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[Liopleurodon]

For me pretty much the main reason why I mostly avoid horror games is that, even if they look interesting, mysterious, and attractive in some weird way, I am simply not a biggest fan of someone, or something suddenly appearing in front of me, especially after walking around "peacefully".

Usually, my reaction is:

Anyone else have a similar problem?

 

[Killer8]

Become a dog.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Why would you want to be immune to jump scares or any kind of scare for that matter? The point of playing horror games is to get scared my guy. If you dont, you might as well just play a boring walking sim. People who avoid games because theyre too scary are fools and are missing the whole point of playing them.

"I dont want to get aroused anymore when I see hot naked boobs, instead I just want to look at them with a flaccid peepee" - same energy.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Before playing, watch it's jumpscare compilation on youtube
Or just play something without jumpscares
Other than that, guess just don't play horror games at all

(Read only the first letter of each previous line)

 

[adamsapple]

 

[mayham2199]

For me pretty much the main reason why I mostly avoid horror games is that, even if they look interesting, mysterious, and attractive in some weird way, I am simply not a biggest fan of someone, or something suddenly appearing in front of me, especially after walking around "peacefully".

Usually, my reaction is:

Anyone else have a similar problem?

Yes, I'm a massive fan of the RE series but I can't play them. I don't want to be scared so it is what it is. I've purchased so many and it's just a waste of money that I refuse to do now.

 

[Plague Doctor]

Yeah.

When your real life is already stressful enough, jump scares are quaint.

So, make your normal life more stressful.

Personally, I'd rather flinch at jump scares.

 

[drotahorror]

Might be the odd jump scare that gets me but it's pretty rare. You gain this power by watching horror movies for 30+ years.

I long for a good jump scare or even a creepy movie.

 

[Zacfoldor]

I had the same problem until I found out they sold these:

 

[Danjin44]

I personally like getting cared from movies and games, this is mostly why I enjoy horror media.

Some people like to get thrill from doing extreme activities and actually put their life at risk I personally don't like doing that but horror movies/games gives me nice thrill without putting my life in danger.

 

[Johnny Concrete]

Not immune, but I get startled for a second and then shrug it off. It's not really affecting me.

Don't know why, because I'm a coward and a pussy irl.

Maybe played too many of 'em.

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

I don't understand being scared of games or movies. You know its not real, you are in a room looking at a TV, its all digital, literally nothing can happen to you, where's the scary part? I'm not being an ass, I'm genuinely curious cause it just doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Skifi28]

Git gud

 

[SkeletonQuays]

I watch horror movies every night and i think that helps because you learn to anticipate them (there's definitely a pattern and formula to when they're employed)... I can generally call it before it happens. At this point if i get jump scared the devs fkn earned it... it's rare but it still happens just know that they got you and try to view it as fun not actually scary. Honestly it's like working out, you have to get the muscle memory lol.

 

[Danjin44]

I don't understand being scared of games or movies. You know its not real, you are in a room looking at a TV, its all digital, literally nothing can happen to you, where's the scary part? I'm not being an ass, I'm genuinely curious cause it just doesn't make sense to me.

It's same way people cry in emotional movies or books even tho it not real,…..once you get immersed you feel you part of it even tho you are not.

 

[amigastar]

I've bought Alan Wake 2 just to support Remedy but haven't played the game very far. Not a fan of Horror games.

 

[Loke]

Ask this guy.

 

[kiphalfton]

If you can aim and walk, just aim while walking backwards.

 

[ssringo]

Yes, I'm a massive fan of the RE series but I can't play them. I don't want to be scared so it is what it is. I've purchased so many and it's just a waste of money that I refuse to do now.

I too love Resident Evil but I always thought they had the perfect level of spooky without trying to be overbearing like so many other horror games. Like, I can do a full playthrough in one sitting but something like Silent Hill I have to do in 1-2 hour sessions because of how tense I get. Not a slight against you, it's just interesting seeing people's different tolerance levels compared to your own.

Though I do avoid first person horror games because they love to have monsters get all up in the camera and fuck with it's movement. Feels like constant jump scares and it pisses me off so much.

 

[Bojji]

I watched so many Horror movies that I'm almost immune to them, 90% of the time I know when they will happen. With games it's similar but developers can be way more annoying with that vs. movie makers (Alan Wake 2).

 

[Nankatsu]

You don't want to become immune to being scare.

