You need to play Slender Man.
I tried that, didn't like it at all though. It doesn't have any atmosphere and it's not scary at all.Monsters popping in out of nowhere just startles. That's easy but that's not the same thing as fear...
I haven't played Slender, but from the previews I've seen of it, I can see why it would be unnerving. Seems like the popping out part isn't what's fear-inducing, but rather *the possibility* of something popping out, the idea that something is following you and is looming in the distance. Watching Slender being played, I got the impression it was about this figure slowly closing in on you while you tried to accomplish a task, and hence it's not so much existential fear as it is building tension and anxiety.
Black Mesa has INCREDIBLE atmosphere. The zombies are genuinely terrifying again, like I'm playing HL1 for the first time!
Quote from: PelPix on September 16, 2012, 08:20:18 PMBlack Mesa has INCREDIBLE atmosphere. The zombies are genuinely terrifying again, like I'm playing HL1 for the first time! So, can I play it without installing Steam?
So, back to square one... At least until someone comes out with a "crack" that will just let you play it on any PC. Seems kind of stupid for a completely freeware game and SDK though...
No, but Steam is pretty non-invasive and usable. It's so good that I even add my non-Steam games to Steam to enjoy the benefits of in-game web browsing and chat.
Quote from: Babaluma on September 16, 2012, 08:42:29 PMSo, back to square one... At least until someone comes out with a "crack" that will just let you play it on any PC. Seems kind of stupid for a completely freeware game and SDK though...No cracks yet?Quote from: PelPix on September 16, 2012, 10:44:46 PMNo, but Steam is pretty non-invasive and usable. It's so good that I even add my non-Steam games to Steam to enjoy the benefits of in-game web browsing and chat.Those kind of clients are an automatic FAIL in my book.I can't even stand the concept and I don't want or need any of those features since pretty much the only time I play multiplayer PC games is at a LAN party where everyone is within shouting distance already.I have a Steam account with some free games (HL1 & 2) from a coupon code that came with graphics card I got 2 years or something before HL2 even came out (talk about waiting...) but I don't use it. I think I installed it like once or twice to play CS at a LAN party or something. That's it. On principle, I refuse to pay for something that can be yanked out from under me at any time and I don't even want that crap on my system anymore.I can't even buy a game anymore without researching it's DRM because of the spyware they might install, legitimate programs they might break, or the requirement to download $DEITY-damned thing off of Steam even after I bought a boxed copy of it on DVD. It's got to the point that I just pirate anything with DRM. Even if I bought it there's no way I'd trust the standard installer not to rootkit my system (Random torrents are more trustworthy than store bought discs. What kind of nightmare world is this?), that I'd sign up for whatever bullshit account they require, or even put up with disc checks so I'd need to download a full cracked version even if I did pay for it. Plus I wouldn't even be able to know if the cracks would work properly until after I bought it so I could easily end up with something I can't play and can't return either.I suppose I could buy it after playing a cracked DL but after all that hassle the publishers just deserve a giant middle finger. More importantly, buying a DRMed game is pretty much voting with my wallet. Something positive I've started doing is buying a game I've previously pirated if it's available later on in a DRM free distribution. I did that with Torchlight recently. I played it close to it's original release and I remember pirating it because I couldn't find anyone selling it DRM free so when it showed up on GOG I decided I should man up and stick to my principles.
You don't have to redownload the game if you buy it on DVD. What it was downloading was updates, which are provided for free for your benefit.Valve doesn't even have stocks. The employees fund it all out-of-pocket. It's a good company with good people, and their DRM has no bloatware, no spyware, and doesn't break any program used with it. I know most of the people at that company personally, and they would never install something that would rootkit your system. There's not even a hierarchy. There's no management of any kind. There's no official projects. Nobody even has a job or a title. People can't even get fired from Valve without direct election.An employee-maintained list of projects is stored at valve:projects and new employees are simply turned loose to do whatever they want on-pay. In addition, every single employee in the building is paid the exact same amount no matter what.They designed the business very carefully to be almost incorruptible. Valve isn't EA; STEAM isn't Origin.Of course they can ban your account and you lose all your games, and there's nothing wrong with that, because video games are a service, not a product. An entertainment-oriented company like Valve tirelessly puts out updates to improve your experience, and that's a service, not a product (like cleaning your house). If you abuse their service, they have the right to stop personally serving you, just like maids have the right to stop cleaning your house if you give them a bad environment.
