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A horror game where you play a two year old child, due for release next year. A brilliant idea, and my word is it creepy.

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Blimey, it looks like Amnesia: The Early Years...

Very interesting concept though. I don't think i've seen a game play from a baby's perspective since Rugrats.

Horror games and horror in general do not scare me. Won't Play.

/machohat

I'm pretty sure the point isn't to scare you anyway. Most people aren't scared of them.

Gah, fuck that shit. I'll probably get that and play it with the lights on, I'm not afraid to say that games like this scare the fuck out of me but I find that it's that feeling of terror in the throat that compels me to continue.

Most people apart from Pete.

Did you play amnesia pants? Did you?!

I think I would rather have some extreme real life situation to deal with than some pretendy powerless run away and hide computer game to play. I hate the fact that you can't even think about trying to hurt the fucking things that walk round.

HereComesPete wrote:Gah, fuck that shit. I'll probably get that and play it with the lights on, I'm not afraid to say that games like this scare the fuck out of me but I find that it's that feeling of terror in the throat that compels me to continue.

^ THIS! D:

Amnesia wasn't scary. It was bloody annoying though. Stay in the light, you get eaten. Hide in the dark, you go mental.

Normally that would freak me out slightly, but as the owner of a 2 year old that adds a whole new layer of headfuckery. Do not like (but in a 'I would like to play this kind of way')

That looks fun.

Legoshoes wrote:I don't think i've seen a game play from a baby's perspective since Rugrats.

The start of Fallout 3. I loved that bit, but I wanted to take Teddy with me into adulthood.

In AvP2 you played a facehugger then a chest burster. Does that count?

Thompy wrote:Horror games and horror in general do not scare me.

I think you have to allow yourself to be scared, that's what I do anyway, at least when no-one is watching. It's much more fun that way, I have a few drinks and get myself in a state of mind where I'm jumping at shadows - I find it enhances the experience. Of course I'm not actually scared. Obviously.

I think for me, it's all down to how the horror is presented. Jumpy type scare horror isn't actually scary.

Anticipation type horrors that manage to convey a feeling of dread do tend to make my brown star twitch a bit.

buzzmong wrote:I think for me, it's all down to how the horror is presented. Jumpy type scare horror isn't actually scary.

Anticpation type horrors that manage to convey a feeling of dread do tend to make my brown star twitch a bit.

The "Boo! A Monster!" on it's own stuff is dickish, but the slightly off-kilter, something's a bit wrong in this otherwise normal environment, is creepy and starts a tingle in my neck which trickles down my back. It's not an unpleasant feeling. Then you catch a glimpse of something nasty ahead and you're 'what the shitting fuck was that?' and you have to peep around the door but there's nothing there and then the surprise thing works because then the monster's behind you and it's eating your face off, although that isn't what happened - it was just a chair fell over and you imagined the rest.

I find games scarier than movies if I'm honest, not entirely sure why that is, perhaps because the games are more immersive, and it's my actions making sure that I don't get killed. Plus, if it's FPS, then the scare is all up in my grill rather than far away on a cinema/TV screen!

That, and like Fab, having a two year old adds something to horror (or anything really) involving children.

I backed this! Still looks interesting enough to have a punt on.

They've released an alpha build to backers, which is an interesting tactic to do it before the KS has finished. I've not played it long because I don't want to play it in a well lit room with the TV blaring, but the 2-year-old perspective does add a creepy element to the standard dark-with-creepy-noises horror environment.

Beyond: Two Souls has some similarly creepy moments when you're playing the main character when she's a little girl. It's oddly kinda normal for the protagonist, but very creepy for the player.