Scary Games...

[CrabDan]

Obviously, back in the day there was Resident Evil and the (infinitely better) Silent Hill...

In recent years, we've seen the Dead Space series emerge, both 1 & 2 very good and somewhat tense affairs...

But, by golly, I've just started playing Amnesia - The Dark Descent, and I am stting my pants! I'm not sure if I'll get very far with this, it's that scary!

Anyone else got any scary favourites?

[Zaxxon]

System Shock 2

Doom 3

Alien vs Predator one and two, the Marine levels.........try playing it at 1 in the morning, pitch black room, the sensor is pinging in your headphones....getting quicker........and one of your fking kittens decides it would be fun to attack your feet!!!

I fricken screamed like a little girl

Edited by Zaxxon on Monday 14th May 19:05

[robmlufc]

FEAR + Dead Space.

[TheEnd]

Zaxxon said:

Alien vs Predator one and two,

Yep, it's very atmospheric!

[CrabDan]

Aren't they making another one of those AVP games?

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

It's an old game now, but 'Half Life' terrified me from the comfort of my lounge!

[Tonsko]

Legend of Grimrock is pretty good.

[TheEnd]

CrabDan said:

Aren't they making another one of those AVP games?

There was an Aliens Vs Predator from a year or two ago, and at the same time talk of a game called Colonial Marines, which is still about but keeps n being pushed back.

[CrabDan]

TheEnd said:

There was an Aliens Vs Predator from a year or two ago, and at the same time talk of a game called Colonial Marines, which is still about but keeps n being pushed back.

That's the one I was thinking of - Colonial Marines!

Cry of Fear looks like a good'un - Apparently it's a Half Life mod, or something.

[jmorgan]

Two of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, Shadow of Chernobyl and Call of Pripyat going into the labs. And other bits.

[OllieC]

Another vote for system shock 2

really unnerving

[SamGad]

Fatal Frame/Project Zero. Used to play the third iteration through with my mates on the PS2, it'd eventually get to a point where we'd all refuse to take the controller.
Was gutted they didn't bring the fourth game over here or release it on the PS3/360.

[cal216610]

Only game that had me jumping was Alien Trilogy back on ps1, the way the facehugger just jumped out of the blackness and landed on the screen.

[anonymous-user]

Metro 2033 is quite decent. Not full on st scary but jumpy.
Another vote for AVP, when the sensor is going and you can't see anything the tension is mad!

[tmk2]

I found the suffering very jumpy and disturbing

[Liszt]

F.E.A.R was pants fillingly bad when you suddenly had a ghost episode

[Ross1988]

CrabDan said:

Obviously, back in the day there was Resident Evil and the (infinitely better) Silent Hill...

In recent years, we've seen the Dead Space series emerge, both 1 & 2 very good and somewhat tense affairs...

But, by golly, I've just started playing Amnesia - The Dark Descent, and I am stting my pants! I'm not sure if I'll get very far with this, it's that scary!

Anyone else got any scary favourites?

The mrs plays this. Well trys to. Inneteeen bouts of jumping so hard, either laptop or mouse is flung across the room

[C2james]

Alan wake is quite good at making you jump but it is described as a "psychological thriller".

[motorizer]

The thief series had its moments..same developers as system shock 2
I seem to remember the shalebridge cradle level from thief 3 being voted the scariest game level ever..that was before amnesia came out though..

[toasty]

The Darkness, while not that scary, was particularly grim.