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Survival horror refers to a subgenre of survival video games that include horror game elements. [5][6][7] The player character is vulnerable and under-armed, [8] which puts emphasis on puzzle-solving and evasion, rather than the player taking an offensive strategy. [9]
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Survival horror is a subgenre of horror games with survival elements. The name "survival horror" was first used by the horror game Resident Evil, but there had been some earlier games which created the genre, among them Alone in the Dark.
Horror video games are video games that narratively deal with elements of horror fiction. They comprise a variety of video game genres.
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Survival-horror is subgenre of video games that emphasizes survival, resource management, limited means and a horror based atmosphere, usually in third-person.
Throughout recent years, games such as Amnesia: The Dark Descent or Dead Space have caused somewhat of an identity crisis when it come to define the core gameplay of the genre. The point is that it put a focus on the direct avoidance of the death of certain characters.
- It can be a fight against opponents in which a negligent attitude to the available few supplies could leads to a probable death. (Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Dino Crisis).
- It can be a stealth-based adventure game with hide-and-seek mechanics. (...Iru!, Hellnight, Amnesia: The Dark Descent).
- It can be a marathon along an overloaded terrain, in which life itself becomes a bet. (Resident Evil 4, Dead Space, The Last of Us).
It can also describe any games that contain some of the characteristics typically associated with the genre, while adding some twists to the usual formula:
The term "survival-horror" was first coined during the marketing campaign of Resident Evil in 1996. Players were tasked to navigate a mansion skillfully, unlocking doors and killing enemies whilst slowly uncovering a hidden conspiracy.
Of course earlier exemples of survival-horror games exist in retrospect; games like 3D Monster Maze, Project Firestart and Alone in the Dark were premier examples of survival-horror from before the original Resident Evil came along.
In fact the origins of survival-horror games can be traced back to the early 70's with prototypal titles like Hunt the Wumpus (1972), Zork (1974) and Shark Jaws (1975).
Starting with games like The Devil Inside, Resident Evil 4 and Dead Space, the mid-2000's saw a shift towards action in the survival-horror genre.
Later with the release of games such as Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Outlast and Remothered: Tormented Fathers taking influences from older games such as Clock Tower, Hellnight, ...Iru! and White Day the genre saw another shift to a more passive play-style, stripping the players of any means of defense.
More recently, the genre saw a return of classical gameplay mechanics seen during the "golden-age" of survival-horror, coming either from AAA studios (Alien: Isolation, Resident Evil 7, The Evil Within) or indie developers (Lone Survivor, Fear the Dark Unknown, Them & Us, Lost In Vivo, Daymare 1998, Alisa).
•Alone in the Dark
•Resident Evil
•Resident Evil 2
•Silent Hill
•Silent Hill 2
•Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Lust for Darkness is cheap survival horror that treats genitals like jump scares (NSFW)
•https://www.pcgamer.com/lust-for-darkness-is-cheap-survival-horror-that-treats-genitals-like-jump-scares-nsfw/
How Resident Evil 2 Reanimates Classic Survival Horror
•https://www.cinemablend.com/games/2437009/how-resident-evil-2-reanimates-classic-survival-horror
Survival horror P.A.M.E.L.A. Receiving Massive Improvements
•https://cogconnected.com/2018/06/survival-horror-pamela-improvements/
Soma (stylized as SOMA) is a survival horror video game developed and published by Frictional Games. [1] [2] The game was released on 22 September 2015 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, and PlayStation 4, [3] and on 1 December 2017 for Xbox One. [4]
Survival-horror is a sub-genre of action-adventure video games that emphasizes vulnerability, resource management, and puzzle-solving in a horror themed environment. Games in the genre often have a metroidvania style of progression, and also make use of horror tropes common to cinema, such as...
Aug 13, 2021 · The '80s boomed with horror games, then Capcom coined the term 'survival horror,' paving the way for the genre we know and love. Nostramo, Resident Evil, Outlast, Dead Space - survival horror is extensive and diverse.
