ello all,

I've been having a killer urge lately to play some fear inducing games of terror. :D

Anyone have any recomendations?

I'm thinkin more Silent Hill than AvP if you get my drift :D

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Dunno really, you can up the suspense a bit by playing with all the blinds closed, no lights, stuff like that, that way games like Unreal can make the hair in the back of your neck stand straight up. :D

Have you tried Doom 3, F.E.A.R, or Vampire Bloodlines ? They all have a certain amount of suspense. Especially the Seaside Hotel chapter in Bloodlines was scary stuff, or the house where they made those snuff movies.

Ai yeah I tend to do all the usual business with the lights etc (opening the window on a cold night can be quite effective :D )

I might give Bloodlines a try, have been through Doom 3 and FEAR and am looking for somethin a bit more psychological y'know?

[ 01-29-2007, 07:10 PM: Message edited by: Madman-Rogovich ]

I guess that applies to Bloodlines, good story, lots of suspence, and what's more, it's in the bargainbins these days and can be picked up for 10€ max, probably even less.

Sounds good, I'll see if I can hunt it down.

Any other IWers care to post your favourite chillers?

Quite frankly, I'm thinkin F.E.A.R is about as spycological as you can get. Other games have "BOO!" fear effects. Still, the upcoming BioShock is going to be extremely spooky :D

Oh come on, F.E.A.R wasn't even remotely scary, how can you get scared by anything when the "fear-music" starts like 15 minutes before you're supposed to see something scary?

Bloodlines has several levels that will really make you wish you were playing it in the middle of the town square, full of people. Especially the Hotel, by far the scarriest mission I have ever played in any game.
Fahrenheit, otherwise known as Indigo Prophecy, is also very atmospheric, and has a way of drawing you into the characters. Has a few freaky and skin-crawling levels, but nothing really gulp-inspiring.
Call of Cthulhu is also very creepy. I didn't get far into the ame, my cmputer borked unfortunately.

[ 01-30-2007, 07:16 AM: Message edited by: Bozos of Bones ]

Agreed, personally I found it lacking heavily in any sorta scariness but then everyone gets scared in different ways.

For years I thought the original Silent Hill could not be beat in terms of actually pushing me to the brink of hysteria and although that was a long time ago, Ive not played anything since thats come close.

Maybe Bloodlines will top it? Although Ive been wanting to try Cthulu for some time aswell. Hopefully one of these will give me a good scaring!

Although Bloodlines is one of my favorite games and definately worth buying, I'd like to point out that the Seaside Hotel is probably the only level in the game that is likely to provide you with the type of 'suspence horror' you are looking for. Other parts of the game feature little more than the usual cheap scares, such as monsters bursting through walls. (although the designers make another brave attempt at psychological horror in the Hospital in downtown LA) Two other games you might like are Return to Castle Wolfenstein and System Shock 2 (which is freeware).

[ 01-30-2007, 09:13 AM: Message edited by: Dreamer128 ]

The only really scary part in Bloodlines is the Hotel, but it's still seriously worth playing.

If you want some good scares, though, I suggest you go play older games. Some of the old FMV adventure games like Phantasmagoria and the 7th Guest are highly recommended, in my mind.

If you haven't played it already, go get Thief 1 the gold edition and Thief 2. Sometimes they come together in a pack. Should be bargain priced.

YOU WILL BE SCARED. Probably one of the most intense games you will play.

Aye man the thief series have a special place in my heart, I think I may still have them lying around somewhere, thanks for the reminder! :D

@ Dreamer System Shock 2 was a true classic aswell, you know of a reputable place I can download it?

@ Purple, man the days of the old horror FMV games were awesome, did you ever play the Blackstone Chronicles? that was some scary business! :D

Cheers min!

Afraid I never did, Madman, but my favourite FMV adventure game was Rama, ever play that one? Awesome piece of work.

Can't say I did, it seems there are so many classics from that period tho I wonder how they'd play on a modern operating system..

Provided I can hunt some of them down it'd be well worth a shot going through them again.

Is it just me or did some of those games have so much more atmosphere (not counting some classic acting ;) ) than more recent games.

Yeah, no kidding, a lot of modern games are trying to coast by on a gimmick or pretty graphics(Looking at you, Prey, the Halo games and so many others.) rather than actual atmosphere and content.

Plus, I think the low graphical quality and such sometimes helped a bit. Players had to rely more on their own imagination to bring it all to life, it was more immersive, somewhere halfway between a book and a game.

Eternal Darkness if you own a Gamecube. I haven't had the pleasure (or displeasure, depending on how you look at it) of playing it myself, as I haven't been able to find a copy.

Have you tried the other Silent Hill games?

Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Ju On
Fatal Frame

Just to name a few on my head.

The only one I havnt played is 'The Room' is it any good? I've heard very mixed reviews.

As for Eternal Darkness its one I've yet to play, Im a big fan of cube games in general so ill give it a look.

You might also enjoy the Alien versus Predator games. Both are suitably creepy when playing as a Marine. [img]smile.gif[/img]

When I first played it, I went in expecting something entirely non-Silent Hill..ish, and that's about the experience I got out of it. It really can't be compared to the other games because a lot of what makes it a Silent Hill game seems tacked on.

