Not to say it was a great game by any means(although it was better than it got credit for) but Shadowman was scary as shit.
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Not to say it was a great game by any means(although it was better than it got credit for) but Shadowman was scary as shit.
Undying sold like ass, unfortunately. You know EA. Quality has nothing to do with any of their decisions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Changeling
No doubt about it outside of Silent Hill, Undying is one of the scariest games around. Other that come close:
System Shock 2
Sanitarium
Missing Since January (If you let yourself get into it)
Doom III
Siren seems to be on the Fatal Frame 1/2 level from what I have played.
Siren is scary, but certainly far from good.
I'd have to go with Doom 3. Also, it probably sucks nuts now but Alien Trilogy on the PSone was pretty freaky. The first Resident Evil also had its moments. (Damn dogs!)
Alien Trilogy is great for the soundtrack, but you have to get the sound turned off for the full effect. If you can get your hands on a ps1 mouse, play Alien Resurrection. AVP 1 also works if you have a PC.
Since you mention doom, I like mind on PSX thanks to the music. Should also try it on 64, cause it's about as perfect you can get before 3 came out.
1 more, The Thing.
I'll give another shout out for Undying. That had some seriously messed up moments. Esspecially when you'd see something from the corner of your eye, think nothing of it, and turn to check it out in hopes of a clue... then there would be something to scare the bejesus out of you. I was playing it on my laptop during a blackout... not very bright of me. Like the time I read "Whisperers in the Darkness" during a blackout with a flashlight... on my porch.
Sanitarium is one thats always stuck in my mind. It didn't really scare me, but it left me uneasy, and after playing it I walked home from my friends house at night, and my mind did all the scaring that the game eluded to.
I finally broke down and opened the copy that I picked up for $10.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tain
It's funny how this game almost seems like it doesn't want you to progress anywhere.
I also picked up Obscure yesterday, but I'm not sure yet what I think of it. It was really fun playing it two player for the time that we did, but damn is it hard to get the hang of combat at first.
Doom, but it would have to be in the original low-res format.
No survival horror game has scared me yet. They just make me fall asleep. And A friend and I just finished Obscure. It sucks. I was player one, and you have to babysit your partner the whole time. You're trying to run away from a monster, and doing so makes him go off the screen and probably die. It's an interesting concept that could have been done much better.
i agree. i have both games and have yet to play thru either of them. both because they actually scare me and im not too good at them. i think a lot of the scariness comes from that as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by shidoshi