Overview
The most people are scared if they play this game, but it seems there are players who would like a bit more atmosphere. This Guide is especially for People who would like to know how you can improve your fear experience. You will also learn a bit about fears and why we have fears. And the main point is, what can I do for myself if the game is not scary enough. There are a few tips for you. Maybe they help you to improve the experience a bit. If you are fast afraid don’t read it or not the point How to improve the Fear. here are 2 informations which you can read then: It is What is Fear in a Game and how can I go back to the normal. Chapter 1 and 4.
What is fear in a game
A lot of people ask themself what is fear and how strong is this fear in games. You can’t compare a fear in the game with a fear you might have in the real world, because our brain says to us that this is just a game. But there are a lot of people who doesn’t play the game because they think they will get a panic attack. Of course you should only play it if you are mental health. People who have pysical problems would also be scared if they would watch a film or if you would talk with them about a specific topic they worried about. Then of course this game will reminds them on a bad experience they might had. So they should prefer games with nice things. But now lets talk about the normal anxiety. What is going on in my brain if I play this game.
We have a natural Instinct:
This instinct warn us from dangerous situations, if there is a person who looks evil, or if someone tries to hurt you, your brain say to you I am in danger. The normal reaction would be that you try to escape ( the best choice). So we can make the right decisions in dangerous situations because we will start to think rational at this moment. Thats why humanity can exist for such a long time. Fear isn’t a bad thing, it will improve your focus for the right decisions.
An untrained Horror gamer:
The brain can’t only hardly make an difference between the game and a real danger.because the player had never contact with such stuff. With the time the player will be resistant, because the brain learned to understand that you are not in a danger. The difference between reality and the game is automatic safed in our brains then. If It is a long time past since I played a Horror game I will be more scared, as if I would play it every week. Even if you think you know it is a game, sure we all know this, our brain react against our will. If someone is behind you and you didn’t see him coming, you might be scared if you are not used to many of this situations.
The fear from the fear :
A lot of people have a fear, but why ? Is it because someting bad can happen to me ? I am just sitting in front of the computer right ? Even dancing is more dangerous isn’t it ? Yes but why am I scared even before I played the game ? It is symple the fear from the fear: If you think you can’t handle this stuff well you won’t handle this stuff well. Because of the fear you might have. You ask yourself how will I react if there is a scary moment. Can I got a heart attack, am I going to becomes a ill person? Or can this game destroy me? You should know the answer (:
It is just a game.
How often do you see scary movies and how often was you are afraid in your life. And now your sitting here and ask yourself if you can handle this stuff. For people with pysical problems should be the answer, ” is this game enjoyable for me if It would reminds me on bad situations in my life”. And people with a weak heart of course shouldn’t do such stuff too. But they also wouldn’t drive roller coaster. But if you are health you won’t be ill after playing this as long as you doesn’t play it for weeks without break (:
The 5 meter tower:
Do you ever jumped from a 5 meter tower in the water ? It doesn’t sounds scary for the most of us, but for some people it is very scary if they have the feeling they are falling from a hight place. As you jumped into the water for the first time what did you thought. There was a fear right, but as you did it you was happy and you did it more than a second time again right ? It is the same with horror games. If you had played 1 game you will not lose the fear sure but if you have played 10 or more horror adventures, in the most cases you will say how boring it is, with the time.
Warning: If you really has a pysical illness or a bad heart this might be not helps you.
how can I improve the Fear
VERY IMPORTANT USE THIS TIPS ONLY IF YOU ARE IN AN EXCELENT HEALT AND CAN’T BE AFRAID BY HORROR GAMES. THIS IS ON YOURE OWN RESPONSIBILITY, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS IS NOT BAD FOR YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH, BECAUSE THIS IS MUCH EXTREMER THAN JUST TO PLAYING THE GAME ITSELF. IT IS A PHYSICAL SIMULATION. THE TIPS ALONE WITHOUT THE GAME CAN BE VERY EXTREM FOR SOME PEOPLE.
