Horrorz

[sincere]

I blame libekory and the things she makes me watch, but I could really go for horror RP. Some sort of combination of survival horror games (empty, spooky places, no illusions of normalcy, no normal people just wandering around) and horror movies (don't turn your back on the mirror, there's something in that cabinet, etc).

Something small, maybe even just one-on-one, a few people clinging together as best they can in the midst of zomg. But it'd take good story-telling. X3

Special bonus!! We got to pondering what certain Bleach characters would encounter in Silent Hill. Libby wrote them all up in unnecessary detail over here.

(Gin's would be populated entirely by female monsters and NPCs, all juuuust reminiscent enough of Rangiku to make him uneasy without quite pinning why. On the other hand, Aizen's Silent Hill is... empty.)

Comments

[green-and-warty.livejournal.com]

damned isn't small, but it's a really good horror game. Haaah, due to periods of inactivity and stuff I haven't been able to keep up with it, but I do recommend it. It's been going strong for awhile and it's good. To many, it's a fandom of it's own.

[kay-willow.livejournal.com]

I actually mentioned damned in my first draft of this; I was going to apply there briefly for a while, but I was disenchanted by the time like three goddamn months had passed and they were finally ready to accept applicants again. XD I don't know if they have any idea how much of a turn-off that waiting period is. I narrowly missed the application period in June and then they just went ahead and skipped the one in August because of mod whatever...

By the time apps opened again, the shiny had worn off. The format seemed confusing to me, I had lost interest in the characters I was going to apply for (since I don't follow that fandom and had no one to RP with while I waited, the interest didn't last) -- and felt guilty about ditching the person I'd told I would be applying for him -- and the characters I then did want to apply for were taken. I also had difficulty following any given character's activities. It really just lost its charm.

I'm thinking of a more direct experience, anyway. damned is the sort of game where you have periods of horror, followed by periods of standing around socializing. I don't really want to get to know eighty characters from different fandoms in my quest to scare the crap out of Hinamori; I'd rather have a more immersive experience, with scared, intense interactions, in a smaller game where the threat is more focused.

If libekory decides to go with the game idea we were discussing (which IMO is awesome), it'd either be a Bleach game or just plain a small, personal game with a few people we trust to not suck.

[green-and-warty.livejournal.com]

Aaaaah. Yeah, it can be a little... Well, I certainly found damned overwhelming, even with the great periods of socializing versus horror. I tend to find multi-fandom games, especially the very large and quick ones, overwhelming, though I've done well enough in polychromatic. It's a good game, but not strictly a horror game, and I wasn't quite able to get the hang of it. Your points are quite legitimate!

Cool, cool. Good luck with it!

[kay-willow.livejournal.com]

The one-room-per-post thing still weirds me out. But yes, I agree -- in general, when I want RP a multifandom game doesn't really seem to cut it for me. I can see why it would've been overwhelming for you on both counts -- so much activity, so many characters, many of them essentially strangers... I'd rather build up relationships and plot, even though I absolutely love cute-one-liner-style RP. I was in a single-fandom RP with that style and it was wonderful until drama ruined it, as the dramabeast ruins all things. So I both envy and don't envy you your giant multifandom game. XD

[green-and-warty.livejournal.com]

Yeah, damned takes some getting used to. Much to my shame, I've been inactive for ages -- mostly because, I've had periods of inactivity before, and the problem is that so much gets accomplished or should be accomplished. Especially if you have characters that are likely to be very proactive, which I did. At which point it's hard to pick up again, when they simply wouldn't have been doing... whatever. So, yeah, I really need to drop and then consider how I feel about possibly applying again. Because I'm not sure I could keep up, even if I could find their muses again, anew.

But, agreed. Multifandom games seem to want to be huge and very involving, but ... also a little shallow. I also much prefer relationships and plot, though it's been quite awhile since I was able to indulge in that. I prefer single-fandom RPGs, but this day and age it's almost impossible to find a good one that'll last, unless uh, you start it yourself, and multiple multiple attempts have shown me that I just don't manage my time and life well enough to also manage a RPG! S'why I'm glad to have found fear_borne!