" Take Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow for example, I couldn't get further than 3 missions before panic took over and I had to stop.I do believe my fear of games is getting better though.. at least I hope so. D: "
I also find myself needing to take breaks during games that startle me. For example, I could only do one chapter of Dead Space at the time because it feels like there's this heavy apprehensive weight pushing down on my shoulders as I play those sorts of games, waiting for the next thing to jump out at me from around a corner, or the next corpse to spring to life. I can't say I'd break into a panic, but I can only take so much of that feeling of being bogged down by a burden of anxiety before I need to take a break and relax.
Yea, but Dead Space is a semi-horror game :) Splinter Cell is a stealth action game where you are the predator.
Whaaa? Splinter Cell scared you? Well, admittedly the musical score was pretty intense, and some of those situations are very difficult; I find that in Splinter Cell it's easy to think you are in more danger than you really are- it's not that hard to take a direct approach to dispatching with your enemies, and disappearing, unless you alert EVERYONE to your presence.
The only game that has really scared me so far (that I've played) has been Penumbra: Black Plague. That game was a serious mindfuck. Definitely some high-quality indie horror there.
Fact: Progeria is NOT a mental illness, he is not mentally retarded. He is young, and obviously finds something appealing or resonant about the 'gangster' attitude. Moreso, he's probably going to die quite soon, so let the kid do what makes him happy.
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