Dead Space Wants To Scare You

Kotaku recently ran a story questioning whether the survival-horror genre still exists, and how Dead Space may or may not fit into it. With reviews for the game starting to come in, Ars Technica reports that the game is, indeed, both scary and good. Gamespy wrote up a Dead Space survival guide, and Gamasutra has a lengthy interview with the game's senior producer. In the production of the game, the developers studied things like car wrecks and war scenes to increase the level of realism. They also want the game's sounds to terrify players, including appropriately timed silence. The launch trailer is also available, though it does contain spoilers.

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Call of Cthulhu

[nawcom]

I'd say this is the last game that scared the shit out of me. The fact that you don't have any health bar, and that your vision, hearing, and even your heartbeat and breathing pace are affected by the situation can really frighten you. I don't think this game got enough credit. I still haven't finished the game yet.

Here's a nice 10 minute video that gives you the general feeling of the whole game. (minus the 320x240 resolution and lossy quality of course). If you get bored skip to the middle.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vs-7_JlzJg

Re:Maybe it's me

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

You sound like somebody who is in need of a dose of System Shock 2.

Re:Maybe it's me

[d0cu]

First version of AvP was also scary as hell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliens_versus_Predator_(computer_game)