Almost three decades on, the defining survival horror game has much more to offer than scares

OLD GAMES, NEW PERSPECTIVES

Taking as many guises as his names, the Prince of Lies turned at times into a man-devouring ogre, a mutant medley of claws, horns and wings, or the brooding rebel that lit the imagination of Romantic painters, as Carla Passino discovers

BEFORE GEARS OF WAR CEMENTED COVER-SHOOTING AS THE INDUSTRY’S STANDARD, THERE WAS KILL.SWITCH – A BOLD EXPERIMENT THAT MADE DUCKING BEHIND WALLS AS VITAL AS PULLING THE TRIGGER. DEVELOPED FAST AND ON A TIGHT BUDGET, IT QUIETLY BIRTHED MECHANICS THAT WOULD GO ON TO DEFINE MODERN SHOOTERS

The art of running games on rigs below their minimum specs is thriving

One of our most persistent, and horrid, assailants ...