It’s unfortunate the only other person who likes horror games besides me on SRK is sixmachine. I don’t mind the mix of action and horror as long as it’s much more horror than action. The fact that Mikami said resources will be limited lead me to believe it might be similar to the early RE’s.
That would certainly make me one happy gamer.
I just saw the trailer. If the monsters shown are in the game, then it seems like it has interesting monster design. Since it seemed mostly to show some guy make barbed wire, I wonder if the games mechanics will have a survival element where you have to spend some prep time and maybe set up something to defends yourself. I think it was orochizoolander who showed a trailer for an indie game, which I can’t remember the name, where there was some monster invading your house and you have to spend the daytime to prepare, but there are random elements so you never know when it’s truly coming. I’m very interested in Mikami’s direction for this game since he has stated he wants things like limited resources. Even though I feel that once you acclimate yourself to the mechanics in a horror (I have to admit even in a game like Amnesia and White Day, you can learn a certain pattern or formulate a plan that would help make the enemies lose your trail even without combat mechanics), where the enemies eventually become less threatening, I always find resource management as a source of tension is one of the factors that would make players worried about their next encounter.
So you and sixmachine are the only 2 peoples on SRK who enjoy horrorgames? lol ok.
Regarding the trailer though… I got alot of SH vibes from it rather than RE vibes.
So it could turn out to be more like a psychological horrorgame. This is all judging by the teaser.
At the same time i am pretty sure Mikami will implement something “new” into the game.
Something that will make it stand out compared to other horrorgames. It is Mikami the genius we are talking about after all.
Mikami via IGN:
“For me, personally, why I came back to survival horror is that survival horror as a genre is becoming all action now. There aren’t any real survival horror games in the world right now. That is the biggest motivation for me,” said Mikami to IGN following the announcement of The Evil Within.
“Having the player pick up the controller and being genuinely able to say ‘Wow, I haven’t played a game this scary in ages!’, that is what we are after. That is the main thing we are focused on,” he added.
This post makes me glad.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92910126
It has potential to be one of the greates horror games ever, the premise is simple and brilliant, I hope it turns out as good as it can be.
Well it sure as hell seems that way considering no one except us 2 have even mentioned horror games in the horror thread lol.
I’m excited he’s making a horror/action game but Mikami clearly has no idea of what he’s talking about. He just saw Dead Space (which is scarier to me than most horror games ove played) and declared the genre dead. here are plenty of great horror games around, they simply don’t have a big marketing budget behind them.
not trying to argue, but like what?
Image with some select games.
Taken from http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Scary_Horror_&_Mindfuck that has a more comprehensive list of horror games that span across all platforms.
This game looks good and has got my attention. But yeah, Mikami saying the genre is dead is really no different than people who said fighting games were dead before SF4.
word, well im bias because i dont count the first person shooters in that list, but thats just me, and most likely mikami doesnt. like i dont play games on pc ever, so any exclusive pc joints are out the window, and most of the tps list was pre 2000, first 2 years of 2000, and franchises.
i can’t deny the genre continued, but when it comes to TPS horror, i’d have to get schooled on the good stuff. but there were probably some FPS’s i dont know about either. are any of those titles truly worth being like nah, “this shit was better then any resident evil ever, and took it to the next level, mikami is just out of the loop”?
On a random note… I love Clock tower 2 <3
Saying you don’t count an FPS as a horror game on the sole basis of it being an FPS isn’t being bias that’s ignoring fact lol. By definition any horror game with shooting elements be it in third or first person is also an action/shooter but that does not exclude it from being horror as well, though to what extent depends on the focus of the game. For example the F.E.A.R. series is much more action heavy than survival horror, it uses horror as a theme rather than as the basis for game play mechanics but, that is enough to qualify it as an action/horror hybrid.
If you’re a horror game fan you’re missing out, most of the best horror games are PC exclusive, and most of them can be played with a shitty PC too. BTW that pic shows just some of the most popular and well liked horror games, not all of them. Generally speaking most horror games are in first person because they depend on the gamer to feel immersed into the universe and the first person perspective usually does a better job of that. Third person horror games exist and can be just as effective, but there isn’t as limited a field of view so it’s considerably harder to surprise a player in them.
seems like some new screenshots
also more story stuff unless im late
“Eventually, Sebastian is revealed to be trapped in the basement of the institution. The supernatural, demon-like creature glimpsed in the game’s opening moments is gone, but Sebastian must run and dodge a series of booby-traps set up by the chain-saw killer. Upon Sebastian’s eventual escape, the entire universe is more or less turned on its head, as Sebastian opens the door to a world ripped apart by an earthquake.”
not e3 stuff, but stuff recent
***The Evil Within - Pete Hines & Jason Bergman Interview ***
***The Evil Within NEW Preview ***
Thanks Jimmy ! I have been so busy being happy about the PS4 i never thought of updating the page.
***The Evil Within - E3 2013: Survival Horror Returns ***
***The Evil Within: Interview and Gameplay from E3 2013 ***
***The Evil Within Pre-E3 2013 ***
Leaked footage from quakecon :
http://distilleryimage11.s3.amazonaws.com/c7f0e502fb8e11e2b19622000a1f9d89_102.mp4
http://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws.com/00082e22fb9011e2a8c922000a1fc80c_102.mp4
http://distilleryimage1.s3.amazonaws.com/d2b9493afb8d11e2a1d122000ae911c2_102.mp4
Spoiler
boner , omg
I didnt watch any footage but I know I will like the game just because the OG re creator is involved…