Gears of Horror

[kedawa]

The only Fatal Frame game I ever played was the first one that came out for XBOX, whichever one that was.
From what little I played of it, it didn't seem particularly frightening, although it did a good job of building tension.
Honestly, the premise is so silly that I just can't take it seriously.

[Joust Williams]

Games can be disturbing, but I just don't find them scary. The only thing that works are BOO scares where I will flinch. I hear a lot of people that are supposed "survival horror game nuts" say those kinds of scares are nothing compared to "psychological scares" that all the games like Fatal Frame and Silent Hill have, but I have yet to encounter anything like that in a game. It doesn't help that Silent Hill is asswater and Fatal Frame isn't all that fun either.

[ElCapichan]

Games can be disturbing, but I just don't find them scary. The only thing that works are BOO scares where I will flinch. I hear a lot of people that are supposed "survival horror game nuts" say those kinds of scares are nothing compared to "psychological scares" that all the games like Fatal Frame and Silent Hill have, but I have yet to encounter anything like that in a game. It doesn't help that Silent Hill is asswater and Fatal Frame isn't all that fun either.

It helps when you aren't such a negative nancy.

[bVork]

I'll probably be in the minority here, but I would love a great co-op survival horror. Co-op in Gears is amazing, we will be getting co-op in RE5 which really is more action than survival horror now, and L4D is the closest thing to co-op survival horror coming out. A game that is truly survival horror that is even difficult and actually scary/intense with a partner would be a great experience. It'll be interesting to see how this game actually is going to end up and if it will actually be a survival horror or more of an action horror.

This exists already. It's called System Shock 2.

[sethsez]

I don't really see much here to get excited about. Epic knows action like the back of their hands, but when it comes to writing or creating an interesting atmosphere they're completely lost. A horror game doesn't have to have a good script, but it at least has to have intriguing environments and a general sense of timing, neither of which Epic can do if big fuck-off guns aren't involved.

Gears is a really fun franchise and I love anything Unreal (except 2, but that wasn't really Epic), but this is like Michael Bay directing a quaint family drama.

[DumpTruck]

It helps when you aren't such a negative nancy.

[Joust Williams]

Gears has an awesome atmosphere.

[Brand X]

creating an interesting atmosphere they're completely lost.

I don't know what games you played, but both Gears games excelled at creating fantastic environments.

[arjue]

Co-op, weaponless survival horror. Work together to solve puzzles and use the environment and your WITS to escape danger.

No guns.

THAT, I would play.

You and your friends play a family whose house gets invaded, and you have to hide until the ordeal is over or escape. The house and the invasion are generated procedurally. headset talking is hearable by the invaders and can only be heard if your character could actually hear it. One button is for yelling and the other for whispering. If a family member gets seen, they might be tied up, held as a hostage to weed the rest of the family out, kidnapped or murdered on the spot.

[Joust Williams]

Splinter Cell has AI that reacted to your voice