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Risingson 10-28-2005 02:15 PM

I think all my favourites have been mentioned. Only two are missing (or I'm reading wrong): Amber and Lighthouse, very good and clear influences for the Dark Fall games.

usman 10-29-2005 04:47 PM

Well never forgot to add following PC Games in Horror Gener.

1.) Erevos
2.) Dracula
3.) Vampire Diaries
4.) Ghostly Desires
5.) Ghosts starring Christopher Lee
6.) Resident Evil 1 + 2 + 3


Also brought "F.E.A.R" yesterday which looks Horror atleast the Directors interview and the making gives me creep. Its FPS not an adventure game, a FPS set in atmosphere of the movie "The Ring" LOL :D

I am sure there are many other strong Horror games as well. I will check my list and will update here soon.

Gknight 10-30-2005 04:42 AM

Haven't gotten into the horror game genre. I might buy Vampire bloodlines and see what I have been missing.

Ariel Type 10-30-2005 06:04 AM

Shadow of the Comet is THE best horror adventure, based on Lovecraft or not :)
Then there are

Dark Eye - great interactive novel based on Poes' stories
Gabriel Knight 2 - classical werewolfish horror
Personal Nightmare and Waxworks - both from Horrorsoft (the name talks for itself)
Alone in the Dark - the original one, not the lame sequels
Clock Tower - the one for SNES which I saw is what you need from original japanise horror story
Darkseed - something from Lovecraft, something from Giger.. Just dn't bother with the sequel
Esctatica - one of the best survival horror games I saw

Hammerite 10-30-2005 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLacey
Speaking as someone who finally got a copy of Realms of the Haunting a couple of days ago, buy it. What little I've played so far is wonderful :).

I cant believe we nearly sold it at a Carboot sale.

NcroManiac 10-30-2005 07:18 AM

I'm supriced nobody has mentioned Cosmology of Kyoto yet.

Ariel Type 10-30-2005 02:20 PM

NcroManiac
I'm supriced nobody has mentioned Cosmology of Kyoto yet.

Wonderful, exiting historical tour mixed with national fairy tales.. But not horror :)
Still one of my most favourite games, and I'm surprised somebody mentioned it :)

NcroManiac 10-30-2005 03:28 PM

Deamons, Ghosts, Death, Darkness....

Well, historical or not It's dark enough for me at least :)

And I agree, one of the best and most overlooked Adventure Expiriences of all time.

42yoMan 10-30-2005 10:42 PM

I've just purchased Silent Hill 2 and have been playing for the last few days and my god is it good. Graphics hold up surprisingly well for a three year old game and the realtime lighting is just supurb (Without straining your graphics card either). The scenarios are very creepy and some are outright disturbing
Spoiler:
The first encounter with Pyramid head was very creepy...


Unfortunately I'm getting a lot of graphical errors and am experiencing quite a few crashes resulting in my computers having to be rebooted multiple times to get the game to run again. (If anyone knows a solution the these problems please let me know. I have a Radion 9600 which I'm going to soon upgrade to a X850XT, and from what I've read the patches don't seem to solve my problems...

But problems aside a truly great game, even though I'm not that far into it yet.

jelly3 10-31-2005 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ariel Type
Shadow of the Comet is THE best horror adventure, based on Lovecraft or not :)

I agree with that, loved it. It was the only game I've ever enjoyed playing twice.

Anyway, how about,

I have no mouth and I must scream.
Dark Seed 1
Dark Seed 2
The Dark Half
Harvester

and I'll say RAMA for those of us who cannot add up.:D

pascale 11-01-2005 01:21 AM

cookie puzzle
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by vivasawadee
Still Life was very sadistic, from the way the victims were killed and the inclusion of the cookie puzzle :frusty:

I agree with Zork Nemisis, very dark, and not at all like the old Zorks.

The best horror games I've played were first person shooters like Realms of the Haunting, Undying and System Shock 2.

Hi
What's so sadistic about the cookie puzzle?

Melanie68 11-01-2005 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pascale
Hi
What's so sadistic about the cookie puzzle?

Because those who have never baked anything had a bit of a hard time with it.:)

Lucien21 11-01-2005 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melanie68
Because those who have never baked anything had a bit of a hard time with it.:)

What's baking *Confused*

Is that what they do before it gets to the supermarket.

Melanie68 11-01-2005 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucien21
What's baking *Confused*

Is that what they do before it gets to the supermarket.

You have this thing in your kitchen called an oven....

Spoiler:
And the bakery department at the supermarket has one too! :P

Lucien21 11-01-2005 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melanie68
You have this thing in your kitchen called an oven....


Is that like the Microwave. :)

Trunkyo 11-01-2005 05:03 PM

What's a microwave? And how can you see it if it's a micro wave??? Do you need to use a microscope? :crazy:

And, we mustn't forget "the first adventure game to be directly inspired by the writings of H.P. Lovecraft", Necronomicon (well, that's what it says on the box! :shifty: ) Stormy New England village setting, macabre atmosphere, biomechanical devices, references to ancient horrors... The ashes/herbs/gemstone puzzle is pretty chilling. Warning! Contains annoying unmappable maze near the end, and a very aggravating final timed sequence which can only be solved by trial and error! Ack! :shifty:

ematoma 11-03-2005 09:24 AM

I love horror games, and my favorites are the old, text-adventure games like personal nighmare, veil of darkness and uninvited. Oh, and the Michael Zerbo text games Child Murderer, Severed Heads and Inner Demons. For the most recent games, I enjoyed 7th Guest/11th Hour, Dark Fall and Dark Fall: Lights Out, Jack the Ripper and Still Life. I didn't like Black Mirror that much though...

splin 02-22-2009 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melanie68 (Post 209834)
Because those who have never baked anything had a bit of a hard time with it.:)

I actually had to read the walkthrough just for THAT cooking part.

therabidfrog 02-22-2009 12:42 PM

Shivers, Silent Hill 2, Dead Space was pretty scary, but I quit playing it because it annoyed me towards the end. Dark Fall. Pac Man because being chased through a maze by ghosts sends my aggression level through the roof.

marshal99 02-22-2009 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by usman (Post 208624)
Well never forgot to add following PC Games in Horror Gener.

1.) Erevos
2.) Dracula
3.) Vampire Diaries
4.) Ghostly Desires
5.) Ghosts starring Christopher Lee
6.) Resident Evil 1 + 2 + 3


Also brought "F.E.A.R" yesterday which looks Horror atleast the Directors interview and the making gives me creep. Its FPS not an adventure game, a FPS set in atmosphere of the movie "The Ring" LOL :D

I am sure there are many other strong Horror games as well. I will check my list and will update here soon.

Dracula have several games. I personally only played the fmv adventure game "Dracula unleashed" and i loved it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBrg95kCX6U

4) Isn't Ghostly desires supposed to be a softporn title ?

5) Ghosts is more of a documentary than a true adventure game. You go around the house clicking on stuffs to hear and see some ghost clips or stuffs. It's kind of boring.

Harvester is kind of sick and twisted horror adventure/action game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpsQpnMLf6U

Not F.E.A.R but how about "The fear" ? :devil:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Qob-DIYlQ


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