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GAF, what is the scariest game you've ever played?
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That wasn't a death, the game continues after that.
supernormal
Member
That's the wrong way to do it. Man up, download the "game", plug some headphones into your DS, turn off all the lights, and play the game. If that doesn't do it for you then you might as well skip 99% of all horror media. There's very few things that exist that are scarier than PT.
Emedan
Member
People saying P.T surprise me, I'm a real hare and I always hated horror games, never played them. Remembering not being able to sleep for a week when my brother played Resident Evil back in the 90s, that one scene with the first Zombie meeting but I played P.T just fine but I gotta say; Silent Hill 2, it's beyond a mind fuck.
Forsaken82
Member
Overall, System Shock 2 was pretty amazing through out.
The entire game had you scared to turn a corner
I think the scariest segment though has to be the Oceanside Hotel from Vampire: The Masquerade...
The entire game had you scared to turn a corner
I think the scariest segment though has to be the Oceanside Hotel from Vampire: The Masquerade...
MaverickVII
Member
P.T., easily. It wasn't even the jump scares, the game was just dripping with atmosphere and tension. I loved how surreal and nightmarish it became.
Phat Michael
Banned
ok no worries good to know. The graphics and atmosphere look really good. Silent Hill really benefits from being first person for sure.
Phat Michael
Banned
I dont have a PS4 - not much i can do. I also never said it wasnt scary. I also have surround sound that would make that game work - and my headphones are all 6 1/4 or balanced jacks - so they wouldnt work either.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Dead Space or the PT demo.
supernormal
Member
Bummer. It's actually one of the best experiences of 2014 even against full games. I'm sure that surround sound will be put to good use if/when you get it.
P.T. is the most unsettling, tense piece of media I have ever consumed. The near-photorealistic visuals allow a massive amount of suspension of disbelief and the pacing is perfect. When things go slightly back to normal just before taking a horrible turn, you really feel the shift.
I've been taking it slow, playing maybe 30 mins at a time, for my heart's sake. I haven't beat it yet, trying to go without walkthroughs even though it's annoyingly obtuse. Does it "reset" after you beat it? I'd like to show it to other people from the beginning.
I've been taking it slow, playing maybe 30 mins at a time, for my heart's sake. I haven't beat it yet, trying to go without walkthroughs even though it's annoyingly obtuse. Does it "reset" after you beat it? I'd like to show it to other people from the beginning.
Gotta give it to P.T.
I downloaded it as soon as it was announced at the Sony conference, and oh man... what a great experience. I cranked my 7.1 receiver and walked slowly, taking in the atmosphere. The dread of having to turn that corner after re-entering the hallway was great. I just kept waiting for something to attack. I immediately sent texts to my brother telling him to get on his PS4 and download it asap.
Yes, it resets. And at any time you can delete the save file and play it from the beginning. Protip: if you want to ever beat it, plug a mic into your controller.
I downloaded it as soon as it was announced at the Sony conference, and oh man... what a great experience. I cranked my 7.1 receiver and walked slowly, taking in the atmosphere. The dread of having to turn that corner after re-entering the hallway was great. I just kept waiting for something to attack. I immediately sent texts to my brother telling him to get on his PS4 and download it asap.
Yes, it resets. And at any time you can delete the save file and play it from the beginning. Protip: if you want to ever beat it, plug a mic into your controller.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
I actually though Silent Hill 4 was the scariest. Mostly because there is an enemy that chases you around that you can't kill... that always work wonders in the tension department.
StriKeVillain
Banned
This is a great note on the game. It grips you at all times. It's the scariest piece of horror I've consumed in a long while. Truly horrifying.
joeygreco1985
Member
P.T. made me feel really uneasy and tense when I played it the first time, which no other horror game has done for me in years.
On the flip side, my wife thought it was boring and not scary at all.
Different tastes I suppose
On the flip side, my wife thought it was boring and not scary at all.
Different tastes I suppose
I hope P.T is a throwback to the dram like experience that was Silent HIll 1. Scratch that, it wasn't Dream like, it was NIGHTMARE like. You were in that world that seemed almost normal, with those creatures that all look like abortions, with those strange npc's and out of this world music, only for the game to ocassonaly turn into a literal wall of blood and guts where death looms every corner and you can't do but ask yourself how you aren't dead already. Somehow, it seems like a worse destiny is waiting for you. Silent Hill 1 is a masterpiece.
Nothing absolutely nothing tops this and I have played them all.
Definitely this! It even topped Fatal Frame, and I didn't think that was possible!
Probably Amnesia. Though I don't play a ton of horror games, so take that for what you will.
What a great game though. It somehow kept me in a constant state of dread and anxiousness, yet also compelled me enough to keep playing and had me interested in the story the whole way through.
What a great game though. It somehow kept me in a constant state of dread and anxiousness, yet also compelled me enough to keep playing and had me interested in the story the whole way through.
Muffdraul
Member
And the SH2 answers confuse me. IMO it's easily the least scary out of the originals. Well, at least the original trilogy.
RespectThySole
Member
Silent Hill 2. I haven't played P.T. though.
Not a dedicated "scary" game, but my scariest moment in a game before P.T. was in Thief 3. Not the asylum, as many might expect (though it was definitely tense) but a moment that I believe was not long after that, when you were returning to the thieves' building for a meeting with someone. It's been years since I played this, so the context may be off, but I remember this moment vividly.
