Hey, I'm big into scary games and was hoping for some recommendations. It can be either new or old, although I'd like it to have at least VGA graphics, below that and I just can't get sucked in. To save repeats, I'll list some of the ones I have already played.


Ones I've played:

7th Guest
Aliens v. Predator series
Alone In The Dark (original)
Blood
Bloodrayne (little scary)
Clive Barker's Undying
Cold Fear
Diablo (I don't think 2 is scary)
Doom 3
FEAR
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (not scary, but really dark)
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
Martian Gothic: Unification
Nocturne
Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria 2
Resident Evil 1-3
Sanitarium
Shadow Man
Silent Hill series
The Suffering
System Shock 2
The Thing
Vampire the Masquerade Redemption/Bloodlines (not that scary, but hey, vampires)


Ones I plan to play:

The Black Mirror
Blair Witch series
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Dark Seed
Legacy - The Realms of Terror
Obscure
Realms of the Haunting

Waxworks and the other two of those Elvira series. They are not that scary, but try telling that to me some 14 or 15 years ago... :bleh:

Haven't tried this new freeware Penumbra (http://penumbragame.com/) since my video card is not good enough to run it, but some say it's scary. Don't take my word for it, though, but you can try it yourself since it is freeware anyway.

Check out:

5 Days a Stranger
7 Days a Skeptic
Trilby's Notes
Enclosure

They're all on Abandonia, except Trilby's Notes is on Reloaded... they got good atmosphere.

By recommending once again the first three games that Scarecrow mentioned, I'd like to add Veil of darkness.

Got to agree with that one, Veil of Darkness is awesome :ok:

BTW, a few similar threads:
http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?s...4&hl=horror
http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?s...2&hl=horror
http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?s...0&hl=horror

i just bought phantasmagoria. i beat it like ten years ago and want to again, but im havng problems with it. if anyone has it and has gotten it to work on xp, please tell me how, coz it freezes as soon as im prompted t change discs.

Just mentioning: That Gabriel Knight werewolf story really scared the sh*t out of me :D Being hunted by a werewolf when you're tired, it's dark outside and you would leave the game if you could, is nerve straining.

Rabadi: thanks, I'll check out Penumbra. And yeah, I saw some the other threads, which is why I emphasized scary because some games like Monster Bash aren't scary, but are technically horror.

Scarecrow/ Icewolf: thanks, I haven't heard of any of these

atasha: I played Phantasmagoria on XP without much trouble if I remember. I didn't do anything very elaborate, I just remember that only one method worked. I think I did it via DosBOX and used Alcohol 120% to switch ISO images. Just make sure you have autorun disabled in Windows, I think the autoplay might have locked up my system until I forcefully shut it down. I don't remember this stuff exactly, but if you want real hell try getting Phantasmagoria 2 to run in XP. I CANNOT do it, I've tried everything short of VMware. If you can get that working, I'll go back and give you detailed step-by-step instructions how to run 1 in XP.

Mighty Midget: Yeah, I've actually played Gabriel Knight 1-2, but they didn't strike me as scary, I guess I'm too desensitized.

Phantasmagoria is a travesty of a game :P

Go get Prey, some parts of that scared the bajeesus out of me.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chilledsanity @ Jul 12 2006, 04:42 AM) [snapback]242862[/snapback]</div>Does that mean you just never heard about them? Or that you need to know where to find them?

They're all on

AB & AR!!!!!!!!! :brain: :brain: :brain:

Yeah I was kind of spoiled by the time I played it by better games, it was too similar to The Shining, but not as good. I was blown away by 2 though (which I played first). I think they did something right in that one in that everyone who's played either hates it or loves it. Either way, I can't think of any movies/games offhand that are like 2.

No, I literally never heard of them, which is great. As far as finding them, I tend to be pretty resourceful about that, also I'm picky in that I like to secure CD ISO copies of the game if one was released/re-released. This usually amounts to a talkie version of the same game. Shadow of the Comet for instance is like that. Abandonia has the disk version up here for download, but the CD version has full voice, an extended intro, and maybe more.

