9e2932 No.13780282
The only games to really tickle my horror fancy nowadays are of the Eastern European sort like STALKER, Pathologic, and some obscure Russian mods. It must be something in the atmosphere there which inspires such melancholy and almost fairytale-like supernatural horrors. Western horror seems to rely too much on shock value whereas Japanese horror tends to have completely retarded stories which just takes you out of it.
Anyone know some good examples of slav horror? A game I also recently tried out which would fit the bill is Darkwood, where you're some guy in a Polish forest where a mysterious plague has taken over, as you're trying to survive and find the cause of it all. It's ridiculously suspenseful even though it has a top-down viewpoint, largely because you can't see moving things outside your field of view. The audio design is incredibly unnerving too, especially once something starts messing with the doors inside your hideout and strange mushrooms start growing from the floors.
20c75f No.13780339
>>13780282
>It must be something in the atmosphere there which inspires such melancholy and almost fairytale-like supernatural horrors.
Yes, its called "Living in the slavlands"
5a22f1 No.13780655
>Slav horror looking pretty good
Good, it seems that learning Russki will pay off in vidya as well. As for Japanese horror, moe shit and uguu fucks ruined it. But stuff like Siren and Fatal Frame or any shinto horror is the shit.
6d2fc5 No.13780718
Slavs throughout the USSR explored melancholy in their media.
Games started being made after the USSR, for the most part, but the devs grew up with with those influences and styles, so they transpose it to games.
The horror in their games is less "spooopy monster disrupts happy world" and more "the world is fucking shit, but sometimes you can make it a little bit less shit". It's a different take and really refreshing to western audiences. Not sure how the slavs like it, though they clearly must, as it keeps being made.
4b2942 No.13780775
>>13780718
Its like smell of piss in your elevator brings you a nostalgia, and you look at writing that Ivan is an asshole with prostitute number below it and it fills you with determination.
07ed3a No.13780811
>>13780282
Have you ever played Pathologic for Half Life anon?
Its pretty good, the shooting is iffy though.
>>13780775
Pretty much, just like living under commie rule.
>>13780305
They're pretty average, too westernized.
f47ced No.13780952
I already live in an ex commie country though OP. Why do I need a game when I experience this 24/7?
3f1182 No.13780958
>slav horror
you mean hipster horror
07ed3a No.13780966
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>>13780952
Because thse games make you feel like surviving is worth it unlike real life.
Also fantasy elements.
>>13780961
I really need to give this a spin
b08a3f No.13781024
>>13780811
>They're pretty average, too westernized
>Made by Ukrainians who made Stalker
>written by the Russian who wrote the book it's based off
Are you one of those retards that always shits up threads at any mention of Metro because 'its westernized' without explaining what exactly is westernized about it other than the vague notion that somehow no one outside the west likes the occasional bit of action?
>>13780952
He's not asking you to play anything. He's asking for games to play. No one gives a shit about you or where you live.
8f17f6 No.13781028
STALKER is the only game that's ever genuinely unsettled me and made me feel fear at points. Metro 2033 was trying too hard.
9581c2 No.13781060
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Have you played games made by Sergey Noskov? The Light, The Train and 35mm?
07ed3a No.13781074
>>13781024
>NPC always stuck to you
>Turret sections
>Railrodded chase sequences
>One sided characters you're forced to like
Khan in the book would tell Artyom he was stalking him when Bourbon hired him and that he was going to kill you before giving you your pay, Khan is also distant as shit to Artyom and never opens up to him fully, none of that shit happens in the game giving out a more dark and desperate feeling to the game, instead you got "le epic anti hero badass" and "the good willing Mongol".
Last Light isn't even based on the novels and is even more westernized with shit like the Dark One child making no sense.
b08a3f No.13781101
>>13781060
>35mm
Wasn't that a walk simulation?
>>13781074
So that's a yes you're one of those fucks that shits up threads sperging out about Metro.
705993 No.13781112
>>13780282
Did you try the Void (not exactly horror per se) or Knock Knock (2D horror)? They're both made by the same guys that did Pathologic.
198fe3 No.13781135
>>13780282
>Slavic Fairy Tale
Tell me anons, why do the slavs usually have a fatalist view when it comes to fiction?
Sure you can chalk it up as an effect of living in a depressing shithole, but other shitholes usually don't even have the time to even write things.
>>13780966
>embed
This guy has done some pretty good vids overall
He does the deadpan style of humor better than critikuck ever will
-t. opinion
509b09 No.13781146
>>13781112
>Did you try the Void
>want some slav tities
>run out of fucking ink
705993 No.13781159
>>13781135
>Tell me anons, why do the slavs usually have a fatalist view when it comes to fiction?
