Best Horror games you've ever played

[Zakat]

Oh, and Shadow of the Colossus but you have to be agorophobic to appreciate the scare effect.

If you remember the part with the bird colossus or to be more precise, the lake in witch the battle takes place is huge & when i fell of the Colossus in the middle of the lake i felt a chill down my spine.

If anyone here didnt play SofC you r missing on somthing extrodanery :D

AvP Marine...i almost shit my pants

 

[Starwars]

Shadow of the Colossus had some really nice moments. I remember that I actually panicked a bit when I saw the first colossus you met take its first steps towards me. I was very impressed with the sense of scale in that game, they really did a good job on that.

Still, I found the creepiest fight to be with the Colossus in the water (where you grab a hold of it and hold on while it goes underwater). I've always found large, dark bodies of water with *something* swimming around in them immensely scary.

 

[nowanmai]

In no particular order - Silent Hill 2 & 3; Alone in the Dark 1; Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (how could ALL of you forgotten this gem???); AvP marine missions.

Edit: Damn, forgot the Thief 3 Cradle mission.

 

[Ahzaruuk]

Shadow of the Colossus had some really nice moments. I remember that I actually panicked a bit when I saw the first colossus you met take its first steps towards me. I was very impressed with the sense of scale in that game, they really did a good job on that.

Still, I found the creepiest fight to be with the Colossus in the water (where you grab a hold of it and hold on while it goes underwater). I've always found large, dark bodies of water with *something* swimming around in them immensely scary.

Pretty much

I'm at the one Colossi in the lake with the horn things that shoot lightning. So far, I've been able to make a vauge idea of what animals the colossi represent, but that one has me stumped so far on what it is.

Another Colossi fight that was awesome was the snake. I remember the first time it came at me under the sand, that huge cloud of dirt flying right at me. I was all like "Oh Shi-RUN!" and got on the horse. Then it preceded to run right on my heels, the horse going full pelt, with those FUCKING HUGE EYES staring at me the whole time! :shock:

 

[Jasede]

Art is wasted on you guys.

 

[kingcomrade]

Hahaha, yeah Jasede has a horse to sit on.

 

[Jasede]

Weak comeback!

 

[kingcomrade]

I should've added "In before weaksauce."

 

[Jasede]

What's weaksauce, dear? The stuff coming from your penis?

 

[kingcomrade]

No, it referred to a weak retort or comeback.

 

[Jasede]

Ah. Well, guilty as charged then.

 

[DraQ]

Since I never got into the whole survival horror genre, mostly because I abhor odd, disorienting camera angles so prevalent in RE clones, System Shock 2 is my only option here.

Regarding SoTC, it looks interesting, but not exactly horror-like and is PS2 exclusive, so I't highy unlikely I'll ever come into contact with it.

 

[Sovy Kurosei]

I liked Resident Evil 4 but that is more shoot-em up than survival horror.

 

[Ahzaruuk]

Since I never got into the whole survival horror genre, mostly because I abhor odd, disorienting camera angles so prevalent in RE clones, System Shock 2 is my only option here.

Regarding SoTC, it looks interesting, but not exactly horror-like and is PS2 exclusive, so I't highy unlikely I'll ever come into contact with it.

Damn shame, it's one hell of a game

...I'm a poet and don't know it! :shock:

 

[fastpunk]

I'm not too big on horror games. I guess the one game that kept me plugged all the time was System Shock 2. But not because it's super horror, it just succeeds in making you feel vulnerable. Shit, I don't even want to remember what happens every time you get spotted by a security camera. Chaos!

I'll also give a nod to Doom 3 for the audio-visual presentation... and the Hell level, which was un-fucking-believable. Wave after wave of monsters makes for a very frantic experience. Actually, now that I think about it, id Software's games always give me a feeling of dread. I guess that's mission accomplished for Carmack and Co. Stroggs get to share with Freddy Kruger the title of number 1 childhood nightmare.

 

[Zinc]

Silent Hill 3 or whichever one it was, the one where you are the girl and you start at the fun fair, and you are in the shopping centre. That was quite creepy. Only creepy in a weird Japanese way though, the way they throw tons of random shit together and have all these weird creatures walking around everywhere for no apparent reason can be quite unsettling, sometimes.

 

[Müg]

Aside from System Shock 2 which freaked me the fuck out the first time playing it, parts of RE4 really got to me in a way that none of the other REs did. Perhaps because I wasn't stuck in a corridor all damn day.

Alot of it has to do with having your back against the wall after running so long, and watching swarms of enemies come at you, and watch the ammo counter drop lower...and lower...

 

[Nameless0ne]

I'll have to say:

1) Realms of the Haunting (ROTH) - released sometime around 1997. Amazing FMV sequences with really fast action and superb story

2) Undying - a marvellous action game with terrific atmosphere and monsters. This game is scarrrrry.

3) Condemned: Criminal Origins - i wonder how come many people think FEAR was scary...when a game like this exists?

4) Silent Hill 3 - Creepy feeling of isolation and desperation, great characters

5) System Shock 2 - fucking scary shit this is!

 

[DraQ]

I'm not too big on horror games. I guess the one game that kept me plugged all the time was System Shock 2. But not because it's super horror, it just succeeds in making you feel vulnerable.

It also did a decent job at clawing your sanity away.

Shit, I don't even want to remember what happens every time you get spotted by a security camera. Chaos!

*sirens*
Potential threat detected.
Potential threat detected.

*Hybrid flood*

I'll also give a nod to Doom 3 for the audio-visual presentation... and the Hell level, which was un-fucking-believable. Wave after wave of monsters makes for a very frantic experience.

I haven't even played that (my adventure with Doom ended on Doom 2, speaking of waves of enemies), but wave after wave attacks tend to detract from the atmosphere, rather than enchance it. The only continuous, unceasing attack so far that meshed well with the atmosphere, was the battle at the end of H-L Ep2.

 

[fastpunk]

I'll also give a nod to Doom 3 for the audio-visual presentation... and the Hell level, which was un-fucking-believable. Wave after wave of monsters makes for a very frantic experience.

I haven't even played that (my adventure with Doom ended on Doom 2, speaking of waves of enemies), but wave after wave attacks tend to detract from the atmosphere, rather than enchance it. The only continuous, unceasing attack so far that meshed well with the atmosphere, was the battle at the end of H-L Ep2.

That thing about hell was more of side comment. It might be true that frantic pacing tends to detract from the horror atmosphere but try playing the Doom 3 Hell level on Nightmare mode (enemies do 3.5 times the amount of damage they do in Marine mode) and it will feel horror, I guarantee you that.

 

[Suchy]

The most scary game I played?
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Fucking great game until around the middle where it became a casual shooter.
Oh and STALKER made me jump a few times

 

[cutterjohn]

I'll second Realms of the Haunting. It was a completely awesome game, and I only saw and bought it purely by accident one day while having to wait for someone and killing some time. (It was cheap, and had decent screenshots on the back. The description sounded good too, and well since I had NEVER heard anything about it, I decided to try it, and it was great. Sadly it hasn't aged very well though, I tried installing and playing it a few months back and talk about pixelation city...)

 

[Nameless0ne]

I'll second Realms of the Haunting. It was a completely awesome game, and I only saw and bought it purely by accident one day while having to wait for someone and killing some time. (It was cheap, and had decent screenshots on the back. The description sounded good too, and well since I had NEVER heard anything about it, I decided to try it, and it was great. Sadly it hasn't aged very well though, I tried installing and playing it a few months back and talk about pixelation city...)

Thanks! Same thing happened to me when i wanted to replay it after all these years, it just does not run properly