new type of horror...

I was looking back at the past horror games, and reading the forums on how in Dead Space, the usage of guns kinda gave people a sense of saftey as they could just kill everything from a distance, and completely took the horror aspect out of the game. The scariest parts were always when in close combat, and so it got me thinking...

Has there ever been a game with a zombie outbreak in a medival setting? Think about it for a sec. Your in an english city, say london, with compressed housing, fighting Dead Space like zombies, with nothing but a shield and a sword. Obviously having a shield would help defend attacks, so its not all that unfair.

Personally, the thought of having to run up to a zombie to kill it is alot more scarier, especially if the only light is a candle you carry around.

Thoughts? Just throwing it out there.

I like it but to make a real survival horror ditch the shield idea.psyball

That is a good idea. I once played Silent Hill 2 without the flashlight or the radio(warned about enemies). It was exciting. Real brief, but exciting!

What about a 'Ghost hunter' type game like "Apparitions"-still in Beta I think. Only this time you fall naked into the Paris Catacombs through an open manhole cover :lol: :roll: , and have to survive from there? :shock: Your enemies look like and come from shadows?

[QUOTE="psyball"]I like it but to make a real survival horror ditch the shield idea.gunswordfist

Not only that but with a shield you could up the zombie difficulty increasing the *danger* factor.

Used in the right way that could be a pretty neat idea. It would have to be in FPV IMO though. Something like would just look silly in 3rd person.

However, quite a few survival horror games already rely more on melee weapons (Silent Hill, Siren and Condemned being prime examples) and a medieval setting done in the wrong way could look extremely lame. Only a couple of exceptions ever give you too much firepower.

Used in the right way that could be a pretty neat idea. It would have to be in FPV IMO though. Something like would just look silly in 3rd person.

However, quite a few survival horror games already rely more on melee weapons (Silent Hill, Siren and Condemned being prime examples) and a medieval setting done in the wrong way could look extremely lame. Only a couple of exceptions ever give you too much firepower.

Silent-Hal

though none of them had swords with metal armour and a lack of any technology;)