Games from when survival horror DIED

Apparently the genre wasn't a thing in 2012. Though I was still able to find some games that released in that year. Only a few though.
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[@thorhighheels]

DOWNPOUR: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3utdKeao9l_gsk Also shout outs to shinsnooker for providing me with the kawaii-as-fuck highheels drawing and her girl voice. She does video games stuff too. Twimtch: www.twitch.tv/pookiplays Youptupe: kzbin.info/door/3ov0uj1LoZtkmjGXRBV2TQ So uh, I mention in the video that I Am Alive doesn't have any screen tearing, while you can clearly see that it does. For some reason though, I either didn't notice while playing, or it flat out wasn't there. Maybe my tv's refresh rate or whatever can mask it? I dunno. who cares tbh lol

[@animedudevid]

Sir you need to try Dragon's Dogma. I love how there are so many games now getting recognition and being notice now because when they released it was during the "trouble" period of the PS3

[@valentinvasquez761]

You forgot to include RE4

[@antoniochris524]

Instablaster...

[@roxaskinghearts]

people act as if games like those are dead people are just tired of the lazy approach they ask have you ever watched a horror movie

[@ImpressionQuick]

​@@animedudevid probably pc and console prices are getting higher so people go back to old games. I was the same

[@cosmostupid123]

Oh are we getting to the point where we can reminisce of PS3 aesthetics? When will the indies start making little 720p 25fps games with a grey tint and stretched textures everywhere?

[@cosmostupid123]

But for real though, I love that shit

[@joehill4094]

@@cosmostupid123 not the only one. I miss PS2 era freeroam so much. Stuff like Destroy all humans, Sly2-3, and Mercenaries was my shit as a kid.

[@ShadowLady1]

don't forget the screen tearing

[@blastpipezj6937]

Don't forget about all the unnecessary blur, lights and reflections

[@joehill4094]

@@blastpipezj6937 oh and bald protagonists

[@fysl305]

I was here when ThorHighHeels coined the "PS3 Aesthetic" term.

[@phillipcooper8662]

His biggest contribution to my life so far

[@audiosurfarchive]

_Sophisti-Futureeeeee_

[@bioarv111]

Ok for real the reason why I really like you as a critic is that you genuinely want to find things you like about the games you review. Almost every single other review of Amy I've seen is just relentless negativity but you would take the time out to point out the details you enjoy. Honestly top tier game critic 10/10

[@ThePandaAgenda]

And because he casually uses wordings like “janky penis music”

[@MisterConscio]

Your ability to talk about average games is top notch

[@Muffinpurplegurk]

God bless the youtube recommendations that brought me to this beautiful channel.

[@moralitiesaspook168]

Dingaling Of A God ^This

[@josephmahar8809]

Same. His Left Alive video showed up in mine even though I was looking up nothing about the game at the time.

[@IllyasArt]

First it was Lets Game it Out and now this guy. Holyshit KZbin is on a roll!

[@softpiglet]

Recommendation club!!

[@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253]

"what a thriiiill" I CLAPPED ! I CLAPPED WHEN I HOID IT !!!

[@specknacken6507]

"The Year is 2012. Survival Horror is dead." -Charles Barkley

[@ShadowLady1]

I see you're no greenhorn when it comes to pre-21st century b-bal vernacular

[@EddyCurryMVP2013]

Yes

[@solid_snake9708]

A game about listening to high heels on a variety of different sounding surfaces.... You must have been in your element.

[@gionataspiniella]

I love "I am Alive", it has one of the best atmosphere for a lover of the post-nuclear/post-apocalypse/post-disaster genre like me

[@nohelp76]

Gionata Spiniella I fucking hate that game. Have a good day tho

[@Gajiggles]

The atmosphere was pretty tits. I think it could’ve been designed as a better game, rather than what felt like just a cinematic experience. But it had a nice atmosphere that could’ve been so much more.

[@lankyGigantic]

Truth be told, when Ubisoft picked it up, they just fixed it up and pushed it out

[@morgangames2706]

I completely agree I am Alive is easily one of the better games that are underrated

[@SerfsUp1848]

@@nohelp76 nice dude!

