Reasons why horror games are affecting the industry positively
Firstly horror games open a wide door of franchises waiting to be developed and gamers will give their all to get their hands on it. Franchises such as Silent Hills, Fatal Frame and Amnesia have had gamers come back for more and more. They have given gamers the excitement they have be craving for so long. These franchises keep the loyalty of their gamers as long as the sequels are more thrilling than the last. Horror games are a step in the right direction. In the gaming industry this affects it majorly because the more successful the franchise the more the income of players and money. This is an important effect because without a steady income the gaming industry will eventually
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Gamers will no longer be forced to play the same genres repeatedly because they can now be put into a mental realm of their own where they are the persona battling for survival their own way. Being the one in the game knowing that you are being stalked by a creature, ghost, or even another human gives you the thrill that other genres cannot. Horror games are rare and not repetitive like other genres. Additionally, horror games are split up into two sub genres: Psychological horror and survival horror. The psychological horror relies on your bodies reactions to danger thus giving you chills from the beginning to the end of the game. Darkness is always the main setting because it enables our fear mechanism letting us fear that something is about to happen at any moment. This happens because of our inability to see clearly. It contains a dark gloomy atmosphere with eerie music to keep you on edge at all times. This sub genre has the most jump scares out of the two because you have a fear of the unexpected and unknown. The survival horror is more like a game of cat and mouse because you are mainly being chased and you have to survive. This type lets you test your survival skills for if you were in an actual situation like that. Unlike the psychological horror this type relies on how you react to being attacked,