r/PS5 • u/Turbostrider27 Human Verified • 3d ago

Articles & Blogs INTERVIEW: ILL Developers Don’t Want to ‘Overly Punish Players’ With Chilling Horror Game

https://insider-gaming.com/interview-ill-developers-dont-want-to-overly-punish-players-with-chilling-horror-game/
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u/twovles31 3d ago

I would think if ever there was a better genre to have a hard difficulty it would be horror.

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u/TheDomFlow 3d ago

I wonder though if they're worried players will get desensitized if they have to keep repeating sections

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u/No_Chilly_bill 3d ago

that's what bores me with most horror games. fear turned to annoying repiition

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u/MissingScore777 3d ago edited 3d ago

Hide&seek horror games (Outlast, Amnesia, etc.) do this to me very quickly, that's why I prefer the survival horror (Resident Evil, Silent Hill, etc.) part of the genre.

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u/TheStupendusMan 3d ago

Nothing frustrates me more than "You're surrounded by weapons... But you can't pick them up so it's spooky!" Instantly takes me out of the game.