Fear in video games
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2023
- The sea do be scary.
Videogames, especially the horror kind, play on our emotions quite a bit. They have to, but how do they do that and does it even work? Let's have a look at water, Subnautica, Dave the Diver and a little bit of Amnesia.
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At this point I am no longer afraid of horror movies because the horror of the real world is far scarier.
I almost shat my pants when first encountering the Butcher in the original Diablo. Both his chamber, as well as his "Aaaah, fresh meat!"-shout (being the first time a monster directly adresses you) and his insane combat prowess made one seriously frightening package.
May the algorithm bless this video!
I'm drawing a magic circle as we speak, just to make sure.
@@ProperBird You missed a bit...
Blessed be~
I still remember Dahaka chasing me in Prince of Persia, that was scary af. Also great video :D
I still also have nightmares from The Suffering.
Now rarely what is truly scary comparing to those early experiences.
I think the best horror games exploit not only phobias, but also some very primal fears. As you said, games like Silent Hill used certain monsters that represented certain acts that UA-cam's algorithm absolutely hates even being said, nevermind shown. Alien: Isolation really freaked me out when I played it for a lengthy time. Part of that reason was because my best friend was away and not within contact, so I was lonely and bored. The titular isolation present in that game really poked something in my brain. Most of my game play was spent moving from one hiding spot to the next, afraid to move. Many times, I would leave a hiding spot only to hear the alien stomping around nearby and I'd rush back to the hiding spot I'd just left and get right back in.
The RE2 remake did something similar with Mr. X. When he first appeared in the game, my immediate reaction was to run the hell away. It didn't take long before I found that a number of rooms were "safe places" from Mr. X. Eventually I found that he was pretty easy to avoid as well, he couldn't keep up with the PC when they were running. That's about the time the game started throwing curveballs. Try having to run from Mr. X and then finding out there's a licker in the hallway too! I cursed the dev team for that one, literally!
I loved Alien: Isolation for that reason alone, it did a very good job of making me feel like there was no hope of rescue from the outside. And RE2's remake was fantastic, especially because I hadn't played the original!
I loved your videos on Gaunter O'Dimm you went into so much depth more than most people i realy enjoyed it as hearts of stone is my favourite DLC and story to date.
Thanks for this neat horror games video bird channel!
Thank you for watching! ❤️
I expected a video about horror games, and got a very thoughtful video concerning phobias and ways to manage them. Great video Jinzee!
I'm alot like you when it comes to fear being more pronounced when you know something dangerous actually exists rather then something fictitious. For example I was never scared watching movies with ghosts and aliens, but the show Unsolved Mysteries... which told stories of supposedly real ghosts and aliens... scared the living shit out of me... nevermind the creepy theme music and Robert Stack's authoritative voice making everything he says that much more bone chilling.
Your videos were sorely missed Jinzee and the topics you cover are always really interesting ones as well!
Though i don't have a phobia regarding the fear of the ocean, playing Subnautica at times really did make my mind go to crazy places - pertaining our own, granted i know nothing of that scale (Leviathan or otherwise) could possibly exist due to food however it does spook me at times haha.
Regardless, i hope you've been well and stellar work as always! :)
I almost drowned twice as well. Luckily my brain is too stupid to develop phobias.
An excellent superpower to have.
IKR?
"The REAL story of Silent Hill" - wait, isn't that a Shiba Inu in a spaceship was secretly controlling everything? There's the real horror...
I feel old and, to be honest, the first horror game I experienced was Super C on Nintendo. I got so excited watching my mom and dad play through it
This was a great video! Music really does help with scary atmospheres like that, it’s great. I use it whenever I’m in any situations that’s giving me genuine terror (like out in the middle of nowhere at night, ooh I hate that). My fear-lodged brain will go, “Well someone in a movie would never be killed if they were listening to baby shark,” and so logically I must then play something as ridiculous as baby shark to get me through it. And I’ve been murdered zero times so far so it seems to be working!
If I just play the DOOM soundtrack it means I'll be the strong protagonist who beats up the monsters.
@@ProperBird that’s EXACTLY how it works
Yeah, the mystery is a big part of why I love horror media. It plays on your imagination, ignites your curiosity, but also tingles that primal fear of unknown.
