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  1. [09/03/2012 20:49:10] *** Query with User: [email protected]
  2. [09/03/2012 20:49:10]
  3. [09/03/2012 20:49:10] <Colson> well
  4. [09/03/2012 20:50:39] <Charybdizs> well?
  5. [09/03/2012 20:50:52] <Colson> I mean, horror isn't a focus of the game at all
  6. [09/03/2012 20:51:01] <Charybdizs> I never said horror
  7. [09/03/2012 20:51:06] <Charybdizs> I said suspense
  8. [09/03/2012 20:51:07] <Colson> I know
  9. [09/03/2012 20:51:11] <Charybdizs> vulnerability
  10. [09/03/2012 20:51:14] <Charybdizs> That alone can be scary
  11. [09/03/2012 20:51:21] <Colson> [20:40:44] <Charybdizs> You can't possibly be saying it's hard to be scared in a game you haven't even played
  12. [09/03/2012 20:51:22] <Colson> [20:40:49] <Charybdizs> That's just dumb
  13. [09/03/2012 20:51:28] <Charybdizs> Yeah
  14. [09/03/2012 20:51:33] <Charybdizs> I still stand on that point
  15. [09/03/2012 20:51:39] <Colson> to me, suspense and being scared are two different things
  16. [09/03/2012 20:51:49] <Charybdizs> Just because a game's main focus isn't horror doesn't mean it isn't scary
  17. [09/03/2012 20:51:57] <Charybdizs> Well, let me say this
  18. [09/03/2012 20:52:03] <Charybdizs> The game is sickly sweet
  19. [09/03/2012 20:52:06] <Colson> But... it isn't
  20. [09/03/2012 20:52:06] <Colson> lol
  21. [09/03/2012 20:52:14] <Charybdizs> Cute coral reefs, little dolphin squeaks...
  22. [09/03/2012 20:52:20] <Colson> sharks?
  23. [09/03/2012 20:52:30] <Charybdizs> And around a corner there is a giant crocodile that mauls you
  24. [09/03/2012 20:53:16] <Charybdizs> And the fighting system makes all enemies dangerous
  25. [09/03/2012 20:53:22] <Charybdizs> It takes work to defeat an enemy
  26. [09/03/2012 20:53:45] <Charybdizs> Sharks on their own aren't scary
  27. [09/03/2012 20:53:59] <Colson> That doesn't necessarily make it suspenseful
  28. [09/03/2012 20:54:06] <Charybdizs> But when you're swimming through fallen girders to avoid a giant shark that is nosing in at you...
  29. [09/03/2012 20:54:08] <Colson> I mean
  30. [09/03/2012 20:54:10] <Charybdizs> And then it gets a bite
  31. [09/03/2012 20:54:11] <Colson> to you, it might be
  32. [09/03/2012 20:54:18] <Charybdizs> No, I beat the game
  33. [09/03/2012 20:54:24] <Charybdizs> My brother on the other hand
  34. [09/03/2012 20:54:24] <Colson> Then
  35. [09/03/2012 20:54:35] <Colson> lol.
  36. [09/03/2012 20:54:44] <Colson> doesn't he play
  37. [09/03/2012 20:54:50] <Charybdizs> He's played plenty of the gory-horror games. Resident Evil, Bioshock, stuff like that
  38. [09/03/2012 20:55:01] <Charybdizs> They're no problem for him
  39. [09/03/2012 20:55:09] <Charybdizs> He hates watching me play Ecco because it scares him
  40. [09/03/2012 20:55:14] <Colson> LOL
  41. [09/03/2012 20:55:20] <Charybdizs> And he's... 24?
  42. [09/03/2012 20:55:24] <Colson> WOW
  43. [09/03/2012 20:55:33] <Charybdizs> What's so WOW about it?
  44. [09/03/2012 20:55:39] <Charybdizs> The game is vicious
  45. [09/03/2012 20:55:52] <Colson> and by that do you mean hard?
  46. [09/03/2012 20:55:58] <Charybdizs> The game was built to kill you
  47. [09/03/2012 20:56:04] <Charybdizs> Yes, that's a big part of it
  48. [09/03/2012 20:56:09] <Colson> Sure, but
  49. [09/03/2012 20:56:13] <Colson> How does that... scare him?
