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It's Halloween, post your favorite horror games
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yellowjacket25
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The whole Silent Hill series. Silent Hill 2 in particular.
Grooveraider
Banned
It never gets old for me ...
Jet Grind Radio!
Banned
I remember being very on edge when I was playing the first Condemned. Hell, it was daylight and I was scared like a bitch.
Hours Left
Member
The Shadow Hearts series has a really great creepy vibe.
Also, I'd really love to play Shadowgate for NES right now. VC please.
Also, I'd really love to play Shadowgate for NES right now. VC please.
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
Silent Hill 2! 
SabinFigaro
Member
- Not exactly a horror game, but one of the few games that can guarantee a jump from me (especially while playing as a marine).
- A lesser known horror/adventure game, but one of my all-time favourites.
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
REmake all the way. You can't beat Zombies in a decrepit mansion in the middle of nowhere.
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
I played it, but never beat it. It was pretty good.CiSTM said:
Square Triangle
Member
i just recently picked up Folklore, it's nowhere near anything scary but the art style and atmosphere has a halloween look to it imho. I love it thus far.
TheLegendary
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Some nice unique choices so far.
System Shock scary? Hm.
System Shock scary? Hm.
Milk Lizard
Banned
Resident evil 2 and silent hill 2 and 3. I still play through all the silent hill games from time to time.
I AM JOHN!
Banned
Nowhere near enough love for:
The police station level is one of the scariest, most freaky moments in any game I have ever played, second only to Eternal Darkness' bathtub scene.
The police station level is one of the scariest, most freaky moments in any game I have ever played, second only to Eternal Darkness' bathtub scene.
speculawyer
Member
Bioshock (if that counts)
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead
timetokill
Banned
I love horror games!
I bought Penumbra and I'm planning on playing it soon, what is the official order for the three games? I was planning on playing them in order unless somebody suggests I shouldn't.
As far as my personal choices, Silent Hill 2 is a great game but it's not that scary to me. It's incredibly thoughtful, oftentimes depressing or somber, but as far as being outright scary it's not as terrifying as Silent Hill 1 was at the time.
Dead Space, Condemned.... all good games, but more on the adrenaline scares, a bit like RE4... they're intense for sure and if that's what you're after you should play them. Dead Space especially is one of my favorite games this generation because of the awesome world they've built for it.
But even today, the scariest game I think I've ever played is Fatal Frame 2:
I don't know what it is, but this game really gets to me, and I love it. The camera mechanic is perfect for this kind of game. You don't have real "weapons" and the choice to force you into first-person works by limiting your view and giving you a close-up of the ghosts. Couple that with the fact that you have to let them get close to you in order to kill them, and that they often "rush" you when they get close, leads to a fantastic, horrifying experience.
So if you want my vote for the game that is going to scare you this Halloween, give Fatal Frame 2 a try.
I bought Penumbra and I'm planning on playing it soon, what is the official order for the three games? I was planning on playing them in order unless somebody suggests I shouldn't.
As far as my personal choices, Silent Hill 2 is a great game but it's not that scary to me. It's incredibly thoughtful, oftentimes depressing or somber, but as far as being outright scary it's not as terrifying as Silent Hill 1 was at the time.
Dead Space, Condemned.... all good games, but more on the adrenaline scares, a bit like RE4... they're intense for sure and if that's what you're after you should play them. Dead Space especially is one of my favorite games this generation because of the awesome world they've built for it.
But even today, the scariest game I think I've ever played is Fatal Frame 2:
I don't know what it is, but this game really gets to me, and I love it. The camera mechanic is perfect for this kind of game. You don't have real "weapons" and the choice to force you into first-person works by limiting your view and giving you a close-up of the ghosts. Couple that with the fact that you have to let them get close to you in order to kill them, and that they often "rush" you when they get close, leads to a fantastic, horrifying experience.
So if you want my vote for the game that is going to scare you this Halloween, give Fatal Frame 2 a try.
I'm downloading Siren for the PS3 right now,finally hehe,hope it's good...quickly,off the top of my head I have to say Residen Evil...to this day,I never jumped out of my chair in a game like I did with the hallway doberman entrance and getting a headshot shotgun kill, out of sheer panic(the second floor/camera angle/zombie in your face part) =)
Jme
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Midnight Snack scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Did not age well (obviously) but holds a special place in my gaming past.
