New Rising Media: "Horror not only remains relatively untapped within the videogame industry, the sheer scarcity of genuinely frightening horror games is quite alarming.
While the spine-tingling genre tropes remain one of the most popular cinematically – it seems we're treated to another 'Scariest Film Of [Insert Year Here]' movie every other week – there is just a handful of truly memorable, scary experiences on this side of the interactive spectrum. Of course, they're certainly there if you look for them, beneath the copycat military FPS clones and third-person space marine shooters - we're talking Doom, Call of Cthulu, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Condemned, F.E.A.R, Amnesia – but nevertheless it's a sad state of affairs when one of the most visceral, unnerving and engaging genres still sits largely absent from store shelves.
Looking to fill that gap is Vivec Entertainment's first-person adventure game Shadow Of A Soul: Chapter 1, the opening instalment in a proposed trilogy of horror games for PC, Mac and PS3. “I can honestly say horror games are much scarier than horror movies,” says Vivec's one-man team Ferzan Kanat Aygen, “I think they're also more memorable, because you engage with them in a way that is not possible with movies. The length of exposure to the horror is also longer, while the intensity of the experience is also much greater. In movies, horrifying moments are followed by moments of calm. In games, that feeling of terror never ends.”"
Sad news for horror fans, as indie dev Vivec Entertainment has confirmed that the first chapter in their horror game Shadow of a Soul has been delayed to around December.
eGamer exclusively interviews Vivec Entertainment about its upcoming PC and PS3 horror game, Shadow of a Soul.
"If you strapped a dildo on a squirrel I bet it would be scary" I can see people in a dark park running from that.
hey, good horror games are hard to come by these days. i'd rather devs ape games like Amnesia rather than CoD/GoW...
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how much will it cost? and will there be a chance to play games on mid-end laptop (Geforce 630M)? I mean will requirements increase as to play with Oculus Rift? I'm excited :)
Yes it will need a good system to run highly detailed/modern games at 60fps min (less than that breaks immersion).
Dev kit only for now costs $300 - cheap compared to how much really crappy HMDs used to go for. Consumer version won't be out till much later, maybe next year?
Developer version is 'only' 1280 x 800 (split down the middle), consumer version is likely to be 1920x1080/1200 depending on the screens at the time. If you don't want to develop games then better to wait for the improved consumer version.
And you can't just use it with any game, the game has to be specifically modified or built for it (it's not like 3D glasses). The best stuff on the rift will be built from the ground up for it, taking into account realistic speed, scale, immersion etc. It will change 'games' for the better in that respect.
On a mid range PC I'm sure you can still run some stuff at >60fps but would be a lot simpler graphically, but still cool because it's proper VR! :)
