Level of Scariness?

[Calvinball8]

I'm very intrigued by this game, however I'm not great with horror games. I love Omori and a recent obscure game called Pleh! that I would highly recommend, and those are both definitely manageable for me.

I presume due to being survival horror it's more focused on a tense atmosphere and fear from mechanics rather that random jumpscares, which I think is within my personal boundaries. But just in case, is it particularly scary scary or just tense and makes you panic?

[goka9696]

I expected the game to be much scarier than it actually turned out to be. There are a lot of moments where you expect a jumpscare to happen but they don't. If you are worried about jumpscares you can get Signalis, there's pretty much 0 of them.

[Happyguy22]

It's more sad than scary.

[Knives]

You get a selection of guns on your way through and ammo is plentiful, after the first 3 rooms with enemies the level of "scary" tends to die down.

[Calvinball8]

Originally posted by Dot:

You get a selection of guns on your way through and ammo is plentiful, after the first 3 rooms with enemies the level of "scary" tends to die down.

I did end up getting the game and uh...
what game are you playing where there's plentiful ammo? The game definitely is within my comfort zone, but ammo is a major problem throughout the game. In fact it's probably a bigger issue than enemies.

[Knives]

lol felt pretty plentiful to me tbh, but ig that was just me naturally conserving ammo.

[StrayBard]

You do enter some dark area with enemies and may need flashlight to navigate those and the shrieks sometimes did surprise me in the starting levels (not sure if this counts as a jumpscare) but I quickly got used to them after getting through the starting levels.
so far there are no in-your-face jumpscares (like Five nights at Freddys or slenderman or outlast).

If anything, I felt less hesitant as I continued to play the game and more intrigued (the tense atmosphere and dread still remained and some things got creepier) and I think you'll like it do. I used to be very scared of Survival horror and avoid them like the plague, but this game makes me want to try out stuff like resident evil and dead space :D

To make the game less scary:
- Play in daylight or well lit rooms, Raise the brightness on your game if need be if you are having trouble seeing stuff.
- Take a break from playing on rough day
- Lower the game/volume, and/or listen to some motivating music when you play the game (I sometimes like to listen to rock when playing horror games or scary levels - makes me feel awesome. However I didn't need to use this method for signalis since it has a very beautiful score)
- Look up guides or maps if you want to know enemy and map positions (Seldom used this method except when I was making things WAY more complicated for myself and feeling frustrated) there are several on steam and some are spoiler free
- Check the game's main website for content warnings

Overall I think Signalis is a game everyone should play if they are able to not because it is amazing work of gaming and art (though it is very much that) but because it invites you to speculate and fill in the blanks in some areas and its got some amazing characters. I cannot say anymore without spoilers but I invite you to come down this rabbit hole join us.*

If for any reason you find Signalis isn't the kind of horror game you wanted, you still should be to get a refund within a week of playing or before you play two hours of it (whichever one comes sooner). Also be careful browsing online - since the game has been out for a while there are some people already sharing minor spoilers.

*You'll see soon enough what I mean by this, Have Fun and Remember your Promise!

[Calvinball8]

Originally posted by StrayBardArt:

You do enter some dark area with enemies and may need flashlight to navigate those and the shrieks sometimes did surprise me in the starting levels (not sure if this counts as a jumpscare) but I quickly got used to them after getting through the starting levels.
so far there are no in-your-face jumpscares (like Five nights at Freddys or slenderman or outlast).

If anything, I felt less hesitant as I continued to play the game and more intrigued (the tense atmosphere and dread still remained and some things got creepier) and I think you'll like it do. I used to be very scared of Survival horror and avoid them like the plague, but this game makes me want to try out stuff like resident evil and dead space :D

To make the game less scary:
- Play in daylight or well lit rooms, Raise the brightness on your game if need be if you are having trouble seeing stuff.
- Take a break from playing on rough day
- Lower the game/volume, and/or listen to some motivating music when you play the game (I sometimes like to listen to rock when playing horror games or scary levels - makes me feel awesome. However I didn't need to use this method for signalis since it has a very beautiful score)
- Look up guides or maps if you want to know enemy and map positions (Seldom used this method except when I was making things WAY more complicated for myself and feeling frustrated) there are several on steam and some are spoiler free
- Check the game's main website for content warnings

Overall I think Signalis is a game everyone should play if they are able to not because it is amazing work of gaming and art (though it is very much that) but because it invites you to speculate and fill in the blanks in some areas and its got some amazing characters. I cannot say anymore without spoilers but I invite you to come down this rabbit hole join us.*

If for any reason you find Signalis isn't the kind of horror game you wanted, you still should be to get a refund within a week of playing or before you play two hours of it (whichever one comes sooner). Also be careful browsing online - since the game has been out for a while there are some people already sharing minor spoilers.

*You'll see soon enough what I mean by this, Have Fun and Remember your Promise!

Thanks for the very long and thorough invitation, but I already finished Nowhere, so I'm fairly well-acquainted with the level of scariness at this point. But thanks for the very well-written response!

[StrayBard]

Originally posted by Calvinball8:

Originally posted by StrayBardArt:

You do enter some dark area with enemies and may need flashlight to navigate those and the shrieks sometimes did surprise me in the starting levels (not sure if this counts as a jumpscare) but I quickly got used to them after getting through the starting levels.
so far there are no in-your-face jumpscares (like Five nights at Freddys or slenderman or outlast).

If anything, I felt less hesitant as I continued to play the game and more intrigued (the tense atmosphere and dread still remained and some things got creepier) and I think you'll like it do. I used to be very scared of Survival horror and avoid them like the plague, but this game makes me want to try out stuff like resident evil and dead space :D

To make the game less scary:
- Play in daylight or well lit rooms, Raise the brightness on your game if need be if you are having trouble seeing stuff.
- Take a break from playing on rough day
- Lower the game/volume, and/or listen to some motivating music when you play the game (I sometimes like to listen to rock when playing horror games or scary levels - makes me feel awesome. However I didn't need to use this method for signalis since it has a very beautiful score)
- Look up guides or maps if you want to know enemy and map positions (Seldom used this method except when I was making things WAY more complicated for myself and feeling frustrated) there are several on steam and some are spoiler free
- Check the game's main website for content warnings

Overall I think Signalis is a game everyone should play if they are able to not because it is amazing work of gaming and art (though it is very much that) but because it invites you to speculate and fill in the blanks in some areas and its got some amazing characters. I cannot say anymore without spoilers but I invite you to come down this rabbit hole join us.*

If for any reason you find Signalis isn't the kind of horror game you wanted, you still should be to get a refund within a week of playing or before you play two hours of it (whichever one comes sooner). Also be careful browsing online - since the game has been out for a while there are some people already sharing minor spoilers.

*You'll see soon enough what I mean by this, Have Fun and Remember your Promise!

Thanks for the very long and thorough invitation, but I already finished Nowhere, so I'm fairly well-acquainted with the level of scariness at this point. But thanks for the very well-written response!

You're welcome happy to help

[Narumanu]

It's not really scary imo, and it has a great atmosphere and that is what matters
also not ♥♥♥♥♥♥ jumpscares

[Spaceman]

This game helped prepare me for other survival horror games like Amnesia, turns out things are less scary when you can fight back. I chickened out of Ib though, that game is something else. I will also never play a Five Nights at Freddy's game because I do not like jumpscares.