You’d Think A Horror Game Being Top-Down Would Make It Less Scary

3 responses to “You’d Think A Horror Game Being Top-Down Would Make It Less Scary”

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   andre

   May 29, 2013 at 8:12 am

   Reminds me of an old indie title I loved called Notrium, released by Ville Mönkkönen, now going by the company name “Instant Kingdom”

   This… However is something incredible.
   I’ll be putting a tenner towards this later on today, looks great.

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   zen

   May 29, 2013 at 8:14 am

   what am i looking at? aliens? monsters? what? it doesnt seem very scary – atmospheric maybe, but not scary

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      Leonie

      May 29, 2013 at 9:34 am

      I agree. I find it hard to really get into a game, especially a horror game, when you’re limited to a top down perspective. With a top down perspective, I feel like I’m too far removed from the action, and therefore “safe”, so it’s not that scary. Meanwhile, a first or third person view makes it feel like I’m a part of what’s going on, which adds to the immersion of the story and atmosphere, thus making a horror game actually scary.

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   evilmonkey

   May 29, 2013 at 9:27 am

   I’d love to put down the money for a boxed copy, but 120 bucks is a bit much. Oh well, I think I’ll go for the $20 apprentice pack or the $30 Adept pack (I’m a sucker for game soundtracks).

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