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Dark Arcanine Her better half (moderator) (neocrs) Action [Wii] GameGrep Announcements and Changes GameGrep Approvers GameGrep Bugs GameGrep Feedback & Suggestions GameGrep Help and Best Practices General Wii U NEOCRS Staff total posts: 24307 neopoints: 11623 GameGrep pts: 15420 since: Apr 2007	May 21, 12 at 11:49pm ^ re: Why was OoT scarier than today's horror games?
	Log in to remove this sponsored message quote Virtue While I feel Majora's Mask is still the "darkest" of the Zelda series, I agree that Ocarina of Time can get pretty creepy, specifically in the graveyard and forest temple scenes. I think what makes the series so dark at times is just the environment itself. Most games seem to think horror = mutilation and "jump tactics", where the Zelda series focuses more on music and general atmosphere of temples/characters/etc. I remember when I first bought OoT on the N64 as a kid. I put the game away for months due to all the Re-deads under the tombs. It was just too much for me at the time. It's a good point to make. Some films, for example, are just as scary - if not more - when you close your eyes because of the brilliant use of sound, and in particular music. Even after playing the game for a while you can be caught off guard by the scream of a ReDead, and the way you temporarily freeze makes the player feel highly vulnerable as there's literally nothing you can do for those few seconds. And the music in the Shadow Temple is a really good example of scary without the need of visual aid. ------------------- MH3U < Wii U Community > Trine 2 GameGrep - Video Game News
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nopomalo The Masked Man Attacks! neologist total posts: 411 since: Mar 2011	May 25, 12 at 7:01pm ^ re: Why was OoT scarier than today's horror games?
	ReDeads are the reason I was scared to do the well. I was fine with gibdos, though:) ------------------- I am a EARTHBOUNDIAN!!!! http://www.youtube.com/user/Rainbowbronzor mah Youtube Channel
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Dark Arcanine Her better half (moderator) (neocrs) Action [Wii] GameGrep Announcements and Changes GameGrep Approvers GameGrep Bugs GameGrep Feedback & Suggestions GameGrep Help and Best Practices General Wii U NEOCRS Staff total posts: 24307 neopoints: 11623 GameGrep pts: 15420 since: Apr 2007	May 25, 12 at 9:08pm ^ re: Why was OoT scarier than today's horror games?
	That's an interesting point actually; you'd think the Gibdo, being the stronger version of the ReDead, would be scarier too. They're a bit creepier in MM though. ------------------- MH3U < Wii U Community > Trine 2 GameGrep - Video Game News
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Symphonic Abyss True Addiction GameGrep pts: 321 since: Jun 2008	May 25, 12 at 9:22pm ^ re: Why was OoT scarier than today's horror games?
	quote MarioJr64 It was even kinda scary to some extent when you leave the Temple of Time for the first time as an adult and you see Castle Town has been destroyed and Redeads roaming. (at that point we didn't know their name, we just assumed they were the bodies of the people killed.) Yeah, I remember how bad this was for me when I first saw it. I was playing the game with my friend, and we got to that point. I was too terrified to keep playing, and I walked out of the room. I was like six, but it was traumatizing. I still get a bit shaky when I run by that part these days, just because of all the screaming. My ears are sensitive, and I DON'T LIKE THE SCREAMING. >:
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nopomalo The Masked Man Attacks! neologist total posts: 411 since: Mar 2011	May 26, 12 at 7:10pm ^ re: Why was OoT scarier than today's horror games?
	And that is why I always turn my volume all the way down when figtin' the undead. Those screams kinda freak me out. But in MM, I'm only at Snowhead temple, so I have not seen those gibdos...Actually, Bongo-Bong was the least scary part of the shadow temple in my opinion:rainbow: ------------------- I am a EARTHBOUNDIAN!!!! http://www.youtube.com/user/Rainbowbronzor mah Youtube Channel
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