Definitely Dead Space. I foolishly however turned the music off, because I thought it would make it less scary. I didn't realize that the blaring music meant there was an enemy nearby. Not having that warning sign made the game so f**king scary.
weird (and by now semi-obscure) choice, but i go with the first Tecmo's Deception for PS1. FEAR was never scary and Dead Space is pretty creepy for the first couple of hours, but quickly becomes routine.
F.E.A.R. Dead Space was tensing, but not very scary.
LGTX
I'm seriously shocked at how many people are saying that FEAR is the scariest game they've ever played. Clearly you guys haven't been playing horror games, at all. Condemned is basically a scarier FEAR and Siren or any Fatal Frame or Silent Hill is far worse. FEAR barely even qualifies as a horror game.
F.E.A.R. Dead Space was tensing, but not very scary.
I'm seriously shocked at how many people are saying that FEAR is the scariest game they've ever played. Clearly you guys haven't been playing horror games, at all. Condemned is basically a scarier FEAR and Siren or any Fatal Frame or Silent Hill is far worse. FEAR barely even qualifies as a horror game. I dont no about fear but condemned wasnt scary at all. I played the demo of fear 2 and that was scary but im not about to say it was scarier or less scary based on a demo. Im gunna say bioshock. Its not really scary but its the only game to ever get under my skin. The atmosFear is terrifying even though what happens isnt
Silent Hill 2. For most of the game, the horror is subtle. It gets under your skin, it messes with your head. But the moments when there IS something coming for you, when there's a monster coming out of the darkness, it looks so disturbing. These things you look at and you say "What IS THAT?" And the storyline is very well told.
Silent Hill 2. For most of the game, the horror is subtle. It gets under your skin, it messes with your head. But the moments when there IS something coming for you, when there's a monster coming out of the darkness, it looks so disturbing. These things you look at and you say "What IS THAT?" And the storyline is very well told.Got_to_go
Dont forget Pyramid Head that just made the game for me serisously when i first played the game it took me a month too get use to darkness again when i went to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night i would look behind every corner lol
[QUOTE="Got_to_go"]Silent Hill 2. For most of the game, the horror is subtle. It gets under your skin, it messes with your head. But the moments when there IS something coming for you, when there's a monster coming out of the darkness, it looks so disturbing. These things you look at and you say "What IS THAT?" And the storyline is very well told.NuKkU
Dont forget Pyramid Head that just made the game for me serisously when i first played the game it took me a month too get use to darkness again when i went to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night i would look behind every corner lol
For some reason Pyramid Head never quite did it for me. But he does create one of my favorite moments in the game [spoiler] You walk down the apartment hallway, then your radio starts acting up. You make it to a gate and there he is. Pyramid Head. Just standing there with that huge knife, staring at you. Plus the lighting of the hallway had him cast in an eerie red light. That was so unnerving, and a perfect example of Silent Hill 2's style of horror. [/spoiler]
Clock Tower 3 was a game that scared the crud out of me. If you ever get a chance to play it, watch out. It's intense for sure. Other games have scared me, but not on the level Clock Tower 3 did.
No game has ever really scared the crap out of me and/or there are none that are horrifying or whatever. However, games that made me jump a couple of times: Condemned 1 & 2, Fear 1 & 2, Bioshock, REmake, and Dead Space. Like I said, these, to me are not that scary but there were a couple of times in each game that I jumped due to someone or thing appearing out of no where. The grizzly bear scene it Condemned 2 was a little tense though.
No game has ever really scared the crap out of me and/or there are none that are horrifying or whatever. However, games that made me jump a couple of times: Condemned 1 & 2, Fear 1 & 2, Bioshock, REmake, and Dead Space. Like I said, these, to me are not that scary but there were a couple of times in each game that I jumped due to someone or thing appearing out of no where. The grizzly bear scene it Condemned 2 was a little tense though.DManSteelerFan
You should definitely give Echo Night: Beyond on PS2 a try. I guarantee you that you'll be scared most of the game.
F.E.A.R. Dead Space was tensing, but not very scary.
Paladin_King
I'm seriously shocked at how many people are saying that FEAR is the scariest game they've ever played. Clearly you guys haven't been playing horror games, at all. Condemned is basically a scarier FEAR. Siren or any Fatal Frame or Silent Hill is far worse. FEAR barely even qualifies as a horror game.