The witch is still at large, and knows you're after her. No area feels safe, but you're comforted by being back in familiar surroundings. It's quiet and dark in the room, and as you tensely creep up to where your friend is, you feel something is wrong. They're seated by the fire, their back to you, unmoving. Is it your friend? or is it the witch, lying in wait? What happened here? And as you finally get close enough, you see that your friend has been turned to stone!
Creeped me right out. Such a memorable moment.
The witch is still at large, and knows you're after her. No area feels safe, but you're comforted by being back in familiar surroundings. It's quiet and dark in the room, and as you tensely creep up to where your friend is, you feel something is wrong. They're seated by the fire, their back to you, unmoving. Is it your friend? or is it the witch, lying in wait? What happened here? And as you finally get close enough, you see that your friend has been turned to stone!
Creeped me right out. Such a memorable moment.
Krusenstern
Banned
Is P.T. still available for download?
I want to try it once I get a PS4.
I want to try it once I get a PS4.
Tempesta di Fuoco
Banned
Oh look, jump scare with generic weird undead Japanese person.
Not to mention most of the scares in P.T. are generic cliches that have been done so many times before.
NASA should call you to explore Venus, because you are apparently immune to atmosphere
Tempesta di Fuoco
Banned
NASA should call you to explore Venus, because you are apparently immune to atmosphere
Hey, I said earlier that the atmosphere was good. But the actual scares are not very scary at all. There's no tension, no danger. They just happen. You just go "Woah!" and move on. That's not good horror.
Amnesia is a perfect example of how to do horror right in a video game without having something jump out at you.
astroturfing
Member
honestly, i didn't think PT was all that scary. spooky yeah, but i didn't really feel any fear playing it. might be because i just considered it a demo so i wasn't really fully immersed into it.. the whole game might make me feel differently though heh. can't wait to play it.
and hmm.. scariest game for me is probably Silent Hill 3 (even though SH2 is better). it was just so "cold" and unsettling, something about it was just.. ugh. game felt like it was touched by pure evil. which i fucking loved. played it mostly alone in the dark with headphones on and yup i was scared.
scariest thing in a game though? that goddamn cabin level in Condemned 2. i just couldn't deal with it, i had to pause it more than a few times because my heart was racing and hands were shaking (NEVER happens to me). a massive bear chasing you and crashing through walls and shit... just nope. bears are the scariest thing on the planet to me, no joke.
yep, of course.
and hmm.. scariest game for me is probably Silent Hill 3 (even though SH2 is better). it was just so "cold" and unsettling, something about it was just.. ugh. game felt like it was touched by pure evil. which i fucking loved. played it mostly alone in the dark with headphones on and yup i was scared.
scariest thing in a game though? that goddamn cabin level in Condemned 2. i just couldn't deal with it, i had to pause it more than a few times because my heart was racing and hands were shaking (NEVER happens to me). a massive bear chasing you and crashing through walls and shit... just nope. bears are the scariest thing on the planet to me, no joke.
yep, of course.
Ah, I missed that. Just some good-natured ribbing anyway.
I did find Amnesia scary, but I found the balance of "don't go in the dark cause you'll go crazy but you have to go in the dark sometimes to find lamp oil so you don't go crazy" a bit too "gamey". I did respect what it did, just didn't like the mechanics that much.
I don't think I've ever been "scared" or played a game that I actually consider scary.
I need to check out PT sometime it looks like.
I typically find "scary" movies and a LOT of "scary" games incredibly boring (movies more than games). Dead Space was one that people called "scary/tense", but I found myself yawning while playing it. Haven't completed any of them.
I'd guess I felt some pretty tense moments as a kid in the 90's maybe. Resident Evil made me jump a few times when I was young. That was a time when I enjoyed the slasher/scary movies though. Now days it seems I can anticipate everything before it happens, things are too predictable.
I only watch stuff like that (or new versions of "scary" movies) if I'm in a mood for a good laugh at the corny scares / nostalgia.
I need to check out PT sometime it looks like.
I typically find "scary" movies and a LOT of "scary" games incredibly boring (movies more than games). Dead Space was one that people called "scary/tense", but I found myself yawning while playing it. Haven't completed any of them.
I'd guess I felt some pretty tense moments as a kid in the 90's maybe. Resident Evil made me jump a few times when I was young. That was a time when I enjoyed the slasher/scary movies though. Now days it seems I can anticipate everything before it happens, things are too predictable.
I only watch stuff like that (or new versions of "scary" movies) if I'm in a mood for a good laugh at the corny scares / nostalgia.
old manatee
Banned
I think people are giving pt too much leeway. A lot of horror games peter out over the course of a whole game. After the first 20 minutes I thought FEAR was going to be the scariest game ever and then it wasn't.
Scariest overall game: Amnesia
For its time: Silent Hill 1
Scariest moments: STALKER Shadows Of Chernobyl
Game that made me feel the worst: Manhunt
Scariest overall game: Amnesia
For its time: Silent Hill 1
Scariest moments: STALKER Shadows Of Chernobyl
Game that made me feel the worst: Manhunt
ViolentP
Member
The only time the game stopped being scary is when you struggle through the monotony of trying to discover how to close the game out. That period could potentially last a long time and by that point, you have seen all the scares.
Scariest game I actually played, I stopped at the wine cellar though. Freaked me out too much.
Muffdraul
Member
I think if you want your statement there to carry any weight whatsoever you need to name your scariest game.
Lethal_NFS
Banned
P.T. was pretty damn scary. If it was a full game, it would beat out Fatal Frame. But right now Fatal Frame still sits as the scariest game I have ever played.