Is the horror genre dead?

[Emilio]

Just about every horror game i have seen and played for the last decade have just been jump scares with little to no atmosphere. Is there any hope for a good atmospheric psychological horror game in the future.

[iza]

If people still prefer FNAF and other Youtuber bait over decent stuff, yes, it is.

[Swegkart64]

Escrito originalmente por Shaw:

If people still prefer FNAF and other Youtuber bait over decent stuff, yes, it is.

[iza]

Escrito originalmente por Swegkart64:

Escrito originalmente por Shaw:

If people still prefer FNAF and other Youtuber bait over decent stuff, yes, it is.

I'll change that, ty. :D

[Ishan451]

Horror games never been alive, if you want to disregard jumpscares. Every Horror Game had Jumpscares. Resident Evil was one big Jumpscare simulator, so was Silent Hill. And those were the only big two games.

Alone in the Dark, if you want to add that to the list, but that is about it.

[Emilio]

Escrito originalmente por Ishan451:

Horror games never been alive, if you want to disregard jumpscares. Every Horror Game had Jumpscares. Resident Evil was one big Jumpscare simulator, so was Silent Hill. And those were the only big two games.

Alone in the Dark, if you want to add that to the list, but that is about it.

Well there are games like Metro 2033, which never used jump scares but made an atmosphere so thick you could cut it with a knife. That may not be 100% horror but it's still so much more scary then what a bunch of jump scares could accomplish.

[󠀡󠀡]

Get Spooky's House of Jumpscares. Don't be fooled by the name, and don't play through the first 10 minutes thinking that nothing's gonna happen. Also, it's free. (And it's not just jumpscares, either. Jumpscares will be the last thing to worry about.)

[mong]

Alien: Isolation was probably the best horror game of 2014.
Unless you count the death scenes with the Alien.
Excluding that, it was a solid horror game. I actually enjoyed playing it instead of being scared of jumpscares. And I barely ever like horror games for that reason. Outlast is one of those.

[supertrooper225]

Nah...there are still some decent horror games every now and again. If you are talking about getting scared I can't really comment on that, I haven't been scared by a video game one time. But Alien Iso has been mentioned already and it should. That is a very cool game, reminds me of a lot of older horror games.

There are many people that would not agree....but The Evil Within was actually a lot of fun. Feels like a cross between RE 4 and Silent Hill. Note that it is from the dev of RE though...so it is more about body horror than full blown psychological horror like Silent Hill. It isn't all that scary...but I never found games scary anyway. It does get the tone right.

[freed]

Frictional Games gave up more-or-less on Penumbra and Amnesia; The new Silent Hill and Resident Evil games aren't scary anymore (i.e Downpour, yet a game that could of turned out pretty good, Silent Hills, got cancelled.)

So yeah, if you disregard cheap jumpscare games like FNAF, it's kind of dead atm.

[Zauberblümele]

I had more scary moments in Alien: Colonial Marines or Alien vs Predator then in Metro 2033.
My favourite all-time horror game is Predator: Concrete Jungle.
But its not scary, because youre the Predator.
I heard Alien Isolation should be scary, may try this one.
Ive seen gameplays and the Alien is too random or dumb to make it scary.
At least there are dark environments and if you turn on your flashlights you can read amazing friendly messages like "f... you" on the wall, uncensonred, well i guess thats what the developers thought about the customers.
Well, what is a psychological horror game anyways?
Imagine a game without jumpscares, what you dont like, what should create horror in a video game then?
Really brutal written dialogues?
Playing in a complete dark scenario?
The most fear playing a game Ive had was in Fallout 3 , when I decided to take a walk in the subway tunnels and explore them.
But my Powerarmor and Minigun reduced the horror factor a little bit.
Fallout New Vegas was totally unscary for example.
So the only way to find a good horror game for you is to try out different games and maybe you find one with psychological horror, Ive never played a game like this or know any game by title of this genre, but good luck.

[SlyMeerkat]

Horror games have never scared me but i do like a good jump scare.

[the_prophet1987]

Play all of Frictional's games if you haven't already (Amnesia,Penumbra series).Great atmospaire,sounds and music.They know how to keep you terrified instead of jump scares.And they know how to play with your mind too.

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

They cancelled Silent Hills P.T. to rework it with more jump-scares and have less actual story or writing or horror because deep psychological and atmospheric horror doesn't get the youtube hits that jump-scares allow youtubers to overreact to.

It will be about working at a fast food place, and called "Five Nights at Silent Hill Burger."