Darkside Chronicles Blog Update: The Essence of Monsters

[cvxfreak]

This week's blog update deals with Seto's perception of monsters in the RE universe, as well as details on why they recreated the Lickers that appear in the RE2 chapter from scratch.

The Essence of Monsters

[DXP]

Nice read and those licker renders are awesome i can't wait till this game comes out

[nemesiswontdie]

those lickers look bad ass!

[Vector]

*click-click, click, click click*

[DXP]

*click-click, click, click click*

that's it i'm so going back too 2 now

[nemesiswontdie]

im glad they dont look stupid like they did in Outbreak and UC. god those look so fucking weak. now in DSC they look mean and ready to tear your ass apart.

[missvalentine]

However, true terror has to do with more than just appearance. The fright of a monster standing there in front of you all of a sudden is enough to leave you powerless. To be able to see something means that eventually you will understand what it is you’re dealing with, and that takes away from the terror element.


Using sounds and the atmosphere to convey the presence of a monster invokes fear. In this game, having the Licker sneak up on you in the darkness and attack you is how we spell fright.

I love that quote so much, it's so true about the fear thing. Hopefully this turns out good.

[Mr_Zombie]

*click-click, click, click click*

"Oh boy..." :O

[News Bot]

At least they didn't use the Outbreak Lickers again. Why the hell did they bother using them again in UC when it was obvious the Outbreak ones were Lickers in their early stages before buffing up and growing claws? Lazy bastards.

I mean jesus christ if you want completely unintimidating monsters just look at those Lickers. Their only method of attack was to stand there idly swinging their tongue for five minutes before finally hitting you. Goddamn.

[kevstah2004]

I think your forgetting lickers are blind they only attack when they hear your movements.

[Stars1356]

We set Darkside Chronicles around the horror concept. Monsters are scary, and we set out to make the most of their ability to convey fear.

Like to hear this, really excited about this game.

[RetroRain]

They are obviously putting more effort into this game than the previous one. It's definitely a Resident Evil game to pick up. However, I really miss the old-school style. Hopefully we will get some news on Resident Evil Portable soon.

[riderkid]

damn, looks way better than the RE5 ones in my opinion

also i checked ym local gamestop, they say its comingo ut on the 17th of november but then again the GDC is in august so we might get an official date then

[GuardhouseMusic]

*click-click, click, click click*

*huuuuuuuhhhhhhgggg...*

Regenerator who?

[RetroRain]

They still didn't explain why there is sunlight coming through the windows at night time.