Video game horror

[Bad Bear]

I must have tried every franchise going, from Resident Evil, Silent Hill, FEAR, Condemned, Manhunt, etc etc.

But only one has ever left me going to bed with a wary eye on the shadows, an ear for the unexpected creak, and it contains no gore whatsoever. The series I'm talking about is Project Zero, aka Fatal Frame. It's basically you - a girl in a haunted house - with only a camera obscura to protect you from the kind of apparitions one would see in Japanese horrors such as Ring and The Grudge. I can't say I have ever, since I was in my early teens, found most horror films genuinely scary, but the Project Zero/Fatal Frame games genuinely get under my skin. Play late at night on your own in a darkened room... If you dare! Better sleep with the lights on if you do...

[JRLauer]

One of the games I played that made me think about things in the dark was Doom3. The game itself was mostly dark, and it had a multitude of creatures that could make a lot of things go bump in the night.

[catnoel]

Try Dead Space. It is something else. I am a Resident Evil and Silent Hill fan and that dang video game creeped me out.

[Ubasti]

I played Fatal Frame a couple times. It is a bit unnerving. It's a great game though.

[CorbinKale]

Amber is the only game that I can call truly scary. It is an older game, and some of the puzzles are maddening, but this is the one to check if you want scary.

http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,7

[Brian - Metro]

You gotta try the "Condemned" series. - Very scary.

[Mr Nobody]

The best horror's about atmosphere. Gore is not horror, IMO. Just because something makes me want to chuck doesn't mean I'm scared. Can't say any video game has scared me, tbh. At least, not for a very long time...so long that in fact I can't remember anything that ever did, though I must have jumped a time or ten at something or other.

[Anton177]

I watched someone play all of Dead Space on YouTube since I didn't have a PS3 and it I found it quite interesting. True, in parts, it is scary as hell... I would not play that game.

As a kid for me it was a few games. I never played Resident Evil but the first game with intro of the zombie dogs and being in that mansion always scared me. There was a game called Heart Of Darkness, too, and I replayed that one about a year ago. It's not scary now, but there are so many death scenes for that kid that when I was a child with a vivid imagination I always used to trip on that stuff.

[poisonbat]

Fatal Frame Crimson Butterfly, the scariest game EVER in my book. I love the Silent Hill series up until 4. 4 let me down big big, and 5 (Homecoming) bah! Resident Evil Nemesis, loved it loved it. The Suffering (the first one) Truly scary and interesting plot line. Dead Space was a very good game, but the ending kinda pissed me off. Jericho (Clive Barker's) is really good. So is the first one, but I can't think of the title to that one right off hand.

I must admit something here, I have not played any of these. I only watch my son play games, I suck at playing myself.

Although not a horror game, Bioshock is and will always be my all time favorite game.

[natalia101]

ive just finished the condemned2, the part in the doll factory is particularly creepy.