Its success comes down to some simple tenants: a compelling story, believable visuals and proper pacing. The story, first set on an abandoned space vessel (duh), takes terrifying twists and turns – most of which involve zombified aliens waiting around said turns.įollowing the formula established by Ridley Scott's classic 'Alien' certainly helped – besides, the first Alien game to pull it off didn't release for another few years.Īll in all, Dead Space was one of the pioneering horror games of the modern, reannaissance of horror games. Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3 and PC – also on Xbox Game Passĭead Space, published by EA and developed by Visceral Games, is perpetually among the best horror games for many players. Little Nightmares also got a sequel with an all-new protagonist which, while a great game in its own right, couldn't replicate the tension of the first one.ĭead Space 3 isn't as good as the first two It takes familiar domestic areas that should be comforting and turns them on their head by making them repulsive and unsafe for Six to travel through. These sequences can be fiddly, but Little Nightmares is a great horror game because it perfectly creates a feeling of helplessness while making it clear that you've still got ways to escape. You are sneaking around however, in levels designed for platforming, adding an additional layer of gameplay to the experience. Six is just a small girl, so instead of fighting these creatures, you sneak past them. The game puts you in control of a young girl called Six, who has to navigate a frightening world that's far too big for her, populated by a wide array of giant and grotesque creatures. Little Nightmares is a great example of a game that manages to inspire fear and disgust without using blood and gore.
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