Boomtown writes: "The Penumbra Collection is comprised of three games. Overture (which was previously reviewed on this site) followed by Black Plague and Requiem.
You start the series in a typical horror setting that could have been taken from many games, films or books, in Greenland, searching for your father after receiving a letter from him after he has died. You find yourself isolated in a mine after a cave-in with no weapons, no belongings and very little light. Throughout the games a sense of deep hopelessness permeates everything. The atmosphere is so otherworldly, so much like the nightmare we have all had at some point in our lives, where we wake with a sense of dread so thick and cloying, wondering if we are awake, or still dreaming, or something else entirely. The writing is dark and unique, the situations and characters as diverse as they are strange."
Sean of Gamer Euphoria writes:
''There are a number of things that a lot of modern ‘horror’ titles get wrong. For example, the player isn’t treated like a victim; they are the one in control of the situation. This is often a result of arming the player to the teeth and throwing waves of enemies at them. There’s nothing scary about out-gunning everything that comes after you.''
I think they will be ok aslong as they go back to making them scary again instead of being more action based like resident evil has become. You kinda feel like a bad azz instead of a hopeless survivor trying to stay alive.
I don't think we'll see that any time soon in a major release. Even in the latest Silent Hill games the player is more than capable of killing his/her enemies. Only title i can think of that was released by a major studio, that also makes the player feel weak, is Zombi U. I suppose you could add Dark Souls/ Demon Souls but they aren't really horror
True, there was another indie horror game i also seen for the pc that looked horrifying with the player only having a camera and running away from some scary looking creature. Just watching the video creeped me out lol. I like that kind of horror were u feel hopeless or just feel overwhelmed & have to think in order to survive.
Amnesia is still one of the best games in that regard. The game was scary as hell, and definitely made you feel helpless because you couldn't actually fight the enemies, you always had to run away or create distractions.
There is a sequel coming to Amnesia soon.
Nah, I think the worst ended when Resident Evil 6 became so such a lowly received game. Sure it sold "okay-ish" for Capcom's standards, but do they honestly feel they can risk an RE game with such low scores a second time?
Besides, with the rise of games like Slender and Amnesia, gamers have other alternatives to turn to for a horror fix. The horror genre will survive; I don't think there's too much reason to worry right now.
*Just looks at title*
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As do I, although going back to play them now. It's just plain awful control-wise.
The Wii version had fantastic controls. It was so satisfying to shoot an enemy in the knee and then pop him in the head.
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