Ehm... I'm probably wrong, but I'm going to guess the oldest was Fatal Frame... Recently I got Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (say that 10 times fast), and Obscure, a co-op horror game that is best described by the title.
Fatal Frame was a fun little romp, but the game was too short for my tastes, relying on a completely un-scary redo of all the ghosts in a "challenge mode" for costumes and other goodies. Sad that I became completely unafraid of the ghosts after playing the same encounter with them in a small room about 100 times, each. Other than that, the story was complicated without being impenetrable, the gameplay was awesome, the ghosts were scary (the first time), and the whole thing was just fun. I want to play Fatal Frame II really badly now.
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core... what a friggin' letdown. Let me start by saying the characters are amazingly well-designed, clever, very unique, and everything from the way they walk, jump and even come in to fight tells loads about who they are and what their theme is. Their moves are characterful and unique in that Japanese anime kind of way. The rock music that is the game's theme permeates everything and just sounds damn good. However, the game seems ripped straight from the arcade with all the problems. Japanese voiced, OK, but with no subtitles. No story, endings are just a picture of the character. More problems than I can name here. Still can't decide whether it's worth it or not.
Obscure... haven't gotten that far, but it balances hilarious and ridiculous characters and dialogue and tone with genuinely scary enemies, making you (and your co-op buddy) laughing and screaming all the way to fun-town. Especially fun if partner is smart so tactical "I hold him off while you get us through the lab door" tricks are possible. Basically Resident Evil with good graphics, fun physics and simple yet rewarding puzzles. Sweet game.
What made it "not so good?"
