When we think about the best horror games, or even just the most popular, a certain aesthetic comes to mind: dark, grimy corridors; wet, organic, but indescribable objects; monsters that were once human but are no longer anything close. Dead Space, Outlast, Amnesia, Scorn, Resident Evil, Silent Hill. Almost as far back as horror games go, so does that aesthetic. It’s so common as to be predictable, but one of the most powerful aspects of horror is its ability to surprise. Obsidian’s survival game Grounded, then, definitely qualifies as horror despite being absolutely adorable. Warning: There’s a picture of a spider further into this piece. Indeed, Grounded doesn’t look a whole lot like the type of games we think of as horror. They often mimic movies like… Click below to read the full story from GameSpot
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Best Of 2022: Grounded’s Cute Aesthetic Masks One Of The Year’s Scariest Games