Now I explained you what the actual fear is. If you are not resistent use other tips like how to reduce the fear. But if you are very resistent use this tips.
level 1 Use loud headphones ( the best sound quality and not too loud)
level 2 Play the game in a dark and quiet room.
level 3 Dont play the game before it is night.
level 4 say to your own brain I have a Fear I have a Fear I will have a Fear. You are in a nightmare now there is no escape because you will play the game without a break until the end and there is no escape (: You will have a bad feeling because the possibility to leave the game when you want is missing ( not really, but try to be honest to your self, so that this can works) Do it like a sport lesson and don’t stop until you reached the target. But of course play the game if you have enought time and nothing to do (a holiday or the weekend would be good for it).
Level 5 Wait for a perfect night with a thunderstorm and a strong wind, this will have a great effect on you, because you might feels unconfortable.
Level 6 The room should be cold ( not too cold but I would say 19 degree or colder with a jacket). You will feel confortable in a warm room and you might becomes tired. Our brain might say warmth is good and coldness is not a good feeling.
Level 7 Think about, what is your biggest fear in your life, and see it in your brain during playing this game (if you are sure you have no phobias or serious anxieties).
Level 8 Place very scary posters around your room. ( If you don’t like spiders or werewolves good idea). ( not when you have a phobia !)
Level 9 If this is not enough, you need a video with a loud phone during playing, and knocking doors.
Level 10 You need the true Amnesia, use flickering lights, with horror musik combined with a very cold and dark atmosphere or place, close the door until you finished the game, Play the game nonstop 5-6 Hours ( not more). Use a fan for fresh air ( but be careful not that you got a cold) (:. be carful with the flickering lights use them not all the time because they are bad for your eyes, so when you use them then only a short time.
Level 11
Make a trip to an old mansion in the forest and play the game at night.
level 12
Play the game in an old castle in England when it is night and bad weather outside. an Holiday night in an castle is possible in 2022 I think, for them who like such trips.
Master Level: The punishment is it to play the same game again and again until you reach the target without beeing killed by a monster or if you can’t reach the target time. It hasn’t to be on the same day of course. But only the feeling that you have to play this nightmare again and again makes it really scary. But not 2 times in a row of course. There must be a limit.
if this is also not enought congradulation you are very resistant and the Horror games are not enough horror for you. You are the right person for a dark forest walk at midnight (:
If someone ask which Level I would play, it is level 4 and this is enought for me. and If you want to try this ideas or if you have own good ideas you can tell us. There is no guarantee that you will be scared or that it is not dangerous for your health. There are just some ideas how to make the Game experience great.
IMPORTANT: only as long as you are not too afraid use one of this tipps. the game should makes fun and should not feel bad, so even if you are not afraid it is better to start with a lower Level.
Why is the atmosphere so important ?
Day and Night:
A lot of player ask themself why is it so scary to play the game at night and why is it so harmless for me to play a game in the middle of the day. It is because our brain feels confortable, when we can see all things around us. The light give us a safe feeling. In the night we can’t see everything or even nothing. That gives us an unconfortable feeling. We don’t know whats around us. If we can’t see we feel helpless if we are not trained to walk without lights. So our immagination says dark is the same as darkness, even when the light and dark are natural and have nothing to do with darkness or happines.
Sound:
why is it important to use headphones ? It is because the normal sound is around you and the headphones mights gives you the feeling, the voices are direct in your head. And your brain will react fast. A loud sound which comes suddenly will have a bigger effect because it feels so near. to example someone shouts in a distance you will not be shocked, but if it is near you might feels not good. It is an natural instinct. If something is around us in a distance it is not that scary, but if something is near us we have to be more careful .Its automatic safed in our brains that we can calculate distances.
