In 1999, System Shock 2 showed the world that it's possible to craft an unspeakably brilliant and always-chilling tale, complete with horrifying characters and a relentlessly anxious and unfriendly atmosphere. It also proved that survival horror in its truest sense - a focus on…
Lewis Denby · January 21, 2009 · 56 comments
Conventional wisdom says that Survival Horror diverged into two broad schools in the decade following its widespread inception via Capcom's Resident Evil (RE). There was the Resident Evil school, which presented the player with a reality filled with physical threats and horrors…
bloomer · May 2, 2009 · 2 comments
Before the release of the original Resident Evil in the mid1990s, the Survival Horror genre was an obscure, struggling subset of the Action genre. With sub par, little known games like Alone in the Dark and Clock Tower, Survival Horror was barely staying afloat. All that changed…
mrshotgun · March 15, 2007
Welcome to the world of survival horror That is how Resident Evil taunts you upon starting the adventure within. Admittedly though, RE wasn’t the first game of its kind – Alone in the Dark takes the honours there. RE however made the genre popular, very popular in fact. As one…
djy8c · December 23, 2003
Overview: Scare factor: 10 Fun factor: 9 Replay value: 8 Graphics: 10 Sound: 10 Overall: 9.75 Ok, so everyone knows that I'm obsessed with Resident Evil. I'm sure you're looking at the rating going ''I don't think so!'' but it's really a great game. The new RE has new areas and…
jill · January 2, 2003
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