But I'd really like to give it another try, just to give it another chance. You should probably consider renting it for whatever system you have, and aim to make it to at least the hospital before making any decisions. At that point, you've seen pretty much everything the game has to offer.

ninja edit: Resident Evil not so much. As for Ju-on, I think you may have meant Kuon, right? I've heard of it, but I really don't know anything about it. If you're at all interested in the Fatal Frame series, I'd recommend the second game. It's received the best reviews, and is commonly praised as the best of the three.

[ 01-31-2007, 04:34 PM: Message edited by: Nanobyte ]

Resident Evil not so much. As for Ju-on, I think you may have meant Kuon, right? I've heard of it, but I really don't know anything about it. If you're at all interested in the Fatal Frame series, I'd recommend the second game. It's received the best reviews, and is commonly praised as the best of the three. </font>[/QUOTE]It's Ju On, from the japanese horror movie Ju On. There's also American version called The Grudge. *Point at sig picture*

Resident Evil not so much. As for Ju-on, I think you may have meant Kuon, right? I've heard of it, but I really don't know anything about it. If you're at all interested in the Fatal Frame series, I'd recommend the second game. It's received the best reviews, and is commonly praised as the best of the three. </font>[/QUOTE]It's Ju On, from the japanese horror movie Ju On. There's also American version called The Grudge. *Point at sig picture* </font>[/QUOTE]Right, I know what Ju-on the movie is. You're saying there's a game with the same name, right? Do you have any pictures or maybe a link to a site that talks about it?

Resident Evil not so much. As for Ju-on, I think you may have meant Kuon, right? I've heard of it, but I really don't know anything about it. If you're at all interested in the Fatal Frame series, I'd recommend the second game. It's received the best reviews, and is commonly praised as the best of the three. </font>[/QUOTE]It's Ju On, from the japanese horror movie Ju On. There's also American version called The Grudge. *Point at sig picture* </font>[/QUOTE]Right, I know what Ju-on the movie is. You're saying there's a game with the same name, right? Do you have any pictures or maybe a link to a site that talks about it? </font>[/QUOTE]I've checked. Since mine is in chinese version and I didn't know it was translated into Kuon in english version. The original name is Ju On. Hmm...lousy english translator.

Check out "Clive Barkers Undying" for an excellent horror game. Despite being a 1st-person shoot-em-up its one of the best horror games out there.

You lot are adults and im only 13 and have played and own all the thives and fatal frames there only slightly creepy,i admit bloodlines is pretty terryfying if you play it when you've got the lights out and the windows open,but personaly for scarynass i'd go for,Silent hill,F.E.A.R and manhunt trust me manhunt is one disturbing game,god if my parents knew i played thing's like that,i wouldn't need games to scare me lol.

Manhunt is disturbing, yes, but ultimately repetitive, and boring after a while.

Well, the whole game isn't scary, though it's the best shooter I've ever played- Half-Life 2.

At first, Ravenholm is damn scary. Actually, it's just plain damn scary the whole way through. Damn. It's scary.

:D

Scary isn't shocks or gross-outs, scary is when you're still afraid after you've stopped playing. When you don't enter a room without turning on the light and avoid dark paths for a night or two.

Doom 3 was creepy, especially on the big screen with sound cranked and lights off. My wife wouldn't play it at all. The only problem with it is it relied too much on the "jump out of nowhere" startle tactic.

Ravenholm on the other hand was creepy in a new way for a shooter. You're standing on top of a building listening to the fast baddies coming closer... then you can see them flying along the street and jumping from rooftop to rooftop. Man that was cool, gave you a good 10 seconds to get nervous and then BAM! they're on top of you and you're fighting for your life. Very cool.

Doom 3 was a snoozefest for me. An hour or two after starting playing for the first time, I could foretell the future. I'd stand in front of a door, tell myself "The little flamy jumping thing is behind this door, and he's gonna jump at me as soon as I open it.", equip the shotgun, open the door, shoot and see a corpse. Doom 3 was IMHO a bad game.

HL2 on the other hand is a master piece.

QFT. The Thief games lend so much atmosphere that it can sometimes make you jump when you see a monster come at you.

The Insane Asylum in Thief (2 I think) was an awesome module... absolutely packed with atmosphere, sneaking around trying to avoid baddies that you knew would kill you no problem. Then the ghost sub-plot... wonderfully executed storyline.

That scene and others like Ravenholm prove it CAN be done... but I think it's a supreme challenge to create a whole game that maintains that level of atmosphere.

If you like scary, you absolutely need to play Thief 3. The shadowbridge cradle (correct?, also known as the insane asylum from above post) was the most scary I and a lot of other people have ever played. I've played D3 too but honestly, only the first three levels or so are scary. You start to get into the "yeah lets blast some more demons" further in the game and they don't surprise you as much as they used to. (the imp in the second level jumping at you through those stairs :D )

Also from reliable sources I know that System Shock 2 is widely regarded as a scary game, haven't played it yet though. I found Ravenholm to be an irritating but not scary part. Those ubahr zombies are just a pain to shoot down.

Not if you use radiators travelling at 60m/s :D

Yes it's the cradle. I agree, and it seems even those who didn't care for T3 do too, it is one of the scariest levels in the series. I heard even one guy died from playing it!!!11

Okay not really, but he said he felt like dying or somesuch.

Yep that's the one I was thinking of... it's been a while. Masterful level design, the weird thing is it felt like it belonged to a different game... it was an order of magnitude better than the entire rest of the game... which I didn't think was that bad overall.

A guy died from playing Thief 3? I might just buy this game.