I complained about Metroid Prime's text, but now that I think about it, the tone of the text is really what brings down the horror feel of the game. here are the logs. They're all incredibly boring, and reading them turns the space pirates from enigmatic enemies to middle-management incompetent science bros.

"So, we captured a sample of the galaxy's apex predator? Let's science it and see what happens!"

Metroid really does feel like you're a badass going through a horror *scenario*.

That's a good point. It is to space horror as superheroes with fangs is to gothic horror, and is just as amazing to play as throwing cars at Sabbat shovelheads is.