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RE: Fear & Dread Makes This the BEST Horror Game Of All Time! - Gaming Reviews - #5 - Alien Isolation.
As a huge fan of the Alien franchise, I'd love to play this game but I prefer to wait until I get a PS4 someday so I can do it properly.
Games like this, Silent Hill: Frozen Memories and Amnesia understand what makes something truly terrifying better than the myriad of 'monster closet' games full of jump scares that make you recoil, but deflate all the tension from the experience.
Resident Evil 3 is one of the best in the series simply because of Nemesis. The lumbering, unstoppable monster that followed you through the game kept you on edge so you never truly felt safe. I appreciate tension and dread far more than jumpscares and gore, so these types of games are what I find to be truly scary.
What i like more than anything is the real clean aesthetic of this game. Gore, if done correctly can be really effective at giving you that feeling of fear, but far to many horror games rely on it too heavily and it is so over used. Silent hill was a refreshing change going down the psychological route, but still needed the gore aspect to make it work. this game is just nice and clean with a near perfect atmosphere to create that emotional connection to the game.
Damn it i need to play resident evil 3 again now........