Survival-Horror Genre Going Extinct? 166
Destructoid is running an opinion piece looking at the state of the survival-horror genre in games, suggesting that the way it has developed over the past several years has been detrimental to its own future. "During the nineties, horror games were all the rage, with Resident Evil and Silent Hill using the negative aspects of other games to an advantage. While fixed camera angles, dodgy controls and clunky combat were seen as problematic in most games, the traditional survival horror took them as a positive boon. A seemingly less demanding public ate up these games with a big spoon, overlooking glaring faults in favor of videogames that could be genuinely terrifying." The Guardian's Games Blog has posted a response downplaying the decline of the genre, looking forward to Ubisoft's upcoming I Am Alive and wondering if independent game developers will pick up where major publishers have left off.
That's just what they want you to think (Score:5, Funny)
And then an other genre comes flying out of an air duct or dark corner!
Don't worry (Score:4, Funny)
Survival horror isn't going extinct, it's just waiting for the next sequel... and this time it's gonna be personal!
not for me (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Change is difficult (Score:3, Funny)
The DualShock was never much good in the first place.
Re:Change is difficult (Score:4, Funny)
The analog sticks on the DualShock 3 are a good 2mm further apart than on the DualShock 2. If you turn it upside down you'll notice the L2 and R2 buttons are now pseudo-triggers to ensure your fingers slip off them at a crucial moment even more easily than before. It only took me a several minutes of careful side-by-side comparison to notice those differences. The DualShock 3 is revolutionary I tell you, revolutionary!
Re:Gaming article composition Algorithm (Score:2, Funny)