors lurking behind every corner. Games of this genre place you in strange and unfamiliar worlds, where neither you nor the main character have the firmest grip on reality. What exactly makes a good horror game scary, then?Īt the core of any good horror story lies an unearthly mystery that’s slow to unravel. The masterpiece that is Resident Evil 4 for example, might have elements of horror and still fail to trip you up nearly as much as Outlast 2’s endless supply of jumpscares. Some are scarier than others, even if they’re not necessarily higher in quality. Videogames are the closest we can get to experiencing that, which means they have the greatest potential to scare us to pieces.īut not all horror-survival games are made equal. It’s one thing to binge Midnight Mass with the curtains drawn, and another thing to live in these eerie, enigmatic worlds and fight for survival ourselves. The reason behind this is obvious - some of us just don’t like being spooked.
Sure, you have the occasional Resident Evil and Slenderman-sized hits, but these games rarely reach the heights of popularity that other franchises like Call of Duty and GTA constantly enjoy. Horror is not the most popular genre in mainstream gaming.
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