Overview
The owner of a guide named How Not To Be Scared Of Dead Space hasn’t been online for over 1,000 days, so I figured why not help this community and think up some ideas.
Loud Noises and Jumpscares
Okay let me make the scene for you; you are walking through a room uneasily with a pile of corpses you are afraid may pop out and go boo. You are just minding your own business when a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ t.v. decided to turn on and scream in your ear. You are now deaf and shaken as that t.v was clearly dead five seconds ago. How do you get past this moment as your heart nearly leaves your chest?
You have to expect that everything will just pop out. Expecting it will make it less likely to scare you if you know it will happen or may happen.
At one part, a fricken sun comes out from the blue and scare me half to death. A sun. Just don’t go in not expecting things to pop or make annoyingly loud sounds. Don’t trust a darn thing, not the sun, not balloons, nothing. Sometimes you walk past it and it won’t hurt you, well then you go past it again and it betrays you with an annoyingly loud sound.
Doing Dumb Things With Your Enemies
Screw being mature, why not have a bit of fun? Make the corpses dance by levitating them and then flinging them at that Slasher that you have been avoiding. Then maybe eject a teddy bear at those annoying demon children with huge claws. After you are all done, make sure to stomp on your enemies and watch as Isaac swears at them. Fun!
But seriously, being terrified of an enemy is normal, but when you know you can chuck objects at enemies that are silly things like cacti and toys, it’s is pretty funny. Have a bit of fun and give them a thing of tag, let them get some work out sessions in.
Lurking
You know what I am talking about. Everyone scared will lurk in one area, afraid of what may pop out or they will just stand in a safe room or behind a corner. Be my guest if you want to do this, just know you will be wasting time and feel pretty bad about how much of it you just stood there. Aiming your gun. At nothing. Pretend it is a bandaid, tear it off and throw some toys at them. Tell them some puns. Throw a book at them then say “You just got schooled.” then immediately rip off their head and say “Awe don’t lose your head over it!” Standing there will get you nowhere.
Act Tough (When you are not)
Mock your enemy and laugh at them. While this does nothing, if you say stuff like “Stop hiding!” or “You wanna fight?” has proven for me to make it less scary. Make the stalkers feel ashamed for hiding behind that crate. They owe it to you to face you man to man.
Enemies Are No Different Than Sim Glitches
Yeah. Spot the difference.
