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Horror video games

  • 25-09-2019 8:47am
    #1
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,205 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Halloween is nearly upon us. Wouldn't mind playing some horror games in October. Any system any game really. So any suggestions?

    Silent Hill is a given. Would you class something as Doom 3 as a horror game tho? :p

    Welcome to any suggestions :)


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  • #2
    ZiabR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭ZiabR


    What platform are you playing on?

    Resident Evil 2 (Remake)
    Dead Space 1 and 2
    Alien: Isolation
    The Evil Within
    Outlast 1 and 2
    Layers of Fear
    Soma

    The list goes on and on.


  • #3
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,795 ✭✭✭sweetie


    amnesia, blair witch


  • #4
    mirrormatrix
    Registered Users Posts: 637 ✭✭✭mirrormatrix


    The Last of Us. Assume that counts?


  • #5
    Jordan 199
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,030 ✭✭✭✭Jordan 199


    sweetie wrote: »
    amnesia
    I don't remember playing that game.


  • #6
    Daisy Zealous Varnish
    Posts: 0 ✭ Daisy Zealous Varnish


    mirrormatrix wrote: »
    The Last of Us. Assume that counts?

    Yes, yes it most certainly does.

    I would add F.E.A.R, RE7, RE 1,2 & 3 off the top of my head.

    Bioshock & System Shock 2


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  • #7
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,551 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    I have been playing a horror game every Halloween for the last few years
    My choices this year are either Resident Evil 0 or The Evil Within 2
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  • #8
    fixXxer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    RE7 in VR if you can :)


  • #9
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,205 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    ZiabR wrote: »
    What platform are you playing on?

    Resident Evil 2 (Remake)
    Dead Space 1 and 2
    Alien: Isolation
    The Evil Within
    Outlast 1 and 2
    Layers of Fear
    Soma

    The list goes on and on.

    Cheers!
    Any console and any game really. From Atari 2600 to Ps4/Xbox one :pac:
    Wouldnt mind going down memory lane or discovering a game I may yet have played. Am sure the thread might give suggestions to others on what to play too.


  • #10
    ZiabR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭ZiabR


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    Cheers!
    Any console and any game really. From Atari 2600 to Ps4/Xbox one :pac:
    Wouldnt mind going down memory lane or discovering a game I may yet have played. Am sure the thread might give suggestions to others on what to play too.

    Have you played Alien Isolation? Its a proper Pampers Fest. You will need a weeks supply of nappies to see you through the game. There is something about being chased by sheer horror, all whilst being kinda defenceless.

    Its a quality game and clocks in at around 15-20 hours.


  • #11
    Rob2D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,449 ✭✭✭Rob2D


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    Wouldnt mind going down memory lane or discovering a game I may yet have played.

    X-Files on the PS2. Good game. Especially if you like RESI/Silent Hill.


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  • #12
    doh1988
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭doh1988


    Outlast 2 is terrifying!

    I love my horror games and rate this as one of the games that scared the sh*t out of me the most


  • #13
    gimli2112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,409 ✭✭✭✭gimli2112


    Skerries wrote: »
    I have been playing a horror game every Halloween for the last few years
    My choices this year are either Resident Evil 0 or The Evil Within 2



    I would highly recommend Evil Within 2. I really enjoyed it.


    Until Dawn is great, it's kinda like being in a horror movie.


  • #14
    Rob2D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,449 ✭✭✭Rob2D


    gimli2112 wrote: »
    Until Dawn is great

    That game was so much better than it had any right to be.


  • #15
    doh1988
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭doh1988


    Rob2D wrote: »
    That game was so much better than it had any right to be.

    Great game , wouldnt exactly call it scary though!


  • #16
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,827 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Stay away from Layers of Fear. It's pants.

    I'd highly recommend Soma. Not only is it scary but it's a great piece of hard sci fi.
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  • #17
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,283 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Might finally play Project Zero 2 on Wii


  • #18
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,205 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    ZiabR wrote: »
    Have you played Alien Isolation? Its a proper Pampers Fest. You will need a weeks supply of nappies to see you through the game. There is something about being chased by sheer horror, all whilst being kinda defenceless.

    Its a quality game and clocks in at around 15-20 hours.

    played a bit of it a few years ago on 360 when I got it as a gift. Gonna go back to it now as it's on Xbox Pass. Totally on the list!

