Horror Games Megathread

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Butt Ghost: Nov 23, 2013

guys stop crushing my hopes, Kojima is god and Silent Hills will save Silent Hill

and Norman Reedus will accept me as his wife

# ? Apr 1, 2015 03:37

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# ? May 9, 2024 13:18

Pochoclo: Feb 4, 2008; No...; Clapping Larry

Butt Ghost posted:

guys stop crushing my hopes, Kojima is god and Silent Hills will save Silent Hill

and Norman Reedus will accept me as his wife

Reedus is a passably good actor but nothing to get excited about. Call me when they get Robert De Niro or Al Pacino as an aging 50s gangster out of his prime who mistakenly wanders into Silent Hill. You have a building insanity meter that you have to purge by pressing X to ham it up in a loud soliloquy, but this makes the monsters hear you and attack you.

# ? Apr 1, 2015 04:19

Too Shy Guy: Jun 14, 2003; I have destroyed more of your kind than I can count.

Accordion Man posted:

Yeah, they're most likely just going to can it. Konami is probably going to pull out of video games all together, they make more money off pachinko machines and fitness clubs.

If Konami were cool they'd just sell off all their IPs, but- ha ha ha.

It's this. The only reason Silent Hills existed at all is because of Kojima, HQ wanted the series dead after The Room. I could see them keeping a tiny crew on to oversee Winning Eleven and their rhythm games if those still make money in Japan, but they've mismanaged their game division into the ground and just want to wash their hands of it now.

# ? Apr 1, 2015 04:32

A. Beaverhausen: Nov 11, 2008; by R. Guyovich

Zombie Samurai posted:

It's this. The only reason Silent Hills existed at all is because of Kojima, HQ wanted the series dead after The Room. I could see them keeping a tiny crew on to oversee Winning Eleven and their rhythm games if those still make money in Japan, but they've mismanaged their game division into the ground and just want to wash their hands of it now.

Then let's just hope they sell the ip, and to someone who will use it.

# ? Apr 1, 2015 04:57

Lord Chumley: May 14, 2007; Embrace your destiny.

A. Beaverhausen posted:

Then let's just hope they sell the ip, and to someone who will use it.

ahahahaha

# ? Apr 1, 2015 05:05

FirstAidKite: Nov 8, 2009

A. Beaverhausen posted:

Then let's just hope they sell the ip, and to someone who will use it.

Eagerly awaiting "In the Hills of Silence: A Silent Hill MOBA"

# ? Apr 1, 2015 06:09

catlord: Mar 22, 2009; What's on your mind, Axa?

Pochoclo posted:

Reedus is a passably good actor but nothing to get excited about. Call me when they get Robert De Niro or Al Pacino as an aging 50s gangster out of his prime who mistakenly wanders into Silent Hill. You have a building insanity meter that you have to purge by pressing X to ham it up in a loud soliloquy, but this makes the monsters hear you and attack you.

That... actually sounds like a really neat idea, honestly. It could be noir as gently caress in the Otherworld.

# ? Apr 1, 2015 06:18

Len: Jan 21, 2008; Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!

Is it even confirmed that this isn't just an April fools thing?

# ? Apr 1, 2015 11:51

MantisToboggan: Feb 1, 2013

Aw man, and I was really looking forward to an hour-long cutscene where Pyramid Head tells us his life story.

# ? Apr 1, 2015 12:02

Kaboom Dragoon: May 7, 2010; The greatest of feasts

A. Beaverhausen posted:

Then let's just hope they sell the ip, and to someone who will use it.

Good news: Konami puts their ips up for sale.

Bad news: they're snapped up by Capcom and Square Enix.

# ? Apr 1, 2015 12:22

Basticle: Sep 12, 2011

Kaboom Dragoon posted:

Good news: Konami puts their ips up for sale.

Bad news: they're snapped up by Capcom and Square Enix.

Someone like Ubi would be even worse imo

# ? Apr 1, 2015 16:36

Yodzilla: Apr 29, 2005; Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch

Here's hoping Kojima leaves and partners with Del Toro and they make a horror thing on their own away from Konami.

# ? Apr 1, 2015 16:44

1stGear: Jan 16, 2010; Here's to the new us.

Basticle posted:

Someone like Ubi would be even worse imo

Activision. :unsmigghh:

# ? Apr 1, 2015 16:46

Too Shy Guy: Jun 14, 2003; I have destroyed more of your kind than I can count.

Yodzilla posted:

Here's hoping Kojima leaves and partners with Del Toro and they make a horror thing on their own away from Konami.

This is the best possible outcome, and not unlikely either. Kojima's not going to have any trouble being an independent developer. I could see him making the exact same game he was going to and calling it Noisy Valleys or something.

# ? Apr 1, 2015 18:12

Basticle: Sep 12, 2011

I havent been keeping up csn someone sumarize or link to something explaining whats been so bad about konami in recent years?

# ? Apr 1, 2015 18:26

dijon du jour: Mar 27, 2013; _{I'm shy}

Basticle posted:

I havent been keeping up csn someone sumarize or link to something explaining whats been so bad about konami in recent years?

_{(Credit: Voidburger)}

# ? Apr 1, 2015 18:50

Lord Chumley: May 14, 2007; Embrace your destiny.

dijon du jour posted:

_{(Credit: Voidburger)}

hey jerkburger wheres contra and goemon?

