Fatal Frame 1 and 2. Don't know why, but for some reason ghosts like that creep me out. Doesn't help that you move like a snail while doing it.
Poll: Scariest game?
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The problem with Scratches is that that's all it was - all atmosphere, three actual scares. THREE. Silent Hill, particularly 3, on the other hand, does a good job of balancing the two, because we get some good scares and panic moments, but we still feel vulnerable and terrified when we aren't in immediate danger.Nossy said:
YOU LIE. Or at least, you're not a human. Because no human could indulge in the horrors of Fatal Frame and come out with dry pants.meticadpa said:
Also, since there's like a million of these threads, I'm going to throw a wrench into my routine and say Metal Gear Solid 2.
So last night I was working on MGS2 and I was really getting into it. It was around 2 in the morning and everyone else in my house was asleep. Then the section where Raiden is naked running around Arsenal Gear came up and as far as I was concerned it was just a normal section like any other... and then the Colonel called me up on the Codec and said "Raiden... turn off the game console now" and I swear to you my face turned white and a chill went down my spine... I don't even know why it was that scary, but it really freaked me out. It's one of those things that if someone had told me about it (like Psycho Mantis), I would have probably laughed and thought it was pretty cool that the game knew you played Castlevania. But now I finally understand...
Resident Evil was a pretty scary game when I first played it (when it came out). I'm not so scared by it now though, but it gets credit for scaring younger me.
I'm going to say something totally stupid here, Mass Effect. the first time i boarded that ship with the coma guy and the crazy biotic chick, a nearly shit myself. I was just listening to the log, and all of a sudden, I hear "I will destroy you" and shepard falls down.
I haven't played too many of those, so i chose Dead Space, because it actually did a pretty good job. On the pc that is. The lack of an achievement system adds to the realism. as for resident evil, they do a decent job.
However i would have to say Doom 3. It did an excellent job.
If anyone could direct me to any decent horror or just scary games, i would appreciate it. I haven't played many.
However i would have to say Doom 3. It did an excellent job.
If anyone could direct me to any decent horror or just scary games, i would appreciate it. I haven't played many.
The first three Silent Hill games. Oddly enough Silent Hill 3, not 2, was the one that gave me nightmares for months.
Dead Space, Resident Evil and F.E.A.R. weren't at all scary.
Condemned was mostly not scary but had a couple of good parts.
I haven't played Silent Hill or Fatal Frame.
The only game that ever got to me was Penumbra. Especially that part where you turn on the lights. Errg.
Condemned was mostly not scary but had a couple of good parts.
I haven't played Silent Hill or Fatal Frame.
The only game that ever got to me was Penumbra. Especially that part where you turn on the lights. Errg.
I'm going to say Dead Space but only because it plays on my fear of being vulnerable in a beatup out of control spaceship, especially after watching a rock slam through the flight deck. It made me feel very helpless and uneasy at that point.
When it comes to scares in gaming, I go more by individual scenes than by entire games.
I'll also say right up front that the whole monster closet bit doesn't do it for me. I found that Dead Space was just an action title with grotty enemies who jumped out at you. UNITL, that is, you turn out the lights and don headphones. That's where the suprerior sound design can really amp up the atmospherics.
I also loved the sequence in HL2 when you first enter Nova Porspekt. You spend a good couple of minutes completely alone waiting for the other shoe to fall and it really gives you some time to soak up the creepy atmospherics.
I thought Bioshock had some nice moments but cashed its chips a bit early by presenting its scariest level less than an hour into the game (Medical Pavilion, dentist appearing out of the mist, etc). Also, anyone remember the masterful scene from the flooded lower levels of Fort Frolic with the human statue silently coming to life? Spooky.
As for RE5, it didn't scare me in the slightest.
I'll also say right up front that the whole monster closet bit doesn't do it for me. I found that Dead Space was just an action title with grotty enemies who jumped out at you. UNITL, that is, you turn out the lights and don headphones. That's where the suprerior sound design can really amp up the atmospherics.
I also loved the sequence in HL2 when you first enter Nova Porspekt. You spend a good couple of minutes completely alone waiting for the other shoe to fall and it really gives you some time to soak up the creepy atmospherics.
I thought Bioshock had some nice moments but cashed its chips a bit early by presenting its scariest level less than an hour into the game (Medical Pavilion, dentist appearing out of the mist, etc). Also, anyone remember the masterful scene from the flooded lower levels of Fort Frolic with the human statue silently coming to life? Spooky.
As for RE5, it didn't scare me in the slightest.