Fear is a tricky emotion to pull off in a game. Sure, the cheap jump scares may startle you, but real, true, crippling fear comes from the lingering unknown. Daylight developer Zombie Studios wants to keep players guessing in their upcoming survival horror Daylight, and one way they are doing that is with procedurally generating environments. Every time you replay a mission, the layout will be completely different.
You don't die in Daylight, you just go insane. As things get scarier, some sort of supernatural tattoo develops on your hands and darkness starts to cloud your vision. If you don't find a safe place in time or find one of the game's curse repelling items, you'll secumb to insanity. Wandering down creepy hospital hallways that no one else has stepped foot in definitely gave us an unsettling feeling as we anxiously awaited any ghastly surprises. Daylight is still in the early stages of development, but, so far, it's a thoroughly terrifying experience.
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