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RE: Doki Doki Literature Club [Game Review]
Damn, that's conceptually brilliant. I thought I'd seen the best indie horror games already. That's something you and I have a shared passion for. Have you ever played The Process?
Horror has to be my favorite genre. (SO many bad games though) I haven't heard of The Process actually, but it seems like it'd be my thing. I was actually about to fire up The Cat Lady in a bit. Are you familiar with it?
I'm not. I usually get my indie horror fix from Gamejolt. It is a dung heap as you say, but with some diamonds hiding in it. Horror is uniquely compelling as a genre because the fear aspect invests you and immerses you more deeply. Your senses are heightened, you don't want to be caught offguard, so you're hyperfocused and not thinking about your actual surroundings.
That's the same effect VR has on any game it's applied to. Naturally horror and VR are a match made in heaven. It's why I bought VR to begin with. These obscure little horror games are such treats if you fully commit to sticking it out and seeing it through in one sitting. Like troubles you must untangle, or nightmares you must escape from.
The Cat Lady looks promising. Reminds me somewhat of Scratches. I wish I'd kept some of those free Steam keys for Narcosis so I could give you one, I'd love to see you review a game I wrote for.
Narcosis is on the list - looks like it has mostly great reviews.
You are right, the negative emotions that horror evoke makes us more invested. It is a genre that is about humanity at its extremes, and how we retain our humanity in even the worst of circumstances. I also think that horror has more room to experiment with storylines and the potential for originality is huge - even if there is a lot of derivative crap.
Side note: I've always wanted to play a horror game on acid but I'm frankly terrified after my experience watching Playtest (Black mirror) on a very low dose. I played a lot of 7 Days to Die on acid but it wasn't so much a horror game as survival.
I thought that would be awesome too but I actually had a pretty bad time. Acid makes me so emotionally tender. I got legit scared and uncomfy. I just wanted to be comfy and warm :'I
That's too bad. I'll stay away from it then.
Only from horror games. Jazzpunk was hilarious fun while tripping.
Jazzpunk was such a fucking trip, would've been awesome while on acid.
Well there's a director's cut and a DLC level now, so it'd be a good time to revisit it.