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Topic: Survival horror


  
 Survival horror game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Survival horror is a prominent video game genre in which the player has to survive an onslaught of opponents, often undead or otherwise supernatural, typically in claustrophobic environments in a third-person perspective.
Survival horror is possibly the only video game genre that is defined primarily by theme rather than gameplay style.
The term Survival horror was first coined by Resident Evil (1996).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Survival_horror_game   (510 words)

  
 Gamingredients - Issue 1 - History of Survival Horror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Arguably the first survival horror title to include fully 3d environments (the idea that SilentHill was the first being somewhat of a misconception), Overblood was a Resident Evil clonenotable only for its clever storyline, involving an amnesiac infected with a mysterious virus,placed inside an enormous complex sometime in the undisclosed future.
The end result was a traditionalexercise in survival horror with a number of tweaks (the ability to move while shooting, a newsecurity system, and multiple paths), with its own memorable moments (the T-Rex, for one).
Kronos' Fear Effect took the survival horror genre in a number of new, and exciting, directions.In addition to a number of gameplay tweaks (faster combat, no health, and some sequences inspiredby "Dragon's Lair") and a unique style (pre-rendered backgrounds with animation, and cel-shaded,animé-styled character models), the plot was a refreshing change.
gamingredients.com /features/historyofsurvhorror   (3136 words)

  
 Survival horror game -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Survival horror is a prominent (A game played against a computer) video game genre in which the player has to survive an onslaught of (Click link for more info and facts about undead) undead or creepy opponents, usually in claustrophobic environments in a third-person perspective.
Survival horror is possibly the only video game genre that is defined primarily by ((music) melodic subject of a musical composition) theme rather than (Click link for more info and facts about game play) game play style.
The survival horror genre was popularized by Resident Evil (1996) on the (Click link for more info and facts about PlayStation) PlayStation and (Click link for more info and facts about Sega Saturn) Sega Saturn (Click link for more info and facts about video game console) video game consoles.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/su/survival_horror_game.htm   (941 words)

  
 Gamingforce Interactive Forums - "Survival Horror"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Survival Horror games are like a great horror/suspense novel that you can control, but maybe not as gory as the books (and not nearly as much sex...darn).
Survival Horror is one of my favorite genres of games, but the most irritating thing about some of them is the traditional survival horror controls.
While survival horror games certainly have untold potential for progress, they don't seem to borrow nearly enough basic game mechanics from the rest of the world, or make updates and changes that have been favorably introduced to the rest of the gaming world since the birth of the SH genre.
www.gamingforce.com /forums/showthread.php?p=585473   (2312 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Survival horror game
Undead is a collective name for all types of supernatural entities who were once alive in the normal sense, died, and then continued to exist in the world of the living, in forms spiritual (as ghosts) or corporeal (as animated corpses).
Alone in the Dark is a series of survival horror computer games from Infogrames (now Atari).
Jump to: navigation, search Resident Evil (Japanese:バイオハザード, Biohazard) is a survival horror game by Capcom and is the inaugural title in the Resident Evil series.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Survival-horror-game   (1982 words)

  
 What is Survival Horror?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Survival horror is usually considered a subgenre of horror or science fiction.
(Mere serial killers have their own subgenre between horror and thriller.) Isolated or post-apocolyptic settings are the norm: a cabin in the woods, a derelict ship, a plague-ravaged city, etc. Ironically, generic horror is usually just survival by fleeing, while survival horror is survival by fighting and escaping.
Survival horror movies are typically more "interactive" than others.
www.msu.edu /~buchan56/horror/what.htm   (658 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - Hints and Tips for Survival Horror Fun
Survival Horror games are some of the most prevalent nowadays, with almost every game system having multiple titles that come under the 'Survival Horror' banner.
Silent Hill 2 is an excellent example of this, offering five potential story endings depending on which courses of action you take, whether you avoid all enemies and keep your health high or whether you display decidedly suicidal tendencies and run headlong into danger, amongst the other choices that are available.
As with any horror 'tale', be it a movie, book or simply a story someone's telling you, the atmosphere when you play a SH game is important in getting the right feel.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A796151   (693 words)

