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What happened to the horror in survival horror?

As publishers try to make their survival horror games appeal to a wider audience, are they ruining what makes the genre great in the first place?

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Etseix4335d ago

I think it should say "What happened to the survival horror games?" you just can not take horror from survival horror D:

GuyThatPlaysGames4335d ago

Horror is still out there. It's just that the companies have sold out and are making these "horror" games less horror-ish and more action oriented. It's just that the developer needs to do it right.

Sadie21004335d ago

I think Michael Bay has something to do with this. I'm not sure.

LOGICWINS4335d ago (Edited 4335d ago )

Possibly. After watching the last three Transformers films, the only thing I know for sure about Michael Bay is that he believes that his audience is just as perverted and explosion obsessed as he is.

I actually think Uncharted 2 has A LOT to do with it. Ever since then, game franchises have become more cinematic...thus unintentionally losing some of the charm they previously had, in this case, horror.

Mass Effect 2 and RE5 became too shooter heavy due to the general demand for action shooters. RE6 is now mimicking Uncharted 2 set pieces in order to grasp that cinematic flair.

Bimkoblerutso4335d ago

It's true. Everything is trying to be Uncharted 2 now...Max Payne, Dead Space, Tomb Raider, Lost Planet, Splinter Cell, just to name a few.

I mean, don't get me wrong, Uncharted is one of my favorite franchises and many of these games will almost certainly be absolutely great, but from the look of things it's at the cost of their respective identities.

LOGICWINS4335d ago

^^Don't know why your getting disagrees. Your absolutely right.

mistajeff4335d ago

I absolutely agree about the Uncharted 2 effect. I personally believe Uncharted 2 is one of the greatest games ever made, but you can't ignore the impact it's had on these other franchises. I was extremely disappointed with Splinter Cell's E3 demo-- sure, objectively, the gameplay looked cool. But I want Splinter Cell to be a Splinter Cell game, and that's not what it looked like to me.

glennco4335d ago

the uncharted effect was around way before uncharted. typical sony fanboys

they are called linear interactive movies. it is actually more like the CoD effect

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Megaton4335d ago

Blame him anyway, just to be safe. No one should object.

user54670074335d ago (Edited 4335d ago )

Probably

But yeah lets blame him :)...I mean the guy would rather do another Transformer film then Bad Boys 3

WHERE IS BAD BOYS 3 MICHAEL...COME ON

Hicken4335d ago

You know what. I want a Bad Boys 3. I hadn't really thought about it. But now that the idea has been implanted in my head....

Acquiescence4335d ago

What happened to survival-horror? It's practically gone the way of the dodo this gen.

Human Analog4335d ago

It is because game companies have to cater to casual gamers, and children.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai4d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga3d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville1d 11h ago (Edited 1d 11h ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole20h ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville1d 11h ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens523d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_3d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville1d 11h ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM3d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka2d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_3d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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Capcom Had Record Sales in 2024 Fiscal Year

Capcom Co., Ltd. today announced that in its consolidated earnings for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, net sales were 152,410 million yen (up 21.0% year-over-year), operating income was 57,081 million yen (up 12.3% year-over-year), ordinary income was 59,422 million yen (up 15.7 % year-over-year), and net income attributable to owners of the parent was 43,374 million yen (up 18.1 % year-over-year).

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PRIMORDUS6d ago

Hey Capcom I want a remake of Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2 on Switch or, maybe Switch 2. I loved both of those games on GameCube.

MeteorPanda6d ago

Good. capcom and square enix were my two favourite developers and now it's just CapCom! Square enix keeps missing the mark, their sparks gone.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long7d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz097d ago (Edited 7d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.