What exactly made Slender as popular as it is? Is it because it’s a good game, or is it just treated like a meme? Would people have paid for it? Is this an indication of changes to come in the horror genre? And more importantly, does urine stain jeans?
The development of the horror genre hasn't been without its twists and turns. But today, what does a game like Resident Evil 7 have to do to impress gamers?
OX writes: "We've played many horror games and they've taught us who we are: Mike is a fearproof robot and Andy's terror reflex is singing. To check they've been paying attention, I test Mike and Andy with classic clips from Slender, Outlast, Layers of Fear, The Evil Within and the rest. What happens next? Find out in the following, not-un-harrowing quiz. "
Mike Clark from G4@Syfygames explores some of the video game enemies that made terrifying noises that haunt him to this very day.
No mention of Clickers from the Last Of Us. Hearing those through my headset terrified me.
Only one comes to mind and that is RE4'S Regenerators/Iron Maiden so terrifying Imo lol
No feral ghouls from Fallout 3 either. I remember the first time I heard one, it scared me pretty good, because I hadn't seen or heard one up to that point.
Its simple. Simple and cheap.
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Cos it was free? And actually kinda creepy
It is simple, fun, and free. Not to mention it was based off of a popular meme.
The concept was just amazing. The music building up as you got more pages, Slender being behind you when you looked.. And the game is proof that graphics don't matter in a game *Edit: It also made you crap your pants