Welcome to 2016; I’m glad you could make it.
With each new year comes fresh expectations. New games will release, more will be announced, and if we’re lucky, we may finally hear from a few of our old favorites, like Dead Space, Alan Wake and Condemned.
All this talk about what we’re anticipating this year got me thinking about the impact that hype can have – and often does have — on some games. Hype isn’t a bad thing, most of the time. So in the interest of starting 2016 on a positive note, I’d love it if you could tell me:
Which horror games actually surpassed your expectations?
I hope you won’t mind if I go first. Until Dawn, I choose you.
This game was so much better than it had any right to be. Prior to its release, Supermassive Games had spent much of their seven years of existence working on the LittleBigPlanet franchise. They weren’t exactly known for delivering nail-biting gaming experiences.
That made the surprise success of this acclaimed supernatural thriller all the sweeter, as it proved there’s an audience for stab ‘em ups outside of film. And the timing couldn’t be better, as we prepare for the long-awaited return of Friday the 13th, as well as the arrival of its competitor, Last Year.
