Andrew Day of Capsule Computers wrote:
Horror games were the once proud outliers in the gaming industry, filling a niche market of fans who wanted to have really natural, emotional responses to their games (and what emotion is more natural than fear). They provided a sense of immersion and rich storytelling that only the frightening and macabre could muster. Games like Resident Evil or Silent Hill provided an experience that was unmatched for their time. Clunky controls and a feeling of helplessness made us as gamers really come alive. Sadly, as the games industry has gotten bigger and bigger, these franchises (and many like them) have become watered down. The horror has been taken out of “survival horror” in favour of more mass-market appeal in the form of action shooters. With games like Dead Space 3, and Resident Evil 6 sitting on store shelves as a sign of what the horror genre has become, it looked like all hope was lost for those of us who want to feel weak, to feel challenged and to feel scared… until now.
The Evil Within, Ghostwire: Tokyo and Hi-Fi Rush studio has closed its doors.
Ninja theory. Others will follow as well. The smaller studios MS owns should all be worried. Maybe MS will try and release some of their games day and date on ps5 to save some of these studios.
I can see Ninja Theory. At least Tango made a game that was reviewed well. Ninja Theory spent a lot of years to release a tech demo that didn’t do well at all.
I get it that Hellblade 2 is a boring game, but I hope they are not the next to be closed.
@repssahj
Ninja Theory is likely on the chopping block too. They released Bleeding Edge which bombed, took 4 years to release Hellbalde 2 which doesn’t seem to be doing well, and still have Project Mara in limbo. They’re high on the chopping block.
MS was likely expecting their God of War / Uncharted quality game from NT based on Heavenly Sword, Enslaved, DmC, and to an extent Hellblade 1, but NT hasn’t delivered since Hellblade 1 which was 7 years ago.
3 trillion MS is worth, yet they do this, well Phil the shit bag did. No studio needed to be let go, when you are worth this much.
Sad, but I see characters and posters of either less than average or barely average games.
Have to disagree here duder, with respect. Evil Within was a good game and the sequel was fantastic, as was HiFi Rush. I'd concede Ghostwire was pretty average but regardless, shuttering a studio which just put out MS best game in donkeys years was complete shithousery on XBox' part.
Microsoft paid 8B to buy Zenimax then fired well over 1000 people from Zenimax between the time they closed the deal and they announced these shut downs.
People talk about the 1900 they fired most recently, but that was only one wave of three sets of layoffs from their gaming division so far this generation totalling around 5000 people this generation. Not counting the dozen plus studios they canned last gen including Lionhead the original Fable developers.
By every real metric HiFi was an average game. I don't see an Evil within poster in the thumb, which is a shame, because if they threw their weight behind that IP, they might have still been around.
I don't understand how you can say it was average in every metric when it garnered the reviews it did?
Hi-FI Rush sits at an 87 on Meta with an 8.8 User Score. By every real metric that matters it's better than average and it's definitely a game made by a studio that should not have been shut down.
Xbox Game Pass continues to bring quality titles for gamers no matter the genre, but this time we here at CGMagazine have compiled a list of spine-tingling titles to celebrate the spooky season with.
The Dead Space Remake gets added to GamePass 10/26, definitely worth playing through.
The Epic Game Store's weekly freebies includes a game to give you nightmares.
as soon as this games comes out im getting it, as a matter of fact im going to camp outside my local gamestop shop for 6 days before so i can be the first in the world to get it!
the horror genre has been watered down, i absolutely agree. im usually on the fence about horror titles since I'm a chicken shit, but this one looks really good. id definitely consider at least looking into it
I love it
f!@#$%^king scary
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Ir's been a long time since I found a horror game with action scary, hoping this brings it all back!