A game where you are alone...

OK so I was recently playing ODST and I had this feeling while playing that I can't really explain, but I want to experience it again.

I am looking for a game that has some of these elements that I believe gave me that feeling:

-You are alone... I think that really set the mood in ODST...

-Music... THIS song playing, while walking at night, in the rain, alone... It just gets to me... I can't explain it. So music that helps in setting the tone of the game is good.

-In the aftermath of something... If you have played ODST, you know that you are launched and knocked out landing and a majority of the game is spent trying to find out what has happened to your team by finding clues of events that already happened and re-living them... I don't need the whole re-living events thing... But being in the aftermath of something and trying to find out what happened is something I enjoy very much.

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Can you guys think of anything that fits those criteria, or maybe even just one or two of them? I really want to play another game like this, but I can't find anything.

EDIT: Also, it can be for any system (PC, PS3, 360)... I just put it here since I figured there would be more PC games like this... So if you think of something on like PS3 or 360, mention it too would you!

THANKS!

LOL I think I own Penumbra... I think I bought it in that humble indie bundle thing for charity where you picked your price and I just never played it... Let me look around... Thanks for suggestion!

Dead Space is what immediately springs to mind. System Shock 2 is another one, if a) you can track it down, and b) you don't mind its age.

There's also Cryostasis... Overall I wasn't really impressed by it, but there are a lot of people here who enjoyed it and would recommend it, so it may be worth a shot. It's REALLY badly optimized though, so it will probably run like crap.

Portal

seriously; how has no one said Stalker?! It's pretty much the loneliest game in the world :') not to mention the unbelievable atmosphere of a collapsed world! oddballrulez

There's other stalkers all over the place, though I have to agree you feel very lonely the atmosphere and feeling is simply amazing. Just remember to play it with the stalker complete mod.

seriously; how has no one said Stalker?! It's pretty much the loneliest game in the world :') not to mention the unbelievable atmosphere of a collapsed world! oddballrulez

Have to agree there. Sometimes the atmosphere was suffocating.

seriously; how has no one said Stalker?! It's pretty much the loneliest game in the world :') not to mention the unbelievable atmosphere of a collapsed world! oddballrulez

seriously; how has no one said Stalker?! It's pretty much the loneliest game in the world :') not to mention the unbelievable atmosphere of a collapsed world! oddballrulez

Because there are people all over the place for you to interact with.

Compared with something like Dead Space, where it's literally just you vs. swarms of alien monsters.

Portal

megatroneo

STALKER

That game makes you feel very alone when your wandering in the wasteland.

Condemned and bioshock 2.dakan45

Bioshock 2 you are not alone, you are in almost constant contact with your daughter.

Max Payne... I know it is an old game but it is still cool :]

Cryostasis
Penumbra

I have to agree with the STALKER suggestions. Although there are other NPCs all around and about the place at times, you never feel connected or safe. Intensely lonely and nerve-wracking atmosphere.

Thanks for the suggestions! I will get STALKER since I see it on sale in a couple of places...

Dead Spacedannenissan2

Condemned: Criminal OriginsTreflis

Oh man, good suggestions. These two make me an absolute ball of anxiety when I play them. I have to plug in a controller so I can sit further back from the screen :P

All of the Silent Hil games do a very good job of making you feel alone in a twisted town.

Most of the games mentioned here are good but no one mentioned one very amazing game just yet -

HALF-LIFE 1!!!

The game realllly makes you feel alone and the soundtrack and just the ambient soundscapes are just incredible.

[QUOTE="dakan45"]Condemned and bioshock 2.True_Sounds

Bioshock 2 you are not alone, you are in almost constant contact with your daughter.

your probably not going to ever find a game that gives you that same or not even as close to experience as ODST gave you

But if i was going to suggest a game it would be shadow of colossus

Thief 3: Deadly Shadows.

From what your talking about, your not talking about being scared, but the epic feeling of being alone (that music kinda set my expectations). While their isnt to many pc games i have that i can think of that have that same feeling i do know some others. That Kinda feeling I experienced back 5 years ago when i played the first kindom hearts games for the PS2. Resident Evil 4 Also has that sense of epic feelings throughout the game. Metroid prime dosent seem as epic, but it has that sense. If your looking for a being scary/alone kind of game i suggest F.E.A.R

Play Alien Swarm by yourself :P

Fallout 3.

[QUOTE="dakan45"]Condemned and bioshock 2.True_Sounds

Bioshock 2 you are not alone, you are in almost constant contact with your daughter.

I agree. I'm playing Bioshock 2 right now, and I don't really feel alone in the game. Between the little sister, voice tapes, and contact over the radio I felt someone was with me at all times.

Dead Space on the other hand came to mind right away as I saw the thread title. I recommend it.

System Shock 2, Clive barker's Undying, Silent hill 2 and 3, Penumbra series. Most good horror games will rely on making you feel alone. Other than horror games though, not that many games will give you that feeling.

Max Payne... I know it is an old game but it is still cool :]

JulesleFrancais

Have you played Half-Life 2? That game always made me feel pretty lonely, haha.Forerunner-117

I know I keep saying the same thing, but HL1 is much more like that. In HL2 you have all these allies with you so often. In HL1, you're always alone, iirc.

Half Life 2, levels like Highway 17 makes you feel like you're the only man alive on that planet.

Metroid.

Super Metroid and Metroid Prime, specifically.

[QUOTE="Forerunner-117"]Have you played Half-Life 2? That game always made me feel pretty lonely, haha.giant11

I know I keep saying the same thing, but HL1 is much more like that. In HL2 you have all these allies with you so often. In HL1, you're always alone, iirc.

You want Penumbra: Black Plague. I just finished the game today, although not quite as scary as people made it out to be. What top notch gaming. A really unique experience in today's bland mess of gaming.

The only let down is you can only experience it for the first time once. After that its not the same.

seriously; how has no one said Stalker?! oddballrulez