Thing is i like it for the vibe, story, atmosphere. The gameplay itself is meh
I think you're onto something here. Vibe, story, and atmosphere are the key ingredients of a horror game. Gameplay is secondary, but can really enhance the vibe and atmosphere part if executed well.
If i think back to some of my most favourite horror games the gameplay generally hasn't been that great. I still have very strong memories of crawling through spider infested tunnels with some glow sticks in penumbra and coming across notes left behind and it sending chills down my spine. No monsters just imagination, writing, atmosphere. Signalis is similar, basic gameplay yet one of the most effective psychological horrors I've played in years.
One thing that actually felt revolutionary to me is the concept of a stalking monster which alien isolation did so perfectly. That game for me is my revolutionary horror game. And on the back of that Mr X in resi 2 remake and amnesia the bunker are just perfect.
Third person shooting, qte's, action focus gameplay, a resounding meh. Winback is my third person shooter of choice, so much fun to try and beat my times on that game.
I do like dead space but that game sits in isolation to everything else re4 spawned. I don't even like dead space 2 or 3 just the first one.
Thing is i like it for the vibe, story, atmosphere. The gameplay itself is meh
I didn't even bother playing Dead Space 3 lol
I think you're onto something here. Vibe, story, and atmosphere are the key ingredients of a horror game. Gameplay is secondary, but can really enhance the vibe and atmosphere part if executed well.
If i think back to some of my most favourite horror games the gameplay generally hasn't been that great. I still have very strong memories of crawling through spider infested tunnels with some glow sticks in penumbra and coming across notes left behind and it sending chills down my spine. No monsters just imagination, writing, atmosphere. Signalis is similar, basic gameplay yet one of the most effective psychological horrors I've played in years.
One thing that actually felt revolutionary to me is the concept of a stalking monster which alien isolation did so perfectly. That game for me is my revolutionary horror game. And on the back of that Mr X in resi 2 remake and amnesia the bunker are just perfect.
Third person shooting, qte's, action focus gameplay, a resounding meh. Winback is my third person shooter of choice, so much fun to try and beat my times on that game.
Signalis is a beautiful game. Really well made. Good distillation of 90s survival horror gameplay.