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Brackhar posted:Yeah. They wanted to create a more melee focused Resident Evil game, but when a bug resulted in monsters getting lifted into the air by gunfire they decided to switch directions and go more action oriented. Onimusha 1 came from revisiting the original idea after Devil May Cry's release. Speaking of, the first Onimusha is actually a pretty decent horror game for that era, though it's a little light on the horror in general for western audiences since the theming doesn't translate super well. Not exactly. Onimusha was in development alongside the original RE4 which was aborted and transformed into Devil May Cry. Devil May Cry's aerial combat poo poo owes its roots to Onimusha, as there was apparently a glitch in Onimusha's development where you could knock people into the air and keep slashing to juggle them around. It got ironed out of Onimusha, but Kamiya thought that poo poo was cool and expanded on it into an actual system in Devil May Cry and the rest is action game history. DeathChicken posted:Man, Haunting Ground is a really cool game. Took everything Clock Tower 3 was trying to do and, y'know...made it good. Haunting Ground/Demento is Clock Tower 4 rebranded early in development because Capcom realized Clock Tower games had never sold worth a drat. Full stop.
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Is it weird that, after that demo vid, I'm actually kinda disappointed by The Evil Within? I think, going by the promo art, I'd imagined it to be some kind of Hellraiser-esque game, what with the barbed wire and mutilation everywhere. Having seen it in action, it's really more The Last of Us with a coat of Resident Evil-style paint. I'll no doubt pick it up at some point, but probably not for a good while.
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poo poo, Evil Within is just going to be The Last of Us? Goddammit.
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That video doesn't really sell the game very well because apparently Pete Hines is awful at video games. The third time he died and got sent back to the brain thing, I gave up. Also apparently, a guy shows up and randomly reduces you to 1 health which is, uh, an interesting mechanic.
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1stGear posted:Also apparently, a guy shows up and randomly reduces you to 1 health which is, uh, an interesting mechanic. I need video of this. I can't get the image of some dude in a white sheet running up to the PC and yelling "Boh" out of my head.
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Sep 16, 2014 16:27
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Xoidanor posted:I need video of this. I can't get the image of some dude in a white sheet running up to the PC and yelling "Boh" out of my head. Why would someone yell "Boh" at you?? 
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1stGear posted:That video doesn't really sell the game very well because apparently Pete Hines is awful at video games. The third time he died and got sent back to the brain thing, I gave up. Like those special head-crabs in Half-Life 2? 
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1stGear posted:That video doesn't really sell the game very well because apparently Pete Hines is awful at video games. The third time he died and got sent back to the brain thing, I gave up. I literally only know about this game through the Co-Optional Podcast, but Jesse and Crendor said that it brings you down to 1% health if you're at full health. If you're not, it will outright kill you. And apparently that mechanic is entirely random and can pop up at any time, even places where you can't defend yourself against the guy, like coming down from a ladder or in the middle of a fight with someone else. I guess during the E3 demo, people were giving up on the demo without finishing it because that mechanic is so frustrating. I have no idea if they changed that since E3 of course, but if they haven't, then that sounds like an absolutely horrible mechanic.
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Xoidanor posted:I need video of this. I can't get the image of some dude in a white sheet running up to the PC and yelling "Boh" out of my head. This is literally what happens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0asG2RMulHE Happens the first time around 4:00 minutes and again around 17:30. The second time he mentions that he was taking too long, so maybe its supposed to keep you from just huddling in a corner and waiting for your anxiety to drop? Still seems annoying, especially since resources seem hard to come by.
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I'm hoping there is some hard counter to that. At first glance it sounds like a bad mechanic.
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1stGear posted:This is literally what happens WHAT  This is some manifesting reality poo poo going on here.
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Aahahaha sorry but that owns. Reminds me of the Grim Reaper in Gauntlet or the explosive death that would occur if you waste too much time in beat'em ups.
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If it's a timer mechanic I guess it's basically like the Spelunky ghost, where it shows up if you're taking too long but moves at a speed that makes it possible to avoid it so long as you keep moving.
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Hundreds of games have something like this, I think my favorite instance of it is in Magician Lord on the Neo Geo. Take too long and this weird looking Lovecraftian horror thing slowly floats towards you through all obstructions until you either beat the level or it touches you and you die instantly.
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It doesn't kill him though, at 17:30 in that video he's at about half health and he still survives the hit.
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The ghost that did this in Bubble Bobble was an rear end in a top hat.
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Bubble Bobble was terrifying. Don't even get me started on the sequel.
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The Cheshire Cat posted:If it's a timer mechanic I guess it's basically like the Spelunky ghost, where it shows up if you're taking too long but moves at a speed that makes it possible to avoid it so long as you keep moving. That's a really bad idea in an adventure game where you're constantly checking every nook and cranny to make sure you didn't miss any supplies: dallied too long in one room? Spent too long admiring the scenery? Waiting for nearby enemies to fall in position? DEATHGHOST FOR YOU! Butt Ghost posted:poo poo, Evil Within is just going to be The Last of Us? Goddammit.
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DeathChicken posted:The ghost that did this in Bubble Bobble was an rear end in a top hat. The idea goes back even further than that. That hoodie guy is basically like this generation's version of Evil Otto from Berzerk.
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Alabaster White posted:Why would someone yell "Boh" at you?? Someone needs to touch up on their KC Green. 
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Butt Ghost posted:Bubble Bobble was terrifying. Don't even get me started on the sequel. "HURRY!!"
