Kotaku - "Among the defining characteristics of the often-terrifying Amnesia games—as well as similar games like Slender and Outlast—is the fact that players are given no weapons. There's no way to defend yourself, no way to fight off the beasts that hunt you. That makes the game scarier, right? That's obvious... right?"
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EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.
Nope. Outlast and Slender: The Arrival tell me otherwise. Scariest bunch I've ever played, followed by Siren: Blood Curse on PSN, which while it has combat, is very limited and, often times, requires you to just run.
I think weapons like bats, wrenches, axe's etc are fine and actually make the game more realistic. I like being able to pick up things in the environment to at least try to defend myself. This doesn't mean that they have to be effective though I think the scariest thing ever would be running from some kind of creature, finding a bat and trying to take it out only to have it break or do no damage. Guns are the issue here as they take away far too much of the tension but a lone hand gun every blue moon to lull you into a sense of security is fine.
Strongly disagree with this article! If anything, making horror games so combat-oriented is what has diluted the genre and has made the games LESS scary! There's a reason why the genre is called SURVIVAL horror and not combat horror! When are developers going to be smart enough to realize that using your wits and making the object of the game to simply stay alive makes for a much creepier experience than being armed to the teeth and mowing down enemies?
What if the horror game contained Ghosts ( which i don't think there is a game like that except Fatal Frame maybe ) how can you fight them ?!
As much as I love horror games that don't allow you to fight back, there is a lot to be said for including a combat system. One way to look at it is that giving a person the ability to act, but the inability to do so effectively, can add a whole new layer of fear to a horror experience.
A simple example would be a wild animal. Say you were completely incapacitated, and then thrown into a pit with a hungry lion. While there is terror in being completely helpless, there is also a sort of peace of mind that comes with knowing that there's nothing you can do, which makes it easier to give in and accept your fate. On the other hand, say you are thrown into that same pit, with that very same lion, but free and unarmed. You can try to fight, and you may get lucky and win. However, odds are you will struggle until your swift death, or until the despair that comes with the realization of futility, followed by a swift death.
To simply state that combat, or a lack thereof, will make for a (less) scary game is to approach the subject with an unhealthy and close minded perspective.