Gothic: What is it?

So what is gothic? Gothic is nothing but a surreal and dark style. Gothic is usually of a darker tone then most styles and has some of the most astonishing architecture built after it. In today’s day and age gothic is more then a style it is mainly categorized in the horror genre. But more then that gothic is takes horror to a whole new level, instead of terrifying it can make something a little more interesting and as well as sophisticated. For example a really good example of gothic, which I believe, is Diablo. Diablo is a video game franchise made by Blizzard Entertainment. This game is about both the heavens and hells and everything in-between. It is set in a medieval ish world where the undead and demons have come back to take revenge on the heavens. And you must search for ways to help stop the main 7 devils. How is this gothic you ask? I believe it is gothic because of the style. Not just the style of the buildings and armor but the style of the underlined story and game. The game is indeed a horror game but its more then just scary it adds a bit of sophistication to the genre of horror. You are put in a world a very dark and mysterious world, who seems to be used to creatures like these demons roaming about. Everywhere you look the architecture is gothic as well as the players and armor. You are in golfed in a world of darkness and you can feel it as you play the game. Walking pass any opening always on your toes this game doesn’t just scare you , it does more then that. It keeps you alert and on your toes ready for anything to come your way. It is giving the horror to you but letting you fight back. Not only are your enemies scary but you scare your enemies. And that is why I think this is an example of gothic, it has the dark feel to it, it isn’t just horror it is also fighting back the horror, and the style of the architecture and everything around you is dark and pointy like the original gothic style.