Survival Horror - A Dying Genre

Nikhil Taneja • December 16, 2008, 11:22:34 IST

The survival horror genre has driven itself into an early grave, read what Dtoid’s Jim Sterling has to say…

After swimming through the wave of recent horror games like Alone in the Dark, Dead Space, Silent Hill: Homecoming and the preview code of Resident Evil 5, I couldn’t help but feel a sharp pain in my heart to see one of my favorite genres - Survival Horror - become a dying breed. Then I came across an article by Destructoid’s Jim Sterling, about how the genre “evolved itself into extinction” and I couldn’t agree more.

Go ahead and check out the article , after which you can join us in mourning the passing of the finest scares of our times.

Written by Nikhil Taneja

Nikhil Taneja is a Mumbai-based writer who swears by Aaron Sorkin, Chandler Bing and Brit cinema in general and thinks "Taneja main hoon, mark idhar hai" is a witty thing to say in a bio. He likes writing about foreign movies and TV shows (whenever he's not watching them). You can stalk him on Twitter (only) at: @tanejamainhoon</a> see more