No one. But I saw this thread last week and the week before and many times before then as well.snowman6251 said:
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Or Project 0 as it is called in Australia, this and Silent Hill. Scariest shit ever.Thaius said:
Demon Souls? Maybe at how horrific the controls were.
Alien Vs. Predator 2 for PC was surprisingly good for the scares (the sound really did in that game).
The obvious Silent Hill 2, of coarse. And I will mirror other in saying the Crimson Butterfly series.
I would say Dead Space, but Dead space was only scary for the first 4 or 5 chapters. Don't get me wrong, I loved the game. Played it through about 4 times. But in order to be horror (IMO) you have to have fear of death, and there was just too much ammo in dead space. There weren't that many times (later in the game) that I had real fear of death.
Now saying all that, I am VERY impressed with Alan Wake. The story telling is just amazing, the story itself is really good (I'm in episode 4 now, great plot twist there). And the combat is great as well. It is a very neat concept in that you do have guns, but they are completely useless until you have hit the targets with light, and they will be charging you while you are doing it. So basically, in every encounter in the game, the enemies will be able to get right up on you, so the fear of death is there in almost every encounter (and I have died at least a dozen times).
Another cool item is that Alan doesn't feel like a macho space marine, he feels like a clumsy writer... as he should. His dodge move looks so hap-hazzard an uncontrolled, it really adds to the character. Add to that (like Dead Space) the game is beautiful with great sound. And the story and some other gameplay elements help add to the horror. Like the manuscript pages, some/most of them are forshadowing and telling you what will come in the near future (awesome story element as well). This sounds like it would spoil what is about to happen, but instead it has made me anxious and looking over my shoulder on more than one occasion. Like, minor spoiler...
Add to this there are chapters/scenes where you have limited resources. (i.e. a flashlight and a couple of flash-bangs). Or a flashlight with 4 batteries and 12 rounds in a revolver. In other moments it does seem that you have an abundance of batteries/flares, but that doesn't really lessen the horror aspect because you have to keep using the focused flashlight and flares to get the guys off you, so you are constantly changing batteries and reloading while there are 3-4 taken about to slice and dice you about 2 feet away... it can be intense. Add to that that Alan can only take about 3 hit before he is toast.
So best horror game in the past couple of years... Alan Wake, by far.
Alien Vs. Predator 2 for PC was surprisingly good for the scares (the sound really did in that game).
The obvious Silent Hill 2, of coarse. And I will mirror other in saying the Crimson Butterfly series.
I would say Dead Space, but Dead space was only scary for the first 4 or 5 chapters. Don't get me wrong, I loved the game. Played it through about 4 times. But in order to be horror (IMO) you have to have fear of death, and there was just too much ammo in dead space. There weren't that many times (later in the game) that I had real fear of death.
Now saying all that, I am VERY impressed with Alan Wake. The story telling is just amazing, the story itself is really good (I'm in episode 4 now, great plot twist there). And the combat is great as well. It is a very neat concept in that you do have guns, but they are completely useless until you have hit the targets with light, and they will be charging you while you are doing it. So basically, in every encounter in the game, the enemies will be able to get right up on you, so the fear of death is there in almost every encounter (and I have died at least a dozen times).
Another cool item is that Alan doesn't feel like a macho space marine, he feels like a clumsy writer... as he should. His dodge move looks so hap-hazzard an uncontrolled, it really adds to the character. Add to that (like Dead Space) the game is beautiful with great sound. And the story and some other gameplay elements help add to the horror. Like the manuscript pages, some/most of them are forshadowing and telling you what will come in the near future (awesome story element as well). This sounds like it would spoil what is about to happen, but instead it has made me anxious and looking over my shoulder on more than one occasion. Like, minor spoiler...
Like the page that tells you of your first encounter with a chainsaw wielding lumberjack... it took forever to actually get to the guy and I had been looking over my shoulder for the past hour or so expecting him.
Add to this there are chapters/scenes where you have limited resources. (i.e. a flashlight and a couple of flash-bangs). Or a flashlight with 4 batteries and 12 rounds in a revolver. In other moments it does seem that you have an abundance of batteries/flares, but that doesn't really lessen the horror aspect because you have to keep using the focused flashlight and flares to get the guys off you, so you are constantly changing batteries and reloading while there are 3-4 taken about to slice and dice you about 2 feet away... it can be intense. Add to that that Alan can only take about 3 hit before he is toast.
