alien isolation, visage, madison and maybe observer
I’m playing signalis atm but I’m not far into it yet
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+1 for Alien isolation. That really needs a sequel. It captured the whole style of the first film. It was scary and fun at the same time.
i couldn't get myself to finish alien isolation when it came out, it was that constant fear of that smart alien coming out of nowhere haha. always thought of trying it again though.
I don’t usually play horror games but man I loved SOMA.
I stopped after the protagonist found out what he is and got to the water section... It's like the reveal was done in an anti climatic way.
Or am I missing much more to the story?
No spoilers but for me it was really the ending that hit hard.
I'll keep playing it then... I haven't touched my PS since totk, lol
Enjoy! (hopefully)
That wasn't the big reveal... There's a lot more to the story
You got my interest again!
Haha, well I won't spoil anything, I'll just say that the reveal you are referring to isn't meant to be a "big reveal". For me at least, I saw it coming a mile away as it's extremely foreshadowed by the first act of the story (ie. The first NPCs you find at the very beginning are convinced they are still in their meat bodies, there is no other reasonable explanation for how you travelled to the future, etc.). The real story is about how you can still serve a purpose in spite of that revelation.
That's exactly how I felt when the protagonist finally came to realize what he is... I was like, ok, yeah, I knew that already.
Now I'm curious about the rest!
Amnesia the dark descent, a classic :)
Maybe a bit too old school but "Eternal Darkness; Sanity's Requiem". Surprisingly good (entertaining) voice acting and writing!
I've had an eBay alert set up for this one for ages.
I really just need to give up and emulate it already.
Is it crazy to keep hoping for a remaster? :')
I came here to say that. I loved that game, the sanity effects were brilliant and have never really been done properly since that I know of.
That's right! The sanity effects were so well tailored to that era of CRT TVs and the type of game crash errors one could get from a corrupted c save file. I would absolutely love to see a modern horror game give this kind of effect a serious shot.
Silent Hill 2 is number 1
As someone who hates horror but loves SF: Alien Isolation is pretty nuts. I legit threw my controller when the AI outsmarted me and caught me in a doorway face-2-face. I couldn't play again for months.
Loved Dead Space 1&2 and the Resident evil games (the remakes and 7, 8). In terms of story, Silent Hill II is probably my favorite and i'm eagerly awaiting the remake
EDIT: idk if Bloodborne counts as a horror game really, but that is probably the best Lovecraftian game i've played
Currently fresh in mind; Garten of Banban
There's something instinctually terrifying about that damn bird. Genuinely good horror.
Too scary 🥺
Right off the bat, the Dead Space series is pretty good. Crazy as it sounds, Dead Space: Extraction (a wii game that no one talks about, although it is also on the PS3) is probably my favorite in the series.
You can't go wrong with the Silent Hill series, and another possibly unpopular opinion is that Silent Hill 4 : The Room is probably my favorite. >
Now a real oddball pick. Is it the best game? No. Does it have an amazing story? No. But Obscure and Obscure 2 were a lot of fun of you're cool with "this is like a really low budget campy horror flick" kind of games. Played them with a buddy a few years ago and it was the most fun co-op experience I've had in ages.
Silent Hill 2 is my favorite
Call of Cuthulhu dark corners of the earth is amazing up to the point where you get a weapon, but gets really bad after. Still worth playing up to that point.
Alien isolation is really scary, especially on higher difficulties since the alien acts differently on higher difficulties. It's just too long and drags pretty hard in places.
Scorn was worth a shot if you've already played Soma and RE. The mechanics are... Fine. The art is jaw-dropping. It's like Amnesia if H. R. Giger had been the art director.
SOMA. Not the scariest horror game but a fantastic and thought-provoking story