I'd like to play something new but it seems the genre now consists of:
* glorified walking simulator trash (Outlast, Alien Isolation, Devotion, anything from Frictional Games/Blobber Team)
* horror themed action games (Evil Within, Dead Space, half of Resident Evils, Condemned)
* multiplayer games designed for Twitch (too many to count)
* dumbed down adventure games (Coma, Detention)
To be clear, I don't consider ANY of those games to be survival horrors.
The state of the genre is depressing, there's not even a one good release per year...
To show what I consider a good survival horror game, here are my favorites (in no particular order):
Silent Hill 1-4 (especially 2, basically all the titles made by Team Silent)
Darkwood
Lone Survivor
Pathologic 1/2 (yeah, I know there's a LOT of walking, but shut up, Pathologic is special)
RE2 Remake
RE7
There are some PS2 classics that I'm yet to play but are on my radar: Rule of Rose, Haunting Grounds, Siren and Fatal Frame series.
So, is there anything good that I'm not aware of? How do you deal with the state of the genre?
For reference, I consider Darkwood the only worthy survival horror in well over a decade, Alien Isolation is indeed a pile o' shit (it has some gameplay, but it's laughable, barebones, disjointed and insulting of one's intelligence) ignore the occasional cucks here that eat up any old shit, that walking sims aren't even games and have no place among video gaming greats, and Silent Hill 2 is vastly overrated (partly because bad gameplay even by Silent Hill standards. A good story wins no points with me if the game or horror part is mediocre) though it is nowhere near as bad as modern shit. The REmake games are also overrated (though again, better than the modern average).
1. System Shock 2 (Masterpiece)
2. Resident Evil 1-3 (original PS versions in each instance)
3. Darkwood (wow an actual worthy modern attempt. Of course it is indie :/)
4. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Ignore anyone says this game falls apart after the Innsmouth Escape. It is a flawed game overall but a fine entry nonetheless. Sum of its parts).
5. Silent Hill (original and best, forget the rest).
6. Parasite Eve 2 (the first is also great but not so much Survival Horror).
7. Dead Space 1 & 2 + RE4 (More action horror like you say, but they're actually decent and almost qualify).
8. Martian Gothic (I possibly give this game more praise than it deserves).
9. Manhunt (if this qualifies. I think so just about).
10. Cold Fear (it's enjoyable, but nothing spectacular).
Also, Dying Light is indeed good but it isn't survival horror. More action Horror. But Darkwood aside Action horror is literally all you get if looking for something modern and good. Sorry.
