horror games (good ones)
 

What good horror games do you reccomend I get? I've been trying out the first resident evil game for PC and I liked the setting, so I got RE3 and I liked it also. Please try to leave Silent Hill out of this :P I hate those. It doesn't have to involve action, it could be adventure, I just wanna get spooked, you know.

I really liked Sanitarium for its dark atmosphere and involving plotline - it's a genuine classic of the genre.

Black Mirror is dark and brooding as well with great atmospheric effects from time to time (storms etc.)

I'm not a big fan, but the Dark Fall series are supposed to be spooky (they weren't to me, but I've seen a lot of supposedly scary movies and never been spooked once so I'm not the best judge unfortunately :P ).

Someone is also bound to mention Amber: Journeys Beyond, but again I found that tepid at best.

Does Black Mirror have a good duration? That's very important.

I've been playing "5 days a Stranger" recently, and would recommend that as an excellent freeware horror game (outshines some mainstream games in design quality I'd say)

Phantasmagoria 1 and 2 are both decent "live-action" horror stories but their puzzles are a bit limited and the acting is patchy in parts. I enjoyed the stories of both though.

The original Alone in the Dark is well worth a look (if you can find a copy) and, from what I've played of it so far, Alone in the Dark : The New Nightmare delivers in spades for scary atmosphere.

Well, depends on the player I suppose, but it lasted as long as most games I have played. And the graphics and production values were top-notch. People moaned about the lead characters voice, but I am pretty good with accents and in the UK version at least it doesn't grate with me at all.

System Shock 2 is pretty scary. I'm not sure if it qualifies as a horror game though.

It's really more FPS/RPG but it is a fantastic game and highly replayable as well.

Been there, done that. I'll try the Black Mirror, but keep giving suggestions, eh?

Alien VS. Preditor

Well, keep looking at your avatar - that should do the trick... :D

("Hello, Dave......is that you, Dave......") :devil:

Oh Papa Lazarou is more freaky in the way he says "Tell them the circus is coming to town".

Hmm, there are a few great C64 classics but I don't know if you appreciate retrogaming enough to play it. Anyway if you're up for it, try Bride of Frankestein.

Talking about more recent games, I would recommend trying the whole Splatterhouse series (especially the 3), although they are not such good games, they do well in recapturing some movies atmosphere (i.e Re-animator). And let's not forget about the Blood series either, especially the first one.

Here are some good horror themed games in the action department;

Blood 1 & 2
Undying (Clive Barker!)
Alien vs Predator 1 & 2
Nightmare Creatures
Doom 3 (actually pretty scary)
House of the Dead 2 (I know it's a shallow 'on rails' shooter but I really enjoyed it just the same)
The Thing
Nocturne

and -wait for it-

the totally underrated and relatively unknown fps/adventure hybrid

Realms of the Haunting!!! (Bloody Brilliant)

I knew there was something else in my collection that would go well here. Good call Dark Veil :) . Really good for length as well.

Well if you want to have Resident Evil style, try Obscure. It's actually pretty good, besided you can be two players if it's to scary :P. The cool thing with Obscure it's let's say you find a gund and a flashlight. That's not so good, because then you gotto hold your gun in one hand and the flashlight in the other... But after a while you might find celotape and tape the flashlight with the gun. Then you can use your other hand to e.g. take up a ironbar or something, so you are double armed. Pretty cool.

Silent Hill 1 for playstation(playable in psx emulators on PC). Second & third one to some extent too, haven't played the fourth one yet.

I hear Sacrifice is spooky too.

Yeah, in a very 'Shiny' kind of way :D

Either of the "Fatal Frame" Games, I love the "Resident Evil" games, but have to say as far as spook factor go's the "Fatal Frame" games are great, IMO of course. :)
Didnt really find "Black Mirror" spooky at all, but did enjoy it.

oops, sorry, just realized you were talking pc games only and I dont think either of the "Fatal Frame" games are for the pc. PS2 only I believe.

If you are interested on horror/thriller adventure games, try these:

DARKSEED
DARKSEED 2
I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM
JOHN SAUL'S BLACKSTONE CHRONICLES
THE 7th GUEST
MIDNIGHT NOWHERE
THE 11th HOUR
NOCTROPOLIS
PRISONER OF ICE