[@gusmurphy8553]

the screen tearing was the real horror

[@greenhowie]

(Sees footage of obscure PS3 game with annoying stamina system and deadly dustclouds) (Gives Metal Gear Survive one hell of a stinkeye)

[@chimblemasterofchimney4771]

I really wanted to try MGSurvive, but I don't have WiFi. It looks like something I could get into, but it needs WiFi.

[@JVLY]

I gotta say, Operation Raccoon is one of my biggest guilty pleasures and I cannot list why. It's generic, clunky, is a pain in the ass to get running if you've got windows 10 and it's got no real charm...I've got 75 hours on Steam. Also, seeing multiple THH videos passing 20k now makes me so happy.

[@thorhighheels]

I wanna give it another shot one day, but with friends. I can see it being fun that way for sure.

[@Walamonga1313]

It's fun in multiplayer. Both the coop and pvp were cool. Not a masterpiece but certainly a fun spinoff. Rather play ORC than RE6.

[@vigilance4749]

That's how I feel. It's a meme to call the game bad. But when you really ask the people who played it seriously you'll always get the answer "Actually, I had a lot of fun with that game. Especially with my friends."

[@chemergency]

I Am Alive is something of a hidden gem. Not really what I'd call a "horror" game but its approach to combat specifically was very unique and added a sense of weight and tension that's missing from most games of its genre even now.

[@Noperare]

I wish more games would have melee enemies surrender if you point a gun at them, but they will charge if you try to load the gun. It always felt very "gamey" when a game has normal human enemies with 0 sense of self-preservation, like they don't understand the concept of gun/ranged weapon.

[@Luederjahn]

This channel is the best algorithm-driven KZbin recommendation I've had in years.

[@Hyreia]

I love how you refer to him as just screaming. Not a name, not a face, just him screaming.

[@CaribouGirlMeat]

That is terrifying out of context

[@roodstachlea]

good vid, but BIG correction on i am alive, the game wasnt actually made in unreal engine 3, it was actually made in unreal engine 2 belive it or not, ubisoft really and i mean really liked unreal engine 2 to the point they just skipped using ue3, cant blame them tbh

[@thorhighheels]

That's weird and cool.

[@roodstachlea]

@@thorhighheels cool and GOOD

[@theblah12]

@@thorhighheels Fun fact, even today some devs still holding on to UE3 (there's a surprising amount) have apparently ported over the UE4's GUI just so the artists don't get annoyed trying to work with a program that looks like it hasn't been updated since 2005.

[@audiosurfarchive]

Fucking SC:Blacklist used a 2.XX version in what.. 2014?

[@roodstachlea]

@@audiosurfarchive yeah

[@bigbone_99]

"2012 also saw the release of Silent Hill Downpour, a game that I didn't cover because clever segue into my next video, cliffhanger" Never change Thor. Never change

[@piercebros]

You’re one of the funniest, most insightful and downright creative content creators that I’ve discovered recently. Legend.

[@chidster64]

I Am Alive is definitely one of my favourite Indie(ish) survival-horror titles. The suspense and atmosphere it creates is truly awe-inspiring to me. I still recommend it to this day!

[@DAliasReaper]

2001: "Survival Horror needs to bring horror through surrealism or bring panic through resource depletion" 2019: "ANIMAL ANIMATRONICS THAT WANTS TO EAT YOU LIKE A DEVIANTART FANFIC" War... War has changed.

[@jon5024]

DAliasReaper I mean, Five Nights At Freddy’s is pretty surreal, and it’s main mechanic is managing your resources so they don’t run out before the night is over.

[@_swesters_]

@@jon5024 resource depletion that just makes you irritated and not actually scared. The game might be scary the first couple plays and then just fails on all fronts to make you feel truly scared

[@jon5024]

Juju yeah I don’t like it, but it adheres to survival horror principles

[@magnas27]

Dude, there hasn't been a fnaf game in a while, in fact RE2 remake came after they got "forgotten".

[@Igneeka]

I think you meant 2016, FNAF popularity has pretty much gradually dropped since the release of RE7 and now it isn't really talked about anymore Plus RE2 was a major success so yeah I don't think you'll see animatronic jumpscares for a while

[@mthwr]

I think game devs need to appreciate their own language, i mean id love to play a game with a fantastic sound with a foreign language, then playing with a shit low quality engrish shit that we see alot in small devs games. Great video !

