Can a game be too spooky?
Happy Halloween, at least if you celebrate that in your part of the world. In my country we don't really celebrate it but it's more popular than it was when I was a kid so who knows maybe in the future we'll have Halloween here as well. I love this time of the year and I really enjoy playing survival horror or other scary games, especially around Halloween. But there is always this moment when I look at a game and wonder if this is going to the game I can't finish because it's just too much for me. So far it hasn't happened but maybe one day I will be so freaked out by a game that I just can't play it.
Too scary for me?
As a kid I watched horror movies with my parents, my parents didn't realize that but I was super quiet in the back of the living room and they didn't even notice that I was watching. But at night the nightmares would come and of course then I would have to pay for being so foolish to watch those scary movies. These days a lot of those movies aren't really considered as scary anymore but for me as a kid they were scary. But you become tougher watching these kind of movies, not that I would approve of kids watching scary movies, and later I also started playing scary games and it made me even more resistant to all the scary things out there. Some of my friends wouldn't dare to go into a room that was dark or go into the crawl space under a house but it didn't bother me that much. Not that I was such a super cool guy, eventhough I probably would like to believe I was one as a kid, but it just didn't scare me that much as it did others. So it became almost a test for me to find the next movie, book or game that would scare me. I played some really disturbing games, watching some really sick movies and read some horrifying stories. It does help that I actually like that, otherwise I wouldn't recommend people doing that. So far I haven't found my limit but I must admit that I'm not that active with this as I used to be. I wouldn't feel ashamed if a movie, game or even a book is too scary for me. It's good to have limits, that way you know how far you can go and that's definitely not a bad thing. But the more you are exposed to all the sacry things out there the more resistant you become, so sometimes it can be tough to find your limit. Unless you feel like jumping from mild into extreme, you might want to build that up slowly because there is no need to be foolish!
Some people hate scary things?
Yep, I've dated girls that absolutely hated all the scary movies I watched and the scary games I played. I tried to convince them to watch but of course they wouldn't and as lame as I thought that was back then I do understand that this isn't for everyone. Which is fine because if we all like the same things then life would be boring, it's nice when people are different. Sometimes people are a bit ridiculous with this, they already scream when they think something scary might happen. As hilarious as this might be to see it can also be frustrating to watch when someone makes no progress in a game because they're too scared to move forward. I think that this should all be in good fun, like hiding behind the door and scare someone. They'll probably hate you for the first minute but then, hopefully, they can laugh about it. It's really just the trick to know what people like and how far you can go. I know that some people absolutely don't like to be scared and get really mad if you scare them. But honestly we all do dumb and silly pranks every now and then, it's not a bad thing but perhaps not always the most appropriate thing to do. Certain things might be too scary for some people and for others it's not scary enough, I guess it really depends who you ask. A lot of people I know aren't into scary things, which is a shame, but that doesn't make me less interested in it. If a game is really that scary you can always take a break, no need to put yourself through that for too long.
Too scary for me?
As a kid I watched horror movies with my parents, my parents didn't realize that but I was super quiet in the back of the living room and they didn't even notice that I was watching. But at night the nightmares would come and of course then I would have to pay for being so foolish to watch those scary movies. These days a lot of those movies aren't really considered as scary anymore but for me as a kid they were scary. But you become tougher watching these kind of movies, not that I would approve of kids watching scary movies, and later I also started playing scary games and it made me even more resistant to all the scary things out there. Some of my friends wouldn't dare to go into a room that was dark or go into the crawl space under a house but it didn't bother me that much. Not that I was such a super cool guy, eventhough I probably would like to believe I was one as a kid, but it just didn't scare me that much as it did others. So it became almost a test for me to find the next movie, book or game that would scare me. I played some really disturbing games, watching some really sick movies and read some horrifying stories. It does help that I actually like that, otherwise I wouldn't recommend people doing that. So far I haven't found my limit but I must admit that I'm not that active with this as I used to be. I wouldn't feel ashamed if a movie, game or even a book is too scary for me. It's good to have limits, that way you know how far you can go and that's definitely not a bad thing. But the more you are exposed to all the sacry things out there the more resistant you become, so sometimes it can be tough to find your limit. Unless you feel like jumping from mild into extreme, you might want to build that up slowly because there is no need to be foolish!
Some people hate scary things?
Yep, I've dated girls that absolutely hated all the scary movies I watched and the scary games I played. I tried to convince them to watch but of course they wouldn't and as lame as I thought that was back then I do understand that this isn't for everyone. Which is fine because if we all like the same things then life would be boring, it's nice when people are different. Sometimes people are a bit ridiculous with this, they already scream when they think something scary might happen. As hilarious as this might be to see it can also be frustrating to watch when someone makes no progress in a game because they're too scared to move forward. I think that this should all be in good fun, like hiding behind the door and scare someone. They'll probably hate you for the first minute but then, hopefully, they can laugh about it. It's really just the trick to know what people like and how far you can go. I know that some people absolutely don't like to be scared and get really mad if you scare them. But honestly we all do dumb and silly pranks every now and then, it's not a bad thing but perhaps not always the most appropriate thing to do. Certain things might be too scary for some people and for others it's not scary enough, I guess it really depends who you ask. A lot of people I know aren't into scary things, which is a shame, but that doesn't make me less interested in it. If a game is really that scary you can always take a break, no need to put yourself through that for too long.
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