You and me, we're the same. It seems most of these people started with horror games on the 360. I laugh every time (And lose hope in gaming) when people shout DEAD SPACE or FEAR(2) or BIOSHOCK :lol: Those aren't even scary, let alone good horror games. Are they even c.lassified as horror games?
Dead Space was tense for like 5 minutes. Afterwards, it gets dull. You know where they'll be coming out of and since almost every single one of them die the same way, they become boring creatures. Hell, after fully upgrading my default weapon (Best weapon in the game IMO), nothing even tried to stand up after a few shots. Good atmosphere, though.
I'm not even going to bother with Fear(2) and Bioshock. At least Dead Space TRIED to be a horror game.
F.E.A.R. Dead Space was tensing, but not very scary.
Paladin_King
I'm seriously shocked at how many people are saying that FEAR is the scariest game they've ever played. Clearly you guys haven't been playing horror games, at all. Condemned is basically a scarier FEAR and Siren or any Fatal Frame or Silent Hill is far worse. FEAR barely even qualifies as a horror game.
I understand you. I played Condemned, the silent hill and alone in the dark franchises, through and deep. But it didn't grip me as the first-person mix of action and horror of FEAR did. Absolutely every horror game nowadays relies on tension, survival-styled gameplay where you constantly have no ammo, and stuff like that. But only in FEAR they were things like a telephone falling from a desk creeping you out.
F.E.A.R. Dead Space was tensing, but not very scary.
LGTX
I'm seriously shocked at how many people are saying that FEAR is the scariest game they've ever played. Clearly you guys haven't been playing horror games, at all. Condemned is basically a scarier FEAR and Siren or any Fatal Frame or Silent Hill is far worse. FEAR barely even qualifies as a horror game.
I understand you. I played Condemned, the silent hill and alone in the dark franchises, through and deep. But it didn't grip me as the first-person mix of action and horror of FEAR did. Absolutely every horror game nowadays relies on tension, survival-styled gameplay where you constantly have no ammo, and stuff like that. But only in FEAR they were things like a telephone falling from a desk creeping you out.
Granted there may be one or two decent scares in F.E.A.R., I really don't see the game as a whole being that scary. That's like calling the film "The Grudge" scary. F.E.A.R. relies on cheap scares to make you jump, the above mentioned games are much more immersing and atmospheric and will psychologically scare you.
But FEAR has variety, moments when you relax in action, moments when you don't know what lies ahead by can't still be sure about a whether it's a fight, a ghost or a cup of tea. Again, it's one horror that doesn't rely on tension that much.
About scaring psychologically, you're completely right FEAR can't do that, it doesn't twist your brains in horror.
FEAR 2 has the BEST ghosts I've ever seen anywhere. It's not the most horrifying game ever... but the enemies, particularly the ghosts, are amazing and make your heart skip a beat from time to time.
F.E.A.R. Dead Space was tensing, but not very scary.
mastersword007
I'm seriously shocked at how many people are saying that FEAR is the scariest game they've ever played. Clearly you guys haven't been playing horror games, at all. Condemned is basically a scarier FEAR. Siren or any Fatal Frame or Silent Hill is far worse. FEAR barely even qualifies as a horror game.
You and me, we're the same. It seems most of these people started with horror games on the 360. I laugh every time (And lose hope in gaming) when people shout DEAD SPACE or FEAR(2) or BIOSHOCK :lol: Those aren't even scary, let alone good horror games. Are they even c.lassified as horror games?
Dead Space was tense for like 5 minutes. Afterwards, it gets dull. You know where they'll be coming out of and since almost every single one of them die the same way, they become boring creatures. Hell, after fully upgrading my default weapon (Best weapon in the game IMO), nothing even tried to stand up after a few shots. Good atmosphere, though.
I'm not even going to bother with Fear(2) and Bioshock. At least Dead Space TRIED to be a horror game.
I completely agree with you on the new games aren't even considered horror games by me logic. I just wanted to point out that if you got the best weapon in the game (I know you said IMO, I'm just stating another point), of course nothing's going to withstand more than a few shots. That's like me saying, "Yeah, the creatures in resident evil got real boring because they wouldn't take more than two shots to kill, Oh, did I mention I'm using the Fully Upgraded Rocket Launcher".
Is this some kind of showoff? Everyone stating some particular game is not scary *to them*? They ARE classified as horror games(FEAR and Dead Space at least). So be objective.
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