you walk around, see some monsters, kill them

They, as well as the monsters, seem to be a reflection of some part of James' personality

What that means is less cheap scares and monsters hiding in plain sight, and a much more interactive experience

gee, if i want to kill monsters, why wouldn't i just go play doom 3?

And let's not forget the recurring, and relentless, monster that you keep running into

It's been said that the most horrific monster in the world can never be captured on film, because it resides within the collective imaginations of the audience

The monsters are appropiately creepy, and move strangely enough to make you think that they were once human... or were they

Half of this has to do with the creepily-realistic rendering of the environment and most noticabally, the monsters, varying from things that look like they just walked out of a insane asylum, put in a straight jacket, wrapped in cellophane, and burned to death, then reborn, to a towering humanoid beast with a pyramid shaped helmet on its head that stalks you around everywhere