From: | Don Cox |
Date: | 30 Aug 2001 at 00:23:18 |
Subject: | Re: The Computer Gamer's "Mans Problem" |
On 29-Aug-01, Nuno Berneaud wrote:
>> JP Well, AB3D2 comes close, but I think everyone's got it wrong. The
>> JP scariest game is...
>> JP
>> JP Dungeon Master.
>> JP
>> JP Don't laugh, I got it with my 1Mb upgrade for my A500 years ago.
>> Yes JP it may not be 3D. Yes, it's now very old. But with a deathly
>> quiet JP atmosphere save the stereo echoes of distant monster JP
>> footsteps/shuffles, a torchlight that steadily gave out on you (and
>> JP it really did get very dark) and creatures that could wander the
>> JP level if you left any doors open and made quite hideous screams it
>> JP was at the time (maybe still is) the scariest thing I had ever JP
>> played.
>
> Most people seem to forget about this one. Another one I can't get to
> work on my souped-up Amiga.
> It really was a great (and scary) game. Lost many hours playing it.
It sounds like a good example of how imagination is more important than
realism. Something that triggers off your imagination can be much more
powerful than something photographically realistic that just doesn't hit
the right nerve.
Triggerism as opposed to realism.
Regards
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