A good 'mindfuck' video game to play?
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personally i say mass effect i lost all sense of reality got it 3pm played for almost 17 hours lol =)
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem on the gamecube
If you love Lovecraft/Cthulu, and being completely terrified, then this is for you. Throughout the game you have a sanity meter on top of health, if the sanity meter goes too low then all sorts of crazy shit starts happening (think The Shining), which the manual tells you nothing about. Sort of just 'prepare for unseen consequences' and the rest is up to you.
If you love Lovecraft/Cthulu, and being completely terrified, then this is for you. Throughout the game you have a sanity meter on top of health, if the sanity meter goes too low then all sorts of crazy shit starts happening (think The Shining), which the manual tells you nothing about. Sort of just 'prepare for unseen consequences' and the rest is up to you.
Phantasmagoria. Little bit dated, and more severely creepy than mindbuggery, but still good.
There's this part where you find a child's room, a nursery. There's a picture of the infant on the wall, but on the other wall there's a spot in the paint, like the drywall is crumbling or deforming. When you get close to it,
The baby forms out of the wall and tries to grab you.
Also, in the dining area of the mansion, there's a large portrait on the wall. When you pass by it, it's fine.
When you pass by it again, it's not very noticeable, but the portraits eyes are glowing red. When you click on it, your character investigates, only to be nearly strangled by the painting.
There's this part where you find a child's room, a nursery. There's a picture of the infant on the wall, but on the other wall there's a spot in the paint, like the drywall is crumbling or deforming. When you get close to it,
The baby forms out of the wall and tries to grab you.
Also, in the dining area of the mansion, there's a large portrait on the wall. When you pass by it, it's fine.
When you pass by it again, it's not very noticeable, but the portraits eyes are glowing red. When you click on it, your character investigates, only to be nearly strangled by the painting.
Probably one of my favorite levels out of any game.OptimusPrime33 said:
I'd have to say Prey. That is a fucked up game. It's not necessarily good or great but it screws with your head.
[HEADING=1]Killer 7.[/HEADING]
The premise alone should give you a good hint as to how this game's going to be. A wheelchair-bound assassin who can physically become any of his 7 split personalities (which include an enormous grenade-launcher wielding luchador, a blind kid with dual machine pistols, and a barefoot woman with a permanently bloody dress and a scoped handgun.)
The surreal presentation, the outrageous characters, the Tarantino-style dialogue, and the bleak yet still colorful art style should drive this point home. The ending will keep you thinking for months.
The premise alone should give you a good hint as to how this game's going to be. A wheelchair-bound assassin who can physically become any of his 7 split personalities (which include an enormous grenade-launcher wielding luchador, a blind kid with dual machine pistols, and a barefoot woman with a permanently bloody dress and a scoped handgun.)
The surreal presentation, the outrageous characters, the Tarantino-style dialogue, and the bleak yet still colorful art style should drive this point home. The ending will keep you thinking for months.
http://www.gog.com/game/pathologic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellnight
(Dark Messiah in Japan, released in English in Europe as Hellnight.)
http://www.gog.com/game/i_have_no_mouth_and_i_must_scream
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadly_Premonition
But the holy grail is always...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD_%28video_game%29
You might want to check out Afterfall: Insanity for the PC, it's an indie game and the voice acting isn't exactly great, but i feel that it's intro is definitely what could be considered a Mind-fuck, it's also relatively cheap.
There is also the game paranormal recently released on steam, which ranges from subtle and very trippy to overt and crazy.
There is also the game paranormal recently released on steam, which ranges from subtle and very trippy to overt and crazy.