OMG it looks SO good - but I'm so bad at horror!

[Bad Whippet]

The graphics look sensational, and it's set on an oil rig (what's not to love about that)! I just so badly want this game...

But I suck at horror! I really do find them genuinely terrifying. Mainly jump scares and things too tough to fight. I think I know what the answers will be like, but is it very, VERY scary? If it helps, I loved Alien Isolation because most of that could be stealthed, but hated Dead Space because there was no way to stealth past the horrors of that!

[ꉔꏂ꒐꒒ꇙ]

There's no combat in the game. If you've played "Outlast" that's more of what you should expect (hiding)

[Bad Whippet]

Hiding I can do. Fighting, not so much. Thank you - this was really helpful! Buying it!

[Sleeper Service]

There's a few quick time events to follow (key presses in certain orders), you can hide when you need to and you can throw things around to distract the monster. Think Alien Isolation, and this is certainly one of the best game releases in the 10 years since that arrived and wowed us all.

[Strontiumdog]

It's not too bad from a jumpscare perspective. If you are claustrophobic though... Well..

[Bad Whippet]

I LOVED Alien Isolation (well, Locker Simulator...). So this one sounds like exactly the sort of game I can still play.

[Rai]

While there is no fighting, there are quite a few chase scenes and sneak scenes even on Story mode.

It was a great game, but if jump scares and being chased bother you, I strongly advise you do just watch some play-throughs of it or grab it on sale. I have clinically diagnosed PTSD and being chased, in games and in real life, are triggers for me but I ended up getting it after being promised that there were only "2-3 chase scenes that can easily be avoided if you sneak well enough" and, being a great sneak in games, I figured I'd be safe. There are not 2-3 chase scenes. There are at least ten sneak events where there is a high chance of you being caught regardless of how well you sneak. There are several (at least three) incidents where a jump scare turns into you being grabbed and then having to break free and run. There are at least two events where you have to run through a door to shut it between you and the enemy or it'll keep coming.

It is a fun game, but if you genuinely fear being chased, jump scares, and not being able to fight back, I'd maybe wait on it over spending full price for a game you can't play. I almost threw the controller and quit when I reached the eight chase scene in a row and then had several, smaller, back to back events one directly after the other toward the end.

[The Great Linguini]

Originally posted by Rai:

While there is no fighting, there are quite a few chase scenes and sneak scenes even on Story mode.

It was a great game, but if jump scares and being chased bother you, I strongly advise you do just watch some play-throughs of it or grab it on sale. I have clinically diagnosed PTSD and being chased, in games and in real life, are triggers for me but I ended up getting it after being promised that there were only "2-3 chase scenes that can easily be avoided if you sneak well enough" and, being a great sneak in games, I figured I'd be safe. There are not 2-3 chase scenes. There are at least ten sneak events where there is a high chance of you being caught regardless of how well you sneak. There are several (at least three) incidents where a jump scare turns into you being grabbed and then having to break free and run. There are at least two events where you have to run through a door to shut it between you and the enemy or it'll keep coming.

It is a fun game, but if you genuinely fear being chased, jump scares, and not being able to fight back, I'd maybe wait on it over spending full price for a game you can't play. I almost threw the controller and quit when I reached the eight chase scene in a row and then had several, smaller, back to back events one directly after the other toward the end.

Really appreciated this comment. I'm one of those folks who doesn't enjoy chasing/hiding sequences mostly due to the anxiety of it all. Having now gotten through a chunk of the game and experienced a bit of this, I was wondering how much I would have to "look forward to" for the rest of the game without outright spoiling what, I think, is a great story. This comment gave a bit of peace, and now I can be a bit more prepared.

If I know the scares are coming, even only in a vague sense, then it is a lot more manageable from an anxiety perspective. Thank you.

[Bad Whippet]

I really appreciated this post too. I've been chased a few times but, after being caught a few times too, it's not as terrifying as I thought it might be. The terror is creeping around the things. I'm not sure how far in I am, but it's a terrific story, incredible setting (like mind-blowingly good setting), fantastic acting - but scary as ****!

[Bad Whippet]

Just updating to say WOW! What an incredible game!!! For anyone else who stumbles across this post with equal 'fear', I've left a review where I've added some hidden spoilers to explain what sort of scares you might encounter, and a second lot of spoilers that DO spoil! But tell you were the worst bits are.

[Rai]

Originally posted by The Great Linguini:

Really appreciated this comment. I'm one of those folks who doesn't enjoy chasing/hiding sequences mostly due to the anxiety of it all. Having now gotten through a chunk of the game and experienced a bit of this, I was wondering how much I would have to "look forward to" for the rest of the game without outright spoiling what, I think, is a great story. This comment gave a bit of peace, and now I can be a bit more prepared.

If I know the scares are coming, even only in a vague sense, then it is a lot more manageable from an anxiety perspective. Thank you.

Absolutely! I loved the game so much. It definitely caused some panic after the moments, but I was able to finish it (albeit while screaming and begging it to end soon lmao) and absolutely loved the story.

[Echo]

It doesn't have jump scares at all. I wouln't say it's a real horror too, it becomes tense at times but mostly a narrative walking simulator. Nice game anyway, finished it on game pass.