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So, The Grinder. Originally a Wii-exclusive; now a multi-plat title. This here is footage from the Wii version, which is going to be an FPS. From the looks of the trailer though, perhaps it can be played as a TPS? The PS3/360 version will be a top-down shooter. Game is set in an alternate universe where zombies, werewolves, and vampires run amok. You control one of four characters, each with their own unique ability as they attempt to exterminate the threat and find the source of the outbreak. As you can see, this looks pretty sick. I'm interested in seeing the differences in the two versions. But yeah, it's supposed to drop Halloween '11. So Wii owners, be on the lookout.

Well... it's usually the other way around, so lets let the Wii have its day. xD

Pretty good video there. I posted this before in the RE guild, but again, you should read this: History of Survival Horror Even though it's IGN, this is a really good article, and the guy knows his s**t.

Anyway, I'd consider anything with a horror atmosphere or enemies a horror game. Survival Horror,well, that's another story.

Demon's Souls, aww christ. ******** that game. Didn't get very far in it, because it's bullshit, but I saw nothing scary there at all, so I don't know what this guy's talking about. Problem with that game is it's a hard game, and if you die, you lose all your s**t and all your progress. Only way to retain your s**t is to go back to the hub world and save. Well, my personality always decides to push a little farther along in the level before going back, and then I end up getting killed and losing everything, then having to restart the level with less supplies than I had to begin with. And after restarting the same stage with absolutely no s**t about twelve hundred times, I hung it up. And as far as the game itself, it's got a pretty big following and is hyped as the most "HARDCOREZ" game on the PS3, but I didn't find anything special about it all, even purely from gameplay standpoint. Maybe I'll hit it back up someday. But yeah. Not a very good game if you ask me.

Anyway, the Grinder looks like it's going to be something along the lines of Left 4 Dead. And as far as I'm concerned, that's a good thing.

Well. In defense of Dead Space... it started you out with pretty limited resources and had some genuinely good survival horror moments towards the beginning. That scene in the very opening gameplay moments actually made me jump, and really got my heart pumping. Then yes, it devolves into pretty much pure action with a horror setting. I don't know, though. I just loved the atmosphere of that game. I like Dead Space.

I really, really wish Deadly Premonition was multi-plat. So you could play it. I didn't find it very scary or anything at all, but it felt like a true oldschool survival horror kind of experience. It felt like a Dreamcast-era survival horror game. And it has very endearing characters and a good storyline.

Cursed Mountain, also, was pretty good. Yeah, it's definitely got an RE4-style aiming mechanic and gets a little heavy on combat at times, but it's also very oldschool. And that's another newer horror game that wins for me due its unique atmosphere. And there's some genuine horror to it.

But I agree for the most part. They should stop trying to call it Survival Horror, because for the most part, that's just bullshit posturing. If you want newer Survival Horror experiences, I suggest maybe picking up a Dreamcast. You can find them very cheap on eBay. It's got the best version of RE2, as well as some Survival Horror classics like D2 and Illbleed. And some RE-clones like Carrier. Or you can dig up some classics for the PSone, like Clock Tower. Call of Cthulhu for the original Xbox was also very good. Although I've never personally played it, I hear Half Life 2 was very scary. You can find that on the orange box compilation for PS3. It's an FPS, though...

I've been keeping an eye on The Grinder's developement for a while now.

The Wii's version of Left 4 Dead made by the guys who did The Conduit? Count me the f*** in!