  50. [09/03/2012 20:56:32] <Charybdizs> Have you ever played the original genesis ecco games?
  51. [09/03/2012 20:56:36] <Charybdizs> As a kid?
  52. [09/03/2012 20:56:38] <Colson> No
  53. [09/03/2012 20:56:44] <Charybdizs> Well then, I can't explain it
  54. [09/03/2012 20:56:55] <Charybdizs> But as you go down... it gets darker, and more sinister
  55. [09/03/2012 20:57:02] <Charybdizs> You just feel incredibly vulnerable
  56. [09/03/2012 20:57:10] <Charybdizs> The genesis ones were KNOWN for that
  57. [09/03/2012 20:57:28] <Colson> Yeah, I know
  58. [09/03/2012 20:57:36] <Colson> I guess it could be to some people
  59. [09/03/2012 20:57:37] <Charybdizs> Read on any youtube video about it or forum post. Tons of people talking about how it freaked them out
  60. [09/03/2012 20:57:38] <Colson> the
  61. [09/03/2012 20:57:44] <Colson> dark and sinster-ness
  62. [09/03/2012 20:57:44] <Charybdizs> Sure, it's definitely a personal thing
  63. [09/03/2012 20:57:56] <Charybdizs> But it's not even sinister.
  64. [09/03/2012 20:57:57] <Charybdizs> OOH
  65. [09/03/2012 20:58:02] <Charybdizs> I got a good explanation
  66. [09/03/2012 20:58:10] <Charybdizs> Have you ever went swimming in the ocean
  67. [09/03/2012 20:58:15] <Charybdizs> In places where you can't see the bottom
  68. [09/03/2012 20:58:20] <Colson> No.
  69. [09/03/2012 20:58:30] <Colson> I... don't like swimming
  70. [09/03/2012 20:58:35] <Charybdizs> Why?
  71. [09/03/2012 20:58:39] <Colson> dunno
  72. [09/03/2012 20:58:41] <Colson> :\
  73. [09/03/2012 20:58:44] <Charybdizs> Ah
  74. [09/03/2012 20:58:55] <Charybdizs> Well, let me say, it's sort of creepy, to almost anyone
  75. [09/03/2012 20:59:11] <Charybdizs> The knowledge that there is something beneath you and you don't know what it is
  76. [09/03/2012 20:59:19] <Charybdizs> And that it could possibly be dangerous
  77. [09/03/2012 20:59:25] <Charybdizs> or even just freak you out
  78. [09/03/2012 20:59:39] <Charybdizs> That's EXACTLY the feeling those ecco games gave me
  79. [09/03/2012 20:59:53] <Colson> Heh.
  80. [09/03/2012 21:00:01] <Charybdizs> It's a feeling of vulnerability, really!
  81. [09/03/2012 21:00:01] <Colson> Sounds like you get freaked out easy
  82. [09/03/2012 21:00:06] <Charybdizs> ...
  83. [09/03/2012 21:00:12] <Charybdizs> You know what is stupid?
  84. [09/03/2012 21:00:15] <Colson> what
  85. [09/03/2012 21:00:27] <Charybdizs> You are talking smack about situations you have never been in
  86. [09/03/2012 21:00:34] <Charybdizs> It's not ME
  87. [09/03/2012 21:00:39] <Charybdizs> It's HUMANITY
  88. [09/03/2012 21:00:47] <Charybdizs> Deep Blue Diving?
  89. [09/03/2012 21:00:47] <Colson> ._.
  90. [09/03/2012 21:00:53] <Charybdizs> That takes courage
  91. [09/03/2012 21:01:04] <Colson> wait, hold up
  92. [09/03/2012 21:01:09] <Colson> what are we talking about
  93. [09/03/2012 21:01:10] <Colson> ecco
  94. [09/03/2012 21:01:12] <Colson> or swimming
  95. [09/03/2012 21:01:22] <Charybdizs> Both.