You just need to prepare your mind to eventually be scared during your game time with these types of games and move on with it.

At least that's how I went from a little kid afraid of playing horror games to actually enjoying the crap out of them.

 

[Dacvak]

Play Resident Evil 7 in VR and you'll be immune to all other horror games.

That game scared the shit out of me so bad I took a two week break. It was awesome.

 

[Chuck Berry]

For me pretty much the main reason why I mostly avoid horror games is that, even if they look interesting, mysterious, and attractive in some weird way, I am simply not a biggest fan of someone, or something suddenly appearing in front of me, especially after walking around "peacefully".

Usually, my reaction is:

Anyone else have a similar problem?

No, and can't you just grip onto a few of your big tittied anime body pillows for safety and security anyway? I don't see the problem.

 

[viveks86]

Ummm... if you are single... get married?


My wife and I accidentally jump scare the shit out of each other on a daily basis. We are now immune to it in games and movies... Still not getting used to it in real life though

 

[Danjin44]

(Alan Wake 2).

The issue with that game's jump scare is the actual game is not scary and those loud noise they use for jump scar will just blow your ears off instead of getting you scared.

 

[sodstall]

I have a buddy who I KNOW would love horror more if he just gave it more of a chance and the way i describe it to him is that you gotta want to be looking for something that can scare you.

Its what makes horror such a hit or miss genre, cause the sorts of tastes people have about "frights" or what actually scares someone can work for a lot of people or very few...or none.

I used to be an absolute scaredy cat but now, horror is constantly on my radar. Keep searching OP, You'll find something you like.

 

[mayham2199]

I too love Resident Evil but I always thought they had the perfect level of spooky without trying to be overbearing like so many other horror games. Like, I can do a full playthrough in one sitting but something like Silent Hill I have to do in 1-2 hour sessions because of how tense I get. Not a slight against you, it's just interesting seeing people's different tolerance levels compared to your own.

Though I do avoid first person horror games because they love to have monsters get all up in the camera and fuck with it's movement. Feels like constant jump scares and it pisses me off so much.

RE is very close to playable for me. Like RE2 I got pretty deep into it (sewers section) and dropped it but I actually was able to make my way through the game pretty far. I tried to start it up again though and just couldn't. I quit during the gas station scene at the start.

Something like Alan Wake 2 is about as much as I can take.

 

[CHEROKEEE]

Ummm... if you are single... get married?


My wife and I accidentally jump scare the shit out of each other on a daily basis. We are now immune to it in games and movies... Still not getting used to it in real life though

 

[San Dan Glokta]

I empathize with you OP. I'm very positively immune to getting disturbed or scared from any media given the 1000s of hours of it I've consumed, but jumpscares always get me. Those few milliseconds of a loud noise and a face/thing upclose makes my heart rate shoot right up, with cold sweats and even a moan or grunt of alarm.

Was I actually scared? Fuck no.
Was my natural human instinct of flight/flight ignited? Very much yes.

Jumpscares are the fast food of horror. They're cheap, low effort, bad for your health, consumed by the masses, and here to stay.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

The issue with that game's jump scare is the actual game is not scary and those loud noise they use for jump scar will just blow your ears off instead of getting you scared.

For all its ambitions to be some gaming Lynch experience, it consistently uses the corniest, cheapest attempts to unsettle the player possible. The whole game pissed me off to no end with its style-over-substance approach. The flashing image jump scares are the icing on the cake, they're so utterly lame and cheesy that it blows my mind that anyone thought that was cool.

 

[The Cockatrice]

The issue with that game's jump scare is the actual game is not scary and those loud noise they use for jump scar will just blow your ears off instead of getting you scared.

It was actually nice the first few times it happened + the first level being in a spooky forest, but then they just start spamming you with it to a point it becomes tedious.

 

[ReyBrujo]

I get startled from time to time, but it depends on the type of game, if the game has weapons and you can kill the enemies it makes it much less frightening, I just mentalize to just shoot to anything that appears too suddenly. Now with games where you cannot kill the enemy (The Bridge Curse 1/2, White Day: A Labyrinth Named School, Ikai, Remothered: Tormented Fathers, etc) I get tense because you must keep remembering where everything is, what is the path to a hide spot, and from there to a different hide spot, my current mission, etc, etc. In these games I might get too focused on everything and become more susceptible to cheap jumpscares.