Because our whole history has been one long string of misery.
d47eb6 No.13781161
Could have a look at this, not sure if it's any help though.
9e33b9 No.13781166
>>13781060
I've played 35MM and it isn't a horror game at all. Just a slow walking sim with bland empty environments and a single jumpscare.
07ed3a No.13781253
>>13781101
>Stop criticizing what I like
No
9e2932 No.13781368
>>13781334
I can see a horror game where a tribe of Africans have to deal with some spooky shit working out. The savannes can be disquieting at night.
705993 No.13781384
>>13781368
Or how about playing a a little female niglet trying to not get raped to death by niggers with AIDS?
07ed3a No.13781407
>>13781368
>>13781334
>Tribalistic cannibals
>Spirit/Science corrupted predators
>Folk tales come to life
>Having to manage your own survival with Bear Grylls type shit like drinking your own piss
>Something that mixes all the dread of urban, jungle and savannah life in Africa
Would be pretty cool, too bad it will never happen because no munies and American devs are shit
>>13781384
>In the game raping underage girls does indeed cure you of aids, but they get the Aids instead
>It gives way to a moral choice because you have the Aids
7df051 No.13781488
Knock-Knock is from the devs of Pathologic. I ain't played it I'm a wienie that only barely completed Metro's 'scary' bits but it's got that similar vibe of 'I think I know what's going on but nothing makes any fucking sense.'
07ed3a No.13781666
>>13781494
>Eating cow period to get vitamins in your body so you don't die from a common cold
Holy shit
705993 No.13781696
>>13781494
A few more.
>wearing female clothing and a wig gives you % to dodge bullets depending on the clothing and wig color
>earning yourself a mean name gives you % against various debuffs
>wearing a life jacket heightens your resistance but makes you more vulnerable to bullets
be7987 No.13781918
>>13781696
this is why i love browsing 8chan.
99de9f No.13782086
>>13780958
>Slav horror is hipster horror
>Not lovecraftian
d7c003 No.13782091
>>13782086
lovecraft is considered problematic again so he's no longer hipster bait
adca81 No.13782100
>>13782086
>>13782091
>Hipster horror is shit like Slenderman internet memes
Stop being retarded
cc973e No.13782140
>>13780282
stalker and metro are pretty fucking good
let me know if thread manages to come out with something good
0b2618 No.13782186
>>13782091
>problematic again
I wish there was a compilation of lovecraft fans being told what mountains of madness was really about and then getting upset about it.
I have done this quite a few times when meeting people who would drone on about lovecraft and their reaction is usually hilarious.
abccfc No.13782697
>>13782091
Fun fact, Shadow Over Innsmouth was inspired by Lovecraft finding out his grandmother was welsh
98897f No.13782763
>>13782186
i never bothered to read lovecraft, that is mountains of madness really about?
0b2618 No.13782937
>>13782763
The danger of enslaving stupid people thinking they can't hurt you because they are less intelligent. And yes, he actually meant niggers.
98897f No.13783043
>>13782937
topkek what a hero
a3b5f1 No.13783842
Was just thinking about this OP, as a Croat, something about Russian horror games is extremely appealing to me. The close second is British setting in their thrown-back villages ala Lovecraftian Call of Cthulhu setting.
Something about Dostoyevski's work and Russian games like Pathologic really strikes the cord though. The architecture is always beautiful, but also foreign and rotten in a way. When it spirals downwards, it spirals completely but in a more subtle way than for example Silent Hill would pull it out with the "Otherworld".
I highly recommend Pathologic 2 demo (Pathologic Marble Nest) which can still be downloaded as a standalone. Got me 10+ hours of autistic exploration for free.
Vid related:
https://youtu.be/i3feRkMZMRA?t=2h8m1s
Stylistically I think what Russians are touching upon is style otherwise known as Magical Realism.
0b2618 No.13783913
>>13783842
>Magical Realism
Granted I haven't played much of pathologic, but it doesn't remind me at all of allende or marquez.
Then again, maybe I'm thinking too much about the setting. Anyway what exactly makes you think of magical realism when it comes to this game?
4ff4a9 No.13783958
>>13780282
Slavs have many reasons to be masters of atmospheric horror. Being under communist rule is only one reason.
You can always try You Are Empty if you don't mind being bored and playing shitty games that feature shader effects and lighting you have to disable to play because the drunken retards didn't program it properly and shaders make models go invisible.
