Horror Video Games: Know Any Good Ones?

[ichigofields]

Hi, you could call me a horror video addict...and as an addict lately I've been feeling the need to play more games! The horror of college is not enough! So, anyone have some suggestion? Preferably games for the PS2 or PS3 or PSP. Here some I've already played:

Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill Origins
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
House of the Dead 2 and 3 (those don't really count but they are nasty)

I figured you guys would be my sure bet (after all, you guys have knowledge on stuff I didn't even know existed). No haunted video games please; the last thing I need is s Stay-Alive scenario or the Ring girl grudging out of my tiny TV.

[Kinky Kevin]

Haunted != Horror?

[ichigofields]

Oct 23, 2009 13:17:05 GMT -5 Kinky Kevin said:

Haunted != Horror?

That last part was a joke...a very fail joke as it would seem. *hangs head in shame*

[ShadownetZero]

1) I thought you said horror. What's that action game doing there (RE4)? >_>

2) Siren: Blood Curse is by far the best/only survival horor game this gen.

3) If you want something similar to RE4 (i.e. action shooter with scary moments) Dead Space is awesome.

4) Saw: The Game is pretty good, if you like the saw movies.

[ichigofields]

Oct 23, 2009 13:41:55 GMT -5 ShadownetZero said:

1) I thought you said horror. What's that action game doing there (RE4)? >_>

2) Siren: Blood Curse is by far the best/only survival horor game this gen.

3) If you want something similar to RE4 (i.e. action shooter with scary moments) Dead Space is awesome.

4) Saw: The Game is pretty good, if you like the saw movies.

1) Zombies scare me, and those games make me paranoid.

2) Definitely going to check that out

3) Heard good things about that one

4) have never seen any of the movies

[ShadownetZero]

RE4 had zombies?

[dominus]

Eternal Darkness.

/thread

[ichigofields]

Oct 23, 2009 14:22:14 GMT -5 ShadownetZero said:

RE4 had zombies?

Diseased, Brainwashed Spaniards = Zombies (there is a dude with a bag over his head with a chainsaw who won't die after 18 bullets to the chest, like the rest of the peasants. If that's not a zombie then nothing is)

[ShadownetZero]

lrn2zombie!

[ceredron]

The original fatal frame was way messed up... there's a lot of underground titles, like Rule of Rose and various mindfucks. Mostly, though, the horror games that come out are overlooked because they mostly suck. The titles you named are known as the "horror genre" because they make up the entirety of the games worth playing from the horror genre.

F.E.A.R. is pretty freaky, too... but as far as zombies you've already got them all, eh?

[ShadownetZero]

Ooh, Fear is good. Though 2 was relative crap.

[ichigofields]

I've heard a lot of good things about F.E.A.R (but not number 2)! Hows the gameplay though? I got a lot of mixed reviews about it

[ShadownetZero]

FEAR's fairly generic. Everything has really been done before. Not that it's a bad thing, but don't expect it to have awesome new gameplay elements....

[shinkiro0]

Yup, Zack's got it right. Still a good game nonetheless.

If you've never played a game like that before, you'll probably really enjoy this game like a friend of mine did.

Personally, I actually have to recommend a game. Some people say its bad, but personally I like it. Its a PS2 game called Haunting Ground. It is a stay-alive scenario, but that doesn't mean its a bad game necessarily.

[ichigofields]

Okay! Awesome! So now I have three new games I have to try (Siren: Blood Curse, F.E.A.R, Haunting Ground). Thanks for the tips guys! Now to go video game shopping (who need physics homework anyways, pfft)!