Darkwood is one of my favorite horror games and it's a 2D top down hand drawn title, it just handles the mystery element of horror so incredibly well, not just in the story, but in moment to moment gameplay too, thanks to some amazing sound design. More often than not you can hear a lot of different things happening around you, but due to limited field of vision you're not sure what exactly are you hearing. Sitting bunkered down in your hideout during the nighttime only to hear the floor creaking in the next room, or someone (or something) outside knocking at the door really fires up your imagination and builds up tension fast.
I loved Darkwood! Very atmospheric.
Great content as always, thank you!
Thank you for the topic, and for sharing with us! Please keep up the amazing work
So glad I'm not the only person who got freaked out by the eels in super Mario 64 and majora's mask
Eels are a little freaky all on their own.
It feels like years since last I watched a video from you, the last one might be about the Twilight Zone episodes.
This video seems like a perfect follow up to get back into your content 😁
Really great video! Definitely takes me back and made me think of a similar experiences and phobias. I do find the horror games and movies don't really do much for me. They're usually just reliant on jump scares and I definitely feel like those are the cheaper ways media does horror.
For me, SOMA and games like it cause me more fear and existential anxiety than most horror media.
I remember the fear I felt playing The Evil WIthin 2 on the PS4 in Classic mode. You only have limited saves and no autosave, and what made it worse was that there was a bug that had a habit of crashing the game in Classic mode during one of the boss fights. I felt so much dread when getting to that section, wondering if I'd actually make it this time...
Computers not working as intended definitely don't help in horror games. 😅
Oh you're back. Loved the video ❤
Great video! I can definitely relate to the psyching yourself up part. I'm not a big fan of spiders, so playing Twilight Princess for the first time was very difficult. I remember having to really push through the Armogohma fight. I had to pause the game a lot to calm down. Replaying that game a handful of times has helped me tackle that fear. Now, I admittedly see each rematch as a bit of revenge for the past.
I got through that fight by just never looking at the ceiling save when I absolutely had to. 😅
Please accept my "Almost Drowned" story, in solidarity:
I got stuck in a cave network under an island in the Aegean Sea. It didn't start off filled with water, but rising tides being what they are means it was over my head before too long.
Kept having to pop out of the water into tiny air pockets (just like a video game.) The problem wasn't the rising water, it was the fact I couldn't move my arms in the cramped cave.
I still love the water, but I ended up with claustrophobia. Claustrophobia doesn't really translate to games; if my character doesn't have freedom of movement, I can shake the feeling by just stretching my arms out.
Tried to face it last year with my then five year old. There's an indoor mock up cave network for kids to crawl around near where we went on holiday. It has ball pits and slides, and there are staff on hand and the walls aren't going to collapse. Perfectly safe. I managed to go around one small part of it and got completely paralysed.
The girl who worked there helped me back into a larger area, and my daughter carried on exploring... until she got stuck in a ball pit. She called for me to help her but i couldn't go in. The same girl went in, helped my daughter climb out, and that was that. She had a great time... and I was left feeling like my daughter needed me and I couldn't save her, which even now makes me absolutely hate myself 😔
Gotta love that Koudelka music.
I'm glad someone recognized it. 😁
Thank you for this incredibly great and personnal video! It was very touching and I really wish you to achieve your goal! (b^.^)b
I have two recommendations for you, just in case, especially if you consider playing with some friends as an alternative (I know I do to help with some of my issues >_> )
The first, while not being a horror game, is Sea of Thieves! It's heavily water-based, some content being underwater, but nothing mandatory, so you can tackle the game at your own pace and take breather anytime you need it! Little warning, it's in first-person view, like Subnautica! ^^"
The second is Barotrauma! You play in a submarine (either solo or as a crew (AI or players)) on a water-based planet, travelling between outposts while trying to survive to a very hostile world and maybe, if living long enough, discovering the secrets hiding in the abyss! It's pretty dark, kinda hard sometimes, but it's in 2D! :)
Best regards from France! (>^.^)>
I had a look at Barotrauma before and I might give that one a go soon!
omg its even so long since I watched one of your videos! glad I stumbled back onto your channel
Welcome back!