    Any decent ps1 horror games? (besides the usual resi games) my ps1 mini needs to be hacked and palyed more ;)


  • #19
    doh1988
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭doh1988


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    played a bit of it a few years ago on 360 when I got it as a gift. Gonna go back to it now as it's on Xbox Pass. Totally on the list!

    Any decent ps1 horror games? (besides the usual resi games) my ps1 mini needs to be hacked and palyed more ;)

    Silent Hill is the daddy in my opinion


  • #20
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,827 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    played a bit of it a few years ago on 360 when I got it as a gift. Gonna go back to it now as it's on Xbox Pass. Totally on the list!

    Any decent ps1 horror games? (besides the usual resi games) my ps1 mini needs to be hacked and palyed more ;)

    Loads of good PS1 horror games.

    Dino Crisis is Resi with Dinosaurs
    Echo Night is interesting if a bit janky
    Same with Hellnight
    The original Parasite Eve is an absolute gem. Avoid the sequel
    Love the Deception games as well, although they are just lots of fun with a horror aesthetic rather than actual horror games.

    And of course there is Overblood. It's ****ing awful but at the same time absolutely hilarious. Only the Ring on the Dreamcast comes close to being as bad and as funny.
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  • #21
    hellsing101
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭hellsing101


    Deadly Premonition is always good in a quirky sort of way.


    Haunting Ground and Clocktower on PS2 also a good shout and can always be picked up fairly cheap in CEX.


    Evil Within 1 & 2 great games also if you want someting a bit more modern.



    A White Day is another PSN game that seems to be on sale fairly often which is pretty good too.


    Sanitys Requiem on Gamecube.


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  • #22
    nix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,917 ✭✭✭nix


    Horror games? Sounds like a good excuse to recommend......... BLOODBORNE!


    :pac::P:pac:


  • #23
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,716 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    I’m much more interested in the weirder, more experimental sort of horror games these days - and sadly there’s not many of them :pac:

    I’d definitely recommend without hesitation Anatomy by Kitty Horrorshow (PC via Itch). It should run on any reasonably functioning PC. It’s the sort of strange, unexplained horror material that gets under your skin even when you can’t articulate fully why. It’s a short experience based on ever changing environments (broadly similar to PT) but is much more striking than many even good games that are hours longer.

    Paratopic hits a similar some of sweet spot with its fetchingly PS1-style graphics, while Pathologic 2 comes cautiously recommended if you want a gruelling example of long-form, physically draining, sustained misery.


  • #24
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,283 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Although I never played it, I hear Detention is a good game


  • #25
    fixXxer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    Or watch Petscop on youtube.


  • #26
    murphyebass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,553 ✭✭✭murphyebass


    nix wrote: »
    Horror games? Sounds like a good excuse to recommend......... BLOODBORNE!


    :pac::P:pac:

    The horror in not being able to get past the first area. Lol.


  • #27
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,755 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Anyone played the Blair witch game that came out recently? Any good?


  • #28
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,669 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    RE7, would be crapping myself if I was doing it in VR, scary enough as it is


  • #29
    ERG89
    Registered Users Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    Rob2D wrote: »
    That game was so much better than it had any right to be.

    It knew what it had to be & didn't take itself too serious, that's it genius imo.

    I'm going to try play Vampyr as I have it by my PS4 for months now. I'll play the demo of A Plague Tale: Innocence too, maybe not a full blown horror but if I enjoy it I will buy it.

    Always been meaning to play Costume Quest too as it only really can be played at Halloween :o


  • #30
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,213 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Anyone played the Blair witch game that came out recently? Any good?

    Not really, no. Played for an hour or two, and there were some scares, but overall it was very forgettable and i didn't go back to finish it.


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  • #31
    HorrorScope
    Closed Accounts Posts: 421 ✭✭HorrorScope


    If you have access to a PSVR - RE7, Paranormal Activity & The Exorcist should get the blood pumping.


  • #32
    daheadonu
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭daheadonu


    Not a straight up horror game per say but a plague tale is very tense and creepy at times,would definitely recommend it and I'm a person who was wary of a game having an extra character always at your side to watch over,it actually adds to the scares and dread


  • #33
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    Not technically a horror game, but Dying Light - the night time sections instilled geniune fear in me, you'll know why when it happens.


  • #34
    gimli2112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,409 ✭✭✭✭gimli2112


    Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »
    Not technically a horror game, but Dying Light - the night time sections instilled geniune fear in me, you'll know why when it happens.



