However, that is expected as soon as the mask is put on, so you know it's coming up. On a side note, the only jumpscare that I can think of is when Link puts on a mask to transform into Fierce Deity, Deku Scrub, Goron, or Zora. It's also the home to BEN drowned, so there's that!.Majora's Mask itself isn't exactly the most festive mask to wear.Link is mostly surrounded by characters that are either dead, that are dying, that are in depression or have suffered some kind of loss.
Denial, Bargaining, Anger, Depression and Acceptance. One of its major themes is the five stages of grief.
On top of that, this game is considered to be the most haunting, depressing and scary Zelda game ever released. It's surrounded by a bunch of creepy Gibdos. The Music Box House, located in Ikana Valley. It's enough to make you pretty darn scared: Besides the fear of running out of time, there are classic Zelda monsters like Redeads, who still invoke fear in the hearts of those who play Majora's Mask to this day.Īs far as the world design goes, I am sure that when I say, "Ikana Valley," those of you who played the game know what I mean. You have three days to save the Earth before an enormous moon crashes into it, killing all life. For those who don't, allow me to explain. Bloodborne is a survival-horror game, one that takes inventory management to new, terrifying extremes.Īn occasional dog might jump out of the bushes, or a villager might appear out of a corner to attack you, but they are just there to surprise you and don't act as agents of fear, really.the entire game handles that instead!įor those of you who have played this epic title, you know exactly why it's a horror game. Seriously, this isn't a land of cupcakes, rainbows and ponies! It's a haunting atmosphere that creeps into your bones and rests there! It's a place where the sun don't shine, and where ever-present danger lives in just about every corner.Īpart from the landscape, players need to be careful what items they use and what armors they wear in order to increase their survival rate. Just take a look at the above image and judge for yourselves. The wretched beasts that roam the streets of a cursed city, the hideous, nightmarish bosses that you overcome to survive and of course, the creepy victorian landscape. The game has 'horror' written all over it. So here's a list that showcases some great horror games that don't use jumpscares to deliver their terror.īloodborne isn't just an RPG: It can also be considered a horror game. Games don't need to have jumpscares to be considered horror games! And sometimes, jumpscares are just cheesy, anyway. Or in Slenderman, where you're just walking around and BOOM! There's Slenderman just standing there. BOOM! One comes out of nowhere for a jumpscare. Like in Five Nights at Freddie's, where the evil animatronic robots are roving about and you have to keep track of them via surveillance cameras scattered about.
They are nothing but cheap and awful jumpscares just for the sake of being jumpscares. This is why I have no respect for games like Five Nights at Freddie's and Slenderman. As a matter of fact, they're not even scary! Even if you place a cute, cuddly kitten or puppy, and use that as a jumpscare, people will still be scared because, well, it came out of nowhere. They are pointless, shock values that literally appear out of nowhere to scare the daylights out of you.
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