Is Dead Space a horror game?

It's an action game, but it is very atmospheric and has some horror elements to it, especially on hard.

>>389966506
horror-action hybrid.

It has too many jumpscares to not be a horror game.

>>389966506
Sure

>>389966506
barely.

>>389966874
>>389966984
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>>389967009
My friend says it's not horror because you can fight and kill the monsters. How do I refute this?

>>389966506
It's not a survival horror game, like Silent Hill or the first 3 Resident Evil, but it's a horror-themed action game. So yes.

>>389967768
Tell him to learn something about game design and video game history, and stop thinking he knows shit because he's watching markiplier jumpscare videos.

>>389967768
you flip the box over and point to where it says horror on the back and then tell him to stop being an autistic sperg.
it's a horror game, it's just not a very good horror game. it's a solid action game with a horror theme.

>>389966506
>Is Dead Space a horror game?

Yes.
But /v/ will claim that if it doesn't control like ass and you're massively gimped it's not horror. Because that's clearly what it says in the horror handbook.

>>389967981
no, but it doesn't help it. they give you way too much ammo, and there's really nothing in the game but shooting, so there's nothing to break up the pacing and build that tension up again.
the atmosphere could have also been a lot better. that's why it's not that great as a horror game.

All gaymes are horror where you chop off bodyparts or the wounds are very detailed are considered horror.

>>389968649
by soccermoms maybe.

>>389968913
Y'know what's the difference between horror movies and thrillers, right?

It's the same thing with games.

>>389967768
Fight and kill him

>>389968541
>too much ammo
Not in my experience. What difficulty is it set on?

>>389967768
make love to his mom, that would teach him

>>389967768
I don't think you can. The only part that I think can be considered horror is the beginning where you're running, you don't have much to rely on, and you're scared to not die. Once you start getting guns and find out what kills them, it becomes routine and not really scary anymore. But this is just related to gameplay, there's plenty of other setpieces in the game that can cause horror, such as the bosses, the actual lore of the necromorph and how they mutate people, and the horrific realization of what the people did to other people on the ship based on a manufactured religion.

>>389967768
Tell him that removing the guns and killing just turns it into a walking simulator instead of a "real game" :^)

>>389969141
no, it's not.

>>389969331
whatever the hardest one is you can choose on a first playthrough.

>>389966987
It really only has one jumpscare. The monsters always pop out of the exact same air vents. A jumpscare that's effective precisely once.

>>389966506
Yes, but it's an action game with a horror aesthetic, not a survival game with a horror aesthetic.

>>389966506
The first one is. The rest aren't.

>>389969331
the game LITERALLY showers you with ammo.
about to run out of ammo? the next monster you kill will conveniently drop ammo.
unless you purposefully avoid picking up anything, it is *literally* impossible to run out. you'll always have between 1 bullet and a full clip/magazine/recharge of whatever gun you have.

>>389969331
Even on Impossible the ammo drops are quite generous. I never once ran into an ammo issue during my Impossible playthroughs.

>>389966506
After the first hour or so you have already seen every jumpscare and you know when will they be, then it becomes a mindless action shooter, a fun one, mind you.

>>389966506
kind of

>>389967768
You tell your friend to stop being retarded.

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>>389966506
Dead space = Horror/action
Dead space 2 = Action/Horror
Dead space 3 = Action

It's a horror game, it just stops being scary after the first few hours

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>>389967768
you can't because he is right
horror literally requires the protagonist/s to be unable to effectively defend from the threat until the climax, Isaac can roflstomp anything 30 minutes into the game

>>389976345
>horror literally requires the protagonist/s to be unable to effectively defend from the threat until the climax,
amnesia and outlast fags need to be exterminated.

It's more of a horror game than every Resident Evil from 4 through 6.

>>389966874
No, it's a horror game. Dead Space 2 is the action game.

>>389966506
Yes

>>389967768
Completely wrong. That's not what horror is about, that's an incredibly narrow-minded college kid veiw of horror. What makes Dead Space horror is its emphasis on dread, ever-present threat, atmosphere, sound design, traumatic violence and, of course, authorial intent. The game is designed about giving you small increases of agency contrasted with new, unknown environments and encounters meant to test that agency.

What your idiot friend should understand and be asking 'is Dead Space a GOOD EXAMPLE of horror?'. I personally think it is, as focused on combat as it is, the existence of combat doesn't make something not horror. That would mean Silent Hill isn't horror, which is just straight up retarded.

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More like HORRIBLE game.

>>389976629
being hopeless in face of danger is definition of horror you massive fucking faggot

>>389976345
>horror=walking sim
what did he mean by this?

>>389978247
I guess Silent Hill isn't horror then, since you can kill monsters

>>389966506
Not sure any game where you're armed to the teeth can be classed as horror senpai, but it is a good game.

>>389978675
It can, if the overall intention of the game is to unsettle or scare you. However, the question to be asked is if it's a good example of horror or not, depending how successful it is making you feel uncomfortable, which a game brimming with weaponry might not do too well. I will say Dead Space and its sequel did spook me good a few times.

>>389978247
no you're the massive fucking faggot. it's much more scary when you can fight back, but are still at a large disadvantage. go neck yourself.

>>389975165
This

>>389967768
Two words: Resident Evil. Two more words: Silent Hill. Your friend is a fucking moron.

>>389973839
>the game LITERALLY showers you with ammo.
I don't remember any shower scenes, let alone ones in which Isaac takes a shower in ammo.

>>389966984
This.

It's RE4 in space.

>>389967768
>How do I refute this?
Make him play Silent Hills 1-4, Afraid Of Monsters: DC, and Resident Evil: REmake (and 2-3)

>>389977203
Ironically it's more action-y but the game itself is IMO way better horror than the first.

Low Tier: horror games that give you a rocket launcher and ten thousand ammo
Mid Tier: horror games that give you nothing
Top Tier: horror games that give you weapons but they're unwieldy and ineffectual

>>389967768
Go for the throat

>>389967768
U dont bitch
Dead Space and RE4 are action horror because you have so many capabilities in combat