Concrete Charlie
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That P.T. demo is still the most I've been unnerved from a game, ever.
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The best horror game of all time is...
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DISSESHOWEDO
Banned
One game can take the crown and that is Clive B's Undying!
I've played and finished SH2 exactly once, and thought it was a great experience that I never want to repeat. Mainly because I felt so depressed after finishing it that I had to play Super Mario for a while to take the edge off.
I don't think I can remember another game that's had that effect on me.
I don't think I can remember another game that's had that effect on me.
Ophiuchus
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While I agree with most of comments I see fewer Silent Hill 4 choices among them.This game had the atmosphere equivalent to original one.
I think original Silent Hill and Alone in the Dark will be my top choices followed by SH: Shattered Memories,Parasite Eve,Fatal Frame, Dino Crisis and Amnesia TDD.
I think original Silent Hill and Alone in the Dark will be my top choices followed by SH: Shattered Memories,Parasite Eve,Fatal Frame, Dino Crisis and Amnesia TDD.
Magic Mushroom
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Action games can be horror as well. Resident Evil 4 is another example.
And Dead Space is a tremendous game.
afternoon delight
Member
Father and brother both, though I don't really know or want to get into the specifics of 'rape versus molestation'.
Silent Hill 3 is way more uh, visually inprintable on the brain but I believe it's because no one has even come close to capturing that red orange grunge aesthetic since, except perhaps Siren games? The amount of mutilation, gore, and pain just imbued in the environments is enough to give nightmares.
GwyndolinCinder
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For me, alien isolation. Nothing else even comes close.
drotahorror
Member
Honestly, Amnesia is one of the wackest horror games I've ever played. I'm glad it was popular and made the devs money or else we wouldn't have got SOMA, which was amazing. Also I don't base games on how good they are based on how scary they are. Same with movies. Movies and games aren't scary (although some can be eerie, although extremely rare). I would never like anything in this genre that I love so much if I had to think they were scary to be good.
I think I'll just agree with OP, Silent Hill 2 is the best horror game of all time. P.T. was one of the best experiences I've had in a horror game as well.
cj_iwakura
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I started a voting thread, so let's find out, shall we?
Bloodporne
Member
I'm going to have to go with something a bit unorthodox but for me personally it's:
PSX Doom
A testament to what sound design and lighting can do to a game. Play that game on a high difficulty level and it turns into borderline Survival Horror stressfest really quickly if you happen to die and play by its rules of losing everything.
The up-til-now unmatched eeriness of the music, tight corridors and fucked up monster sounds make it feel so isolated in later levels considering you're one guy in hell.
Obviously it's not a pure Horror title like Silent Hill or RE but it's my personal favorite. Also, best and most evil OST of all time for my money.
PSX Doom
A testament to what sound design and lighting can do to a game. Play that game on a high difficulty level and it turns into borderline Survival Horror stressfest really quickly if you happen to die and play by its rules of losing everything.
The up-til-now unmatched eeriness of the music, tight corridors and fucked up monster sounds make it feel so isolated in later levels considering you're one guy in hell.
Obviously it's not a pure Horror title like Silent Hill or RE but it's my personal favorite. Also, best and most evil OST of all time for my money.
Stallion Dan
Member
Resident Evil 3.
Best gameplay mechanics, best build of tension and scares.
Best gameplay mechanics, best build of tension and scares.
cr0w
Old Member
Oh thank God it's real.
The perfect Dark
Banned
It might be Silent Hill 2 if no one else votes, lol.
cj_iwakura
Member
The rhythm gaming one only had seventeen participants, heh. I'm positive this will top that.
wyvern_bloodfist
Member
Hmmm. This has always been a difficult one for me; but i usually go with the more Niche games in the genre.... so my favorite horror games are as followed:
1. Kuon
2. Eternal Darkness
3. Obscure
4. Haunting Ground
5. Clock tower 3
6. The Fatal Frame Series (1-5)
7. The Calling
8. Siren Blood Curse
9. Silent Hill 4 The Room
10. Cursed Mountain
1. Kuon
2. Eternal Darkness
3. Obscure
4. Haunting Ground
5. Clock tower 3
6. The Fatal Frame Series (1-5)
7. The Calling
8. Siren Blood Curse
9. Silent Hill 4 The Room
10. Cursed Mountain
Still the king:
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The Artisan
Member
the last of us
FunkyPajamas
Member
To be fair, this guy did:
Though he went by the Japanese name and the sequel instead of the first one.