    Unless you're living in the zombie apocalypse I'm fine with you including dying light as a horror game
    I pretended I didn't like the game because of the night time sections


  • #35
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,795 ✭✭✭sweetie


    If System Shock and Bioshock are on the list then Prey should be too.


  • #36
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    gimli2112 wrote: »
    Unless you're living in the zombie apocalypse I'm fine with you including dying light as a horror game
    I pretended I didn't like the game because of the night time sections

    Ah, its more of a first person melee action game, theres not that many jump scares if you stick to going out by day.

    night time though, lord jebus! :eek:


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  • #37
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,205 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Well gonna play me some The Darkness on the 360. Only 1 euro in CEX.
    What a great game.

    Anyone else starting to play horror games yet?


  • #38
    Jordan 199
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,030 ✭✭✭✭Jordan 199


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    Anyone else starting to play horror games yet?
    I'm going to dip into Days Gone again and give Challenge Mode a shot. I will try to give The Last of Us a play again. I'll be on the spirits playing that as I will need spirits to help me get through it.


  • #39
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,551 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    Well gonna play me some The Darkness on the 360. Only 1 euro in CEX.
    What a great game.

    Anyone else starting to play horror games yet?

    I actually played the 2nd one first so when I tried to play the first one I just couldn't get over the gameplay
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  • #40
    Retr0gamer
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    I couldn't get over the gameplay the first time I played it. At release I thought it was sub par and felt like a relic with some awful enemy AI.
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  • #41
    chrislad
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    I think I'm going to finally play Outlast this year. Bought it last year, intending to play it at Halloween and never did. This year for sure!


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  • #42
    Daisy Zealous Varnish
    Posts: 0 ✭ Daisy Zealous Varnish




    Never forget


  • #43
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I have a hankering to play some crappy fmv game like Phantasmagoria over the Halloween, hopefully gog have a decent sale this year.
    Evil within 1 has been knocking around for a bit too, I'm about halfway through but it keeps falling by the wayside the last few months


  • #44
    Robert ninja
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭Robert ninja


    Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »
    I have a hankering to play some crappy fmv game like Phantasmagoria over the Halloween, hopefully gog have a decent sale this year.
    Evil within 1 has been knocking around for a bit too, I'm about halfway through but it keeps falling by the wayside the last few months

    I'd recommend harvester. One of my faves.

    I got about 70% through Evil Within 1 and dropped it.

    Started SOMA recently but a glitch early on prevented me from progressing and put me off it for a while. Someone claiming to be one of the VAs in the game tuned in to me streaming trying to help but also mentioned some massive spoilers :(


  • #45
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,974 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    Someone online recreated P.T in VR, that sounds like something to try.


  • #46
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,731 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Played INSIDE last night, it's proper creepy - very tense throughout, kinda spoiled by the insta-deaths though.

    Epic Games Store is giving away Observer & Alan Wake's American Nightmare this week, so 2 horror games for €0.00.


  • #47
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,205 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    Played INSIDE last night, it's proper creepy - very tense throughout, kinda spoiled by the insta-deaths though.

    Epic Games Store is giving away Observer & Alan Wake's American Nightmare this week, so 2 horror games for €0.00.

    Cheers man!
    I kept meaning to play Observer on gamer pass and they took it down the other day! thought it would last to the end of the month. Might as well pick it up there.


  • #48
    Rikand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,421 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    I played Silent Hill 1 and 2 over the Halloween to really get me in the spirit of the season. It was just such a fantastic series.

    Speaking of which if anyones interested, I'm running a Silent Hill themed game of Werewolf over on the Forum Games forum starting on November 24th. Anyone who likes Silent Hill and is interested in trying out this here werewolf game that all of Boards.ie has been talking about, should check it out :pac:

    Follow the link here : https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058027227

    Same as in my sig below :D


  • #49
    J. Marston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,220 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Soma was great, if you like existential horror. There are monsters in it but that's not really where the horror comes from. I think they even released an update that made the monsters non-hostile.


  • #50
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,723 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Been playing 'The Beast Inside'


    Beautiful game. Great tension. Some really good scares. Particularly chapter six.

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • #51
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,812 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    J. Marston wrote: »
    Soma was great, if you like existential horror. There are monsters in it but that's not really where the horror comes from. I think they even released an update that made the monsters non-hostile.

    I enjoyed the monster sections too though, it's great how you can't look at them or run away, so I'd just be crawling forward with the sound point, praying I'm not eviscerated at any moment until I get around the next corner


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