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    Halloween Gaming

    So what has everyone got that causes brown trousers. Halloween is just a few days away so thought would start a thread on the worlds scariest games.

    So to get the ball rolling :

    Shalebridge Cradle on Thief Deadly Shadows was damned scary level. There was intensity in the game itself creeping about in the shadows. This level though, its just plain intimidating.

    "The Shalebridge Cradle used to be an orphanage, and then an insane asylum. At the same time. The children were moved to a separate ward, but shared space with the asylum patients. One night a fire started in the staff wing (no one knows how, but much can be deduced from the facts that the staff were callous and brutal in their treatment of patients, one of the inmates was a pyromaniac, and a lone chair can subsequently be found in the ruins, placed so that the sitter would be looking directly at the tower as it burned), destroying some of the upper portion of the building and after which the building was abandoned. Before the orphanage was closed, two orphans had an encounter with a being called The Hag. One of the orphans, Lauryl, was killed, and the other one, Drept, survived, later joining the Hammerites and spending his life researching the Grey Lady that had killed his friend."

    http://thief.wikia.com/wiki/Shalebridge_Cradle


    Metro 2033 has some decent horror elements and so do the STALKER games. STALKER when you are in the sewers and see shadows or things moving about with grunts and groans, you just dont know what is round the next corner. Metro 2033 is just a dark sinister place with most of it being underground.

    Undying was and still is a great game for its time, Jericho had the potential but was just missing the suspense. I think the setting on Undying nailed it perfect.

    Just bought the Penumbra pack on Steam for £3.99, going to play it later tonight with the lights out, see how far it pushes me. Play and love Amnesia, one of the scariest games I have ever played.

    Bought Silent Hill from PSN yesterday, the bit with the locker (twice gets me everytime). Its a creepy old town, visuals are looking dated by todays standard but I think that it actually adds to the tension really well.

    System Shock 2 has a few decent moments, like the meeting with Shodan near the end, its really creepy and the way the floor dissapears, it really gets you. On System Shock 2 it has its in your face moments but its what you hear and dont see that gets you half the time.

    Dark Souls & Demons Souls can get tense at times. Granted not so much horror but the intensity is there. Dark brooding levels with creatures silently waiting for you round dark corners.

    Speaking of Dark Corners. Bethesda's Call of Cthulhu game. First person adventure game set in Lovecrafts universe. Granted, later in the game you get weapons but getting chased and searched for by the fishermen, not forgetting the creatures later in the game. It plays with the insanity of the character, visual effects when things start going awry.

    What gets me is good use of sound and subliminal stuff when it comes to horror games. Something that just gets in your face makes things intense but it takes things away from the scare factor as you are expecting something to jump out at you. I think suggestion and sound though can really get you. You expect something to happen and it doesnt and it keeps you on a prolonged anxiety trip, feeling totally alone in the environment.

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    Re: Halloween Gaming

    Quote Originally Posted by Ferral View Post
    So what has everyone got that causes brown trousers. Halloween is just a few days away so thought would start a thread on the worlds scariest games.

    So to get the ball rolling :

    Shalebridge Cradle on Thief Deadly Shadows was damned scary level. There was intensity in the game itself creeping about in the shadows. This level though, its just plain intimidating.

    "The Shalebridge Cradle used to be an orphanage, and then an insane asylum. At the same time. The children were moved to a separate ward, but shared space with the asylum patients. One night a fire started in the staff wing (no one knows how, but much can be deduced from the facts that the staff were callous and brutal in their treatment of patients, one of the inmates was a pyromaniac, and a lone chair can subsequently be found in the ruins, placed so that the sitter would be looking directly at the tower as it burned), destroying some of the upper portion of the building and after which the building was abandoned. Before the orphanage was closed, two orphans had an encounter with a being called The Hag. One of the orphans, Lauryl, was killed, and the other one, Drept, survived, later joining the Hammerites and spending his life researching the Grey Lady that had killed his friend."

    http://thief.wikia.com/wiki/Shalebridge_Cradle


    Metro 2033 has some decent horror elements and so do the STALKER games. STALKER when you are in the sewers and see shadows or things moving about with grunts and groans, you just dont know what is round the next corner. Metro 2033 is just a dark sinister place with most of it being underground.

    Undying was and still is a great game for its time, Jericho had the potential but was just missing the suspense. I think the setting on Undying nailed it perfect.

    Just bought the Penumbra pack on Steam for £3.99, going to play it later tonight with the lights out, see how far it pushes me. Play and love Amnesia, one of the scariest games I have ever played.

    Bought Silent Hill from PSN yesterday, the bit with the locker (twice gets me everytime). Its a creepy old town, visuals are looking dated by todays standard but I think that it actually adds to the tension really well.

    System Shock 2 has a few decent moments, like the meeting with Shodan near the end, its really creepy and the way the floor dissapears, it really gets you. On System Shock 2 it has its in your face moments but its what you hear and dont see that gets you half the time.

    Dark Souls & Demons Souls can get tense at times. Granted not so much horror but the intensity is there. Dark brooding levels with creatures silently waiting for you round dark corners.