Alone in the Dark (Original)
Resident Evil (All of them, but 4 is my favorite.)
Silent Hill (All of them but 2 is my favorite.)
Fatal Frame
And last but not least:
Alone in the Dark (Original)
Resident Evil (All of them, but 4 is my favorite.)
Silent Hill (All of them but 2 is my favorite.)
Fatal Frame
And last but not least:
timetokill
Banned
Talyn said:
Thanks much, I'm downloading Overture on Steam now
BlazeHedgehog
Member
I guess it's time to preach about Afraid of Monsters again, a Half-Life 1 mod that borrows its mood very heavily from games like Silent Hill.
Scares the hell out of me as much or more than any game can, even with its dated graphics. If you want to see it in motion to get a better feel for it, I uploaded a little over an hour of video from it to my Youtube channel a couple weeks ago.
Scares the hell out of me as much or more than any game can, even with its dated graphics. If you want to see it in motion to get a better feel for it, I uploaded a little over an hour of video from it to my Youtube channel a couple weeks ago.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
DeaconKnowledge said:Also:
So underrated, awesome game.
WyndhamPrice
Member
Penumbra is the scariest game I've ever played. It made me physically shake with dread.
I want to play Clive Barker's Undying but I think there's a problem in Vista where it causes the character run really slowly and I've never been able to figure out how to fix this. If that's the way the game is then it's kind of a deal breaker.
I want to play Clive Barker's Undying but I think there's a problem in Vista where it causes the character run really slowly and I've never been able to figure out how to fix this. If that's the way the game is then it's kind of a deal breaker.
i love AoMSega1991 said:I guess it's time to preach about Afraid of Monsters again, a Half-Life 1 mod that borrows its mood very heavily from games like Silent Hill.
Scares the hell out of me as much or more than any game can, even with its dated graphics. If you want to see it in motion to get a better feel for it, I uploaded a little over an hour of video from it to my Youtube channel a couple weeks ago.
REmake-only game to ever truly scare me
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
This.Grooveraider said:It never gets old for me ...
revolverjgw
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faridmon said:
It's a fucking horror game
shrapnelmagnet
Member
This game was epic, lol
Hated the part where you gotta get past the dog...
And Catacomb Abyss (never played the others)
Hated the part where you gotta get past the dog...
And Catacomb Abyss
(never played the others)
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Sega1991 said:I guess it's time to preach about Afraid of Monsters again, a Half-Life 1 mod that borrows its mood very heavily from games like Silent Hill.
Scares the hell out of me as much or more than any game can, even with its dated graphics. If you want to see it in motion to get a better feel for it, I uploaded a little over an hour of video from it to my Youtube channel a couple weeks ago.
The director's cut is truly great. The gameplay is balanced with just enough ammo and batteries to get by, and the challenge is consistent. Only boring part was the city imo, but that only makes up maybe a fifth of the game. The hospital, forest, apartments, and the last stretch of gameplay after the forest which I won't spoil....all so excellent. I played a Sven Co-op level based off of it and it was good fun as well. Half-Life has so many great atmospheric mods. I took a look a Mod DB because someone linked to the Dear Esther page, and I saw a mod called Mistake-1 that looks fairly similar to the first part of AoM.
btw lol I loved Sonic and was born in 1991. It was indeed a good year.
zombie crimes
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A Black Falcon
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shrapnelmagnet said:This game was epic, lol
Hated the part where you gotta get past the dog...
That was one of the first graphical adventure games I ever played, awesome game and one with a lot of nostalgia value for me. It's quite short when you know what to do, but oh well, it's fun while it lasts, and there are two sequels. Overall the game doesn't try to be too scary, but there are a few moments... When I went into the dining room without a mask it definitely made me jump or something like that. "Do you want a chop, sir?"
Overall though, number one isn't even close. Eternal Darkness. It's a fantastic, fantastic game, one of my favorite games on the Gamecube, and definitely my favorite horror game. I know some people dislike it... but I'm not one of them, that's for sure. Gameplay, graphics, music, story, world design, all the little touches... it was all just absolutely brilliant. The few minor flaws (such as that it's maybe too easy to heal your sanity when you have the Book) do little to blemish its greatness.