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DK9292
06/02/20 4:29:38 PM
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Like... could you make a kid friendly survival horror game, based on the Scooby Doo franchised and therefore aimed at children, using the same mechanics as other survival horror games. But obviously the "monster" doesn't have an unsettling design, and is clearly a guy in a mask. All the scares come from the mechanics, being defenseless against an enemy and having to hide rather than fight.

Would that work? Or do survival horror games RELY on the genuine horror aesthetic that comes with those games?

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Irony
06/02/20 4:31:02 PM
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Can a FPS work if it isn't in first person?

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Smackems
06/02/20 4:32:14 PM
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Can an rpg work without being a g

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vigorm0rtis
06/02/20 4:35:12 PM
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Sure. Look back at early survival "horror" games. Alone in the Dark was hardly scary, but I knew what it was going for and appreciated it nonetheless.

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UnfairRepresent
06/02/20 4:36:11 PM
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Yes easily

Lots of survival games are not horror and lots of non horror games have horror elements

Remember Sapiens?
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The_Ivory_Man
06/02/20 4:36:46 PM
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I mean Resident Evil can be very goofy, and it is the kind of defining name for survival horror

But I think having horror elements is needed to keep the tension which is the main point of survival horror.
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CanuckCowboy
06/02/20 4:37:40 PM
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the long dark?

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06/02/20 4:37:49 PM
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UnfairRepresent
06/02/20 4:37:57 PM
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The_Ivory_Man posted...
I mean Resident Evil can be very goofy, and it is the kind of defining name for survival horror

I think RE gets that because they were the first game to coin the term "Survival Horror "
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DK9292
06/02/20 4:38:29 PM
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vigorm0rtis posted...
Sure. Look back at early survival "horror" games. Alone in the Dark was hardly scary, but I knew what it was going for and appreciated it nonetheless.

The_Ivory_Man posted...
I mean Resident Evil can be very goofy, and it is the kind of defining name for survival horror

But I think having horror elements is needed to keep the tension which is the main point of survival horror.
You're talking about games that are failing at their horror aspects, or at least that they're aging poorly. I'm talking about something that isn't horror at all; hence the Scooby-Doo example. Nobody is going to be scared of Scooby-Doo villains, but it's still a very warped, kid-friendly version of horror.

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Guerrilla Soldier
06/02/20 5:29:53 PM
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i liked the SNES scooby doo game

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Jeff AKA Snoopy
06/02/20 5:30:54 PM
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Resident Evil 6 worked and the only horror involved was how bad it was compared to the rest of the series.

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DK9292
06/02/20 5:32:42 PM
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FreedomEtrtment posted...
I found Luigis Mansion more unnerving than some actual survival horrors.
Luigi's Mansion is a perfect example of what I'm talking about.

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The_Ivory_Man
06/03/20 11:55:08 AM
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DK9292 posted...
You're talking about games that are failing at their horror aspects,

No, Resident Evil is intentionally goofy.

Maybe the original game didn't intend on the the dialogue being the way it was, but the other stuff is definitely intentional.

The newest title has a character yell "USA! USA! USA!" as he runs away from Umbrella's reach.
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Lost_All_Senses
06/03/20 11:59:56 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
I think RE gets that because they were the first game to coin the term "Survival Horror "

Would that make it so goofy games are even closer to true survival games?

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DevsBro
06/03/20 12:02:27 PM
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FreedomEtrtment posted...
I found Luigis Mansion more unnerving than some actual survival horrors.
Yeah me too.

Gamecube era Nintendo was polished and atmospheric af.

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DevsBro
06/03/20 12:02:57 PM
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Guerrilla Soldier posted...
i liked the SNES scooby doo game
I played it through so many times.

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