ULTRA SCARY PC GAME?
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The suffering was fantastic! I hope they do a sequel.
FEAR2 isn't as scary as FEAR. A few ghost sections that are creepy but it doesn't have as much in the way of cheap shock tactics ('screamer' popups etc).
I do still mind myself looking away from the screen everytime I'm turning round to go down a ladder in FEAR games!
I find it hard to believe you could get genuinely scared rather than just jumping at something sudden when in between the scary sections is a gigantic non scary battle with advanced weapons... You just can't balance proper, scary atmosphere, with generic shootouts that seem to have completely forgotten it was trying to be scary and sinister. Either you keep the aura of creepiness throughout or it'll fail.
*wishes i'd bought Amnesia during the Halloween steam sale*
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Very true. There's jumpiness/stingers such as those that FEAR is filled with, and then theres genuinely frightening.
Amnesia is the most terrifying game since the original AvP games' marine missions.
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For all those people saying 'nothing's really scary' well of course it isn't really.
The secret is that you really have to really 'try' to get into it. Sure if you think 'it's only a game who cares' and charge into that dark room and if you die who cares reload - and sprint as fast as you can down corridors trying to find the way forward as fast as humanly possible - yes it's going to be a naff experience.
But if you try and use your imagination and immerse yourself into the game, and creep into the room slowly and almost persuade yourself 'I'm not liking the look of this corridor', also try and care if something hideous lurches at you, it can be brilliant.
Some of my younger friends seem to pride themselves on never finding any games or films scary. They haven't made the connection that
1) It's easy to do
2) It just effectively ruins for the person charging through the thing what the game has to offer.
Amnesia the first time I booted it tried to explain this before the game starts. 'Don't try and 'complete' this game, rather try and be drawn into the story'. Couldn't have said it better myself. The lack of HUD is also well thought out. Its as easy to 'diss' as anything trying to be scary. But doing this you're only destroying the game for yourself ... try and get into it and almost persuade yourself you're finding it darn scary, and you may have fun turning your trousers brown
The secret is that you really have to really 'try' to get into it. Sure if you think 'it's only a game who cares' and charge into that dark room and if you die who cares reload - and sprint as fast as you can down corridors trying to find the way forward as fast as humanly possible - yes it's going to be a naff experience.
But if you try and use your imagination and immerse yourself into the game, and creep into the room slowly and almost persuade yourself 'I'm not liking the look of this corridor', also try and care if something hideous lurches at you, it can be brilliant.
Some of my younger friends seem to pride themselves on never finding any games or films scary. They haven't made the connection that
1) It's easy to do
2) It just effectively ruins for the person charging through the thing what the game has to offer.
Amnesia the first time I booted it tried to explain this before the game starts. 'Don't try and 'complete' this game, rather try and be drawn into the story'. Couldn't have said it better myself. The lack of HUD is also well thought out. Its as easy to 'diss' as anything trying to be scary. But doing this you're only destroying the game for yourself ... try and get into it and almost persuade yourself you're finding it darn scary, and you may have fun turning your trousers brown
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Theres a demo on Steam.
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is amnesia quite a long game?
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Mtero is a great game, and is scary in parts!
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Amnesia with head phones 
very good made me jump
very good made me jump
Batman Arkham was kinda scary with the scarecrow and crocs layer... Other then this, no not really.
Metro 2033 is a creepy game, I think what makes this game creepy is the tunnels and very small spaces.. You literally cannot see anything until its pretty much in your face, and it has very good sound to back it up..
Bioshock 1 & 2 are more weird then scary. Has its moments.
Doom3 was as scary as hell until you add the duct tape fix and use the flashlight all the time.. lol Play doom3 without it, and use headphones in the dark, lets see how long you go before you wet yourself...
Silent Hill are creepy games as well, Fear 2 was very scary but if you really want max eye candy with some fear then Metro 2033...
For all those people saying 'nothing's really scary' well of course it isn't really.
The secret is that you really have to really 'try' to get into it. Sure if you think 'it's only a game who cares' and charge into that dark room and if you die who cares reload - and sprint as fast as you can down corridors trying to find the way forward as fast as humanly possible - yes it's going to be a naff experience.
But if you try and use your imagination and immerse yourself into the game, and creep into the room slowly and almost persuade yourself 'I'm not liking the look of this corridor', also try and care if something hideous lurches at you, it can be brilliant.
Some of my younger friends seem to pride themselves on never finding any games or films scary. They haven't made the connection that
1) It's easy to do
2) It just effectively ruins for the person charging through the thing what the game has to offer.
Amnesia the first time I booted it tried to explain this before the game starts. 'Don't try and 'complete' this game, rather try and be drawn into the story'. Couldn't have said it better myself. The lack of HUD is also well thought out. Its as easy to 'diss' as anything trying to be scary. But doing this you're only destroying the game for yourself ... try and get into it and almost persuade yourself you're finding it darn scary, and you may have fun turning your trousers brown
Great post. I played the demo of Amnesia and liked it more and more as I went through it. I just bought the game on Steam and will give it a go tonight and fully immerse myself.
Oh, in answer to the OP's question, Silent Hill 2. By far the scariest experience I have had in PC gaming.
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