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10/15/09
on a side note: Ju-On: The Curse (i think it was?), the japanese made-for-TV movie in like 2 parts was pretty scary. everything else ive seen with that in its title was not. #juonthegrudge
10/15/09
10/14/09
Watch. This shit is gonna sell the fuck out and then get put on Ebay for ridiculous prices.
T_T
10/14/09
10/14/09
Then I saw Ju-On...in my opinion, the make up was a bit more noticeable than in the American version. Could just be me though.
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Thats honestly the only movie so bad I've walked out.
10/14/09
Really? I walked out of the 2 Matrix sequels. I felt like I was watching Dragon Ball Z.
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10/14/09
You have a proverbial hard-on for horror games in the manner of the elitist "hard core gamer" variety (based on your usual posts and that amateurishly written "scary games" article recently published), so "casual horror game", let alone one on the Wii, probably didn't sit right for you from the beginning.
The game isn't great, and the faults that you listed are there, but it's still fun to play, and it is scary - albeit the usual jump scares ala Resident Evil - so calling it out as nothing is ridiculous, on your part. Maybe you played it on 14" screen with tinny sound.
Sure, it's slightly repetitive, and you can tell the developers know this from the limited number of levels.
The controls are the usual Wii fare, but not nearly as bad as you say, AJ (!) You mention QTE fails, and I reckon it's because you failed, like many have, to recognise that up and down are different arrows from the forward and back arrow prompts.
You also fail to mention the nice implementation of the player having to keep their hands still during scary "stealth" parts; strange.
Your line "its control scheme and poorly-timed cheap thrill scares" is laughable, as that can quite arguably apply to any Resident Evil game.
There are also five levels, AJ, not four - guess you couldn't be bothered completing the game first!
It's not that I don't respect your opinion on it, I do, but seriously, just stop the horror game snobbery, it hurts the genre rather than helps it as you believe.
Sigh.
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Total.
Global.
Saturation.
(in other words: no, I found it hilarious too. Good game, though.)
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10/14/09
Sad this game couldn't execute! Horror simulation seems like a great idea on the Wii... oh well.
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10/14/09
That scare was then WAY overused in the American sequel.
10/14/09
Seriously, I was so freaking paranoid of turning in bed and seeing Toshio's wide eyes looking at me. And that howl... *shivers*
10/14/09
It's from 2004 but a solid scare.
10/14/09
I second that reco.
The three extremes 2 is pretty good too.. I haven't watched much asian horror in a few years, though...
10/14/09
Sure sounds spooktacular to me.
"Ohhh, you got me again, Jim!"
10/14/09
Yeah...
PS. Why is there a Left 4 Dead 2 ad with the words "In Stores NOW"? I feel like that's misleading.
10/14/09
I don't know. This game sounds horrifying. The stuff nightmares are made of.
09/21/09
Until it's ported to the wand and Natal with flashlight accessory, and sold cheaper than the Wii version on PSN and XBLA...