![]() ![]() The influence Amnesia had on later games was unmistakable and while the series moved towards more proactive and action-oriented entries, the bare bones of the first game can be felt for years down the line. The forced helplessness hit differently once you were looking through Daniel’s eyes and the compelling memory drove you the more forward, eager to unveil the secrets behind the evil Baron and his castle and your role in the whole business. While games had experimented with run-and-hide tactics and sanity meters for years prior, the first person perspective of The Dark Descent and mysterious dark corridors, shadowy creatures and occultism made for a nerve-wracking experience. Now let’s get one thing straight-we can’t discuss Outlast without acknowledging the cult classic Amnesia series-or, at the very least, the first game, The Dark Descent. Spoilers below for the Outlast game series! Haven’t had the opportunity to get chased down in the dark yet? The Outlast series can be purchased for PS4, XBOX, Switch and PC. In contrast you have the shockingly rare games that take their survival horror status seriously and that brings us the real subject of this piece: The Outlast series. By the time you get halfway through, you’re more concerned about resource management than the zombie coming at you. The biggest horror quickly starts to go from having too few items to having too many to carry. These games lean far more heavily toward the “survival” aspect more than anything else-by the time you’ve gotten an hour in, you’ve already started to figure out the pattern to gunning down the equivalent to a small army. The most obvious examples would be of course the longtime heavy hitters: the Silent Hill series, the Resident Evil/Biohazard series and some recent editions like The Evil Within. We’re talking your Dead by Daylight, your Phasmophobia, the now defunct Friday the 13th and the soon to be released Texas Chainsaw Massacre.Īnd finally we have what usually comes to mind when someone mentions “horror game”: survival horror.Įven this category is one I’d split in too. And for a fair few, their monsters literally come out of the 80s. These games have the players completing a series of tasks (usually fiddling with generators) all while being chased by some type of monstrous creature that looks like it came out of the 80s. There is the recent surge of MMO horror games, meant to be played with friends, preferably in the dark. These are the games that developers like Supermassive Games have claimed as their niche- Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures anthology, or else the purview of more indie developers like Monsoon Labs and their hit Sara is Missing. ![]() There is the interactive style of horror, the ones that are essentially horror movies with button prompts, from FMV-style to full mid-cap CGI creations with superstar casts. In the modern era, there are usually three types of horror games. ![]()
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