Karl Kuras wrote:
>
> > What the heck is a "terror game"?
>
> What I think he means are survival horror and similar games, designed to
> spook you. Granted, there havent' been too many successes here, especially
> in the the olden days (can really only think of two games that really scared
> me, Project Firestart and Aliens). But it has to be looked at as a genre in
> and of itself, since trying to evoke an emotion like fear in someone is a
> laudible goal in the effort to make games a true art form.
I agree about the artform part. But wasn't Alone in the Dark considered the
true start of this? I played Aliens on the C64 and I wouldn't consider it
survival horror.
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