Somehow, this came and went without a post on it, but I believe being three days late on a release is early enough. Maybe the Internet won’t hate me for being late on this. Anyway, DrGonzo said that this looks like an interesting “zombie mod”. Hmm. Personally, I think that anything with zombies in it could be classified as survival horror, which is apparently what this mod is going for.
It seems like most of these so-called “survival horror” games happen to involve zombies in it at some point or another. But from the screenshots, Nightmare House 2 seems to be delightfully monster-less. This means that I can hope that it’s merely a survival horror game that happens to involve zombies in it at some point or another.
Anyway, Nightmare House 2 seems to be a continuation of the Nightmare House story, except this time you wake up in a hospital with a vague memory of the girl from FEAR from the first game. She’ll probably show up later in the game.
Initial impressions seem to be overall positive, so it should be worth a download. I’m downloading it right now, but I probably won’t play it a whole lot. Let’s just say that horror games aren’t exactly my forté, and because of that I’ve only gotten through the first chapter of Dead Space.
If you have a more manly disposition than I do, you can download the mod at its ModDB page.
Oooooh, you’re missing out on Dead Space. I agree though, Dead Space totally creeped me out on several occasions, but I loved the adrenaline rush. (might reinstall it this weekend, thanks :p)
On Nightmare House 2: Downloading as we speak…
Well it was okay on the horror side, but the further you go the better it is.
Yeah I don’t know why I described it as a zombie mod to be honest. I was revising for my driving theory so I blame that.
Got stuck with no ammo against seemingly endless fast zombies so gave up. Will try and work out where I went wrong later though.
Zed: Is there a big machine in the room? (being deliberately vague to avoid spoilers) Have a closer look at the “legs”. Most wood-textured stuff is breakable. ;)
A quite delightful horror mod, with some very nice twists in the story. What’s really, really, well done is the visual effects. usually one doesn’t talk about visual effects in a computer game, since it’s a completely simulated environment, but the visual and audio tricks are top-notch. As good as you’ll find in the best horror movies.
Also, although the first Nightmare House seemed to be a straightforward zombie slasher, it seems NH2 is going for a broader mythos. I’m hoping for a Nightmare House 3.