What if Halo was a horror game? And other Halloween tales

by **CunningSmile** » 31 Oct 12 3:47 pm

Games that could make fantastic horror games if handled differently?

Dead Space 3?

Resident Evil 6?

Too soon?

by **OXM ETboy** » 31 Oct 12 3:57 pm

I did consider putting Resident Evil on the end there - it would have been a masterful zing. But I'm too kind, dear.

by **FishyGinger** » 31 Oct 12 4:16 pm

Resi 6? Zing indeed, the horror element was the only thing that wasn't scary.

Timesplitters 2 is the scariest thing I've ever played. Split screen virus mode. Being chased by a flaming duckman drake as it squawks is a horrible feeling, then running into the toasty gingerbread man.

by **comabob** » 31 Oct 12 6:59 pm

I wanna see some developer copy the bully setup but cross a little Deadly Premonition (town full of NPCs who behave like actual people) and a little Clock Tower (constantly pursued by a menacing killer)

Keep the protagonist as a child - keep the schoolyard highjinx - but once its dark a creepy killer stalks the school bumping off characters. Being an intrepid young rapscallion you embark on a DP style investigation in the school/town while constantly threatened by nighttime attacks.

Slap a R* logo on it and ill buy that for a dollar.

As far as games on 360 that do exist - Condemned 1 is the only true horror game imho

by **msbhvn** » 31 Oct 12 7:46 pm

I was going to put Condemned on tonight, being Halloween, but Dead Island "shouldn't be called Game of the Year edition" was on my backlog pile and I'm a bit sick of Borderlands 2, so I started that instead.

by **CunningSmile** » 1 Nov 12 9:24 am

comabob wrote:I wanna see some developer copy the bully setup but cross a little Deadly Premonition (town full of NPCs who behave like actual people) and a little Clock Tower (constantly pursued by a menacing killer)

Keep the protagonist as a child - keep the schoolyard highjinx - but once its dark a creepy killer stalks the school bumping off characters. Being an intrepid young rapscallion you embark on a DP style investigation in the school/town while constantly threatened by nighttime attacks.

Slap a R* logo on it and ill buy that for a dollar.

As far as games on 360 that do exist - Condemned 1 is the only true horror game imho

Oo, here's my dollar too!!!

by **Dowgle** » 1 Nov 12 3:00 pm

FishyGinger wrote:Resi 6? Zing indeed, the horror element was the only thing that wasn't scary.

Timesplitters 2 is the scariest thing I've ever played. Split screen virus mode. Being chased by a flaming duckman drake as it squawks is a horrible feeling, then running into the toasty gingerbread man.

The virus mode on Timesplitters scares the bejesusssss out of me, especially if you're the last one alive. Great, great game.

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