Elektro Demon
Banned
I feel like this is a hidden gem on the ps2. I never played it back in the day so I thought I'd give it a chance now.
My god, this one of the best survival horror games ever. I wrote a review that captures my thoughts.
You play as Fiona Belli, an 18 year old girl who was with her parents in a car accident. The car crashed, your parents died and you wake up in a mysterious castle all alone with no idea why you're here. You find this castle to be empty and you're on your way to find the exit. Fiona is very sexualized, with her wearing a very short skirt and she also has big boobs that bounce around when you run. I mean, it's riddicuolus but hey, who am I to judge.
It wouldn't be a survival horror game without some enemies. Pursuers to be precise. The first one chasing you will be Debilitas. This is a large dude that obviously has a mental disability. And how do you get rid of him. Well, there isn't a way to kill your pursuers. You run away from Debilitas and then hide in a closet or under a bed. This is the game's main mechanic. Running away from enemies and hiding until the danger is no longer present. But you need to be careful. If you hide in one spot for too many times, your pursuers will eventually catch on and find you there. If an enemy grabs you you go in this state of panic. This sorta represents Fiona's state of mind. To much panic and you can die. Just before you're gonna die there's this effect with the screen going all nuts. After you progress to a certain point, Debilitas will no longer be your pursuer. Instead that role is now filled by Daniella. She's great as a character. Basically she can't feel pain or enjoyment and she can't have children so she thinks by killing you she will be able to have all these things. There's also a creepy scene where she wants to caress your vajayjay. Yeah. After a certain amount of time and certain events in the game, your pursuer will be Riccardo. He carries a pistol and actually shoots at you. There's an interesting story involving him that you will find out through out the game, so I won't spoil it for you. The final Enemy is Lorenzo, he seemed like your ally through out the game, but now you find out he isn't. I liked the pursue mechanic. I normally classify these games as walking simulators, Amnesia, Layers of Fear, and I don't like them. But I very much enjoyed haunting Ground. It's really well designed. And now I have to talk you about the dog, Hewie. He's gonna be your partner through out the whole game. And he's cute. You can issue 4 basic commands to the dog. By pressing up on your right analong stick you command hewie to search for items and go to a specific place. In battle this command is used for attack. Right is telling him that he did a good job. Down is a command for following and left is for scolding him when he doesn't listens to you. Apparently if you treat your dog poorly, he'll stop listening to your commands. I don't know, I didn't have a problem with this, he always listened to me and did what I told him to. Hewie is not the only one who can attack enemies. You can also by pressing square. You have this lame kick that is not worth using. here's crafting in this game. You can craft medicinal items aka recovery items for you and your dog and even some offensive ones. You can throw these offensive items at enemies, doing damage to them or stunning them allowing you to escape and hide. You have these holes in the wall, spread through out the castle and in them there's a machine that allows you to craft items if you have the necessary items. But it's rubbish. You have to press these colors and it's a very difficuilt and not precise. You'll be spending most of your time in this castle. It's a huge castle and it's designed pretty well with multiple paths, locked doors etc. The gameplay is pretty much a standard resident evil formula. Collecting items, keys, unlocking doors and solving puzzles. And the puzzles are not too hard but they are very interesting. Some even involve Hewie. There are boss fights with each of your pursuer. All fights have some clever tricks.
This is a playstation 2 game, so it's bound to look a bit dated. I've played this on the pc using a playstation 2 emulator. The audio is top notch, with earie ambiental sounds and shrieks. I love it. So is this game any good? Yes it is. I can see why it has a cult following. It's really scary and the fact that you can't really defend yourself, is pretty fitting for a horror game. It's gonna take you around 8 to 10 hours to complete. There are 4 endings, so there's some replay value here if you want it. Haunting Ground is a forgotten horror game and it's a shame. Keep in mind this came out way before Amnesia and Outlast games. I don't remember anything similar before haunting ground.
If I had to give a score to this game, I'd give it 9,3 outta 10.
And if you're too lazy to read, you can watch the review. I made it.
