Horror Games I've Played

I'm a little more comfortable with horror video games. Let's dive into a few.

One of these I played for the Xbox 360 called Dead Rising. It was a very early title and it was inspired by George Romero's Dead films. In a shopping mall, you're a journalist, trying to figure out what is going on in Colorado. The graphics are a step up from the previous generation. Tons of stuff on screen. Plenty of zombies to kill in various ways. A lot of scary and rock music add to the audio. Lots of objectives, optional rescues. An arsenal of weapons and health items. Experience points to help improve stats. Couple knocks include poor AI and only one save game slot. Plenty of content. Try it out to see how you feel, but my recommendation is the second game.

This game I tried on the PlayStation back around 2000 was Dino Crisis. Resident Evil with dinosaurs.  An elite group trying solve problems on an island, but things don't go as planned. It has the scares, especially if dinosaurs catch your scent. More about survival instead of going guns blazing. There is an eeriness to the graphics that while good, it leaves on the edge. Same can be said for the audio. A lot of puzzles and scares, it is a game to look at if you're not interested or had enough time with Resident Evil.

Last for this blog, I'm going camping. Friday the 13th is one I've played on and off for about a year. You get to play as counselors or Jason. As counselors, you set traps, repair vehicles, or call cops to escape or simply survive. Jason's goal is killing the counselors through various kills and make things harder such as shutting off the power to cabins. Both aspects have various pros and cons to characters, so choose wisely. The graphics are spooky and when the music kicks in, run. My only complaints are offline not being as good and online being the only way to play it. You want that kick of 80s nostalgia, the game will be an obvious choice.

Horror Appeal

It's that time of the year again. Everyone is in for Halloween and the trick or treating. As always networks and studios are looking towards movies for success and airtime. Same with television as shows try at least one episode around the time of the month if they aren't doing it every year.

Unfortunately, I'm not entertained by horror. The idea of being scared leaves me a bit uneasy. It's not the case with every horror movie, but I don't make an incentive to watch all these films that air. I do like stuff like Jaws, although that's more suspenseful than trying to scare people in my opinion. Zombie stuff doesn't bother me too much. It depends on the level of horror and blood and gore. I can tolerate some blood, but other times, it makes me a bit queasy. Something like Friday the 13th or Elm Street would more than likely want me changing the channel.

I'm more comfortable with video games. Resident Evil, Dino Crisis, Doom. Tons of games that have horror elements. Maybe because they know not to go overboard most of the time. Television wise, it depends. Light hearted comedies, I can laugh a lot. Drama, it depends, but I wouldn't be against it fully. I wouldn't mind reading some books. I do have some like The Shining for example.

Take it or leave it, horror isn't something I'm entertained about. Oh well. But I'm not against watching some stuff that airs in October.