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Are Games Scary Enough?

Jim Rossignol writes: "Recently I've been lucky enough to get my hands on EA's upcoming "survival/horror shooter" Dead Space, and the experience has set me thinking. It's a fantastic, brutal game and technically impressive in all kinds of ways, but it's not actually all that frightening. Like the video nasties of the 1980s, it's horrible without really being horrifying. There are a few jumps here and there, and the mutants you stomp into splattered viscera really are repugnant, but I've nevertheless ended up thinking about how rarely contemporary games manage to evoke the emotion that the genre often does best: Fear."

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Liquid Dust5826d ago

Resident Evil 1 on the GC, Resident Evil 2, and Silent Hill 1,2,3 are probably the only games that really scare me anymore. Resident Evil 4 gave me some pretty good scares on the first run through, especially with the regenerators and their breathing in the background, creepy stuff

skelter5826d ago

Vampire: Bloodlines. Haunted house level. It's by far the scariest level I've ever played in a game. I wish more people had played it.

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Xbox: Gaming Evolved Interview

Xbox discusses the brand licensing strategies connecting iconic video game franchises with the world’s most diverse fan base.

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MrDead10h ago

We asked MS, why are you so amazing and how do you come up with the ideas for creating such titles as Call of Duty and Elder Scrolls?

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The Division 2 TU22 PTS Phase 1 Patch Notes Are Out; New Gear, Weapons and More Detailed

The Division 2 TU22 PTS Phase 1 patch notes are now out, and it touches on new gear, weapons, a ton of adjustments and more.

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15 Hardest Games for the Super Nintendo

Who doesn't love a good challenge? If everything was easy, there would be no joy in getting it done. In the realm of video games, the late 1980s and 1990s were the perfect era of "get good" gaming with multiple big-named titles that put a player's skills to the test. The Super Nintendo, one of

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Gamingsince19812d ago

Didn't the snes come out in 1990 in Japan

Profchaos2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Sure did I can only assume the article is talking about old-school games in general

Also the thumbnail used in the article for super Mario bros the lost levels is a screenshots of the Famicom game