>>13780961
Man, what a disappointing game. So good, yet so broken. Widescreen support is a joke. You need a system far stronger than the requirements say to get it to run well. You need a soundblaster and ALchemy to get the audio to work right. Even with all that, the section with the dogs makes you disable the fancy physics effects until you pass it because they never programmed it properly and it crashes.
>>13781074
>buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword
Kill yourself.
f41273 No.13784000
>>13783958
>that first one
a3b5f1 No.13784034
>>13783913
Imaginary realism* to correct myself. Shouldn't have conflated the two.
5b8fb5 No.13784057
>>13784000
this is making me laugh a lot more than it should
0b2618 No.13784125
>>13784034
>imaginary realism
Anything related to that in terms of books or art that I should check out?
3d0af7 No.13784133
>>13780282
>Wants eastern European horrors
That is easy Anon. Any polish woman older than 30.
c9661c No.13784137
>>13780282
Did you try The Void and Knock Knock yet?
ad1a7b No.13784158
>>13783958
>>13781101
>no counter arguments to 07ed3a post
You're always free to shut up if you havent read the books and noticed the difference for yourself.
Your opinnions are worse than dog shit if you're this casual when it comes to the story.
c9661c No.13784181
>>13783043
"On the Creation of Niggers"
When, long ago, the gods created Earth
In Jove's fair image Man was shaped at birth.
The beasts for lesser parts were next designed;
Yet were they too remote from humankind.
To fill the gap, and join the rest to Man,
Th'Olympian host conceiv'd a clever plan.
A beast they wrought, in semi-human figure,
Filled it with vice, and called the thing a Nigger.
-Our boy HPL, 1912
790809 No.13784367
>>13784340
>Lovecraft calls niggers 'beasts wrought in semi-human figure'
>this makes him a SJW somehow
are you retarded, anon?
21ab4d No.13784453
>>13784444
Quads settle it once and for all, now the thread can get back on topic
c9661c No.13784458
>>13784453
AAAAAAAAAA NUUUUUUUUUUUU
88cf52 No.13784530
>>13780961
That was awesome in so many ways, a really interesting environment, interesting story telling that really gave life to the characters, fun shooting gameplay to stitch everything together.
The last scene made me cry like a bitch.
286bf3 No.13784561
>>13784444 (check'd)
>>13784453
>>13784459
>>13784460
Why is Gondola so comfy? There's always this ineffable feeling of relief that washes over me whenever I gaze upon his image.
b08a3f No.13784587
>>13783922
You should read the OP before responding to it
>>13784158
Nice new ID. That's some atomic buttrage you have.
07ed3a No.13784603
>>13784561
I mostly relate to it
I'm a social outcast who melancholically watches my surroundings without actively interfering on anything.
e1bf72 No.13784621
>>13784547
Is there any clone or pirate-friendly serb that could be used for that game? It's actually one of those few gems with great gameplay that were killed by a shitty community and shitty devs.
12f74d No.13784654
>>13784621
No idea, I would cream myself if there was.
7df051 No.13784705
>>13784603
>>13784561
He's innocence incarnated. It's like why Yotsuba and Danbo are/were popular. It reminds you of all the best parts of life without anything bittersweet about it. I get the same feeling when playing Kirby games or /v/ just laughing at itself.
53afe5 No.13784823
Why are slav games so shitty?
Maybe if they were white they would be able to make something good.
07ed3a No.13784844
>>13784823
I bet you play Japanese games
12f74d No.13784876
>>13784823
Faggots like ruined baiting. There are no quality baits anymore, its just the same shit on repeat every time.
00f74e No.13785072
>>13780961
>tfw will never get to play this game.
1c82e7 No.13785253
>>13783842
>Magical Realism
>Slavs ripped off beaner genre
429ba9 No.13785608
>>13784458
fuck off newfag
19e0be No.13793092
>>13781024
>written by the Russian who wrote the book it's based off
Dmitry Glukhovsky is not the same guy as the brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.
4ff4a9 No.13793123
>>13784158
>>buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword
b08a3f No.13793136
>>13793092
>Dmitry Glukhovsky is not the same guy as the brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.
Talking about Metro, not Roadside Picnic, there.
d14455 No.13793147
>>13780952
There is literally nothing wrong with communist countries though…
b08a3f No.13793155
>>13793145
The fuck are you on about?
19e0be No.13793156
>>13784133
She's 37 this year. And has a little too much weight and too strong suntan, honestly.
http://www.stalkcelebs.com/photo-gallery/15245/1/anna-mucha-for-2017-ikea-catalog
Nice dubs though.
