Games Inbox: Best survival horror game, Splatoon 3 changes, and Elden Ring completion times

metro.co.uk:

The Thursday letters page realises that the PS5 stock issue seems to be largely over, as one reader looks forward to the Pac-Man movie.

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Fear ranking I’ve never played Alone In The Dark before but watching the videos I’m kind of shocked at how similar it is to Resident Evil, despite coming out years earlier. I’m curious to see what will be announced on Friday, especially as I’m interested to see who’ll be making it.

I’ve seen some talk that we could be on the cusp of another survival horror renaissance, with The Callisto Protocol, Dead Space remake, Scorn, Alan Wake 2, more Resident Evil, and maybe even those rumours of a new Silent Hill. I remember the last time there was meant to be a breakthrough though, around the release of Alien Isolation, and that came to nothing so I’m not going to count this one as a given.

Given how old some games are getting though, with nothing new to take their place, it also got me thinking about what is my favourite horror game? For me I think the best ever is between Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Silent Hill 2. I love Resident Evil, and some of them are scary, but for me they’re more action adventures than anything else.

Overall, I think it has to be Silent Hill 2 though. It’s got the atmosphere, the story, the scares, and, at the time, the graphics. Silent Hills looked like it was going to be so good, based on the P.T. demo, but I don’t know if we’ll ever see its like again. Except maybe Hideo Kojima’s new game? That’s another one to add to the list, so maybe the horror revival is real after all!Fronk

The original survival horror I might be the only person in the world right now who is actually excited over the Pac-Man