[@thorhighheels]

That's a great point actually! Though seeing as how poorly most "foreign films" do in america, it might be sales suicide.

[@yanovit]

Amy looks like it was made by aliens

[@StandAgainstTheCartels]

7 Days to Die is a great survival horror game first released in early access in 2013, during the supposed "dead" years. And it's been getting updates ever since. It would be awesome if they integrated more b-movie plot stuff to the background of gameplay. When thorHH was mentioning how he wanted more looting/scavenging in I Am Alive, I immediately thought of 7DtD. Like with most of the games thor highlights, 7DtD just needs that polish and tweeking to become truly great. Though the new update made things harder and therefore freakier.

[@thorhighheels]

OH yeah I remember that one! I've always meant to try it. I was big into minecraft and day z for a few years, so the combination of both should be my kinda thing.

[@judgegrumble]

"Ubisoft is the least evil of the evil western publishers" BOY HAS THAT COMMENT AGED POORLY.

[@Luggy_7]

what have they done

[@judgegrumble]

@@Luggy_7 it is a super hostile workplace. They have sexual abusers at all levels of management and have covered for those managers or let them retire with benefits to avoid scandal.

[@Luggy_7]

@@judgegrumble classic large company moves right there

[@night1952]

I played I am Alive's demo and i got angry at the game for making an invincible grandma.

[@Gameshunter3012]

Brand new sentence

[@QuetzalOvejasElectricas]

I agree on Ubisoft being the least evil.

[@santiagoaragon9461]

*was

[@marcianoacuerda]

I kinda like this side of KZbin. General overview of games are a necessary evil because not everyone has the money or the time to play every game out there. But they leave behind games that, very imperfect, would be thoroughly enjoyed by followers of the genre. This kind of in depth reviews allows more people to enjoy more games. Been addicted to THH videos for a couple of days since the “recommend” algorithm decided to finally recommend something I would enjoy. Good shit this is!!

[@ReaperCreeper]

Gang Busters was a popular radio program, hence where the term "like Gang Busters" came from.

[@dr.velious5411]

It's weird that something can so completely disappear from public memory, leaving just vague, out of context references to the name.

[@daisysylvonna568]

really digging your channel atm, thanks youtube algorithm

[@WhoMightThis1Be]

Rule of Rose scene and Hotel Dusk music, you are the first one since Nitro Rad that earned my sub that way

[@QuetzalOvejasElectricas]

Wow, you surely know the genre. This is one of your best videos, full of references. Genius.

[@Truef1ame]

24:20 his death animation looks like somebody tipped over a domino lmao

[@TROPHYEARNER]

I’ve been binging the heck outta your stuff recently, and I really think your videos on horror games - especially survival horror ones - are consistently the best on the genre, and the individual games you cover, that I’ve ever seen. You’ve got an incredible knack for breaking down the lil nuances in these games that make them memorable, and hold more of an appreciation for the work put into these titles than anyone else I’ve found on KZbin. Also, your editing skills are ace, and your sense of humor doesn’t distract from the points you make. tl;dr: you make real good shit, fam. Keep at it. Also, I’m gonna go ahead and recommend the old Blair Witch games to you, because they seem right up your alley.

[@thorhighheels]

Thanks dude! I also never knew they made Blair Witch survival horror games lol. I'll be sure to check them out some time.

[@Tokkibeokkie]

The moment I heard the Hotel Dusk soundtrack around 12:59 I knew I had came to the right place. Amazing job in a analyzing and delivering, keep going!

[@hicknopunk]

I thought the weird faces in Amy were like faces through Amy's percption. I also played it years after it came out. With patches. It just seemed unfinished, not broken.

[@akirayomashi1979]

22:44 is that a Runescape sea shanty I hear?!? Your videos bring me much joy, Mr. HeelHighs

[@schibleh531]

RE: ORC is a nice concept. I've always wanted to play a game the RE universe as a well prepared spec ops\Umbrella agent or a SWAT officer at the start of an outbreak. Too bad ORC was a buggy mess of a game.

