I started watching someone else play it one YouTube earlier today.

>>19578

The reviews for it said it was too hard, which I find hilarious. It's a survival horror game it is supposed to be hard.

I really want to get it, it looks ace. It's also supposed to be the best optimised PC game we've had in years.

>>19580
>The reviews for it said it was too hard, which I find hilarious. It's a survival horror game it is supposed to be hard.
I heard the same, so I've been playing it on easy and so far it has been a bit too easy. Just a second ago I got killed by the alien for the first time and that was because I walked right up to it wanting to see what happened. There are player hidey holes all over the place so I guess it's a bit more predacious on harder difficulties.

>It's also supposed to be the best optimised PC game we've had in years.
It looks nice and runs well. It doesn't take much to run it at ultra - I've not seen the framerate dip and I'm running a 7 series Radeon and an old quad core.

>>19581

It actively hunts you on hard, honestly you should restart and play it on hard matr.

See when you hear noises, it isn't ambient. It's hunting you. There was a bit where I was back tracking and decided to sprint a bit because I ussumed I had to move forward to trigger alien interactions and it jumped down out a vent and killed me.

Never run.

>>19580
It's not hard due to difficulty. It's hard because the A.I is erratic at best and certain areas literally have 2 rooms you have to go in and Alien is literally camping both entrances on a randomly placed circuit.

You can get items to help you along of course. Flashbangs and such are great but the game is the wrong way around in my opinion. You are in the deep end from the start and the game gets progressively easier once you get past med bay. You get all your toys, the anti-alien stuff and generally the alien becomes no threat once you get the flamethrower until you get to the Reactor.

>>19579
I refuse to watch even a minute of gameplay until I can play it myself. As someone who loves the Alien films, I want this to be one of those 'experiences' that seem so rare these days.

One question: does the main character run around in some skimpy knickers with half her arse hanging out?

>>19584
>does the main character run around in some skimpy knickers with half her arse hanging out?
No.

You wag.

>>19585>>19585I guess this is the "scary game" thread.

I've been playing The Evil Within. So far it's been a bit predictable, pic attached, within the first fifteen minutes you're being chased by a big guy with a chainsaw and a mask, and hiding from him in a cupboard... been there before. The run and hide kind of horror didn't last, it turned pretty quickly into "Resident Evil 4 + stealth". Which is ok I guess. Somehow it feels less than the sum of its parts.

>>19590
I was a bit disappointed from what I saw of the gameplay. I was expecting it to be more horror than what it is, if that makes sense. It seems like they're going with gore mostly, which isn't scary, it's just gore. I'm only basing that on the opening level though, so perhaps it gets better.

I've only played it on Hard and it has literally been the only game that has ever actually scared me and made me panic. I've only been having a go between 1am and 6am with all the lights off and wearing headphones. Fucking amazing.