    Speaking of Dark Corners. Bethesda's Call of Cthulhu game. First person adventure game set in Lovecrafts universe. Granted, later in the game you get weapons but getting chased and searched for by the fishermen, not forgetting the creatures later in the game. It plays with the insanity of the character, visual effects when things start going awry.

    What gets me is good use of sound and subliminal stuff when it comes to horror games. Something that just gets in your face makes things intense but it takes things away from the scare factor as you are expecting something to jump out at you. I think suggestion and sound though can really get you. You expect something to happen and it doesnt and it keeps you on a prolonged anxiety trip, feeling totally alone in the environment.
    Resident Evil first time i played it.

    Call of Cthulhu ( when your on the run from the whole town is great )

    I mean, I think most great games have some element of tension in it so its hard to say what is scary sometimes i.e. plat formers get to me a bit because i hate height

    Alan Wake ?
    Amnesia ?
    Black mirror ?

    Never played any of these , i see this one mentioned too

    Penumbra although the game itself sucked a bit imo had a great atmosphere.

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    Re: Halloween Gaming

    Yeah, I played the Blair Witch games. They were similar to something else at the time but cant remember what, I still have the discs for them but no boxes, might dig them out and have a mess about later this evening.

    There have also been a few Evil Dead games, the first one (Hail to the King) was actually quite annoying as the enemies constantly kept respawning, if it wasnt for that it would have been really good. Never even seen Fistful of Boomstick let alone played it. The last game though is excellent, Evil Dead Regeneration. Play through it occasionally, it has the wicked Evil Dead sense of humour. I like the sidekick you have on it also who you can kick around at enemies etc, its really fun to play. Going to fire it up somepoint over the weekend if I can find the disc!

    Another great PC horror title is Nocturne, its awkward to get running on todays systems though. Tried and failed a few times. Managed to get up to the title screen with videos running but when you start playing it has missing visual assets and textures making it impossible to play. It has 4 different stories you can play through, kind of like a supernatural detective with vampires and werewolves etc

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturne_(video_game)

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    Re: Halloween Gaming

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    Yes , it reminded of stalker - though more linear

    There are some I saw years ago mentioned on a site I was always curious about.

    This is the first

    aha heres this gem of a site where i found it .

    Holy crap , just the fact, " The Residents " are involved with this makes it worth playing..

    Seems the producers of that game where also behind the other game I saw years ago that looked interesting -Dark eye too..

    LOL RUN FOR YOUR LIVES

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    Re: Halloween Gaming

    FEAR & Metro2033 are some of my bet loved games ever, as well as Vampire: The Masquerade- Bloodlines & the Penumbra games

    What abt the original Resi Evil on the PS1
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    Im going to buy amnesia its £2.60 on steam!


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    Re: Halloween Gaming

    Silent Hill and the Project Zero series, always been my favourite games.

    Not sure if Project Zero hit the PC, got it on PS2 myself.

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    just a heads up for you feral, there's a HD remake for Silent Hill out soon
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    Re: Halloween Gaming

    Yeah its out on the PS3, got it on my wishlist on Amazon. I believe its SH 1, 2 &3 in the pack, really looking forward to it. I do like the origional in the state it is in must admit, adds extra to the whole rundown type town thing going on, rough visuals literally add to it.

    I havnt reached that darned cat just yet on Silent Hill, REALLY not looking forward to it again, even though I know its there it gets me everytime. Whats worse is the second incident in the same place.

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    Re: Halloween Gaming

    Quote Originally Posted by Stephen C View Post
    Silent Hill and the Project Zero series, always been my favourite games.

    Not sure if Project Zero hit the PC, got it on PS2 myself.
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    Re: Halloween Gaming

    Bit late to the party, but Clive Barkers Undying is an amazing game. Looks a bit pap now, but running around with a Scythe and a Pistol = win.

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    Re: Halloween Gaming

    Quote Originally Posted by Ferral View Post

    What gets me is good use of sound and subliminal stuff when it comes to horror games. Something that just gets in your face makes things intense but it takes things away from the scare factor as you are expecting something to jump out at you. I think suggestion and sound though can really get you. You expect something to happen and it doesnt and it keeps you on a prolonged anxiety trip, feeling totally alone in the environment.

    If you have a Gamecube (or a Wii) Eternal Darkness does the subliminal stuff very well.
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    Re: Halloween Gaming

    Been playing Eternal Darkness on the Dolphin Emulator, got the origional but never finished it, stuck in the persian bit, cant seem to get any further in the catacombs under the palace though. Not sure if theres an issue with my disc or its a fault on the emulator. Will give it another shot in the next week or two.

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    Re: Halloween Gaming

    Quote Originally Posted by Ferral View Post
    Been playing Eternal Darkness on the Dolphin Emulator, got the origional but never finished it, stuck in the persian bit, cant seem to get any further in the catacombs under the palace though. Not sure if theres an issue with my disc or its a fault on the emulator. Will give it another shot in the next week or two.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnxQ97vKXZs

    this may not quite fit into halloween / spook style but IMO still worth mention .

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