Yeah, it's hard not to get desensitized when gorging on extreme assaults on the senses and the imagination at any given chance.
I miss the days when I got spooked when a primitively pixelated witch entered a forest frame in Kings Quest 1 to the lound sound of an ominous midi tune.
Or when a lady suddenly took off her clothes in Leisure Suit Larry
Here's to hoping Del Toro/ Kojima will redeem the genre in creative and effective ways!