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Are there any good LPs of horror games? I love the sense of seeing somebody to explore the game and trying to figure out what's what, but most of them aren't any good. I've mostly watched TFS Krillin plays but the screaming gets on my ears and some Besdt Friends LPs, which are alright.
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ManOfTheYear posted:Are there any good LPs of horror games? No
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ManOfTheYear posted:Are there any good LPs of horror games? I love the sense of seeing somebody to explore the game and trying to figure out what's what, but most of them aren't any good. I've mostly watched TFS Krillin plays but the screaming gets on my ears and some Besdt Friends LPs, which are alright. I'd recommend Egomaniac's LPs of the Siren series and Fatal Frame. He started to redo the Siren 1 videos, but never finished the update.
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This is true. Though I always found egomaniac super good: http://lparchive.org/author/egomaniac
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ManOfTheYear posted:Are there any good LPs of horror games? I love the sense of seeing somebody to explore the game and trying to figure out what's what, but most of them aren't any good. I've mostly watched TFS Krillin plays but the screaming gets on my ears and some Besdt Friends LPs, which are alright. It's not strictly a horror game in the traditional sense, but I remember really liking Cannibalk9's LP of The Void. I could never get into it myself, but it is a legitimately unnerving, horrific, endlessly fascinating game.
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ManOfTheYear posted:Are there any good LPs of horror games? I love the sense of seeing somebody to explore the game and trying to figure out what's what, but most of them aren't any good. I've mostly watched TFS Krillin plays but the screaming gets on my ears and some Besdt Friends LPs, which are alright. The LP Jesse Cox, Jirard the Completionist, Greg (the other dude in the Completionist videos) and um... Davis? Whoever that is? did of PT is pretty good. Their reactions to the jump scares feel legit, unlike Markeplier, and Jirard also attempts to complete the game before they get stuck and read up how to actually complete it and it's funny how  they are at the process.
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I'm the kind that likes to look at the environment and take things super slow in stealth games, this revelation along with what I've seen from the interface menu is really killing my enthusiasm for The Evil Within
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ManOfTheYear posted:Are there any good LPs of horror games? I love the sense of seeing somebody to explore the game and trying to figure out what's what, but most of them aren't any good. I've mostly watched TFS Krillin plays but the screaming gets on my ears and some Besdt Friends LPs, which are alright. I really like xxxnatxcutexxx. She does all the Silent Hill and Resident Evil games, all of them blind. It doesn't come off as over the top, there's no phony screaming, it comes off as genuine. She's got a cute british accent and a good sense of humor. Makes me laugh a lot on each video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LI3k0rrw3I
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I'll continue to recommend HarshlyCritical to people that want good playthroughs of (Usually shorter) horror stuff. The guy himself admits that some of his much older stuff is of eh quality for a few reasons, but a lot of his videos are him just being super  about terrible indie horror games and it's great seeing the polar opposite reactions of people like PDP or Markiplier for once.
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Does Evil Within have that mechanic from Saw The Videogame and Fallout: Dead Money where if you get close to some sensors you explode?
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I was pretty excited for The Evil Within until I started seeing the gameplay videos. While RE4 crossed with TLoU sounds like it could work, I'm left wanting by seeing it actually play out. It doesn't help that the guy playing it is pretty bad at it and also pretty boring.
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woodenchicken posted:Does Evil Within have that mechanic from Saw The Videogame and Fallout: Dead Money where if you get close to some sensors you explode? Kinda, they're apparently sensor mines of some variety. You're supposed to be able to dismantle them to make crossbow bolts. I think you can draw enemies near them as well, but the guy playing was just terrible.
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Ah, ok. (I could only force myself to watch a bit of the video) Mines are slightly more acceptable to me than bomb collars.
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Kaboom Dragoon posted:...but the guy playing was just terrible. That makes me wonder if the ghost mechanic won't be as devastating & unavoidable as it appears in that video. Plus, he's playing chapter 9 cold. Assuming the game slowly ramps up the difficulty, managing encounters with the ghost might be something you just get really good at so that it's more like another plate to keep spinning, instead of an outright exploration deterrent that some people in the thread worry it might be.
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Yardbomb posted:I'll continue to recommend HarshlyCritical to people that want good playthroughs of (Usually shorter) horror stuff. The guy himself admits that some of his much older stuff is of eh quality for a few reasons, but a lot of his videos are him just being super I've started watching him since he was linked earlier in this thread and yeah, his older stuff is really cringeworthy and over-the-top but he's a lot cooler and genuine now. Another guy I like to watch is a British guy called storpey but he's a complete pussy and screams at the slightest things, whether it's genuine or not is up to the viewer to decide. Usually entertaining either way.
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Lowtax and Shmorky's LPs of horror games are always good. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdzBCg8nf5uj3Ulkx6Jvl4Yk1b9bdwAZO Though perhaps that's not quite what one would normally look for. But where else could you find LPs of well-known horror classics "Nightmare: Creepy Factory" or "Lumber Island"?
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Yardbomb posted:I'll continue to recommend HarshlyCritical to people that want good playthroughs of (Usually shorter) horror stuff. The guy himself admits that some of his much older stuff is of eh quality for a few reasons, but a lot of his videos are him just being super I like him overall but I think he rambles too much when he plays long games. I got kind of bored with his Silent Hill Origins playthrough because he was going in blind and babbling about how he didn't know how to do anything for the entirety of a 30 minute video. He's pretty likable though, otherwise.
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New Silent Hills trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NptycDmjZfU It looks like a decent horror game but doesn't look at all like a SH game. I feel like they could have just created their own IP and it would still generate a lot of buzz due to the Kojima/Del Toro collab 
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