Confession: I Can’t Play Scary Games
Although I’ve known this for quite some time, I’ve only recently come to terms and admitted by biggest failure of as a man: scary video games scare the crap out of me. I’m honestly not that sure why, because scary movies don’t really bother me. I think it might have something to do with being IN CONTROL of the scary situation.
Because of this problem I haven’t been able to play some of the best games out there. Good examples are Bioshock, Doom 3, and any survival horror game out there (the Resident Evils, Elmo’s World). If I play a scary game for any length I am absolutely exhausted! I will inch through the levels peeking around every corner the whole time having my body extremely tense. I get done playing and I’m not even relaxed (which is why I play video games). Luckily some companies are coming out with solutions to this problem, such as cooperative play in Left4Dead. If i have one of my hard chargin’ buddies with me it’s just not as scary!
How about you guys, you like scary games?
November 11th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
S.T.A.L.K.E.R scared the shit out of me. I played that for like an hour and it was uninstalled. Haha.
November 11th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
YAY first post after Hijack… I’m still Alive!! Anyway, I wouldn’t say I really ever get scared in a game, more of a series of panic attacks when things startle me, like in F.E.A.R. when Alma randomly appears to make me shit my pants. I had to calm down during a lot of that game, oh and the original silent hill on playstation had an everlasting effect on me too. I guess its more of a rush rather than fright, but either way I am drawn to those type of games. Doom III failed miserably in all aspects of that, but bioshock wins awards!!
November 12th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Yeah I’m not usually SCARED the entire time, but it’s the anticipation that makes me tense up and ultimately not enjoy playing the game.
Back to 8-bit games for me!
November 12th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Dude the bottomless pits of Mario are far more scary then the corridors of Dead Space, or Bioshock….