Clive Barkers Undying. It's a bit old, but this was the only game which could frighten me occasionally :)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Maikel @ Jul 13 2006, 07:59 AM) [snapback]243032[/snapback]</div>THANKS :kosta: i was looking for this name for years, when i was younger i had a demo and couldn't find full version in local stores. i'll get it as soon as possible :w00t:

Do not forget about Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice.
Not really scary, and bugged like hell on top of that.


If you want something moderately scary - kind of in Aliens style - get Incubation: Time is Running Out (aka Incubation: Battle Isle Phase 4). Take on the highest difficulty and you'll quickly get your shivers.

Also X-Com: Terror from the Deep has a fair degree of survival horror elements in it.

PS. Bloodrayne is a TPP slasher-horror, not really actual horror.

Silent Hill!

The first part... I still get the creeps. Running throught the fog, radio static, those darned birds appearing from nowhere... And the school, don't make me go there again! Too bad there's no PC version, and PS emulators have trouble with it :(

The rest of the series are available for PC (and PS2) but they're kinda mediocre... The first part rules!

Well the games I mentioned were all made on AGS so I doubt there are ISO versions.

Clive Barker's Undying is a good suggestion. It was out of stock in local gamestores, so I have not bought it yet, but I keep the demo around, and I must say I quite like it.

Heard some good opinions on Silent Hill, too, but again I have not played the series.

Anyway, it seems chilledsanity has played Clive Barker's Undying and Silent Hill series.

You're probably right then. I usually just cross reference the release data on mobygames to see if there was a CD version.

If you say so, obviously I needed to do some tweaking in ePSXe (which I didn't do :P)

By the way - I've been playing Black Mirror recently myself.
On the beginning it is quite creepy, though that heavy mood doesn't stay for long. There are several very - VERY - scary moments in it still.
The game has some similarity to Gabriel Knight 1 (you'll see what I mean by that) mixed with a plot that has a very Lovecraftian feel.
Reccomended.
The furthest I could get was the intro sequence, the game kept crashing on me in DosBox and the Windows version (which I also have) I could not get running. Could you tell me how did you manage it?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Jul 14 2006, 12:16 PM) [snapback]243271[/snapback]</div>I don't remember, but I can reinstall it and fiddle around until I figure it out again, just give me a day or two. If I remember, the sound wasn't 100%, but it was still pretty good.

Yeah, I have some screenshots leftover if you want to see them. It was great, I was able to have bilinear filtering and everything. I think there was a checkbox you have to use in ePSXe under the special option if I remember right, otherwise you get only fog or else borders to things like trees have hideous squares on them. It might have been somethihng dealing with the alpha channel, I don't remember, it's been a couple years since I played it.

Well, I might try running it (if I find the CD). Can you remember which graphics plugin you used? I usualy use Pete's OpenGL since I have an NVidia card

Offtopic: QUOTE(Oxyd) <- LOL

Go get "Bleed", LOL .

Have you tried Lost In The Nightmare?

It's a scary game on Reloaded - http://www.reloaded.org/download/Lost-In-Nightmare/116/

:ok:

Ever heard of Eternal Darkness? It`s a relatively new game ( for Gamecube) and it sure did scare me. It has these nice little things called Sanity effects. When your character fights against the hordes of otherwordly monsters, his sanity slowly starts to drop. Eventually, when the sanity is low, you will get to see these nice little effects like blood dripping from ceilings... but I better not reveal too much! :sneaky:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tervez @ Jul 22 2006, 08:11 PM) [snapback]244449[/snapback]</div>Sounds like it is based on Call of Cthulhu rules... the sanity part sounds familiar :) I like the sound of it so might have to go get it from my local store. Need a good scare.

No, I haven't, thanks. This game looks badass. Not only do the screenshots sell themselves, but I like this part under the review negatives:
"Might be too scary for some"

I have, and would like to play it (same goes for the Fatal Frame series), but I don't have a gamecube. That and I'm spoiled by the clarity of a PC monitor. Last I checked emulation for the Gamecube was getting very close, but ran slower than a bug stuck in glue.