Scary games...

[anonymous-user]

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[paul99]

Dead Space games are pretty scary to play.

[chrissull]

Penumbra, Amnesia, Outlast, Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, Slender.

If you read into the whole SCP thing, they made a game called 'SCP containment breach', I've heard good things about it.


edit: These games are all on PC by the way. What platform are you playing on?

Edited by chrissull on Wednesday 1st January 13:21

[RobGT81]

As mentioned.. Dead Space and Stalker.

[Mastodon2]

Forbidden Siren 1 + 2 and the Project Zero series make other "scary" games look like kid's games.

[kowalski655]

A few ones advertised as "scary"(not sure how scary they actually are),on offer for a few more hours

http://www.gog.com/promo/the_creepy_crate_70_off_w...

[Jazoli]

I think 'The Last Of Us' on ps3 is one of the most atmospheric/scary games out there, I bought a cheap ps3 just to get this and I've been impressed hugely so far

[SamGad]

Mastodon2 said:

Forbidden Siren 1 + 2 and the Project Zero series make other "scary" games look like kid's games.

The Project Zero games are great, just played them all through again with a few mates, very jumpy! PZ4 was a disappointment though.

[OllieC]

dated now of course, but system shock 2 scared me !

so did the first Stalker.

[jmorgan]

Stalker Call of Pripyat (Shadow of Chernobyl as well), the lab parts of the game especially. Or stuck out at night and you can hear the blood suckers lurking near you....

[Med1c]

F.E.A.R is worth a trial - good game

[torres del paine]

I'm a bit new to this.

I only bought a PS3 on a whim last month to see me through the winter, so I haven't played many games. Anyway, I bought Far Cry 3 recently and it is terrific. It's not scary as such, rather it is very atmospheric and tense, a bit like a survival thriller... I cannot stop playing it.

[:J:]

I found that Condemned 2 had some jumpy bits in it. I didn't play the first one, so couldn't comment on that.

Alan Wake is another good one, I thought the game was awesome.

[motorizer]

System shock 2 and the thief series... Golden oldies and very dated looking now but very atmospheric.

[Theadamh1234]

Minecraft

[Martin_Hx]

torres del paine said:

I'm a bit new to this.

I only bought a PS3 on a whim last month to see me through the winter, so I haven't played many games. Anyway, I bought Far Cry 3 recently and it is terrific. It's not scary as such, rather it is very atmospheric and tense, a bit like a survival thriller... I cannot stop playing it.

Playing Far cry 3 at the moment, takes an hour to get it going but its fun now ! Watch out of tigers

I always thought Doom 3 was quite a jumpy game to play

[trashbat]

In terms of stuff that made you apprehensive and then jump, nothing was ever as scary as Half-Life, IMO. Primarily headcrabs, but also that massive sharpened tentacle thing in the rocket silo.

Well worth playing the Black Mesa remake/tech refresh.

[FourWheelDrift]

As above the first FEAR was very good for making you feel jumpy.

Has anyone played the Silent Hill games? I've seen the film and if the games are anything like that then it could be a contender.

Although looking at this vid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luAzWcDK2cQ if it's 3rd person perspective only then it'd be an immersion breaker for me. 1st person or nothing.

[tankslappa]

:J: said:

I found that Condemned 2 had some jumpy bits in it. I didn't play the first one, so couldn't comment on that.

I was going to suggest the original Condemned. Creepy as hell in places.

Similarly with the original Dead Space. I don't think the sequels had the same tension and seem to focus too much on the action IMO (similarly to the way RE has gone).

F.E.A.R had good jumpy moments too, away from action anyway.

[SeanyD]

Another vote for FEAR, brilliant game, very atmospheric, very scarey.