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What was the formative horror game of your childhood? (midwest.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Catastrophic235@midwest.social to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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For me it was Dead Space 2 when I was 12-ish. For reference, at this point the most gruesome/gorey/violent media I was exposed to was the Halo 3 Flood levels and the original 2 Alien movies.

I had way too much fun playing it to be traumatized by it at the time, although when i was old enough to understand the horror of the whole "your memories and experience becoming food for a god-like being that has absolutely zero respect for your existance", that did inform my perspective of other media such as Evangelion or Childhood's end when I watched them for the 1st time.

What was your equivalent to this? I've heard the Resident Evil games are quite common for this but I want to hear your perspective.

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[–] Callie@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I remember when I first rented FEAR at blockbuster, that section of the hallway at the start is so memorable.

I don’t remember specifics but it’s when you’re going through the building and keep seeing the little girl, then you get to a cluttered hallway and I think it was set ablaze and you were thrown back by her

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

I remember having just the demo installed for the longest time and just playing that brief section of the game over and over. It was just so damn cinematic and awesome.