a pretty interesting topic. i find _Shimmer's post interesting because while he reasons that anthropomorphizing a monster isn't necessary to it being threatening(i agree), both of his examples show that it's difficult to immediately think of a monster that isn't anthropomorphic because film has been littered with them,…
[ QUOTE ] Zombie, Zombine from Half Life 2. The player understand immediatly that these zombie were more or less ordinary people that turned into zombies by the headcrabs, creatures of the living world of xen, yada yada yada. They added a more robust model to the zombies to its predecessor and a interaction with the…
yeah, but there was some tension between the human and the ant at first i believe...maybe i'm wrong, or maybe there was another more evil ant involved in the mix...just leave me alone. but on further thought, i guess i'd have to agree with you. insects or insect-like creatures definitely make it a close race, arichniphobia…
Heya, thanks for the replies! Basically, it's always stated in all books about human fear that we fear instinctively the unknown but again, in a study about monsters it is revealed that too astract creatures are starting to become less fear-inducing. I ment to ask if anthropomorphous creatures are the most fear-inducing in…
I dunno, what answers you are specifically looking for but I would like to propose you another approach. It might be a bit off but I hope it holds my opinion about "creation" in these kinds of subjects. As we work on a more or less realistic title at the moment I dont have much to do with monsters right now. However, as…