[@Walamonga1313]

It was fun as hell when you played on multiplayer

[@feralchangeling97]

Capcom said they'd remake any RE game if fans want it, if fans want a remake, they'd do it right this time as they have been on a roll lately. I want to see what they do when the remake RE5 or RE6 in maybe ten years.

[@Walamonga1313]

@@feralchangeling97 I want a remake of Outbreak. That game was way ahead of its time. If it came out on PS3 it would've been a success due to the spread of online gaming

[@AZWrath]

@@Walamonga1313 yeah, sadly Outbreak is an experimental project for online RE game in PS2 era. Outbreak is one of my top 5 RE series. I miss how OP is David

[@Walamonga1313]

@@AZWrath I never understood how to use him well so I always used Kevin, Cindy, Mark and Yoko lol. Oh and people always call Ashley and Steve the worst characters...they clearly never had to deal with Jim XD

[@XBloodyBaneX]

7:44 Literally what I do every time I use a ladder, regardless of length. Sliding down a ladder in .25 seconds? "Wha-" Climbing up a 5ft tall ladder that'll only take you 1/2 a second? "What a th-"

[@viniciusbarreiros1258]

i got your point near the end of the video, but i can't let it go fixed camera angles and tank controls, they're just..part of me hahahahah. Great video!!!

[@PikaLink91]

It’s kinda funny that Thor actually breaks the fourth wall about where he places his adds. I usually watch from my pc where I use adblock so I imagine how confused I would have been if I didn’t watch this particular video on my phone.

[@subrussian]

Won't stop saying how I love you and your content, my dude :3

[@1234androcknroll]

found this channel this morning or yesterday, not sure (non more heavy drinking guh) but I love it and I'm bingin it. Thank you!

[@MrDumbRodent]

I always enjoyed I am Alive. The encounters with enemy groups give rise to some genuinely surprising little mechanically-driven stories- sort of like what people talk about with Far Cry, but dramatic and occasionally terrifying instead of hilarious. It had some really good ideas and I love how painfully heavy pulling the trigger always felt in it.

[@shards-of-glass-man]

>Amy oh boy we are off to... a start

[@cacklecough320]

took me like an hour to find this video! I was like 'i swear ThorHighHeels did a video that covered I am Alone!' Great video as always ;)

[@Kaixero]

Ok, fine, FINE! I'll play Deadly Premonition. I've played every other survival Horror, might as well play it.

[@JayDee284]

Knew you would say that my Coffee warned me isn't that right Zach ?

[@Walamonga1313]

Have you played Kuon?

[@avengeddisciple]

There is a lot of jank, but get past the jank and you'll find one of the weirdest and most entertaining stories in gaming.

[@CodenameAlejo]

Have you played Carrier for the Sega Dreamcast?

[@Kaixero]

Pls don't bully me over not playing the super obscure stuff guys I mean if you recommend them I'll check them out but no I haven't played Kuon

[@YunierViada]

Love your videos. I recently found your channel and I will probably will be calling RE. Resi for now on.

[@sassannero6087]

Heeey my fav channel, keep the nice content!

[@shelelle]

I’ve been watching for a while and your content keeps improving, keep producing dude!

[@thorhighheels]

Thanks, and I will!

[@GrabShiny]

Wow! So pumped for your next video on Silent Hill: Book of Memories! Show these people that survival horror never died!

[@ronny3hands35]

love your channel & your voice is like smooth as butta my guy

[@DiddlyDiPotatoes]

God, I remember Amy and I Am Alive from back when Zero Punctuation first reviewed them when they released.

[@themindset4164]

Honestly, I am alive was always very interesting to me. I remember watching TheRadBrad play it back in the day and really wanting it, but I never managed to get it. It bums me out that more games haven't taken the concepts put forth in the game, because the mechanics of it were always interesting to me. If it ever got (or here's hoping gets) a remaster I'd definitely play it.

[@rpemulis]

Goddamn dude, youtube just recommended me this out of nowhere and I subbed after 5 minutes. Cool vid.

[@thorhighheels]

Thanks!

[@aceofhearts573]

Good video my liege. The pink high heel banner shall fly at Kings Landing,!!!!

