Scary Games

[arc@css]

Isn't Cyrostatis (or whatever it was called) supposed to be pretty creepy? Then there's always those Clive Barker games or Condemned games...

Yeah, that Clive Barker game called 'Undying' - that made me jump a bit.
'The Suffering' is another frightening one as long as you can handle the 5 year old graphics

Imho the best fps and most scary game I've ever played was Fear. Such a well put together game. Just shame it wasn't an FPS / RPG but you can't have everything.

 

[Demoniser]

try the Fatal Frame series - proper Japanese style horror.

Eternal Darkness on the Gamecube - One of the most original horror games out there with its sanity effects.

 

[Frame352]

Already mentioned, but AvP2 would be my first choice. Showing it's age now though.

Also, the Cradle level on Thief 3

 

[joey1211]

System Shock 2, especially when the nannies/nurses are chasing you.

 

[RaMDOM]

Second for condemned.

Call of Cthulhu is pretty scary at times and just damn disturbing most of the way through.

 

[Pookie Bear]

I didn't realise I hated crazy knife-wielding dentists until I 'stumbled' across one in Bioshock

One of the biggest pant-filling moments of my life. I had to pause and stop for a moment just to catch my breath.

So, try Bioshock, Condemned, Clive Barker's Undying (not Jericho though!) or Doom III. They all scared the crap out of me (which isn't difficult ).

 

[timmothy]

another one for the first 3 resident evil games, most scary games i have played along with silent hill 1+2+3 which are awesome aswell

 

[willhub]

Surely surround sound would make these sort of games much more scary, as then you'd have monster noises coming from the corner of your room!

 

[da_mic_1530]

System Shock 2

 

[Rybo89]

Surely surround sound would make these sort of games much more scary, as then you'd have monster noises coming from the corner of your room!

works same with headphones though

 

[Waza]

yeah headphones and at night with the lights out.

Love it when something pops out at you and scares the **** out of you, you feel like a wee kid lol.

 

[Heretic1322]

Yeah I thought condemned was pretty freaky

Fear series is good

Deadspace

Left 4 Dead

 

[skullman]

Also, the Cradle level on Thief 3

This - with lights off + headphones. Makes FEAR look like a bedtime story.

 

[EdAllonby]

Penumbra is pretty cheap on steam lately. Put the game on at night, low contrast, high sound through headphones, downstairs on your own, and play, and poop yourself.

 

[Althulas]

The Suffering +1 great game.The first mission in Vampire The masquerade made me jump. Another one to try is Realm Of The Hunting i'm going to have to fish this one out and see if i can get it to work under Vista64.

 

[Craig R]

Football Manager. 1-0 up in the Champions League final. Backs to the wall. 5 mins to go. Eeeeeeeeeeeeek. Squeaky bum time.

On a serious note, Deadspace is the only recent game I've played I'd consider scary on any level. Gets a bit dull quite quickly though.

 

[Ant123]

Dead Space. Play it with the lights out and turn the volume up.

 

[RumbleBee]

Dead Space is scary and really intense. Truly awesome game.

Old school my vote goes to System Shock 2

 

[Fenris]

Dead Space has it's moments but I found it mainly startling, but then again I'm rarely scared by games.

Project Zero II: Crimson Butterfly, bit dated but still good and supposed to be very scary.

Another vote for Penumbra, that is the only game to make my stop playing it due to worrying my heart may explode, you get no weapons and you have to solve puzzles while being terroized by numerouse shambling horrors.

 

[arc@css]

Fear, Doom3, Dead Space. Try Fear first, incredible game.