Well, horror is my favorite cliche, to have a horror in a kitchen is one of the best things. I love a horror story, a horror movie, or a horror piece that makes me say “Why did this happen?” to my family and friends.
That’s not to say that I don’t love horror movies and horror games, but let’s get real here. All the horror I like is either a story that has a real impact on the human condition, or it’s a story that is about a monster and scares you to death.
One of the most effective horror cliches is the idea that a horror movie (or a horror game) is about a monster and scares you to death. For a long time I believed this to be the case, but that was before I started playing the likes of “NightmareFuel” and “Mortdecai”.
The thing about the monsters in horror movies and games is that they are just one monster among many. They have many faces, many motivations, and many other aspects, but the idea is the same. They are not “real” creatures, but they are scary nonetheless. I find it interesting that these monsters, while being scary in the horror movie sense, are also scary in the horror game sense. That is one of the reasons why I think the movies and games are so effective.
I don’t think we have to get too technical about it. A horror game or movie is just a game or movie that is designed to make us feel uneasy if we are not thinking about the monsters in a certain way. Just as the monsters in the movies are the characters, the monsters in a game are the monsters. The way we play a horror game or movie is by doing away with the game’s main goal (i.e.
figuring out the monsters. By then you are the monster.
Horror games and movies are designed to scare us to death, and that’s fine. Just think of how many horror movies make us feel uneasy. Just imagine how terrifying a horror film is if a character is actually talking about the murder of a child.
This might be surprising, but the horror genre is not the only place where cliches get used. Often, the cliche is used as a tool to make a game seem more interesting or scary. In the case of the aforementioned film, it’s also used as a tool to make the game seem more difficult. The developers of the game have even said that they’ve had to take out cliches to make the game more engrossing.
I’ve heard horror cliches used to make things more difficult in games. I’ve seen many horror games with cliches that I would consider “horrific” in order to make them more engrossing. In the case of The Last of Us, for example, I’ve heard it’s used to make the game a bit too scary for its own good.
For games, horror cliches are a tool. In games, cliches are a tool. Cliches are used to create an artificial fear that makes the game more engrossing and challenging. In all the games Ive played I want to play those games that have cliches that make me feel like I got a bad hand.