68d3c1 No.13793183
>>13781024
t. commie burger fatass triggered that we've been there and done that
68d3c1 No.13793203
399e3f No.13793272
>>13784000
>>13783958
Following up, I have never seen a readable version of that first image. Does anyone have one? Or know the tl;dr of the image? I tried to get through the first few lines by squinting and now I have a splitting headache.
399e3f No.13793482
>>13793272
Ok, so, I persevered and probably gave myself cataracts, but here it is;
>Go to old slav military installation
>First day goes fine
>That night, here inhuman roar from woods
>But nothing else
>Second day, spot 7 foot tall creature on military installition
>It moves like a lizard along vertical walls and disappears
>Nope the fuck out of there, day goes fine
>At night they stop to camp
>Ambient creatures suddenly go silent
>Spot creature with flashlight 100m out, 7ft tall with lighter fur around its "face" (author keeps switching units)
>Put 25 rounds into it, waking other guys
>After confusion, spot it and it moves towards them with lizard-like movement close to the ground
>Nope the fuck out of there, run for ~10km
>Make it to a civilian campsite
And then,
>Go back a year later with more weapons and ATVs
>Arrive, don't see much
>Make camp in same place
>Second day, go exploring
>Find a nest made of felled trees, including animals corpses
>Nope the fuck out of there back to the campsite
>Campsite has been utterly destroyed by something
>Take the ATVs as escape
>Cops stop us and ask for help looking for missing person
>Decline
>Person is found dead later
Not too bad a read, if it were legible.
bfb32f No.13795405
Have any other anons played Paranoia?
http://www.moddb.com/mods/paranoia
b9911d No.13795775
6f3ed3 No.13795805
>>13795405
yeah, it and its sequel are shit gwaficks whore games
e64c24 No.13796036
>>13781024
It doesn't have to make sense, anon. Stalker is a status symbol for memekids, anything else is considered westernized even though it's actually another slav game. You are talking to slavaboos.
c1cb7f No.13796241
>>13781024
I'll bite it and answer you, despite actually having read the book and not only enjoying it but also both games.
The book is mostly about detailing the Metro and the conditions people live in. Artyom isn't so much a character as a convenient way to advance the plot and show different sides and locations, ence the real reason why he ends up in pretty much every kind of situation while traveling the Metro.
You don't see the cannibals with the sleep darts or the gates of hell in the game for instance since they don't matter for what it's goal actually was: the hero quest.
The first game was mostly about Artyom and his journey, not so much the Metro. It did shared a very important aspect with the book, the meditation and reflection about their current situation that Artyom spent a lot of time thinking in his journey, considering his life, the life of everyone else and even the Dark Ones and the human condition.
But ultimately, it was about him and his journey with the best example being Khan itself who stops being a landmark in the Metro with his own interests and personaility to become an exposition device and temporary guide for Artyom's quest in the game.
The second game however wasn't based on the books, so there's that, and it's pretty clear that the goal was to continue what the first one started. Artyom is now a ranger and the game is about his mission, everyone else acting like secondary actors. First girl that shows up is the love interest, Khan loses most of his mystique nature and becomes full "wise old mentor", local captain is stern paternal figure, etc.
The critiques about the Dark One aren't very fair though, there's a point to him there that I guess it's not so basic since not that many people picked on it.
It's to mirror young Artyom, scared shitless in a world he doesn't know after losing his parents and give the player the confirmation that the choice in the first game wasn't that simple as the Dark Ones could actually have been decent neighbors. Anyone that read the book would knew this considering Artyoms final reflection on his actions so the baby Dark One would provide not only a good tie with the first game but also a metaphor for humanity itself and if it can be saved and restored again.
However, it was indeed more "action oriented" than what some people were expecting because that's what the devs saw as a strength and the selling point in the first. This isn't necessarily bad as some would tell you, there's more variety in guns, extra throwable objects, some more environment interaction, a better bullet economy and more gameplay options for you because of this after all.
There's less phylosophy and contemplation and that's indeed a problem if you were looking for it, natural coming from the first Metro and the book itself.
But overall, it's not a bad game, it's just closer to Wolfenstein than the first game was, I suppose.
07ed3a No.13796282
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>>13795405
Yeah, its fucking great
07ed3a No.13796409
>>13783958
>>13784587
>>13793123
>Still no argument
>Has to ID hop to fake consensus
What a pathetic sad of shit, Metro is average and the only thing going for it is the art design and atmosphere, deal with it
313604 No.13802565
>>13796409 (You)
>>>buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword
>>13795805
>games are supposed to look like shit rererereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
cc973e No.13810960
>>13780966
is this guy /ourguy/
literally all the reviews he does are basically standard /v/ vydia
177f8c No.13811194
>>13810960
>is this guy /ourguy/