- Joined
- Sep 28, 2013
That's not even the main bad guy of the game, it's the creepy old man who pretends to be her ally when he actually wants to use her to become immortal too. He's also technically her grandfather and is heavily implied to be as sexually attracted to her as Riccardo (the monk-looking guy who wants to impregnate her) is. All the villains want her body for their own reasons, and Debilitas (the groundskeeper) is arguably the only one who doesn't see her as a sex object in any way because he's retarded and just wants to play. That is indeed where a large portion of the horror stems from. The characters in Haunting Ground are basically a big fucked up family, and the whole plot kicked off because poor Fiona's grandfather and uncle are after the legendary alchemical power contained inside her uterus. If they did ever try to remake Haunting Ground it'd be an absolute disaster and most likely entirely rewritten.From what I remember, the main bad guy wants to impregnate Fiona with himself and likely rapes her if you fail, the homunculus maid is jealous of her womb and cuts it out if you fail and the Sloth from Goonies style retarded groundskeeper thinks Fiona is a doll and even if it's not sexual kills her by "playing" with her and not knowing his own strength Lenny from Of Mice and Men and style. (tell me 'bout the wabbits, George)
The psychosexual undercurrent made it feel like a cross between Resident Evil and Silent Hill, it's no surprise since it came from the (tragically late) writer of Code Veronica which had it's incestual and gender bender themes and imo has the best story of any Resident Evil game, the scariest horror is stuff that reminds you that the scariest monster is not a zombie, werewolf or anything crazy like that, but what your fellow man is capable of, which RE2 also deals with.
It reminds me of how in Stephen King's IT, the scariest moment in the novel is is the idea of a dad wanting to fuck his own daughter, despite revolving around the cosmic horror of Pennywise, the scariest thing is when he holds a mirror up to what everyday people are capable of.
On that note, Ashley getting toned down isn't surprising. There was no way they'd keep her skirt in, especially not the complaining she does if she thinks you're trying to see up it.
Last edited: