As for current gen 'horror' games, as you know, I'm not so big on Dead Space. I much prefer Resident Evil 4 and 5, with the primary distinction I tend to cite between them being that Dead Space's bad guys seem keen to scare you by leaping out of the shadows and prancing around, while the ganados in RE4+5 just genuinely *really* want you to die. It's not a scary game by any means, but to me it's appealling because (especially in 4's case) the guy you're controlling is way over his head, and having, more or less, an *incredibly* bad day that you have to help him through. The lack of moving and shooting, to me, is a happy medium between the frustrating systems of old and the new demands of most gamers, one I can easily justify by telling myself that the game has 'rules' I need to obey. The only things I really like about Dead Space, based on my limited time playing it, are the 'outside' sections and the removal of 'safe spaces' – you can never be sure that a room that seemed to operate as something of a hub won't be filled with monsters the next time you entered. At the same time, it's all too easy to predict exactly what's about to happen – scares are effectively signposted purely because of how regulation they are.

Funnily enough it's the Wii that seems to be picking up most of the true 'horror' games lately. Possibly just because it's so big in Japan. I have to admit this new Silent Hill game (without any combat!) intruiges me quite a bit.

The final scene did cause me to jump though. Even so, it’s an amazing game