The atmosphere and the general feeling throughout the game is what sets this title apart from the rest of the horror flicks out there, since the sounds, the graphics and the level design all work together toward the same goal: to make you feel scared. Use magic to defend yourself against the abominations The entire story takes place in or around his mansion, which is filled with awful creatures and a variety of other gruesome landscapes that can leave an imprint on your subconscious on the long run. He is called by one of his friends, Jeremiah Covenant, in order to help him deal with a curse and a haunted house, all of which were caused by Jeremiah’s siblings back in the day. Moreover, the fact that you are armed with plenty of weapons should hurt the overall atmosphere, but in this case, it actually has quite the opposite effect, for some reason.Īs such, the story talks about Patrick Galloway, a World War I veteran that’s played by you.
Banish the evil from your friend’s haunted mansionĬlive Barker’s Undying is a horror-FPS that really did manage to bottle the essential mix of elements required to make you feel scared, even if it might not seem like it when you first hear the premise of the game. It can be done, however, as it was proven over the years by titles like Silent Hill 2, or the Penumbra series. Inspiring terror instead of fear is always harder, though, since terror is a blend of atmosphere and story, rather than ugly monsters and loud screams.
Horror games are usually designed in order to provide you with much more than a few cheap jump scares, even if they do not always achieve their goals.
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