What is the best old school horror FPS game you have played?

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#1 deactivated-61cc564148ef4
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I had a Post befor about Modern FPS horror and got some great ones.

Now it's time to go to something a little more old.

Suggestions from Me:

Doom 1 and 2

System Shock 1 and 2

Quake 1 and 2 (Quake 2 scary in some bits)

Quake_2_-_Pc_Front_covertarget_com.jpg picture by rhemux

Half Life 1 (Yes it is scary)

Once again I'm out of ideas. I do probably know more though. So remind me!

Remeber this: Scary is not violent and full of blood and guts, its about building up the tension and slowly following the protagnist in his quest for survival or to save the whatever. A zombie popping out of no where does not mean horror. Ifthey are a 1000000 zombies, it isn't as scary as just one wondouring around. Also dialouge isimportant. Just hearing about a possibility of something wrong happaning (Half life 1) or seeing unexplainable things (Doom 3) are very disturbing. Music is a huge factor as well as sound FX. Hearing water drip can scare you some times. Comment on all these things about the game you think is Scary.

Also be sure to see my other forum about recently released Horror FPS.

Thanks for the feedback!

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#2 TechGuru89
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SS2! Loved that one. I actually have that one in my desk right now. Thinking about playing it again, now that you've mentioned it, HAHA.
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#3 Lto_thaG
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Hexen comes to mind.

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#4 Im_single
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SS2, still the best FPS horror game to date.
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#5 porky_ownsu
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ss2 seems to be the general consensus.

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#6 deactivated-61cc564148ef4
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Any one for DOOM???????

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#7 Theverydeepend
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Probably that Noah's Arc FPS game... so many sheep were lost that day
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#8 AdrianWerner
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Realms of Hauting

System Shock 1-2

Alien vs Predator (PC)

Undying

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#9 DJ_Lae
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Undying. I wouldn't classify the Doom games as horror, really. System Shock is good though.
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#10 freek666
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I wouldn't classify the Doom games as horror, really. DJ_Lae
When you're 5-6 years old and playing it late at night, it can get pretty scary :P

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#11 CleanPlayer
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I really enjoyed Doom.
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#12 Jade_Monkey
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I only rarely get scared by games. I will say Doom because i first played it when I was 9 and AVP because it was very tense.

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#13 foxhound_fox
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The only one mentioned in the OP that can be considered "horror" is System Shock 2... and it takes the cake.

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#14 aflakian
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System Shock 2 no doubt.
Of more recent titles, Call of Cthulhu and Penumbra were pretty decent.

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Realms of Hauting

System Shock 1-2

Alien vs Predator (PC)

Undying

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AVP scared the cr*p out of me.
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#16 clembo1990
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Half Life.
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#17 grr320
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one of them

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#18 DOF_power
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^ System Shock 2, the ultimate FPS/survival-horror/RPG. Modern ripp-offs like Bioshock and Dead Space can't compare with it.

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#19 jwsoul
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[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]I wouldn't classify the Doom games as horror, really. freek666

When you're 5-6 years old and playing it late at night, it can get pretty scary :P

Agreed especially on the Dark lvls! Doom use to scare the ^%&% outta me when i was young, you can hear them but where the damn are they!

Oh almost forgot AVP now that was really scary the Aleins move like lightning!

Ping Ping PIngggggg oh *&^* its only 5 meters away where the &^*&^ is it!

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#20 mr_mozilla
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Alone in the Dark.

edit
Oh a fps? That'd be AvP I think.

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#21 jg4xchamp
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I would never put Doom 1,2 or Half Life 1 as Horror Shooters :| same with Quake System Shock 2 on the other hand, yeah that game is by far the best Horror FPS from back in the day :)
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#22 adamosmaki
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Blood

and aliens vs predator 2

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#23 SecretPolice
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Killing Time. :o

Killing Time Boxshot

Combine the explosive action of a first-person adventure with the rich gaming experience of full-motion video, and you've got KILLING TIME. As a student studying the cryptic world of Egyptology, you'll journey into a mansion on the Island of Matinicus. You arrive to find the mansion full of hellacious demonic creatures. As you fight your way out of the mansion, you'll solve deadly puzzles, uncover the secrets behind a famous mystery, and even discover an ancient artifact from the Pharaoh Ramses, if you can live long enough to find it.

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#24 mo0ksi
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System Shock 2 is the best horror FPS even to this day. No other game made me feel as scared as SS2 did. I also give props to AvP2.
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Heretic made by Raven Software the Spiritual Successor was already mentioned by LtothaG it is Hexen.

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#26 grr320
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Killing Time. :o

Killing Time Boxshot

Combine the explosive action of a first-person adventure with the rich gaming experience of full-motion video, and you've got KILLING TIME. As a student studying the cryptic world of Egyptology, you'll journey into a mansion on the Island of Matinicus. You arrive to find the mansion full of hellacious demonic creatures. As you fight your way out of the mansion, you'll solve deadly puzzles, uncover the secrets behind a famous mystery, and even discover an ancient artifact from the Pharaoh Ramses, if you can live long enough to find it.

SecretPolice

i remember that game it owned, i bought it.

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#27 juno84
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Realms of Hauting

System Shock 1-2

Alien vs Predator (PC)

Undying

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Oh man, someone else whose played Realms of the Haunting. That was one of my favorite games back in the day.
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#28 blizzle
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SS2 without a doubt. If you haven't played this and like horror games you owe it to yourself to try it out.

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hexen and heritic