Does anyone else get scared when playing old shooters like this? i dont even know why

man I've had the same problem, I hate those big fishes in the water like that goddamned shark in jak & dexter, they're the reason I've always been scared in gta sa while swimming

Eternal Darkness does some of what you describe. Like "breaking" the game, making the player clip through the floor or ceiling. One of the few games that legit scared me at times.

New shooters don't make me feel anything because the 'badassness' is a thinly veiled illusion.

Old games make you feel bad ass because everything you do is of your own skill.

I know right, and the shitlords that play such a racist game are the worst among gamers.

You'll sadly almost never see these effects because of the sanity restore spells.

You don't have to use those, depends on what you want. If you pick the green thing in the beginning your sanity gets drained even more too.

I liked it better than Redneck Rampage.

Took me many attempts to muster the courage to get through that door.

Level design is better than Hexen.

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