Why is the weather important:
How do you feel on good days and how your feel on rainy days ? The bad weather is also a sign for lonliness, because we will not leave the house as often as we would do when the sun is shinning. In our immagination the bad wheater is the sign for lonliness and fear. even when it isn’t so. So our brain say to us turn on the light please. our brain will makes sure that we feel better. The storm and thunder has also a very hight effective effect on us, because we feel captured when we can’t leave the house. Our brain don’t like this and we feels not good.
The sun will have the opposite effect, because sun is a sign for freedome. We could leave the house when ever we want, it is warm, and we feel us better. So every Horror game isn’t that scary anymore for the most of us ( especially for resistant players it would be a waste of time).
Why do we feel better in warm rooms and why we are afraid in cold rooms ?
It is only natural because our brain says in a warm place nothing bad can happen, and a dark place has lost every possitive energie. Why is this so? We need warmth to live and coldness is not good for us. So our instinct will say, you should look for a warm place where you can stay. If we don’t do it we will feels unwell . It is a warning from our brain. Even when we are wearing a jacket.
Why is our brain the key of fear:
Like I said in the beginning chapter. If you know you will have a fear you will have a fear. If you say this game will not scary, It will not be scary. It is the same as you would say I feel bad, or if you say I feel happy. Our brain is the controll center of our body and our body will do what our brain think. If I see this game as funny I won’t be scared during playing it. but if I see it as the mirror to my biggest fear I will be scared . So for us resistant players we have to learn the fear again. but of course it will not be the same fear as before.
daily situations aren’t scary for us:
Example you watch a very good Horror movie the first time how do you feel ? Now lets ask you how would you feel if you watch the movie a second time ?
If we are used to walk in the dark we won’t afraid but if we are to used to walk to the office in the middle of the day as the most people do, we will feel bad if we have to walk home in the dark night.
The problems with Spoilers:
To be honest a lot of people read a bit about a game before they play it, so they know if a game has a lot of scary situations or not. If all say the game is so boring and not scary, you will feels safe to play the game even the voices can’t afraid you because you know when the scary sitation comes. If someone would say to a game there are not monsters until the last scene, the game would becomes boring for you. Why ? you know this place is safe. To example If I would Tell you a story about a game ( just an example) where are 100 Monsters. You would be scared in every situation because you don’t know when they will appear. In the ending there was not any Monster. But you would say you was scared because it was loud and you don’t knew anything. The unknowing is the most scary factor of a game ! So never say in a Review I was not afraid, better say nothing or this game is really scary for a lot of players ( If I am resistant there is no game which can be scary for me, even when there are 100 Monsters).
A horror game without atmosphere is like singing without microfon.
How to come back to the normal
here I will explain you what to do, if you are really scared after this and how you will be faster back to the reality: READ THIS AFTER PLAYING NOT BEFORE UNLESS YOU ARE ONE OF THE PLAYER WHO WOULD LIKE TO READ HOW TO PLAY THE GAME WITHOUT FEARS.
hear musik in the radio which you like and which makes your happy.
Remember yourself that this was just a game, there was nothing wrong in.
If you are very scared think about teddy bears ( yes the monsters were just Pink teddy bears in your imagination).
Make sure you are sitting in a warm place.
Play a video Game where you can relax yourselft.
Think about how crazy and funny this was.
Go out to the fresh air.
Say loud to yourself this was funny and I am not scared and I am happy now.
This is the reality and this was just a Game not more.
if this doesn’t help count to 10 and say I will open the door to the real life without fears now.
Everything is just an imagination from your mind and won’t hurts you.
It is as you would awake from a bad dream, not more. .
You know that this is an natural instinct, there is nothing wrong, to be scared. The most players are scared during playing an horror game. It just needs a few hours to recover. Even when you need a bit more time don’t worry (:
what are specific symptoms of fear.
drunken feeling by a clear mind, trembling, a fast heartbeat, bad feelings, sweating, anxiety in the dark, Looking around without reason, memory lapses, disorientation.