oqvist
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Nice of you mentioning the Penumbra series. I have had my biggest scares in that title. I run them with Novint Falcon which is just a must. I was hugely disappointed when Amnesia wasn´t going to be supported
Penumbra Black Plague and that ghost that appeared absolutely immortal at the time. I remember a scene where I of course ran and hide behind a desk and having the ghost entering the room and I was absolutely paralyzed. I don´t get that easilly scared having seen the most at that time but has never ever been that close to death anxiety. Visuals where outdated already then but being able to feel the environments made it so physical and real.
I am not by far suggesting that RE4 evils controls are perfect but low on health, low on ammo. No damn auto health regeneration or being able to easilly avoid fights on enemy you have to kill pretty much is crucial. And of course pace the action correctly.
There is tons of Gears of War titles by now but I guess that is what sells...
I'm not expecting to be able to sprint full-speed and pop people in the face in RE4, but I wouldn't mind at least a slow walk to help fine-tune things, like RE: Revelations with the Circle Pad Pro or Type C controls. (Though I'm still pissed that particular game doesn't allow you to use the 3DS touchscreen to aim...)
If anything, the bigger terrifying factors are lack of ammo and generally being outnumbered, though there's no denying that RE4 was the beginning of the series as a whole moving toward third-person shooter territory. Some fans are pissed about that, though they're warming up to RE: Revelations being a return to survival-horror form.
Then again, if you ask some people, a real survival-horror title would be early Silent Hill, the Penumbra trilogy, or its spiritual successor Amnesia: The Dark Descent...in the latter two, fighting at all generally isn't even an option. You either hide or RUN FOR DEAR LIFE.
Nice of you mentioning the Penumbra series. I have had my biggest scares in that title. I run them with Novint Falcon which is just a must. I was hugely disappointed when Amnesia wasn´t going to be supported
Penumbra Black Plague and that ghost that appeared absolutely immortal at the time. I remember a scene where I of course ran and hide behind a desk and having the ghost entering the room and I was absolutely paralyzed. I don´t get that easilly scared having seen the most at that time but has never ever been that close to death anxiety. Visuals where outdated already then but being able to feel the environments made it so physical and real.
I am not by far suggesting that RE4 evils controls are perfect but low on health, low on ammo. No damn auto health regeneration or being able to easilly avoid fights on enemy you have to kill pretty much is crucial. And of course pace the action correctly.
There is tons of Gears of War titles by now but I guess that is what sells...