There are a lot of horror game tropes I hate, like:

Jump scares

Cliche monster designs such as mutilated human, ghost woman, singing/giggling little girl, and worst of all, asylum inmate :cringe:

Having 'insanity' as a game mechanic

I also hate when horror games basically screams at you to "Be scared now!!!1!" including things like:

Player character breathing heavily when they see something you're supposed to scared of.

Camera effects such as shaky cam, blurry cam, blood on camera or 'insanity vision'.

A monster screaming in your face

A loud jumpscare music sting

Now, I know what you're thinking, "Dirt_Owl, do you even like horror games at all then?"

The answer is no. No I do not.

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    I agree body horror is very effective when done right, deadhand from Zelda OoT still gives me chills. The type I don't like is when they just have someone with a gash on their torso or a smile carved on their face or something cheesy like that.