Scary games...

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jmorgan

36,010 posts

283 months

Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Oh, Aliens vs Predator when it first came out (2000??), playing as a Marine..... not played the recent ones.

MintyChris

848 posts

191 months

Thursday 2nd January 2014
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jmorgan said:
Oh, Aliens vs Predator when it first came out (2000??), playing as a Marine..... not played the recent ones.
AVP2 is my favourite of the series. Playing as the marine with the motion sensor which only shows what's in front and not behind!

Doom3 is worth a run through. Lots of jumpy bits.

XslaneyX

1,334 posts

141 months

Thursday 2nd January 2014
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FourWheelDrift said:
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.
I remember the 1st silent hill when you entered the school at the start with that haunting noise and those shuffling baby things coming at you in pitch black!! Will loom for a vid

Cotty

39,389 posts

283 months

Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Skyrim has some scary bits, mainly when you are going though dark caves or crypts, the atmospheric music kicks in. You hear some noises but can't see anything, the music changes kicking up the tention a notch or two, then wham a mahousive spider just drops right in front of you. New pants please.

The first Resident Evil did something similar, walking down a corridor with creepy music then thump as the spider drops behind you. You turn ...... SPIDER eek

Edited by Cotty on Thursday 2nd January 14:16

TREMAiNE

3,904 posts

148 months

Friday 3rd January 2014
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Theadamh1234 said:
Minecraft getmecoat
Minecraft is very tense and scary to be fair.


Birdster

2,529 posts

142 months

Friday 3rd January 2014
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The original Silent Hill game

Condemned

Resident Evil 1 & 2

Dead Space

Project Zero 1-3

Fear


130R

6,807 posts

205 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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I've just started playing Outlast - with the lights off and a headset on it seriously makes you jump

TheEnd

15,370 posts

187 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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jmorgan said:
Oh, Aliens vs Predator when it first came out (2000??), playing as a Marine..... not played the recent ones.
I was just about to say that! It's the closest to capturing the feel of the film, and you'll spend a lot of time standing outside of doorways before you get the courage to go in.

The most intense game I've played is DayZ though, not from the zombies, they are a minor annoyance, but it's when you stumble into another player, and often they don't notice you but if they do, there's a good chance they'll just open fire, and you're immediately kicked back to the start of the game.


The plus point is that you really don't want to die, the bad point however is that almost every other player will shoot on sight to rob you of your can of beans.

Birdster

2,529 posts

142 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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TheEnd said:
jmorgan said:
Oh, Aliens vs Predator when it first came out (2000??), playing as a Marine..... not played the recent ones.
I was just about to say that! It's the closest to capturing the feel of the film, and you'll spend a lot of time standing outside of doorways before you get the courage to go in.

The most intense game I've played is DayZ though, not from the zombies, they are a minor annoyance, but it's when you stumble into another player, and often they don't notice you but if they do, there's a good chance they'll just open fire, and you're immediately kicked back to the start of the game.


The plus point is that you really don't want to die, the bad point however is that almost every other player will shoot on sight to rob you of your can of beans.
I need to try Day Z. I discussed with friends that based on human nature if an outbreak happened that we'd do exactly what players in that game do. Those who couldn't kill another person would die. Whilst those who could would survive that day longer. I know a game is different. Sorry I'm going OT.

From reading the Day Z thread it appears that it can be rewarding, or frustrating. I can see up just turn into a death match/elimination style game. Or you get lucky and band up with others. Which is it's reward.

I have to give it a go as I see that the stand alone game is out.

krunchkin

2,209 posts

140 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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Doom 3, on a big screen, with surround sound, in a dark house on your own is a proper pant-stter. I could only play it in 20 minute bursts because it was so intense. On rails, but they are bloody good proper scary rails.

Birdster

2,529 posts

142 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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I've heard that before. Is this the Xbox version? Or PC?

Shadow R1

3,798 posts

175 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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One particular bit in prey, you climb down a ladder turn round and a ghost is stood smack in front of you, that made me jump.

chris watton

22,477 posts

259 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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Birdster said:
The original Silent Hill game

Condemned

Resident Evil 1 & 2

Dead Space

Project Zero 1-3

Fear
It was the original RE and Silent Hill, and perhaps some parts of the original Tomb Raider that made me realise you could actually be scared whilst playing a game!

krunchkin

2,209 posts

140 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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Birdster said:
I've heard that before. Is this the Xbox version? Or PC?
PC for me but I dont think there is much difference. If you want to scare yourself stless buy Doom 3. It's basically a gigantic funfair ghost train

toerag

748 posts

131 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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Slender Man.

FourWheelDrift

88,375 posts

283 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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130R said:
I've just started playing Outlast - with the lights off and a headset on it seriously makes you jump
My finger if hovering over the buy button, £14.99 for a Sept 13 release game seems good value.

Is there plenty of game play or is it all over after a couple of hours, does anyone know?


Edited to add, bought it anyway. I won't rush through it anyway.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Sunday 5th January 12:36

FourWheelDrift

88,375 posts

283 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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Just played it for 18mins or so, saving the rest till it gets dark smile

The start is different to the one on Pew's youtube, they must have changed it with one of the patches.

Birdster

2,529 posts

142 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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krunchkin said:
Birdster said:
I've heard that before. Is this the Xbox version? Or PC?
PC for me but I dont think there is much difference. If you want to scare yourself stless buy Doom 3. It's basically a gigantic funfair ghost train
Thank you. Will check it out.

FourWheelDrift

88,375 posts

283 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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Any game is scary if you turn the gamma settings right down biggrin

folos

900 posts

141 months

Sunday 5th January 2014
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Thief 3, The Cradle level. Won't spoil anything for those who havent played it but it was fkING scary!!

Graphics are pretty dated now which might dull it a bit, but the background music/score is just as terrifying as it was back when it was released.

Quite cheap to buy on steam, would recommend it!

Edited by folos on Sunday 5th January 20:31