[@Arvoyea]

I remember being interested in both AMY and I Am Alive. I knew AMY was disappointing, but I forgot I Am Alive actually released and thought it stayed vaporware. so finally seeing it and it had great ideas but it just needed polish Ubisoft wouldn't offer in exhange for running Assassin's Creed and the Tom Clanceys into the ground some more is a bummer. I especially love the idea of forcing you into first person and having it lean towards bluffing to save ammo to make tension is something I love. I love your editing aesthetic and music choices also. Suscribed.

[@labmates]

Your editing style is so specific to you, but it fits your scripts beautifully and makes the pacing of each video such a treat. Thank you, this was lovely. What, may I ask, is the track used around twenty one minutes?

[@Quick-Silver206]

"It simply smelled kinda funny for a little while." 😂

[@Quick-Silver206]

"It is with pain in my pengas..." I love this dude.

[@Quick-Silver206]

"I have A gun. Back up bitch I am desperate." I'm dying. 😂😂😂

[@cartoongamermatt9077]

I love your content. You deserve more subs.

[@agniratha7297]

Amazing reviews as always Thor. Gonna pick up I Am Alive on Steam seeing as it has an easy mode on there and I'm not exactly a survival horror person, the game looks so atmospheric and kind of beautiful.

[@thorhighheels]

Easy mode might be good, especially if nerfs the continues.

[@agniratha7297]

ThorHighHeels It has infinite retries which sounds great for me. It looks like the game didn't review too well, 4/10 IGN for example. Before I watched your videos I never would've looked at a game that got such low reviews, but you always bring some detailed positives to the games you review. Your understanding of what each game is trying to be and appreciating that inspired me to try more. Recently liking Gungrave thanks to you. I could honestly listen to you talk about how a game constructs it's aesthetic for hours, it my favourite part of your videos, in this one too with I Am Alive. You're the only person who says more about Killer is Dead than "it's slick and stylish". Love your work!

[@kondigong8589]

i love your videos, theyre great!! please go on like this!

[@frogface861]

Thor, didn't you know that the 10fps which Amy is running in is done so on purpose to remain cinematic. Resident Hill is my favorite Alone in the Dark Audio recorded Novel. 14:15 What the fudge is that horrendous scary sound? I actually like Operation Raccoon City. It's a fun game imo that is a nice "what if" type of game. Lucius is amazing. That game is pure Art and you can't tell me otherwise.

[@redwaldcuthberting7195]

"12 billion emotions." XD

[@_krbrs_]

what's the game at 31:52? I remember reading a review on some magazine back in the 90s but couldn't remember its name! i'm soooo curious

[@RaygirlROL]

I've only just discovered your channel, but you praising Ubisoft, Valiant Hearts and Rayman filled my heart with warmth and I think I love you now. I hope that is ok.

[@I.Am.L]

This dude's style of humor is 5/5. Would recommend. For real, glad I found this channel in my random rabbit hole dives. 😅🤟

[@chrisstixx2653]

This was absolutely great :D Awesome video

[@ZachFett]

31:20 Please tell me you'll do a Rise of Nightmares video one day! Kills me that there's no way to play that game without a Kinect. I'd love to see it one day get a PC port, imagine how well that game would work in VR!

[@beard3395]

Why are you underrated wtf, great video

[@Maxx__________]

That was poetic. Damn. Subscribed!

[@aceDOZA]

I love the gritty gray low framerate ps3 aesthetic as much as I love the smooth polygonal motion blur ps2 aesthetic

[@Randalftown]

Bought I am Alive day one and I still give it ago every once in a while, really good game

[@OdinPerez]

Thor u literally the greatest videogame weird ass essay auteur/Connosseur out there lemme play save room music for u

[@thorhighheels]

Thanks!

[@SpenceBusterComms]

'Out of the three big evil game publishers, Ubi is easily the least evil' Dear oh dear did that age poorly after the sexual assault allegations were discovered

[@zeemancan3713]

I am alive was one of the first games I ever played that wasn't a full length triple A fully priced game. And it was an amazing experience. Keep in mind I played it when it originally came out. Still to this day I give the game a 9.5/10. It introduced me to the idea that "not every game you have to play needs to be a triple A game" and after this game I started playing more and more indie games. I'm so grateful for that game. Thank you for talking about it

[@luna11279]

fear, dead island and condemned were actually on consoles too, fun fact! strangely during that point you actually also had some weirdly cool horror games on portables too, like nanashi no game and dementium on the ds and HOTLQ, yomawari, corpse party blood drive and rose in the twiligh on vita, heck even recently you had death mark and liar princess on the vita too.

