What causes this?
>>738700853It's called variation and contrast
>>738700853Great game design causes that
>>738700853The residents being evil or something
By making the environments really clean, it makes the monsters look more disgusting in comparison.
>>738700853"Horror Game" just say Resident Evil
modern science being the scariest thing imaginable
From rats in the cellar to angels in the tower
>>738700853evil residents (corporate)
>>738700853Horror game has a >sewer level (most common)>hospital level>laboratory level>prison level>apartment building level
>>738700853Kino causes this
>>738705239Any ideas for boomers or environments that don't sound cliche in horror games? Even prisons and mental asylum have been done. I think execution should matter more
>>738706661The inside of a vast secret temple under a pyramid. Been done in FPS several times, but not really in horror games.For such a massive horror cliche with mummies and shit it's really unpopular in real horror.
>>738700853only resident evil and outlast do this btw
>>738700853would've be funny if one of the Silent Hill games had this
>>738700853It's a reminder that a bright, shiny day with people happily working in an office complex can still be subject to death and despair
>>738707041holy cornball
>>738700853Dead Space is like that but I don't know why people always attribute it to Resident Evil.
>>738700853(((scientists))) are evil
>game starts with you having next to no resources running away from genuinely horrible creatures and trying to survive while looking for a way out>game ends with you just blasting your way out devil may cry style against super mecha demon max 3000 with katanas (but gory looking so you know it's horror)This is what would bother me more than that
>>738701804>every game does this>variationHorror games always turn to shit when you hit the "lab" part
>>738700853>le gubberment did itwhy is it so hard to understand?
>>738700853Well for a start you are not playing a real horror game.For "real horror game" I of course mean things like penumbra, dark wood and scav/prototype. In fact most things by eastern euro devs and some jp shit. You really need to live in a dystopia to reflect it in your work.
>>738700853Resident evil remasters specifically
>>738710916Horror is a setting retard
>>738710986nuh uh it is a thematic
>>738707642>be undercover giga chad spy>steal top secret bio lab virus from scientists>unleash it on the world>scientists get all the blame while you walk away scout freeSuck it nerds.
>>738700853It's really only Resident Evil. Even Resident Evil knockoffs like Crow Country don't do this. >>738705239They're really good locations for horror man. The sewer level has immense utility to plausibly bring the player to a totally different environment in a way other than a street. We never say "This game has the street level!" as it's the norm. >>738706904Outlast only did it once. You don't even get a lab in the second shit game. >>738710916Darkwood is excellent. One of the best endings to a game of all time. That one is a must play for horror fans.
Not exactly about the setting but fatal framae starts you in a haunted house but then the final boss is a DBZ magic ghost or something.
>>738710986Wrong.There are 2 types of horror game.Actual horror games like the 3 I listed And horrible games like anything that relies on jump scaresAction games are not horror nor are they horrible, well some are not anyway
>>738710986A school is a setting. Horror is a genre. Any game attempting to invoke feelings of fear, and tension in the player is trying to be a horror game. It can happen in a space station, or a non descript staircase.
>>738700853Good progression design.
>>738700853It's the subversion of expectations. Resident Evil arrived during a time most if not all horror games were fights against supernatural forces, like Alone in the Dark. RE 1 plays with similar concepts (spooky house, weird monsters...), only to finish at the revelation that it was all a product of le science going wrong.
It feel so fucking good to play Resident Evil and walk into The Lab
>>738700853>it was>le experiments>le mad scientists>le world domination >mwahahahahahahahaAs ive said before video game writers are bottom of the barrel writers.