# ? Apr 1, 2015 19:07

khy: Aug 15, 2005

Do the Dead Space games fit in this megathread or are they too action and not enough horror?

# ? Apr 1, 2015 19:08

RightClickSaveAs: Mar 1, 2001; Tiny animals under glass... Smaller than sand...

khy posted:

Do the Dead Space games fit in this megathread or are they too action and not enough horror?

Sure I think they fit here fine, there's been off and on discussion about them before. They were also one of the closest things we had to big budget horror games until Alien Isolation came along. I only played the first one though, the series didn't grab me much.

# ? Apr 1, 2015 19:48

GulagDolls: Jun 4, 2011

khy posted:

Do the Dead Space games fit in this megathread or are they too action and not enough horror?

the baby alien jumped at me and I got scared.

# ? Apr 1, 2015 19:52

Yodzilla: Apr 29, 2005; Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch

DS1 is horror, DS2 is horror-action, DS3 is pure action but also poop.

# ? Apr 1, 2015 20:29

Too Shy Guy: Jun 14, 2003; I have destroyed more of your kind than I can count.

Basticle posted:

I havent been keeping up csn someone sumarize or link to something explaining whats been so bad about konami in recent years?

Konami Japan doesn't want to publish video games anymore. There's a myriad of reasons for that, but most of them stem from executive mismanagement of their games division.

# ? Apr 1, 2015 21:26

Gann Jerrod: Sep 9, 2005; A gun isn't a gun unless it shoots Magic.

Meanwhile in good Japanese horror news, Fatal Frame 5 is getting localized!

# ? Apr 1, 2015 23:38

Leper Residue: Sep 28, 2003; To where no dog has gone before.

Gann Jerrod posted:

Meanwhile in good Japanese horror news, Fatal Frame 5 is getting localized!

Hooray, erotic horror gameplay!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhfkJ3cG9EE

# ? Apr 2, 2015 00:01

catlord: Mar 22, 2009; What's on your mind, Axa?

Gann Jerrod posted:

Meanwhile in good Japanese horror news, Fatal Frame 5 is getting localized!

Holy poo poo yes. I need to finish 2, it's one of very few games that's freaked me out.

# ? Apr 2, 2015 00:08

al-azad: May 28, 2009

Leper Residue posted:

Hooray, erotic horror gameplay!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhfkJ3cG9EE

*nosebleed geyser*

# ? Apr 2, 2015 00:35

discworld is all I read: Apr 7, 2009; DAIJOUBU!! ... Daijoubu ?? ?

catlord posted:

Holy poo poo yes. I need to finish 2, it's one of very few games that's freaked me out.

While 2 was good, it did have some pretty bad pacing and plot problems. I still honestly feel that 3 was the better out of the original trilogy but it still pretty much required playing the first two games to get a real understanding of what was going on. And then 4 was just a bizarre, buggy mess with boob physics covering up a reasonably nice setting and story.

# ? Apr 2, 2015 01:06

A. Beaverhausen: Nov 11, 2008; by R. Guyovich

Did Tsukiko Amano do a song for 5?

E: Found it. The chorus is nice at least, but her others were better. Fives song actually sounds kind of light.

A. Beaverhausen fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Apr 2, 2015

# ? Apr 2, 2015 02:33

Industrial: May 31, 2001; Everyone here wishes I would ragequit my life

Xenomrph posted:

The Jigsaw Killer from the Saw movies, The Collector from 'The Collector'/'The Collection'.

I haven't seen The Collection so maybe it changes but he sure as hell seemed supernatural in The Collector when he elaborately trapped the entire house in like 5 minutes.

# ? Apr 2, 2015 02:43

Yodzilla: Apr 29, 2005; Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch

Leper Residue posted:

Hooray, erotic horror gameplay!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhfkJ3cG9EE

What the gently caress?

# ? Apr 2, 2015 02:45

khy: Aug 15, 2005

Yodzilla posted:

DS1 is horror, DS2 is horror-action, DS3 is pure action but also poop.

This is an amazing summary and we need a game akin to DS1 in terms of horror.

The ishimura was a FANTASTIC, creepyasfuck environment. The station in 2 was great but just nowhere near as creepy as the Ishimura.

Going through a dimly lit corridor with that hosed up organic growth all over the walls was creepy as gently caress and I loved it.

I'm a pussy when it comes to most horror stuff, and I ALWAYS fall for jumpscares, but I loved the DS1/2 games. gently caress 3. gently caress it forever.

# ? Apr 2, 2015 05:11

Xenomrph: Dec 9, 2005; AvP Nerd/Fanboy/Shill

Industrial posted:

I haven't seen The Collection so maybe it changes but he sure as hell seemed supernatural in The Collector when he elaborately trapped the entire house in like 5 minutes.

He had it rigged up before the main character entered the house.

# ? Apr 2, 2015 11:18

Kaboom Dragoon: May 7, 2010; The greatest of feasts

Industrial posted:

I haven't seen The Collection so maybe it changes but he sure as hell seemed supernatural in The Collector when he elaborately trapped the entire house in like 5 minutes.

I ducked out of the first one about 20 minutes in for some reason (can't remember a thing about the movie, so I may be wrong about it) but I hear the second is a vast improvement and actually a solid film.

# ? Apr 2, 2015 12:43