Are the Nintendo ones any good? I also haven't played the third one (even though I own it on PS3-BC).
HollowCentral
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Resident Evil Remake & 4, ZombiU, & Alien: Isolation come to mind immedietly.
Silent Hill 2, eh? That's a good one too.
Silent Hill 2, eh? That's a good one too.
HueyFreeman
Banned
although it fits into multiple genres, SOMA recently became my favourite horror game of all time, no contest. It's a masterpiece.
Perfectly captures the mystery and terror of the deep ocean.
Perfectly captures the mystery and terror of the deep ocean.
SolidSnakex
Member
The movies still exist (a really good zombie horror movie called I Am a Hero came out earlier this year), but the games fell off because the genre fell off after the PS2 generation. RE went more toward an action route and Konami took Silent Hill away from Team Silent, so the two most well known Japanese horror games basically went away for a whole generation.
pixelation
Member
Until Dawn.
Polioliolio
Member
Yep, it's Silent Hill 2!
Yeah. I mean in the last so many years, we've had good horror games, what with the dead space series, evil within is good enough, Amnesia, SOMA, Alien Isolation, Outlast, and so on.. But NONE of them have the same feel as those PSone, PS2 survival horror games.
Yeah. I mean in the last so many years, we've had good horror games, what with the dead space series, evil within is good enough, Amnesia, SOMA, Alien Isolation, Outlast, and so on.. But NONE of them have the same feel as those PSone, PS2 survival horror games.
I don't like "horror games". I think its bullshit just like "horror movies". There's no horror movies, most are comedies with gore. Let's agree on "thrillers". That's all this should all be called. Anyways, my personal best on that style...
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil (remade version)
Dead Space
I failed to become interested in any similar game lately though. I dunno, always the same thing, I get bored so fast. Suspension of disbelief doesn't work, I dunno, I don't like them anymore.
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil (remade version)
Dead Space
I failed to become interested in any similar game lately though. I dunno, always the same thing, I get bored so fast. Suspension of disbelief doesn't work, I dunno, I don't like them anymore.
pinkurocket
Member
Silent Hill 2
Rule of Rose
Both are amazing in their own way, but for the same core reason. They tell stories that get under your skin. That are messed up and play with your brain. No other games besides there two have been able to do that to me.
But Silent Hill 2 is the best. Horror to me is not about feeling scared or those moments that make me scream. It's about the psychological trip, about feeling disturbed and making me think about the things I'm experiencing.
Rule of Rose
Both are amazing in their own way, but for the same core reason. They tell stories that get under your skin. That are messed up and play with your brain. No other games besides there two have been able to do that to me.
But Silent Hill 2 is the best. Horror to me is not about feeling scared or those moments that make me scream. It's about the psychological trip, about feeling disturbed and making me think about the things I'm experiencing.
More_Badass
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The best horror movies tend to have little gore (or at least subdued gore), and often more concerned with creating atmospheres of dread and unease rather than scaring you with jump scares.
Resident Evil Code: Veronica.
In my opinion, this was the perfect blend of horror, classic RE cheesiness, and difficulty. The characters were enjoyable, and the music really added to the atmosphere as a whole.
Oh....and these bastards...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qABQWsu8VwU
jesus, this was like top notch when it came out..now it looks like shit lmao but i agree on thsi one. this shit freaked me out
So little recognition of indie horror games in this thread. A shame, as that's where a lot of the masterpieces really are.
Everyone owes it to themselves to download one of Kitty Horrorshow's games. Start with CHYRZA. It's free, and I'd argue better than 99% of the games mentioned here.
She's nailed my favourite type of horror. No gore, no jumpscares, no cheap tricks. Just an absolute, unnerving feeling that you don't want to know the end of the story.
Everyone owes it to themselves to download one of Kitty Horrorshow's games. Start with CHYRZA. It's free, and I'd argue better than 99% of the games mentioned here.
She's nailed my favourite type of horror. No gore, no jumpscares, no cheap tricks. Just an absolute, unnerving feeling that you don't want to know the end of the story.