  96. [09/03/2012 21:01:32] <Charybdizs> Deep Blue Diving is diving where the bottom is beyond reach
  97. [09/03/2012 21:01:37] <Colson> I can see it with swimming
  98. [09/03/2012 21:01:41] <Colson> but, I mean
  99. [09/03/2012 21:01:53] <Colson> Ecco isn
  100. [09/03/2012 21:01:59] <Colson> wait.
  101. [09/03/2012 21:02:03] <Colson> Lemme put it this way
  102. [09/03/2012 21:02:19] <Colson> I don't normally get scared by games unless I'm really immersed
  103. [09/03/2012 21:02:32] <Charybdizs> Of course
  104. [09/03/2012 21:02:41] <Charybdizs> I can watch videos of a horror game
  105. [09/03/2012 21:02:46] <Charybdizs> I've watched videos of amnesia
  106. [09/03/2012 21:02:52] <Charybdizs> Because I am not the player
  107. [09/03/2012 21:03:09] <Colson> You like
  108. [09/03/2012 21:03:18] <Colson> Hear your own footsteps, and creaks in stuff
  109. [09/03/2012 21:03:22] <Colson> and yourself breathing
  110. [09/03/2012 21:03:26] <Colson> it's extremely immersive
  111. [09/03/2012 21:03:38] <Colson> and because of that it's absolutely terrifying
  112. [09/03/2012 21:04:02] <Charybdizs> I just watched a playthrough of Shalebridge Cradle a bit ago
  113. [09/03/2012 21:04:18] <Charybdizs> Scary, yes, but not terrifying because I am not playing it
  114. [09/03/2012 21:04:33] <Charybdizs> I can see how it WOULD scare me if I were to play it though
  115. [09/03/2012 21:04:45] <Colson> Ecco isn't THAT sinister
  116. [09/03/2012 21:04:56] <Colson> sure
  117. [09/03/2012 21:05:02] <Colson> you don't know what's there
  118. [09/03/2012 21:05:34] <Charybdizs> Keep in mind. I never said it was as sinister as Amnesia or anything
  119. [09/03/2012 21:05:35] <Charybdizs> ALSO
  120. [09/03/2012 21:05:59] <Charybdizs> 21:04:45 | <Colson> Ecco isn't THAT sinister
  121. [09/03/2012 21:06:04] <Charybdizs> Have you played it? No.
  122. [09/03/2012 21:06:15] <Colson> I've seen gameplay and stuff in the past
  123. [09/03/2012 21:06:20] <Charybdizs> I'm just wondering where you get these statements from
  124. [09/03/2012 21:06:36] <Charybdizs> Like I said, watching gameplay doesn't give the scare
  125. [09/03/2012 21:06:47] <Charybdizs> It needs to be immersive
  126. [09/03/2012 21:07:04] <Charybdizs> A friend and I were playing Ecco on his HUGE tv late at night
  127. [09/03/2012 21:07:14] <Charybdizs> Got to the last level set
  128. [09/03/2012 21:07:27] <Colson> nevermind.
  129. [09/03/2012 21:07:32] <Colson> I'll just stop
  130. [09/03/2012 21:07:33] <Charybdizs> ?
  131. [09/03/2012 21:07:35] <Charybdizs> Stop what?
  132. [09/03/2012 21:07:57] <Colson> DoF is a sinister game and makes EVERYONE scared because they don't know what's there
  133. [09/03/2012 21:08:00] <Colson> sure
  134. [09/03/2012 21:08:01] <Colson> whateve
  135. [09/03/2012 21:08:04] <Charybdizs> ...
  136. [09/03/2012 21:08:06] <Charybdizs> Listen'
  137. [09/03/2012 21:08:20] <Charybdizs> The problem is that you're saying exactly the opposite
  138. [09/03/2012 21:08:37] <Charybdizs> You are saying that it is somehow ridiculous that it scares ANYONE
  139. [09/03/2012 21:08:43] <Charybdizs> Which is not ridiculous
  140. [09/03/2012 21:08:46] <Charybdizs> in fact
  141. [09/03/2012 21:08:53] <Colson> but it doesn't scare anyone?
  142. [09/03/2012 21:08:56] <Colson> I mean
  143. [09/03/2012 21:09:01] <Colson> nevermind.
  144. [09/03/2012 21:09:42] *** Query closed at: Friday March 09, 2012 - 21:09:42
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