What is your favourite horrorgame next to HG?
I love Kuon, Silent Hill 3, Resident Evil 5 and Fatal Frame 2.

Personally I think Fatal Frame/Project Zero 2 is one of the best horrorgames! The atmosphere is just breathtaking and the whole design of the game is incredible.


Oh my I love japanese horror so much♥

Um. Well, that's really hard to choose.
I know it's lame but out of all the horror games I've played other then HG, I'm very fond of Rule of Rose. I love making theories, it should have a forum of it's own even.

Fatal Frame is really nice! I like all the different ghosts and their stories. Japanese horror always has a unique way of doing it's things. I tried out Calling the other day, it was really cheesy but fun!

It's such a rare thing to play a very good horror game like Haunting Ground.

Personally, other than Haunting Ground I don't play horror games. Kuon seems interesting to me though, it had a nice concept. The german translation is bullshit though. XD
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... I still don't know if HG is my top favorite Survival Horror. Yes, it's awesome, but I really don't know. If Silent Hill series doesn't completely win HG, they're even.

That is a toughie, especially because 'horror' games have three sub-genres to me. Or for me, since I don't know if anyone else sees it the same.

I like all the horror types, Survival Horror, Action Horror, and Psychological Horror. Games like Resident Evil are more Action Horror to me. Ever since Code Veronica it's been more like an action than surviving because we almost always have the needed ammo or whatever to survive so it's always been more about 'fighting' than surviving. Silent Hill is more Survival because we're dealing with the others psychological issues and not ours. Sometimes it's trippy but only Shattered Memories really tapped into the players psych to me. We get to see trippy stuff.

Also forgot to mention with Silent Hill; we have limited everything.

Psychological games have been games like Amnesia, Haunting Ground (but it's like survival and psychological, only psychological because of what panic mode does to the screen) because they really fuck with your senses.

But that's just my opinion so I have to say;

Action Horror: Resident Evil, Left 4 Dead (1 and 2), Dead Rising.
Survival Horror: Silent Hill, Siren, Haunting Ground
Psychological Horror: Amnesia the Dark Descent

Most of them slink together into a whole 'Horror' genre.

SIREN HANDS DOWN. SIREN 1, 2 AND BLOOD CURSE.

Its everything I want in a horror game. Sneaking, not very weapon heavy, makes you have to strategize, you pick up archive items that reveal more about the story, fear of water...

God I love that series. It was one of the first besides Silent Hill to make me go "OMG WTFFFFFF"

YES! Siren!

How could I forget these games!
THEY-ARE-FUCKING-CREEPY!
The first time I watched a good friend playing it I nearly cried xD
Its sooooo scary!
I nearly paniced every 2 minutes.....


Resident Evil can be very scary actually.
If you ever played RE: Dead Aim for example you know what I mean xD
Its a very silent and sneaky Resident Evil.
Quite a Silent Hill-esque game.

When we talk about Silent Hill I become desperate.
Cause I probably just like the third one and the fourth one.
SH 3 is actually the best designed game and the story is very very trippy.

I never played Silent Hill 4 but from what I've seen its fucking disturbing and grotesque. Thats good for a horrorgame but I think I couldnt handle the whole game xD

Rule of Rose is actually one of the best games that has been released during the PS2 Era. Its epic cause of its cryptical world and the way it tells a story in a very poetical way.

Yeah I've played Dead Aim. But the huge fat monster before the elevator clash is hilarious. He makes a really weird noise when he runs at you. I made noise just to hear it again. But it's all fun and games until someone's brain pops out. When I saw his brain I was like "Ewwww it's hanging".

Speaking of RoR there's a very awesome fan art collection here: [Link]

My favorite picture is this one:

Yep, I know pixiv.
But I cant create an account so I can save the pictures in full size.
The tutorial "How to create an account on pixiv" needs to be updated.

Actually, I can't decide. I have played to many horror games that I don't even know where to begin. Doom 3 is a very nice game, so is dead space. Amnesia is also very good and creepy. Silent hill, rule of rose, Kuon & Fatal frame are also on my creepy list. I really like silent hill's story though since I like cult things. 8 ) F.E.A.R is freaking scary as well. XD I can't make up my mind! ;_;

Saaaame. D;

Lady Lila wrote:Yeah I've played Dead Aim. But the huge fat monster before the elevator clash is hilarious. He makes a really weird noise when he runs at you. I made noise just to hear it again.

Pluto Tyrant is probably my favorite part of that game; he is hilarious. Morpheus is kind of wonderful too; I love the whole transgendered-to-be-beautiful thing that happened with him.

Haunting Ground isn't really my favorite horror title, though I do really enjoy it. It just falters a little bit story-wise.
I really enjoy:
Silent Hill series ( aside from 0rigins & Homecoming )
Rule of Rose
Deadly Premonition
Alan Wake
Resident Evil Code: Veronica

ObsCure & ObsCure: The Aftermath deserve an honorable mention from me because even though they are just awful, I love them. They are the sources of endless inside jokes between my friends and me.
And Condemned: Criminal Origins was pretty decent too, I just didn't love it like other titles. It had some fantastic atmosphere, but got a little too combat-heavy for my tastes, and it was a bit too linear.

I am probably in the minority here, but I just really don't care for Fatal Frame. It seemed to drag a lot and was full of cheap jump scares & the story was completely unable to hold my interest. My experience may have been slightly different if I hadn't fallen asleep while watching my friend play but.. yeah. Not my thing.

Also I like "The Path". It spoke to me in ways and I like the Wolves.

I only wish it had been more interactive. More subtle scare moments too. But I really like that game and the subjects it touches base with.