[@thorhighheels]

Yeah I really hope more of those get PC/console ports like Yomawari did.

[@luna11279]

@@thorhighheels i cant really see many of the touch based ones working very well without the actual touch screen, especially some of the vita ones that actually use back touch, though imo they're just as effective as console versions, especially with a good pair of headphones, which is how i played em all.

[@Zayindjejfj]

Your quirky sense of style with your intros and transitions are something else.

[@VGDocs]

Alright, you've convinced me. I'll re-download and replay I Am Alive because it's legit a great hidden gem.

[@kap1117]

I Am Alive was one of my favourite games on 360. I played it when I was around maybe 12 so the rape thing kind of went over my head, but I still always think about this game. I loved the tone, atmosphere, the set pieces and how the limited lives really made the tension for some section feel that much more intense compared to most games nowdays where you can just willingly die to restart with more health or something. I do wish that it had a bit more open areas but still be linear because I like that the game is constantly taking you to new places and I particularly remember liking the look of the mall and the various broken buildings and bridges you have to climb across but there were also sections where there was heavy fog and you had to navigate around the streets sort of blindly and I would have likes more of that and maybe a tweak to the enemy encounters which I really enjoyed for the first few times and even towards the end I liked but they were kind of tedious but very tense.

[@Blahblahblah94]

Please take all the shots at these “tank controls make a horror game” youtubers. Great video subbed

[@yanukan]

This channel is great, papa bless

[@BoruffAdventures]

26:21 Might want to revisit Ubisoft not being the most evil...

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

My god, I actually remember I Am Alive and Amy after forgetting about them for years! Good to know about this!

[@brazilianmegaman258]

Set me off laughing something shocking lad. One of the funniest you’ve done.

[@redd3104]

Just so you know. I appreciate your ad placement

[@drstrangelove307]

I swear I heard of this game when it came out, I can’t really remember completely so much about it but it was definitely talked about.

[@Tehstroyer]

Games from when survival horror didn't die, it was KILLED.

[@Alex-mb2cy]

They didn't diedid, they done wuz MURDERD

[@PenguinOverdrive]

Where were you when survival horror dies? I was sat at home replay remake for 100th time when phone ring 'survival horror is kill' 'no' Anyway, great video as always.

[@thorhighheels]

I actually wasn't playing a whole lot of games at the time, because I had just gotten into making music and stuff for youtube (not this channel). I wouldn't get back into games properly around 2011, when indies started really gaining steam.

[@oyamatoayei4497]

What is the first game or any other game in the clip ? 0:21 Yomawari: Night Alone Edit: i will put answer for each games in this comment

[@4423reborn]

It's Yomawari: Night Alone.

[@MorbiusTheMenace]

Holy shit, you're Dutch or Flemmish. Am subbed!

[@williemasterofdestruction5339]

Back to watch this for the 4th? Time in the last few years.i think this was the first vid of Thor's I saw... Back when my fave utoober only had 30k subz... Thanks to him for giving me a few other faves such as purposeless Rabbit holes and leadhead,shinpoki etc. I leave this here to guide others Lost and hungry for sum GUD content 😆👌 (Crap... Just realized link is on my other phone😂)

[@Mrwolfodude]

Damn it, you got me with that fucking ladder scene

[@StevenSantanaF]

thank you for playing and talking about these so I never have to

[@astillia6073]

Zombi was pretty cool, I enjoyed the neat aesthetic of inner city London and the pseudo hardcore game mode. The bad stuff was when I couldn't find specific items I needed to progress.

[@personaking7]

Can you talk about operation darkness

[@MistarZtv]

are you gonna do a video on The Evil Within and its sequel?

[@mateusspadari5171]

Hey Thor, what is the of the music starts playing on 10:05 min ?

[@Ma-Giik]

i remember really enjoying I Am Alive when i first played it, never finished it but have fond memories of it loved the atmosphere and feeling of the game

[@SuperLlama42]

I'm giving you a thumbs up just for the Symphonia music.