As a pure horror game of modern times i'd say Walking Dead: Saints And Sinners.
The gameplay itself isn't perfect, it's quite unbalanced, bias towards certain weapons.
The way the game operates, where each level is on timer before a bell-tolls, with over the period of daus less resources and more enemies adds a senses of urgency and superintending doom generally just don't get in games. It's genuinely unnerving when the bell goes off and panic sets in.
Combat is very much like System Shock were deliberately (not the VR) clunky combat to remove power from the player rather than having them be some Dead Space asshole turning into a powerhouse rapidly, removing any sense of tangible threat. Encounters are engaging rather than passive.
But as I say, still a flawed game. Especially when Alyx came along and showed how gun combat was done.
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