So best horror game in the past couple of years... Alan Wake, by far.
i was thinking just that XD the game itself, the main storyline, is not whats scary. its to do with the mobile messages. and i don't mean taking the pictures or when the light starts to flicker (annoyingly its usually when i am trying to listen to another message ¬_¬). The actual messages themselves and the stories they tell/suggest. many of them are pretty disturbing for our middle-class comfortable selves.Hubilub said:
The game itself though is very unscary. you know how you were led by that black-shadow that resembled Harry Mason's young daughter. you'd see the shadow, then hear a scream and watch her run off in the direction you should follow her. would have been much scarier if the game ensured that we were actually able to see her most the time! half the time i just heard a scream and was confused at what was so scary about the wall that made Harry shriek.
Silent Hill 2 must be pretty scary. i never actually played it, but i watched some cutscenes in the dark, started at about 9:30, finished at 11:00 and took me another 10 minutes to calm down before i could move to go to the toilet. i want that game.
hmm, a few people are putting down games i would consider "jumpy" as opposed to scary. Sure, i am guarenteed to jump, but i don't leave the game shuddering and looking around in fear. infact, i even renamed a particular game J.U.M.P because i found its title heavily misleading.
Resident Evil Remake. Scared the shit out of me. As did Resident Evil 0, but I got further through that.
Dead Space had a lot of tension, but I didn't find it scary, just jumpy. Very disturbing in some parts though, bring on Dead Space 2!
Dead Space had a lot of tension, but I didn't find it scary, just jumpy. Very disturbing in some parts though, bring on Dead Space 2!
Do you mean another Haunting Ground [http://www.dreamdawn.com/sh/info.php?name=Clock%20Tower:%20The%20First%20Fear]. It the same thing, only you can call a dog to get aways from the Mouse and Man giant reject that after your boobies (both game, you play as a female character.)That and traps you can lay down for the doofus.Quiet Stranger said:
You are right, that the best horror game out there. I own it and sometime feel scare of going back. That didn't help that i was halfway through the game when i needed to reformat my computer. It still there, but i didn't beat that game... sadly.riottrio said:
You got to understand new gamers... they don't feel the need to go back and play classic like old or Retro gamers. They are happy with what on the store shelf, without knowing that there were better stuff out there. Dead Space is one of them. But, can you really blame them when all they played are Doom 3 or Bioshock. Wait no, Bioshock isn't considered horror, even by the makers.riottrio said:
True that. To me, the shit was always real.Dr. Awesome Face said:yeah that is pretty scary (and an ugly ************ at that) but you don't ever see a necromorph look like that up close in the game. I only really found the first levels of Dead Space scary. Running down the dark halls with the first necromorph running behind you trying to cut you up. Freaked me out! But after the first two levels were over, I had adapted and wasn't really getting scared at all......Until I got cocky and tried my hand at impossible difficulty. That is a true "Shit just got real" moment.The Austin said:Limzz said:
Yea, I guess your right, I just guess I'll just-
[HEADING=1] OMG! NECROMORPH! [/HEADING]
See? Pretty damn scary, huh?
Although while playing Dead Space, I did go through what I call the "Bad-ass zone". It's the feeling you get after all of the scares have stopped affecting you, and you just become desensitized from anything the Necromorphs throw at you.
So I can understand why the game would be less scary than others.
Agreed... the sounds of metal pipes falling and rolling around, chains & water drops, and of course the sudden appearance of dead babies with tentacles... *ugh*The Austin said:
Oh there are so many...
Silent Hill
Penumbra
Fatal Frame
The Suffering
Condemned
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Silent Hill
Penumbra
Fatal Frame
The Suffering
Condemned
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
My friend's girlfriend's ear-piercing scream when she played Resistance: Fall of Man and ran into... anything. Thank God she never tried any of the above.
The original Silent Hill trilogy (okay...include 4:The Room), I also thought Condemned had more than just jump scares as opposed to what others have said. I mean, the Tibbits scene in the locker was creepy and I was forced to wonder if this was "real" or a hallucination. I also kinda wondered if there actually was a SKX instead of maybe this guy being psycho himself and hunting down his other personality or something. Also, I enjoyed that, even though you were able to obtain firearms in the game, they were very limited in ammo and, once they ran out, you were stuck using it as a club which is practically the most useless weapon in the game. One I thought deserves an honorable mention (but I don't really consider horror, it was more of an action game with a horror theme but had a good lead-in with it's "prison is hell" video) "The Suffering"snowman6251 said: