In need of a scary game.
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You'll probably enjoy the S.T.A.L.K.E.R franchise, (and 'Metro 2033'). They're not the best examples of great games in terms of mechanical prowess, but they've got great atmospheres that I have been unable to find anywhere else.
I can't even play that game now, i got stuck ingamerguy473 said:
the basement with the flooding and the footsteps that follow you around
and then I read on a forum about stuff chasing you later on in the game... that's when I checked out.
Silent Hill 2, Fatal Frame and Eternal Darkness.The first 2 you´ll find on ps2, the third is on Gamecube.
That to me was easily the scariest part of the game. If you can get through that... well, there's a few more creepy as fuck parts but seriously, the part you're at was the worst for me.Continuity said:
OP: I'd definitely say give Penumbra a try. Both 1 and 2 are quite scary for the first half or so, and once you're used to it and it's a little less scary, it's still got a pretty good story and all that. Don't play Requiem tho... that is such a stupid thing.
Dead Space I really liked a lot. Yeah it's more of an Action game like RE5 but it's fun and definitely has some parts that are scary/creepy.
Speaking of Resident Evil... have you played some of the first ones? Not sure how they stack up now but they were quite terrifying back in the day.
Metro 2033... not really scary. It has some panicky moments, but overall I thought it was a brilliant game.
STALKER is in much the same area as Metro. Except... well, it is different. For the most part STALKER isn't scary at all, but there's areas that are just... yikes. I remember exploring a small tunnel system at night, all these little rat things and some invisible guys and the sounds... oh man it was pretty terrifying. But yeah mostly you can just play out in the sunshine so it's not that bad.
Go grab Condemned Criminal Origins for the 360. My personal GoTY for that year. It was amazing and the last level in particular will have you terrified. Also, never play the sequal. Not only does it render the ending to the first invalid, it also is a lot less scary.
I'm not much for the way of horror games, but I can appreciate atmosphere, and two games that I've played recently that have that are The Path (buy it on Steam; it's slow as hell, cartoony, and with a cruddy story, but damned if you won't be apprehensive about where and when you go), and Korsakovia (download it off ModDB, it's a free mod for HL2). Man, I hardly got anywhere in Korsakovia, I admit to being bad at horror games. I like movies though.
Can't agree more. "Hey, you know that guy you could have shot in the head? Well he's (don't know how to spoiler, so SPOILER) alive. Also you have super powers. Sound good?"EHKOS said:
The bear was cool though. I liked the bear.
A sudden thought about the difficulty of Dead Space: Insane mode: All enemies are Regenerators. No killing. Just slowing and fleeing. I found the parts with that guy actually tense and somewhat frightening (especially the bit where you move the bookshelves or whatever they were, knowing that regardless of what you do now, he'll only be inconvenienced, and he'll follow you no matter what you do.Ephraim J. Witchwood said:
