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Top 5 best horror games ever?

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  • Level 36
    Radical Ninja
    Posts: 6445
    May 7, 2012 2:59 pm GMT

    Mine is

    SH2

    SH3

    SH4

    REmake

    SH Shattered Memories

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    I'm the guy your mommy warned you about.

    I'm the Demon rising from the Abyss.

    I am the Truth.

    Mine is

    SH2

    SH3

    SH4

    REmake

    SH Shattered Memories

  • Level 14
    Ring King
    Posts: 36
    May 7, 2012 4:59 pm GMT

    1. Resident Evil 4

    2. Silent Hill 2

    3. Dead Space 2

    4. Silent Hill

    5. Resident Evil (Remake)

    1. Resident Evil 4

    2. Silent Hill 2

    3. Dead Space 2

    4. Silent Hill

    5. Resident Evil (Remake)

  • Level 43
    Sword of Sodan
    Posts: 7204
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    May 14, 2012 6:56 pm GMT

    1. Echo Night: Beyond

    2. Echo Night: Beyond

    3. Echo Night: Beyond

    4. Echo Night: Beyond

    5. Echo Night: Beyond

    Everything else comes after this.

    1. Echo Night: Beyond

    2. Echo Night: Beyond

    3. Echo Night: Beyond

    4. Echo Night: Beyond

    5. Echo Night: Beyond

    Everything else comes after this.

  • Level 26
    Cyber-Lip
    Posts: 326
    May 15, 2012 8:53 am GMT

    SH2

    SH3

    Left 4 Dead

    Fear

    Dino Crisis

    SH2

    SH3

    Left 4 Dead

    Fear

    Dino Crisis

  • Level 45
    Mishima Zaibatsu
    Posts: 3826
    May 15, 2012 8:37 pm GMT

    Why only 5? I have a selection of 10+ games

    1.- Clock Tower

    2.- Scratches

    3.- Echo Night Beyond

    4.- Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

    5.- Resident Evil 3

    6.- Siren: New Translation (The only game to ever leave me shivering, that damn hospital level with the girl...)

    7.- Eternal Darkness

    8.- Silent Hill 3

    9.- I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (Not really horror, but it's absolutely terrifying)

    10.- Deadly Premonition

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    Why only 5? I have a selection of 10+ games

    1.- Clock Tower

    2.- Scratches

    3.- Echo Night Beyond

    4.- Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

    5.- Resident Evil 3

    6.- Siren: New Translation (The only game to ever leave me shivering, that damn hospital level with the girl...)

    7.- Eternal Darkness

    8.- Silent Hill 3

    9.- I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (Not really horror, but it's absolutely terrifying)

    10.- Deadly Premonition

  • Level 14
    Ring King
    Posts: 26
    May 20, 2012 6:19 pm GMT

    Top 5 in no particular order are:

    1. Resident Evil 2

    2. Silent Hill

    3. Evil Dead: Hail to the King

    4. Doom (all of them)

    5. The Darkness

    Definitely a tough question as there are many awesome horror games

    Top 5 in no particular order are:

    1. Resident Evil 2

    2. Silent Hill

    3. Evil Dead: Hail to the King

    4. Doom (all of them)

    5. The Darkness

    Definitely a tough question as there are many awesome horror games

  • Level 7
    Sectoid
    Posts: 124
    May 22, 2012 5:24 am GMT
    five of the most horror games : 1) F.E.A.R 1 + Addons 2) DeadSpace 1&2 3) Stalker: Shadow of Chernobly 4) Prey 5) The Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
    five of the most horror games : 1) F.E.A.R 1 + Addons 2) DeadSpace 1&2 3) Stalker: Shadow of Chernobly 4) Prey 5) The Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
  • Level 13
    Toobin'
    Posts: 21
    May 22, 2012 11:32 pm GMT

    Man I loved the first Clock Tower

    Man I loved the first Clock Tower:D

  • Level 45
    Mishima Zaibatsu
    Posts: 3826
    May 23, 2012 1:20 pm GMT

    getondees wrote:

    Man I loved the first Clock Tower

    You know what we need? A Clock Tower remake running on the CryEngine 3 with a remastered soundtrack and improved voice acting. Also, Move and Kinect support.

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    [QUOTE="getondees"]

    Man I loved the first Clock Tower:D

    [/QUOTE]

    You know what we need? A Clock Tower remake running on the CryEngine 3 with a remastered soundtrack and improved voice acting. Also, Move and Kinect support.

  • Level 5
    Tapper
    Posts: 31
    May 23, 2012 5:39 pm GMT

    1. Silent Hill 2. Best Horror game ever. Period. Best story, best gameplay, best enemies, best camera angles, it just doesn't get any better that that.

    2. Resident Evil 4 ( I know, it's more action than horror, but still )

    3. Fatal Frame : Crimson Butterfly

    4. Silent Hill: Homecoming ( I know most people didn't like the game, but the story is almost as good as the one in SH2 )

    5. Amnesia: The Dark Descent ( Definitelly one of the scariest games I have every played. That ghost guy chasing you is totally unpredictable, he is as random as a fu**ing pidgeon on the street. You never know when he is gonna show up, where he will go, or what he will do. But the thing I find the most scary about this game is the fact that you cannot defend yourself in any way. You can only run and hide. Plus, you have to turn off the light every time the monster comes around, and when you are in the dark, your sanity begins to drain. )

    I have to add a number six.

    6. Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare. I remember playing this on PSX and being scared like a motherfu**er. I was a little young then, and I played all horror games around 01:00 in complete darkness. I remember the story and I thought it was amazing, plus there's the * separate ways * thing. You can play as Carnby or Aline. He was more of the run and gun type, while her side of the story was mostly focused on puzzles. I loved the fact that I can choose which character I can play.

    - The Fear of Blood Tends to Create Fear For The Flesh. -

    1. Silent Hill 2. Best Horror game ever. Period. Best story, best gameplay, best enemies, best camera angles, it just doesn't get any better that that.

    2. Resident Evil 4 ( I know, it's more action than horror, but still )

    3. Fatal Frame : Crimson Butterfly

    4. Silent Hill: Homecoming ( I know most people didn't like the game, but the story is almost as good as the one in SH2 )

    5. Amnesia: The Dark Descent ( Definitelly one of the scariest games I have every played. That ghost guy chasing you is totally unpredictable, he is as random as a fu**ing pidgeon on the street. You never know when he is gonna show up, where he will go, or what he will do. But the thing I find the most scary about this game is the fact that you cannot defend yourself in any way. You can only run and hide. Plus, you have to turn off the light every time the monster comes around, and when you are in the dark, your sanity begins to drain. )

    I have to add a number six.

    6. Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare. I remember playing this on PSX and being scared like a motherfu**er. I was a little young then, and I played all horror games around 01:00 in complete darkness. I remember the story and I thought it was amazing, plus there's the * separate ways * thing. You can play as Carnby or Aline. He was more of the run and gun type, while her side of the story was mostly focused on puzzles. I loved the fact that I can choose which character I can play.

  • Level 16
    Magician Lord
    Posts: 196
    May 24, 2012 7:56 pm GMT

    Ok, definitely silent hill 2 and 3, and Resident Evil 4 and REmake take the top honors. too tough to put into a heirarchy, because i think the values of these games are at odds with each other. Silent Hill 2 in particular is more effective in its atmosphere and story than almost any other piece of horror media out there, absolutely capable of destroying your sanity as you play it- it makes you as a player analogous to the "protagonist". REmake and 4 are great horror games with amazing game mechanics and controls, but can't compete with SH in terms of story or atmosphere. honorable mentions: Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly and Call of Cthulhuark Corners of the Earth. CoC is an often overlooked game i think, and not only did it succeed in creating a highly playable experience of Lovecraft's fiction (the father of horror imo), it's very atmospheric and genuinely terrifying sometimes. waking up in that hotel room and narrowly escaping through the window with those lunatics chopping down the door behind me... i'm still having nightmares.

    Money's just something you throw off the back of a train.

    Ok, definitely silent hill 2 and 3, and Resident Evil 4 and REmake take the top honors. too tough to put into a heirarchy, because i think the values of these games are at odds with each other. Silent Hill 2 in particular is more effective in its atmosphere and story than almost any other piece of horror media out there, absolutely capable of destroying your sanity as you play it- it makes you as a player analogous to the "protagonist". REmake and 4 are great horror games with amazing game mechanics and controls, but can't compete with SH in terms of story or atmosphere. honorable mentions: Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly and Call of Cthulhu:Dark Corners of the Earth. CoC is an often overlooked game i think, and not only did it succeed in creating a highly playable experience of Lovecraft's fiction (the father of horror imo), it's very atmospheric and genuinely terrifying sometimes. waking up in that hotel room and narrowly escaping through the window with those lunatics chopping down the door behind me... i'm still having nightmares.

  • Level 5
    Tapper
    Posts: 6
    May 26, 2012 4:46 pm GMT
    Amnesia.
    Penumbra.
    Resident Evil 4.
    Silent Hill 3.
    Darkness Within.
    Call of Cathulu: Dark Corners of the Earth.
    Amnesia. Penumbra. Resident Evil 4. Silent Hill 3. Darkness Within. Call of Cathulu: Dark Corners of the Earth.
  • Level 45
    Mishima Zaibatsu
    Posts: 3826
    May 26, 2012 6:21 pm GMT

    FalafelLivertus wrote:
    Amnesia. Penumbra. Resident Evil 4. Silent Hill 3. Darkness Within. Call of Cathulu: Dark Corners of the Earth.

    I need to check Darkness Within soon, there's a really creepy looking special edition on Amazon and eBay.

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    [QUOTE="FalafelLivertus"]Amnesia. Penumbra. Resident Evil 4. Silent Hill 3. Darkness Within. Call of Cathulu: Dark Corners of the Earth. [/QUOTE]

    I need to check Darkness Within soon, there's a really creepy looking special edition on Amazon and eBay.

  • Level 2
    Journeyman
    Posts: 2
    May 28, 2012 10:47 am GMT
    .Amnesia.
    .Amnesia.
  • Level 32
    Snake Eater
    Posts: 4140
    May 28, 2012 1:41 pm GMT

    KillerJuan77 wrote:

    getondees wrote:

    Man I loved the first Clock Tower

    You know what we need? A Clock Tower remake running on the CryEngine 3 with a remastered soundtrack and improved voice acting. Also, Move and Kinect support.

    I would buy this so fast...

    My 5, not really in order after #1:

    1) Silent Hill 2

    2) Clock Tower

    3) Resident Evil 2

    4) Eternal Darkness

    5) System Shock 2

    I don't even know if those would be in my top 5, except SH2 and Clock Tower, but those are the games I can think of right now.


    [QUOTE="KillerJuan77"]

    [QUOTE="getondees"]

    Man I loved the first Clock Tower:D

    [/QUOTE]

    You know what we need? A Clock Tower remake running on the CryEngine 3 with a remastered soundtrack and improved voice acting. Also, Move and Kinect support.

    [/QUOTE]

    I would buy this so fast...

    My 5, not really in order after #1:

    1) Silent Hill 2

    2) Clock Tower

    3) Resident Evil 2

    4) Eternal Darkness

    5) System Shock 2

    I don't even know if those would be in my top 5, except SH2 and Clock Tower, but those are the games I can think of right now.

  • Level 38
    DJ Boy
    Posts: 5310
    May 30, 2012 4:25 pm GMT
    1. Resident evil 2. Bioshock
    3, left 4 dead
    4. Alan wake
    5. Metro 2033
    1. Resident evil 2. Bioshock 3, left 4 dead 4. Alan wake 5. Metro 2033
  • Level 34
    Paramecium
    Posts: 1509
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    May 31, 2012 12:05 pm GMT

    - Resident evil Remake

    - Resident Evil 2

    - Dead Space 2

    - Silent hill 2

    - Dino Crisis ( I had allmost forgotten this game....a remake of this would have been really cool ).

    - Resident evil Remake

    - Resident Evil 2

    - Dead Space 2

    - Silent hill 2

    - Dino Crisis ( I had allmost forgotten this game....a remake of this would have been really cool ).

  • Level 60
    Master Chief
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    May 31, 2012 5:12 pm GMT
    Penumbra Black Plague,Amnesia and Silent Hill 2,though SH2 wasn´t anywhere near as "scary" as the other two.
    Penumbra Black Plague,Amnesia and Silent Hill 2,though SH2 wasn´t anywhere near as "scary" as the other two.
  • Level 12
    Rad Racer
    Posts: 27
    Jun 1, 2012 12:49 pm GMT
    -Siren (all of them)
    -Silent Hill
    -Silent Hill 2
    -Resident Evil 1,2
    -Resident Evil Outbreak File#1,2
    Edited on Jun 1, 2012 1:34 pm GMT Edited 11 total times.
    -Siren (all of them) -Silent Hill -Silent Hill 2 -Resident Evil 1,2 -Resident Evil Outbreak File#1,2
  • Level 19
    Gitaroo Man
    Posts: 478
    Jun 3, 2012 5:42 pm GMT
    I haven't played them much because it isn't my thing.

    Dead Space
    Resident Evil 5
    Silent Hill
    Left 4 Dead
    BioShock 2 (if this one counts)
    I haven't played them much because it isn't my thing. Dead Space Resident Evil 5 Silent Hill Left 4 Dead BioShock 2 (if this one counts)
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