CB2001
Master Member
I'll admit, I still play video games. I like doing online gaming with others, in addition to playing co-op games with my Dad. Right now, my typical game list consists of Defiance, No More Room in Hell, Killing Floor and Contagion. Yeah, most of the current short list are co-op horror based games. I recently came across, by accident, a news article from Bloody Disgusting titled, The 'Friday the 13th' Game Has Claimed its First Victim. I'll admit, when I saw the title, I was like, "Wait... the NES game has gotten someone killed?" So, I clicked on the article and began to read. Apparently, there was a F13th game announced a couple of weeks ago, and there was an IP challenge against the makers of a game that was backed by Kickstarter, the game is called Last Year. Basically, the update has stated that the IP claim was over the artwork and design over one of the multiple in-game killers that looked striking similar to Jason Voorhees, to which the makers plan on changing that character's look and moving on. However, I found the Kickstarter video about what the game is going to be about, and have included the video here.
To me, this looks promising. I'll admit, the only slasher film-based/inspired games I've played were emulations of Halloween for the Atari 2600 and the old PC game of A Nightmare on Elm Street, and I played the NES Friday the 13th game. And there hasn't been much of official slasher film based/inspired video games lately. But Last Year seems rather promising (I hope that the IP dispute gets resolved so that this game can get released), and to me it appears that it can open the door for more slasher film like games (which honestly, would be refreshing, since the last few years have been about aliens, vampires and zombies, with only a small number of the games being good and a large portion of them being completely horrible). But, it got me wondering: is there a market for slasher film based/inspired video games now, in comparison to the 1980s (when slasher films were abundant) or the mid 1990s (the rebirth of the slasher genre)? What do you guys think about the idea of slasher video games, and do you feel they'd work well nowadays? Any thoughts and comments on this topic are welcome (including slasher films you feel would make interesting video games, if you want to do so).
To me, this looks promising. I'll admit, the only slasher film-based/inspired games I've played were emulations of Halloween for the Atari 2600 and the old PC game of A Nightmare on Elm Street, and I played the NES Friday the 13th game. And there hasn't been much of official slasher film based/inspired video games lately. But Last Year seems rather promising (I hope that the IP dispute gets resolved so that this game can get released), and to me it appears that it can open the door for more slasher film like games (which honestly, would be refreshing, since the last few years have been about aliens, vampires and zombies, with only a small number of the games being good and a large portion of them being completely horrible). But, it got me wondering: is there a market for slasher film based/inspired video games now, in comparison to the 1980s (when slasher films were abundant) or the mid 1990s (the rebirth of the slasher genre)? What do you guys think about the idea of slasher video games, and do you feel they'd work well nowadays? Any thoughts and comments on this topic are welcome (including slasher films you feel would make interesting video games, if you want to do so).
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