Oh dang. Been a while since I watched one of your videos. I'm glad I stopped by.
I liked that video and I can relate to that, even without near death experiences. Be it deep bodies of water, the vast nothingness of space... everything that drops in a space where I can get lost, with no clue to get back to my safe haven is deeply terrifying to me
The most terrifying game I ever witnessed was P.T. (the Silent Hills demo) I'm still sad the game got canceled.
The endless cycles of that corridor and the knowledge that at some point something has to happen, the sound design (the baby crying...) and the overall atmosphere. Oof.
I'm honestly very upset I didn't get to play P.T. before it got pulled. I still hope it'll return in some form or another.
I feel you on the water phobia thing. I almost drowned three times, although i cant remember the first one because I was a toddler. I still like swimming but especially lakes scare me. Sometimes i have nightmares being underwater and im trying to reach the surface while something big swims beneath me. I blame the final offline Boss of monster hunter tri to give my brain the exact visuals it needs for the dream
I googled the boss and I'm upset that I did but it's going on my list of things to eventually beat.
@@ProperBird It's going to be tough because it will take a long time an several other under water fights (under water combat was monster hunter tris big thing) but i believe you can do it:) And the music that plays during that fight is amazing
I don't think fear of water is a truly unreasonable phobia. People drown all the time. Even people who aren't afraid of water can drown.
I recommend Dredge for water based games. As a fellow thalasophobe, I actually found it difficult at many points.
It's on the list!
For me, the only horror games that give me pause are the ones where you can, and are expected, to fight back against whatever threatens you.
My current scary game of choice is actually a Doom mod; Siren's 0.7 build.
I highly suggest you give In Other Waters a chance!
Its kinda like subnautica, but viewed from the top down, and not only that, but its kinda abstract, with its imagery, so you'll probably find it a bit less scary!
7:30 The oldest emotion known to mankind is fear. The oldest fear, is the fear of the unknown.
-Lovecraft
Im so sorry you had to go through that BirdLady! Honestly that would traumatize almost anyone
Rethinking if I should be watching this video in the middle of the night, but for you I’ll be brave.
4:15 I wish this applied to me lol unfortunately, I think it just gets worse 😢
Listen I made the footage as UNscary as possible I promise.
Always fun hearing the perspective of someone who has also nearly drowned several times.
Funny how phobias work. I also almost drowned twice myself. Once in a pool at age 4, again in the ocean at 8. I love the water, you couldn't keep me out of it. I started surfing at 10. I got dunked, rolled, and swallowed gallons of salt water. Just didn't bother me. Weird.
Thanks to you I just realized...
I have aracnophobia. But now I know, thanks to you. It is not because they are strange, it is not because they look dangeraous or sound creepy...
When I was 6 a weird spider was in my fridge and jump to me, never to be seen again. Days after, I started to get sick, fevers, compulsions...to the point of getting hospitalized. For weeks the medics didn't know what was happening to me. I started to feel more week and after some weeks, I couldn't even sense my legs and was in a wheel chair. Then, a thought to a medic appeared that it might have been a spider, the black widow. If it wasn't for that medic I would be dead, the treatment began and I was cured and very healthy know.
Apparently, my neighbour liked to illegally collect exotic animals and his black widow escaped and he said nothing to no one, causing almost my death.
To this day, the true things that terrify me are not only spiders, but things that ''wait'', for what? I don't know, but seeing that spider in that fridge, me unable to move or to react and then seeing that spider disappear with a jump against me....terrifies me.
This applies to Wolnir from Dark Souls 3, or the strange blub of meat in Bloodborne that you can through into an abyss and then go to it and STARE at it.
This video is incredible.
Oh wow I'm glad you made it out alive - that sounds like a terrifying experience and your neighbour was awful for not warning anyone.
@@ProperBird Yeh, it was...something. Thankfully I was younger enough to be lied about the gravity of the situation and I just thought it was a normal thing.
Also, I recommend you play ''Northern Journey'', it's a strange game that sometimes can be a very creepy experience. It's truly a journey.
