This is a little off topic compared to the other posts, but
it is game related so I thought I should put it on here. I found out about this
indie game the other day called SCP containment breach. It's a survival horror,
and I think it is still currently in development, although you can download it
here.
The one thing that made it stand out was that it was particularly
effective and terrifying. I can't watch a play though of this game, let alone
play it myself. Its graphics are, to be honest, really bad, but the game play
makes it. The player must try and escape a falsity. There are creatures that
move towards you very fast, and are deadly, but they can only move if you are
not looking at them. It's much like the angels out of doctor who. The player
has a blink meter, and they can press space bar to blink manually. Here's a
sample of what it is like.
I'm really quite impressed, simply because this game has
grasped something that so many horror games don't. Jump scares are all well and
good, but they don't make a game truly scary. The psychological horror element
is missing. For example, dead space compared to this looks fantastic, but I
find myself more afraid of the things I cannot see, even if it's just a blobby
model.
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