Have any of you guys played Haunting Ground? I'd like to hear your opinion on it.
My god, this one of the best survival horror games ever. I wrote a review that captures my thoughts.
You play as Fiona Belli, an 18 year old girl who was with her parents in a car accident. The car crashed, your parents died and you wake up in a mysterious castle all alone with no idea why you're here. You find this castle to be empty and you're on your way to find the exit. Fiona is very sexualized, with her wearing a very short skirt and she also has big boobs that bounce around when you run. I mean, it's riddicuolus but hey, who am I to judge.
It wouldn't be a survival horror game without some enemies. Pursuers to be precise. The first one chasing you will be Debilitas. This is a large dude that obviously has a mental disability. And how do you get rid of him. Well, there isn't a way to kill your pursuers. You run away from Debilitas and then hide in a closet or under a bed. This is the game's main mechanic. Running away from enemies and hiding until the danger is no longer present. But you need to be careful. If you hide in one spot for too many times, your pursuers will eventually catch on and find you there. If an enemy grabs you you go in this state of panic. This sorta represents Fiona's state of mind. To much panic and you can die. Just before you're gonna die there's this effect with the screen going all nuts. After you progress to a certain point, Debilitas will no longer be your pursuer. Instead that role is now filled by Daniella. She's great as a character. Basically she can't feel pain or enjoyment and she can't have children so she thinks by killing you she will be able to have all these things. There's also a creepy scene where she wants to caress your vajayjay. Yeah. After a certain amount of time and certain events in the game, your pursuer will be Riccardo. He carries a pistol and actually shoots at you. There's an interesting story involving him that you will find out through out the game, so I won't spoil it for you. The final Enemy is Lorenzo, he seemed like your ally through out the game, but now you find out he isn't. I liked the pursue mechanic. I normally classify these games as walking simulators, Amnesia, Layers of Fear, and I don't like them. But I very much enjoyed haunting Ground. It's really well designed. And now I have to talk you about the dog, Hewie. He's gonna be your partner through out the whole game. And he's cute. You can issue 4 basic commands to the dog. By pressing up on your right analong stick you command hewie to search for items and go to a specific place. In battle this command is used for attack. Right is telling him that he did a good job. Down is a command for following and left is for scolding him when he doesn't listens to you. Apparently if you treat your dog poorly, he'll stop listening to your commands. I don't know, I didn't have a problem with this, he always listened to me and did what I told him to. Hewie is not the only one who can attack enemies. You can also by pressing square. You have this lame kick that is not worth using. here's crafting in this game. You can craft medicinal items aka recovery items for you and your dog and even some offensive ones. You can throw these offensive items at enemies, doing damage to them or stunning them allowing you to escape and hide. You have these holes in the wall, spread through out the castle and in them there's a machine that allows you to craft items if you have the necessary items. But it's rubbish. You have to press these colors and it's a very difficuilt and not precise. You'll be spending most of your time in this castle. It's a huge castle and it's designed pretty well with multiple paths, locked doors etc. The gameplay is pretty much a standard resident evil formula. Collecting items, keys, unlocking doors and solving puzzles. And the puzzles are not too hard but they are very interesting. Some even involve Hewie. There are boss fights with each of your pursuer. All fights have some clever tricks.
This is a playstation 2 game, so it's bound to look a bit dated. I've played this on the pc using a playstation 2 emulator. The audio is top notch, with earie ambiental sounds and shrieks. I love it. So is this game any good? Yes it is. I can see why it has a cult following. It's really scary and the fact that you can't really defend yourself, is pretty fitting for a horror game. It's gonna take you around 8 to 10 hours to complete. There are 4 endings, so there's some replay value here if you want it. Haunting Ground is a forgotten horror game and it's a shame. Keep in mind this came out way before Amnesia and Outlast games. I don't remember anything similar before haunting ground.
If I had to give a score to this game, I'd give it 9,3 outta 10.
And if you're too lazy to read, you can watch the review. I made it.
Have any of you guys played Haunting Ground? I'd like to hear your opinion on it.
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