The thumbnail alone makes my brain crawl against my skull
and then as I watched the as usual great video, you honed in, more and more on my shared irrational fear with yourself, I was tingling and my brain was going inside out from around the 6 minute mark eeeeeee
FYI - I'd love to hear yours and any others stories on exposure therapy for irrational fears. I have swam all my life, for 37 years now, my thalassophobia has never eased, even in a pool that is shallow it will affect me - will never swim in the sea and giant lakes will spook me, completely irrationally. I wonder if it ever settles with anyone
Out of all the phobias I might have, the closest I've got is something akin to dementophobia, and even that's pretty mild. But I've seen the effects of dementia in my family, and...that's not a comfortable thought. And when it comes to both my work and my writing, I find psychological terror and insanity much scarier than physical violence.
Psychological horror definitely sticks with me longer than anything physical.
I have rather crippling arachnophobia. It's gotten much better since I moved to Singapore (they gas bugs for dengue control, so most of the spiders are in the jungle where they belong, not my living room) both in terms of my ability to go about my life without constantly thinking about possible hiding places for spiders, and in terms of my actual response when spiders do show up.
It would be my presumption that how a person responds to distance from their phobia trigger has to do with their latent feelings about the target of their phobia. I think spiders are cool and interesting in the abstract, so when they aren't constantly triggering panic attacks, my visceral feelings about them improve over time. I also have aphantasia which might help with that. It's not like i can picture a spider in my head or make them seem scarier than they are by stewing in imaginary imagery of them.
I was in chat one of the times you were playing subnautica and I still feel bad about some comments I made playing up the creepiness angle before I realized you were legitimately struggling and not just "fun scared". I hope playing deep water games works better for you than living in spider infested houses did for me.
It would make sense for it to, you control whether you're going to expose yourself to that experience at any given moment, and you can stop whenever you want. I wish you all the best on this journey.
Arachnophobia is definitely extremely debilitating depending on your living situation, I'm glad Singapore is making things much easier for you!
I think I have audiophobia. When I hear a sudden and loud noise (sometimes, not necessarily an explosion) that is repeating from time to time, I begin to feel very anxious, like if I have been a war veteran or something near.
And when I played Oddworld: Munch's Oddyssey, I hated the land or water mines because they exploded very loud, and not just that, it makes to the control to vibrate. Xd
Yeah, that, and Deadspace jumpscares, lend me in the edge of the nerves. But I love both ganes.
Omg sending a giant virtual hug your way.
And yeah, I'm never playing Subnautica...
I'm going to give it my very best try, one day.
I don't play horror games, watching someone else play them is just fine for me. I do own some horror games though, have bought some just to recognise the devs' efforts and to support them.
That's thoughtful of you. ^^
hello! that intro was scary :3 + i saw your vampire teeth, don't dare to tell me vampire don't exist xD
I used to believe that I was afraid of heights. It turns out that I was just nervous about them. Once I discovered roller coasters, I was hooked. My first flight was nerve racking, and then exhilarating. Now I’m hoping to gain a pilot’s license to be able to fly in helicopters.
As far as games go, I played the original Dead Space about a decade ago. Asking other people, it seems that the game is best when played in 1-2 hour intervals. I was playing upwards of 6😅. The game didn’t scare me, but the atmosphere is unsettling at times and by playing it so long, had seeped into my subconscious. One night, might phone alerted from a text message at 2am. The sound shot me up out of best and I screamed. That was the last and closest instance of me feeling fear from a game.
It’s not the ocean so much for me, but sharks. That’s where they are, so I don’t go there.
I choose to believe you've simply conquered your fear in exemplary fashion. 😁
@properbird Ever tried using the submarine in GTA 5 at night especially in first person view...If they put a giant fish in the ocean I swear I would've freaked out. Even without the giant fish I underwater exploration is scary af
I still can't do water games... even final fantasy 14 in the areas I have to adventure swimming under water I can feel my anxiety building just looking around... it's very uncomfortable
Fellow thalassophobe and near drowning survivor here! The drowning incident happened when I was 3 and I didn't get the phobia until I was a teenager, so I'm not sure what happened. The depth and clarity of the water are what get me most. It has nothing to do with what could be in the water. I cannot go in the water in Elder Scrolls games because it's too murky.
Absolutely, not being able to see is the big thing. If everything was crystal clear I'd have no trouble honestly.