I do like the Fatal Frame series, Kuon, Definitly Resident Evil (hoping the 3DS game becomes more creepy and less actiony). Rule of Rose was good too.



I also love "Are You Afraid of the Dark: Orpheo's curse"! Man for a PC game released in 94/95 it was GOOD. Lots of stalker moments and scares. Really good puzzles too!

I always forget The Path is categorized as a Horror game, for me it's super relaxing and fun that I can't speak of horror. Amnesia is true horror for me though, gosh this screen effects they brought into it really fuck with my mind because I can relate to them. XD
I agree with you Hill, it looked better in the Alpha version. There was way more interaction and animations for the characters, especially if you let one of the Girls stand around.
The dance between Ruby and her wolf was sooo cool too. *sighs*

Obscure is actually a good game and the 2nd one had some creepy moments.
I love Shannon and her gothic look

For me it's a tie between Fatal Frame 2...and the original ObsCure game. xD

Screaming Mandragora wrote:
I agree with you Hill, it looked better in the Alpha version. There was way more interaction and animations for the characters, especially if you let one of the Girls stand around.
The dance between Ruby and her wolf was sooo cool too. *sighs*

I KNOW!! When I saw that mini-game I thought that was so unique! I would of liked more little things like that spread out in the other girl's play-throughs as well.

It is relaxing but when you get to the wolf and walk through the house it creeps me out especially when you are idle and you hear the wolf snarls in the background. Makes me feel like something is going to get you from behind. >_<;;

As for ObsCure...I really didn't like it. The only thing to me that was fun was the fact someone could play with you. Me and my brother bought that game and we played it together but...I wasn't really thrilled by it nor did I really like it at the end of everything. ): Was the second one any better?

To me, the second was worse. They got some facts about the first wrong, and the returning characters had totally new personalities so they felt really out-of-character. The gameplay itself irked me a little bit because the player was no longer able to pick the pairs of characters, and it was game-over if any of them died. Also, the chainsaw was required to move past certain obstacles yet it ran on the same battery of the stun-gun, and the AI would relentlessly drain the battery if they had it in their inventory.
On the other hand, I did like Corey Wilde and the soundtrack was really good. ..And sometimes I just kind of love how campy and goofy the game is overall.

Speaking of silly, has anyone else played Deadly Premonition?

Papercups wrote:

Speaking of silly, has anyone else played Deadly Premonition?

I've started it. I only have a PS3 and a wii so I bought the chinese version of it on PS3. I'm going through it slowly...

I know its inspired from Twin Peaks and originally was called Rainey Woods but since of the whole Twin Peaks similarities I heard they head to go back and tweak it. Still its interesting so far.

Yeah, I think the changes actually made it a bit quirkier. I was really impressed with the characterization in that game; I really felt like I truly became acquainted with all the important citizens of Greenvale. I recommend doing all the sidequests if you're able.

You guys know lots of Horror games. I can't say the same. Well, in my collection there currently are Haunting Ground, Resident Evil, Rule of Rose, Silent Hill 2-3-4-SM, Clock Tower First Fear - Ghost Head - 3, Fatal Frame 1-2-3

I agree with Ari with the thing that Silent Hill doesn't mess with our psychological really, but with the character's. The Terror in Silent Hill is more in the atmosphere than anything. The monsters aren't creeeepy and there are no "Dog Breaking the Glass and Jumping On You Moment" (which I'm glad). The isolated feel in SH is what makes you disturbed, though that feeling quite vanishes in 3 and Shattered Memories, when you lose the necessity of exploring the whole of the town freely.

Now Fatal Frame is more similar to Resident Evil. They rely mostly on the PAAANIC MOMENT OF DOOM. Like, you turn in a corner and BAM, a fucking ghosts hits you. Or you're walking calmly and BAM, a dog breaks the window's glass and attacks you. In Fatal Frame, more than in Resident Evil, though, there is that atmosphere I talked about earlier -- in all games. Because you are actually free to go and do anything you want at Himuro, All God's Village, at Rei's home and the Dream Mansion. So what makes us craaazy is the expectation that something may be coming when it's not.

Now, really, I made my mind. Clock Tower is just after Haunting Ground. They're too much alike to be otherwise. And the terror in this game manifests really on the players psychologic. The effects help dearly with that -- the monochrome tone the screen assumes and things like that, the sound. It's all disturbing and really freaks you (freaks me) out.

I actually think that Fatal Frame is of course a game that is based on japanese ghost stories and folklore but its also very sterotype horror.

I like the games! They are amazing but its very simple.

You walk through a corridor.....dark corners everywhere...creepy japanese music.....BOOM....a ghost is right IN UR FACE!

Thats quite goofy. But somehow I just love the atmosphere and the caracters.

To me, a game is psychological when it explores the character's mind. Games can't explore my mind, and the only game that I believe can really "mess with the player's head" is Eternal Darkness. I never got to play much myself, but as the character's sanity meter decreases, the game begins to do odd things like flip rooms upside or even bring up "To Be Continued" screens.

Silent Hill 2 & SM were psychological the way I view them, though, as they both explore the protagonists' minds. ( no spoilers for SM, but I am aware of the 'actual' protagonist. ) Someone described Silent Hill/3/4 as horror 'wonderlands' & I really think that's the best way to describe them.

Silent Hill 4? Maybe.

But Silent Hill 3 isnt as crazy and weird as the fourth game.
Its quite "normal" for a Silent Hill game.

Silent Hill 4 was different, but it wasn't that different; it's just that Walter's world functioned a bit different than the Otherworld that Alessa manifested. Honestly I thought that 3 & the original were a little stranger environmentally because of the 'Nowhere' segments and descent into chaos.

"Normal" for Silent Hill is quite abnormal when compared to reality.