Scary Games

[Flap Jack452]

My friends who are all in highschool tell me they think L4D is scary and jump whenever i play it and theres a zombie around the corner who i have just blown the lower jaw off of so i guess i like ssurvivalhorror to a point but when it gets to run away from the guy who u could easily put away with one shotgun that isnt provided i hate.

Punctuation, grammar and commas are your friend. I had no idea what you were really talking about.

 

[Beffudled Sheep]

Fatal Frame II

What are you talking about, that game is not scary. *wink wink*

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

My friends who are all in highschool tell me they think L4D is scary and jump whenever i play it and theres a zombie around the corner who i have just blown the lower jaw off of so i guess i like ssurvivalhorror to a point but when it gets to run away from the guy who u could easily put away with one shotgun that isnt provided i hate.

Punctuation, grammar and commas are your friend. I had no idea what you were really talking about.

Oh thank god. I thought I was the only one having trouble knowing what he said.

 

[scatmanfan]

In deep, dramatic voice known to only the Gametrailers countdown guy, "System Shock 2"

 

[Flour]

OK so I hate scary games but I love them at the same time. I would play games such as Dead Space, Fear 2, and Bioshock if I wasn't crapping my pants every time I turned a corner. I believe that adding this scary element to a game is a good idea but the developers lose an amount of customers due to the fact that there scary, ex. me. So I would like to know if there is any of you who would play these games if the scary aspect was removed or reduced.

The games you listed are dark action games with gore and a few easily predictable scares.
A true horror game doesn't need dark areas to scare the player(doom, dead space), it uses logbooks and sound to create an atmosphere where two or three simple enemies are a lot scarier than one jumping from the shadows.
These games can be completed as action games with demonic enemies [http://i40.tinypic.com/9h02tv.jpg] but then you would miss some awesome things. [http://i39.tinypic.com/2qnpaqd.jpg]

 

[Brainbomb]

Condemned is good. The first one. There are some startling moments, but a lot of good mind-screws too. Cool, nasty, terrifying atmosphere, etc.

It's the only game that made me feel like I was fighting psychosis itself...well, except maybe Eternal Darkness

 

[Amaurus]

Hello Kitty Island Adventure is extremely scary!