Im not scared by dying by monsters jumpscares or those stuff the fear i still have after years is the fear of dying to a physic object in valve games ita so sudden and sometimes can confuse you to how you died to something like that
I crawled out of view of my bathroom mirror at night for awhile after playing resident evil 2.
I had a phase like that after watching Mirrors too. 😅
I like either when you can fight back like RE or the hide and seek is prescripted, more like a puzzle like outlast. Games like amnesia are more frustrating and annoying due to the open hide and seek
It definitely results in a lot of waiting that can destroy the momentum.
True, good way to sum it up
We crash and die after playing horror games but Gran Truism prepares us for work. I think so.
Yes.
Outer Wilds space in general makes me scared xD
I very recently to finally pick up and play Subnautica, specifically after watching a different UA-cam video where someone else expressed intense fear brought on by the game. And not just from the big scary monsters in the game right, but from just having to dive. Because that's what the game is all about.
I found that I am scared of deep water I can't see the bottom of, I don't think it's quite Thalassophobia as I can push past it (which I don't think counts then). I love water and I love the ocean but I don't really wanna swim in it. I don't wanna swim in lakes either. Or anything I can't see the bottom of. I don't know what's swimming in there. But I really, really want to swim in Deep Dive Dubai.
I am nearing my first completion of Subnautica. It's taken a long time and it's been hard and very scary but I found that I've loved it.
I still hate hearing the sound of a Reaper roaring in the waters near me. It fills me with instant dread. I still get surprised when something smacks into my ship or attacks me from behind. It's all so scary. But it's the first game to give me the freedom to live underwater. Which oddly, despite my incredible fear of it, is something I love.
tl;dr Subnautica is scary but I love it.
I'm glad you can still manage with Subnautica! You honestly sound pretty brave about it. 😊
If you're looking for more sea based games I'd like to recommend you check out Sunless Sea. Make a captain, go out to zee, maybe eat your crew, but most definitely go mad then try again!
I played a little bit of Sunless Sea and I do intend to get back into it!
heck, i nearly drowned a few times as well. guess that explains some things...
I don't play horror games much because they annoy me. The protag is either too weak to do anything meaningful or the game uses cheap tactics to spook which barely work.
As for actually being afraid, I'm nearly 40, the only thing that scares me are bill collectors.
I love RE series for the "powerless to powerful" gameplay. You start without a way to defeat the monster and then you get a shotgun and the only thing they fear is you. lol
I quite enjoy the pre 4 REsident Evil games, Silent Hill 1-3, Eternal Darkness and the Fatal Frame/Project Zero series. And to me either in games or movies, that's the thing that always drew me in the mystery. I wanted to know what was going on. Well the mystery and dark atmosphere. I don't get scared by fiction, just intrigued.
I don’t play horror games (unless you count Plague Tale) or watch scary movies because I scare easy😅 Scariest game I watched/played was Outlast (unless you factor in my thalassophobia). Never. Again.
Wish me luck, I’m playing the first Bioshock here pretty soon😂
Absolutely love the video! This concept has also fascinated me 💛💛 much love, Jin
I loved Bioshock! I hope you enjoy it!
Horror movies annoy me because a lot of characters in them are stupid or the monsters are done in such a way that has nothing to do with reality and that always kicks me out of the story. (I find psychological thrillers a lot scarier.) However, horror games are another thing since I get immersed in the story. Titles that I remember to this day even tho a lot of time has passed since I played them are “The Suffering”, Return to Castle Wolfenstein”, “Max Payne”, “BioShock”, “Alan Wake”, just to name a few. ☺️
I'm going to try scary games again because of you. Thank you and good luck to you. I want to see you play. When you go live is it on Twitch or UA-cam?
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11AM ET! ^^
Let's light up this fire for more lost souls to find it.
That is a lovely and poetic way to ask the algorithm to do its thing.
I actually LOVE horror games, but I cannot play them. My husband plays and I watch. I REALLY tried Subnautica after watching some steams if it, but I just could not. My anxiety freaks out and I have to stop.
@properbird you can also try F.E.A.R first part and dead space first part ....those two can really get you rattled
I played them long ago, enjoyed them very much. ^^
Sadly, the only times I found myself scared because of a video game was when I was a kid... but not while playing. It was afterwards, when I had to go back home in the middle of the night from my friend's house, and that is it.
I have never been scared of video games, and laugh when other people do get scared because I can't understand it and find their reactions funny. To be honest, I have always been kind of jealous of people who can "enjoy" horror video games the "right way", when they can feel the thrill of being scared and enjoy it in a safe environment.
Meanwhile, I can only enjoy survival horror games, not because they are scary to me, but only because of their entertainment and challenging factors. I get bored to death instead of getting scared when I play "pure horror" games where you can't defend yourself whatsoever. At least in the 99% of the games of that kind that I have tried.
Yes horror that creates an image in your head you tingkabout is the best.
alsoits a good way to confront fears i guess
2:24 The thing is, that quality horror, usually has a very interesting story
Now im not saying slasher movies arent quality horror, but they are more gore fests like the evil within, than actual horror, like amnesia the dark descent
The Evil Within 2 was a lot better with that than the first one if you're interested in giving it another shot. Still not amazing, but better.
@@ProperBird Tbh i never really played either, i just watched someone play through the first game around the time it came out, i thought it was more action than horror, and since i dont like to spend a lot of money on games i kinda forgot about it since then. I dont really have anything against it honestly
I watched your video on it a month ago though, it was fun! Maybe i'll pick up both on the spooky sale in a few months
Arachnaphobia. It's so hard to avoid.
They really get into places they shouldn't.
@@ProperBird Taking the Spider Wars in Naxzramas was painful.
Getting the spiders out of Skyrim was why I got into modding games.
I don't have arachnophobia myself, but I get why people do. Interestingly enough, reading the book "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky really got me feeling a huge amount of empathy for spiders. This is basically an impromptu book reccomendation. (I am aware that a sci-fi novel about spiders likely won't be any arachnophobe's first choice, but I still reccomend it)
I have fear of heights. Never affected me back in the days when I played games. But I struggle standing on a chair, and fainted watching some El Camino del Rey trekking video on youtube. Yeah, it's that bad. But also, I love flying and feel safe even in turbulence in small GA planes, so it's weird. Fear in games? Never from the typical horror stuff, doesn't bother me at all and I just don't get what the deal is. Tensing up in stealthy sections? Sure, but I wouldn't call it "fear". Only game that actually made me scared, and I only watched it rather than played it, was Death Stranding. You'll have to play it through until the very end to see why, and probably not everyone is going to have that feeling. Most will get *something* out of it though, at least if they "get it".
Death Stranding is a long and slow paced "delivery boi simulator" (expect 50-60 hours for a regular playthrough) with emphasis on terrain traversal (not a walking simulator, that's a genre reserved for other games with no emphasis on traversal at all), and a couple of insane storylines to uncover. Three actually, but I haven't seen anyone uncover the last story/secret/reveal and made sense of it all. Watching it 40+ times in full shows more and more well hidden clues to these mysteries, but the two main mysteries you're guided through and should be able to go "called it" at least for one of them when the reveals hit. It's weird af from the get-go, but things will get explained as you go along. "Wtf is this? Am I on drugs?" is a recurring question from new players. There is some combat and quite a bit of stealth, but new tools and gizmos to try out are unlocked along the way. Multiplayer aspect is limited to a chance of having other players structures showing up in your instance, you'll never interact with or see any other players. Chance is influenced by what you do, so I recommend not completely rushing through the story. The story is delivered in a very Kafkaesque way, although the messages are highly philosophical. So obvious not a game that suits everyone. Should you ever consider this, be sure to watch YongYea's spoiler free review of it first.
Death Stranding has been on my wishlist for a while now but the reviews are very conflicting so I've been putting it off a bit. Definitely a polarizing game that I look forward to playing one day.
@@ProperBird Typically the haters spent max 5-20 hours in it and likely gave up because it was "boring" and too slow for them. And heavy on the cutscenes; probably 4 hours worth of cutscenes just from the intro and end alone, with very little player interaction outside of basic movement tutorial. Some don't like chess, but that doesn't make it a bad game. But it's not a "horror/terror" game, even though it managed to scare the living daylights out of me for reasons outside the norm I hope will become evident should you decide to have a go.
