I just recently bought Resident Evil 7 after loving the demo (it was on sale) and was horrified to find that after the moodly and terrifying prologue, the game turns into "one of those". I have been trying to pinpoint when horror turned to this, maybe in some vain wish to go back in time to make sure it never happened.
There's just something about the clunky patrolling AI that you're meant to avoid and not fight that while scary, feels very samey from game to game when put into practice. These guys usually have no peripheral vision and give up chase confusingly quick. Whatever happened to enemies just surprising the shit out of you and being very tough to kill a la Dead Space?
Between RE7 and Alien Isolation, we have two games with worlds i absolutely crave the idea of exploring (especially Alien), but a core gameplay mechanic I find so abrasive that I fear for the future of horror forever. Anyone else hate this shit, or do I need to accept the new standard?
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