You just answered your own question, no other medium would give you the anxiety the protagonist is experiencing.
Also, worth noting that this game was made by Frictional games, they essentially invented (or at least popularized) the genre. So while you might be sick of similar games, it’s like saying Mario is just another platformer. Most similar games out there are heavily inspired by Frictional games games.
And frictional games are definitely not walking sims, they just rely on emergent gameplay rather than hardcoded mechanics.
People are criticising the horror games for being stressful. Its OK to not like the game but it’s definitely not the games fault. They are very competently made.
You just answered your own question, no other medium would give you the anxiety the protagonist is experiencing.
Also, worth noting that this game was made by Frictional games, they essentially invented (or at least popularized) the genre. So while you might be sick of similar games, it’s like saying Mario is just another platformer. Most similar games out there are heavily inspired by Frictional games games.
And frictional games are definitely not walking sims, they just rely on emergent gameplay rather than hardcoded mechanics.
People are criticising the horror games for being stressful. Its OK to not like the game but it’s definitely not the games fault. They are very competently made.