  
 A Double Dose of Survival Horror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In true survival horror fashion, not all infected crew members are readily identifiable, so a scope must be used to weed out those who can be evacuated and those who must be destroyed.
Unlike most survival horror games, the main characters have personalities that allow for some emotional attachment.
Wide-open areas in a horror game tend to dispel any feeling of fear; not to mention that whenever you kill a creature in Blue Stinger you are awarded a dollar amount which can then be used in vending machines to purchase healing kits and ammo.
justadventure.com /reviews/Survival_Horror/Carrier_Blue_Stinger.shtm   (1008 words)

  
 Survival horror, adventure's tirgger happy, creepy cousin? - Adventure Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I think Survival horror and the action/adventure genre has its roots in traditional adventure, there are many simularities, although they generally require a wholly different strategy and ask different things of you to get through..
The closest survival horror has come to adventure, in my opinion, is Clock Tower 1, which is point and click and the only action involves either hiding from scissorman or using an inventory item on him.
survival horror is more related to action adventure(Alone in the dark is defined as action adventure by many) and then to adventure.
forums.adventuregamers.com /showthread.php?t=898   (2246 words)

  
 BloodRayne Community - Survival Horror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I'm thinking it is survival horror though since usually that means killing bad things and surviving..
Survival Horror means also you are trapped in a single place = claustrophobia.
Survival horror to me means being put into a situation you wanted no part of..
www.bloodrayne.co.uk /board/showthread.php?t=71   (351 words)

  
 Survival Horror Games: A Dying Breed?
By Contributing Writer Jimmy Payne Survival horror games are probably one of the most original and fastest growing genres in all of gaming.
Nowadays, survival horror games are still scaring newcomers, but they're creating much less of an impact on veterans of the genre.
In addition, every single survival horror game coming out on the market is horribly cliché.
www.mastergamer.com /featureshorror.html   (772 words)

  
 The Horror Movie Survival Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Horror movies are texts to be studied, lessons in survival.
This tongue-in-cheek guide is based on the absurd premise that horror films could come true at any given moment, or better yet that they're all based on reality.
The objective here is to teach you how to survive when the nightmare becomes a reality.
members.aol.com /hauntedcoffee2/corner/horrorsurvive.html   (322 words)

  
 Xbox.net -> Survival Horror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Survival Horror games are few and far between on the Xbox.
SH2 has the best story of any survival horror game of all time, I think, and is definitely worth picking up.
The only other survival horror games that I can think, that might be worth playing, are the Silent Hill games.
www.xbox.net /board/index.php?act=ST&f=7&t=6963&   (780 words)

  
 IJMC - Horror Movie Survival Guide
And if you do happen to find yourself in a horror film someday, use these tips wisely and you may make it out of the film alive.
Survival Tips: * 1) When it seems that you've killed the monster, never check to see if it's really dead.
Also, while you are gazing in horror at these things, the hideous monster/demon/corpse/vampire will sneak up on you.
www.ijmc.com /archives/1998/May/21May1998.html   (8140 words)

  
 IGN Boards - Can RE4 really be called a survival horror?(spoilers)
Capcom originally coined the phrase, "survival horror," for the RE series so, technically, it is survival horror.
I could also debate that the other RE didn't felt like survival horror, more like a puzzle horror since it wasn't really that hard to survive, I never really felt on danger, on Remake I even had 70 bullets at a given time.
Horror- pale monks canting living is dying in spanish while trying to tear you apart and catapulting fireballs at you sounds pretty scary.
boards.ign.com /message.asp?topic=83000873&replies=82&ui=cb_post_05   (2071 words)

  
 BladeGash Forums - Survival Horror
But nothing is like RE the very mother of all survival horror games...at the beginning it was nto my style.
Horror games are a classic, they don't suck like most movies and the replay value, well worth the money!
omfg resident evil 2 is the greatest survival horror of all, ya haveta play and beat it if oyu truly are a fan of this genre.
www.bladegash.net /forums/showthread.php?t=5220   (398 words)

  
 Survival Horror series - Topic Powered by Groupee Community
March 30, 2004 10:45 PM Hi I want to creat a Survival Horror novel series, but I don't want to rip off Resident Evil series and world.
You may want to watch Alien and Aliens, and Predator too for that matter (although the heroes are pretty heavily equipped for it to be considered true survival horror).
Many slasher flicks fall under the category of survival horror too, and may give you at the very least some thematic elements to play with.
wwforums.com /eve/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/8386073071/m/544105181   (779 words)

