{"id":1070485,"date":"2026-01-22T02:30:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T02:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/2024-best-games-disgust-decay-existential-dread"},"modified":"2026-01-22T02:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T02:30:59","slug":"its-been-a-grim-year-hasnt-it-2024s-best-games-are-all-about-disgust-decay-and-existential-dread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-been-a-grim-year-hasnt-it-2024s-best-games-are-all-about-disgust-decay-and-existential-dread\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s been a grim year, hasn&#8217;t it? 2024\u2019s best games are all about disgust, decay, and existential dread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/its-been-a-grim-year-hasnt-it-2024s-best-games-are-all-about-disgust-decay-and-existential-dread.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>2024 was a big year for folk with a never-ending affinity towards all things survival-horror, largely due to the fact that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/silent-hill-2-remake\">Silent Hill 2 Remake<\/a> finally released. A game that, after its initial announcement, I was truly dreading. I love <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/games\/silent-hill-2\">Silent Hill 2<\/a>, so much, and for the longest time, all I ever really wanted was for the original trio of games to be ported to modern platforms exactly as they are. Nothing more, and nothing less. I, admittedly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/silent-hill-2-preview\">did not trust Konami or Bloober Team<\/a> to do it justice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/2024-best-games-disgust-decay-existential-dread\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/2024-best-games-disgust-decay-existential-dread\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 was a big year for folk with a never-ending affinity towards all things survival-horror, largely due to the fact that the Silent Hill 2 Remake finally released. A game that, after its initial announcement, I was truly dreading. I love Silent Hill 2, so much, and for the longest time, all I ever really wanted was for the original trio of games to be ported to modern platforms exactly as they are. Nothing more, and nothing less. I, admittedly, did not trust Konami or Bloober Team to do it justice. 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