Great video (as always) !
My only horror is that has anyone given cat candy to Arvwen yet. 😮
Every single day.
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Have you played "Cry of fear"? if not, well try it. Im sure you will enjoy it 😉😊
For me personally that depends on the typw of horror, i see 2 types supernatural horror and scientific horror, scientific horror/man-made horror such as zomebies, escaped genetic experiments and such doesn't scare me IE resident evil and such, however supernatural horror is something else entirely different, its not man made, its old, been around before most of us, is raw evil and there isn't always a solution like with science, it can have motives beyond us, its its unnatural, unholy something that cannot and should not be but yet is, example isve never played a silent hill game other than a few minutes less tha. 10 minutes of 2-3 never played them again.
I'm not entirely sure if iron lung is actually a good idea before subnautica.
What I'm hearing is I should move Iron Lung down on my list.
@@ProperBird I honestly think Iron Lung is capable of giving some people phobias. That said if you like horror games it's probably fine once you're already okay with the water.
Subnautica is better in comparison because, among other things, you actually have the chance to acclimate to the water, the depths and the monsters even if doing so is not at all easy.
Subnautica Below Zero is something you might want to try after the first game. I find it less scary overall but you also have less stuff you can put between you and the threats and there are some areas where ice can block you from swimming up for air.
Im playing the Palia beta if that answers your question 🤔🤔
Honestly, wish that were me.
Zombies don't exsit yet, Vampires don't exist yet, Aliens don't exist yet 🤣.
Anyway, i am pretty hotheaded so no matter how scared i was at first if the game pissed me off it will nolonger scary anymore.
Also i understand the lack of visions sometimes scary but if u literally can't see sh*t to even move around or progress the story then that's stupid.
"...is easily avoidable as long as you're a milenial..."
So far I've been feeling off today because I woke up a little bit before 4 and couldn't fall back asleep, so thank you for uploading this, Jinzee! If you ever think about writing a book I would totally buy it because you've repeatedly proven that you have a great understanding of storytelling. I'm sorry to hear about your near drowning experiences and later difficulty with playing those games *HUGS*, but I am glad that you've been getting better with it via exposure. You mentioned that underwater movies don't affect you as much, so which ones would you say you're particularly fond of? If you don't find horror to be scary it can often be boring because you're just waiting for something to happen most of the time, and there's a video titled "Why GUILLERMO DEL TORO is not interested in the scares of horror films" that I definitely recommend. Out of curiosity do you plan on growing your natural hair color back out or have you thought about dyeing it again?
I know it's odd but I actually really love Jaws and Deep Blue Sea, they're both just a little funny to me. 😅 And I plan to grow out my hair again, no dyeing for now. ^^
@@ProperBird Deep Blue Sea is an absurdly delightful film and anyone who disagrees is incapable of fun. Ryan Hollinger has a video talking about it that I think you would greatly enjoy actually. I was introduced to this channel through your Elric video so your natural hair color is admittedly a bit nostalgic for me haha.
i'm commenting to scare the algorthm
It's terrified, I can tell
"you're safe if you're a millennial" 😂
I have massive acrophobie (fear of heights), can barely climb on top of a chair to wash my windows of change the curtains, even just watering the plants on my balcony is a challenge. Thankfully, no video game has managed to give me vertigo yet!
Do you still play Stardew Valley?
Occasionally, but I already did everything there is to be done in it. New update on the way though!
When the fuck did I subscribe to you bro😂 cool tho
If you don't remember it was probably the Witcher or Warcraft, usually.
I don't play horror games, or, watch modern horror movies, because, they both have become reliant, almost entirely, on cheap jump-scares. That's not horror. Jump scares are the ultimate expression of lazy writing.
I loved Darkwood! Very atmospheric for sure.
Echo the dolphin and its subsequent sequels were definitely my horror/edge of seat games. Give. Me. Land. kthanxbai
I feel like I need to put that on my list after everything I've heard about it. 😅
@@ProperBird i always had a fear of sharks in the deep end of the pool before playing them, but after it was definitely a fact. Sharks were indeed in the deep end of any pool. I will sometimes unconsciously hold my breath while playing diving missions on games also and even during movies. Obviously thats perfectly normal.