  
 Indiegamer Developer Discussion Boards - Survival Horror and Shareware?
If anything, the puzzles and survival "fun" has been captured by a lot of shareware games out there, where the point of the game is to solve a puzzle and get to the next level.
07-28-2004 11:07 AM I suspect survival horror is a going to be a hot genre for the retail market in the coming years.
But it was what I was thinking of when I said survival horror is the videogame equivalent of the Jump Story.
forums.indiegamer.com /printthread.php?t=20   (3264 words)

  
 Lycos Search : Survival Horror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Comprehensive and well-researched survival kits with an advice page for what to do if there is a terrorist attack.
Survival Horror games pit the player in world where the undead or horribly mutated is out to get...
The Survival Horror Network Home and News Media News Archive Forum Guestbook Links SH Database Cold Fear ObsCure Resident Evil 0 Resident...
search.lycos.co.uk /cgi-bin/pursuit?query=Survival+Horror&cat=loc&...   (269 words)

  
 Survival horror?
What are good survival horror films, I am partial to Dawn of the Dead at the moment, but I did like 28 Days Later.
Survival horror is where people have to fight against non-humane entities to ensure the survival of their race.
Secondly, it's not exactly survival horror, the book itself is a horror story.
forums.livingwithstyle.com /showthread.php?t=59985   (648 words)

  
 Rap Sheet - Survival Horror Games
Survival Horror games pit the player in world where the undead or horribly mutated is out to get him.
Key elements to survival horror games are a third-person perspective, mounting tension, and lots of startling surprises.
The father of all Survival Horror games was Alone in the Dark, but was later refined by Resident Evil.
psx.mobygames.com /game_group/sheet/gameGroupId,2256   (268 words)

  
 Survival Horror Network :: Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Survival Horror Network is looking for Hard-Working staff members, below are some criterias you may be suitable in:
Also you must be Online often enough to keep up with the latest news in the Survival Horror world.
You MUST keep in touch with the very latest news or happenings in the Survival Horror.
www.geocities.com /survivalhorrornet2/staffapp.html   (317 words)

  
 A Horror Movie Survival Guide
If you do happen to find yourself in a horror film someday, use these tips wisely and you may make it out alive.
If you are a woman your chances of survival are much much better if you are a good woman.
Never attempt to investigate the horror stories of a small town, no matter how certain you are that they are false.
nac.tamu.edu /x075bb/survival.html   (6834 words)

  
 Survival-Horror is Redefined as Players Suspend Their Disbelief - PlayStation 2 News at GameSpot
With a story loosely inspired by Japanese folklore and horror movies from around the world, SIREN places the gamer right in the center of the village of Hanuda.
Building upon a dark atmosphere and creeping terror, SIREN heralds an exciting new genre of horror thriller games -- from a world of fear, mystery and suspense that is focused on extreme background detail and storyline, rather than 'slasher-style' shocks traditionally found in horror entertainment.
Sony is releasing a follow-up to its survival horror game in which you play as a number of different characters as you investigate the mysterious disappearance of an island's inhabitants.
www.gamespot.com /ps2/adventure/siren/news.html?sid=6093922   (766 words)

  
 Rotten Tomatoes Forums - Best Survival Horror
The best horror game currently available is Silent Hill 2 followed closely by SH1, despite the fact they are each quite flawed.
Every step you take in SH leads you closer and closer to evil, and you never feel at ease despite the fact that the enemies are actually quite tame.
Horror should be an easy genre to do well in videogames.
www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=239670   (762 words)

  
 Topconsoles.com :: Features / A look at the Gamcube's Survival Horror Genre.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This week I have decided to look at the Survival Horror genre.
Most gamers will have experienced a survival horror game in their life and
horror games is the large amount of different monsters and characters.
www.topconsoles.com /features.php?id=19&PHPSESSID=84f2fa58f0e679c3b9ba7d1bb72a71f7   (507 words)

  
 LeetForum.com - 8 Survival-horror Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I mean, they wouldn’t keep making horror movies if we didn’t.
You never know what to really expect in a horror movie and this fact alone will have you on the edge of your seat wondering when the monster/killer/ghost/demon will pop up so suddenly you drop your popcorn.
So as a fan of horror movies, the survival-horror genre is just one of my personal favorites.
www.leetforum.com /forumz/archive/index.php/t-100124.html   (202 words)

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