The message that most of the gaming industry received well and clear is that horror games needed to be scarier than the scariest game what came before. ThatвЂ™s great and all, but what followed was a little disappointing.

The moment that zombie slowly turned towards the player in glorious CG (for its time) or the moment that damn dog crashed through that window, people discovered that games could scare them more than just about anything else. ThatвЂ™s not to say it was a game devoid of ridiculousness, but above all, it was a title designed to terrify you. The difference between the two is the standard for pure terror that Resident Evilset. Either you were a horror game released before Resident Evil, or you were a horror game released after. Like few games before orВ since, Resident EvilВ drew this clear line for the horror genre.

It was a feeling I experienced again the first time that I played Red Dead RedemptionвЂ™s Undead NightmareВ DLC. When that sweet old lady opened the door in her standard witch outfit with a grin from ear to ear, you felt this sense of welcome and comfort that many of us who grew up with horror find in the solace of a dark and stormy night. Every year, the sweet old lady who owned it would decorate her front porch with cobwebs, pumpkins, smiling spiders, haystacks, and these other items that screamed horror without making you scream. The other house IвЂ™ll never forget was memorable for entirely different reasons. I always loved getting scared every time I visited that house. He would hide in bushes when young candy seekers figured out the porch trick, and he would even just wait to jump from the other side of the door when you were busy gawking at the assortment of sweets that Mrs. He would dress up like a scarecrow and stay perfectly still on the porch until he was ready to introduce kids to the concept of mortality. One was occupied by a man who loved to scare children. There were two houses in the neighborhood I would most often trick вЂr treat in growing up that IвЂ™ll never forget.

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