Spooky and abandoned labs and outposts

[crazy_dave]

Ok guys, need suggestions for good games where you go into ominusly deserted facilities and explore them reading datapads or notes of what was happening... Like abandoned lab in stalker, or system shock, metro 2033 or doom 3. Any good suggestions?? Some mods maybe???

 

[Sceptic]

You've already mentioned STALKER, which reduces the possibilities significantly...

Pandora Directive had an awesome sequence in Area 51, but that's an adventure game.

Other... erm... does 3rd person count? If so, The Glow in Fallout.

 

[Jaesun]

The Penumbra series, though they are adventure (point and clickish) 3D games.

 

[Topher]

The Penumbra series, though they are adventure (point and clickish) 3D games.

I need to play these but I'm a big wuss. I got the first game from the indie games bundle but I haven't got past the beginning.

 

[ComradeCommissar]

The Penumbra series, though they are adventure (point and clickish) 3D games.

Fuck yes. The Penumbra games are like, piss your pants nerve-wracking at times.

 

[Ancient]

But in the end Penumbra is nowhere near as good as Amnesia:The Dark Descent

 

[crazy_dave]

guys thx for suggestions. The games don't have to neccesarily be FPS any genre is good as long as the game isn't shit. Also it doesn't have to be very scary to be good. Just good atmosphere and interesting location... I have unfortunatley already played Fallout, and yes indeed, the Glow is awesome...

 

[Squirly]

Goddammit. I changed my ava yesterday because some douche had started using my worm during my hiatus and now here you are.

Fuck.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

You propably don't want to hear this, but...Vault 106 in Fallout 3?

*runs*

 

[Raghar]

Bioshock had tape recordings.
VtB had recordings in that house as well. (I ment the second house, the first had few newspapers and diary.)

 

[crazy_dave]

Goddammit. I changed my ava yesterday because some douche had started using my worm during my hiatus and now here you are.

Fuck.

Sorry dude, I had this avatar since I registered. But I might change it soon, since it's becoming boring to me.

Tried to play Fallout 3 a few time but just coudn't it was too retarded and boring... Bioshock, tried it, given up on it... Vampire Bloodlines was good, but unfortunatley I already played it...

 

[Sceptic]

The games don't have to neccesarily be FPS any genre is good as long as the game isn't shit. Also it doesn't have to be very scary to be good. Just good atmosphere and interesting location

In this case run to your nearest GOG/TPB (hey, whatever floats your boat) and download Pandora Directive. The labs are only about halfway through, but the rest of the game is excellent anyway and the labs are AWESOME.

One hint: save at the beginning of the labs (you'll know when) and DO NOT TOUCH THAT SAVE until you finish the labs.

Also, this game is full of C&C. Emphasis on the &C.

 

[Darth Roxor]

I can recommend Cryostasis. It's an atmospheric corridor shooter with some pretty interesting design here and there (for example, there is no 'health' stat per se, but there's body temperature, some enemies are also pretty fucking wack - for instance, there are those bulky dudes in trench coats, helmets made of huge padlocks, akimbo ppshes with double magazines attached to themselves via duct tape, while the ppshes themselves are strapped to the guy's arms because his hands hold flashlights, and both are bolted to his helmet). Takes place on a derelict Soviet atomic icebreaker in the Arctic. It's something like Condemned meets a non-annoying version of Bioshock.

Don't expect scares, though. The stuff might be atmospheric, but I haven't been startled even once, even by the cheap scares of monsters suddenly popping up in front of you. That's mostly due to the fact that you can whack them to death with a chain you find almost at the very start.

 

[Master]

Alpha Prime

Riddick EFBB in some sections

Mass Effect's Noveria?

Cant think of any more non obvious examples

 

[Lazing Dirk]

I was wondering why no one mentioned F:NV, then realised the game wasn't even released when this thread was last active.

 

[Ivan]

Any Frictional game (Penumbra, Amnesia, Soma)
Gone Home
Silent Hill (especially 2)
Betrayer

 

[Master]

^Betrayer is a good one. No labs but there are outposts.
Portal
Cold Fear

Edit
Thief 2 - Blood Trail mission. Almost abandoned Mechanist outpost in the wilds.

 

[United Nations]

Ok guys, need suggestions for good games where you go into ominusly deserted facilities and explore them reading datapads or notes of what was happening... Like abandoned lab in stalker, or system shock, metro 2033 or doom 3. Any good suggestions?? Some mods maybe???

I also recommend everything by Frictional Games, they're one of my favorite developers because of the detail, atmosphere, and unique physics they put into all of their games.

A couple others worth looking but that are ancient at this point with their low-poly graphics are The Suffering and Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (I can't remember if this one includes deserted facilities though).

 

[Ebonsword]

Ok guys, need suggestions for good games where you go into ominusly deserted facilities and explore them reading datapads or notes of what was happening... Like abandoned lab in stalker, or system shock, metro 2033 or doom 3. Any good suggestions?? Some mods maybe???

I'm surprised that nobody ever mentioned Resident Evil Remake and Resident Evil Zero. Both have great sections in abandoned labs (and are great games in general).

 

[Tito Anic]

UNDERRAIL!
Arx Fatalis has great abandoned mining facility.

 

[Epsilon]

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead. Plenty of labs and bunkers. Most of the time, you won't find any of the original personel alive. But due to the games design theres plenty of reasons to be scared, and theres plenty of monsters there to scare you.
It's the best game ever!
But it's strictly 2d, so you need to have an imagination.

 

[Santander02]

Some sections of New Vegas are this, and Dead Money is all this.

Watching this thread, I too am sucker for exploring creepy, abandoned places.

Gone Home

 

[Zenith]

Good necro.
Gorky 17 has a bunch of grimy labs and bunkers, not to mention a whole abandoned city.

 

[Abhay]

Far cry 1

 

[Master]

Fear 1