 

[Danjin44]

For all its ambitions to be some gaming Lynch experience, it consistently uses the corniest, cheapest attempts to unsettle the player possible. The whole game pissed me off to no end with its style-over-substance approach. The flashing image jump scares are the icing on the cake, they're so utterly lame and cheesy that it blows my mind that anyone thought that was cool.

It was actually nice the first few times it happened + the first level being in a spooky forest, but then they just start spamming you with it to a point it becomes tedious.

Remedy games can be interesting expriance but they should give up making horror games because they are absolutely suck at making one.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Remedy games can be interesting expriance but they should give up making horror games they are absolutely suck at making one.

I dont even consider them horror games, more like pshycological edgy thrillers since they have a habbit of breaking the fourth wall and adding a lot of black humor in their games.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

I had the same problem until I found out they sold these:

Same.

 

[HRK69]

I'm particularly weak when it comes to jump scares, especially in movies. I've gotten a bit more used to them over time, but I still really can't stand them.

When I was younger, I even passed out after falling for one of those classic ghost videos on the internet. Definitely learned my lesson that day.

This one got me bad though:



And then, right after the Joker pulls the exact same trick

 

[Danjin44]

I dont even consider them horror games, more like pshycological edgy thrillers since they have a habbit of breaking the fourth wall and adding a lot of black humor in their games.

Exactly! The problem is Remedy specifically said they going for survival horror with Alan Wake 2 except it wasn't.

 

[TheUnicornGuy]

Sprint button. NPC can't jump scare you if you jump scare them first.

 

[Aressa]

It's not the jump scare itself but the anticipation that stresses me out so much it feels more like work than play. Even though I've finished games like Little Nightmares 1 and 2, Alan Wake 2, Control (which isn't horror per se but is still creepy). I don't know. The irony is that I can play Silksong and feel relaxed so it's clearly not about difficulty.

 

[Aenima]

I grew up watching horror movies since i was like 10 years old. My imunity to jump scares is like at 95%. I can predict when they gonna happen most of the time so the surprise loud noise very rarely makes me flinch, it also helps that im usually very relaxed when i play videogames, so the jump scares dont really break my relaxation state. An horror game to work on me has to be psicological horror, games like P.T. thats was not even a game worked great on me due to clever sound design where you could hear noises coming from the back and i knew if i turned around i would get a jump scare but when i turned around there was nothing there to scare me. Thats what works on me, is the things i cant see.

 

[Crayon]

I was never scared that much. Sometimes they got me but never enough to really take seriously the categorization as "horror".

Then I tried RE in VR. Yeah fuck that shit. Wife asks me to play. She thinks it's hilarious to watch me. Yeah you stick your head in this thing and tell me how funny it is, dear.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

For me pretty much the main reason why I mostly avoid horror games is that, even if they look interesting, mysterious, and attractive in some weird way, I am simply not a biggest fan of someone, or something suddenly appearing in front of me, especially after walking around "peacefully".

Usually, my reaction is:

Anyone else have a similar problem?

It's just a matter of how much horror you have played, the more you consume the easier it is to consume.

Play light horror games, like Resident Evil 4 and stuff like that, it's almost always the first hour that sucks, then you get used to the game and it just starts to feel like a action game.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

I don't understand being scared of games or movies. You know its not real, you are in a room looking at a TV, its all digital, literally nothing can happen to you, where's the scary part? I'm not being an ass, I'm genuinely curious cause it just doesn't make sense to me.

People experience stuff like this differently, I have this issue as well, being nervous, feeling that there is something around the corner, is really miserable.

It's like if somebody stands behind you, and they are gonna smack you upside the head at any moment, and you just sit there waiting for it. I rather not have that person behind me, it's not exciting, it's just fucking annoying. But for others, they don't feel it like some miserable thing, it just heightens immersion for them.

 

[Uncle Moe]

I play scary games with the lights on.

 

[Spukc]

no sound is no scare

 

[Sooner]

Jump scares are stupid 99% of the time. A good scary game/movie does not rely on this cheap "BOO!" mechanic to give a sense of fear.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

 

[Branded]

For me pretty much the main reason why I mostly avoid horror games is that, even if they look interesting, mysterious, and attractive in some weird way, I am simply not a biggest fan of someone, or something suddenly appearing in front of me, especially after walking around "peacefully".

Usually, my reaction is:

Anyone else have a similar problem?

Because they are super obvious in both games and film. Just expose yourself enough and you too will come to learn all the tells.