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mellestad
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So I want to try a survival horror game, but I have not really played any in the past. I have a 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS and PC. Any recommendations? I think I am looking for something with a great story if that exists.
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This friday grab RE5
Then grab RE4.
And before you do either of those play Silent Hill 2 and 3.
Then after you do that but before you play RE 5, play Dead Space.
Get that one.
It has an awesome story.
I had to wiki the story
Do... Re... Mi... So... Fa.... Do... Re.... Do...
Forget it...
It tends towards more "horror" and less "survival", but still a great game.
Yes, yes.
If you can play through the hospital by yourself at night without stopping to lock and bolt every door in the place, you're more of a man than I am.
The noises.
Oh, and also System Shock 2. I know most will disagree with me since it's first person but it checks most of the survival horror boxes.
Eternal Darkness
That's all you'll need
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Also, you should totally play Undying (PC) if you spot a cheap copy somewhere.
It can be really tense on the harder difficulties until you get well equipped and learn how to cover angles with the proper weapons, since the hordes will come at you at all sides on the streets, when you take cover in buildings, when you hide in the sewers, and, well, everywhere. The evil little fuckers even leap through windows in buildings to get at you if you try to hide in them. Though, once you get well equipped and get a few buddies the game gets much less tense and turns into a zombie massacre if you play it the right (Or wrong, depending on your views.) way.
Also, it has some zelda-esque elements, where there are randomly appearing dungeons you can go through, too. Though they can be grueling unless you're prepared for them, since they throw some insane odds at you, and later on
Play Silent Hill 2.
e: Yes, you can play it without having played any of the others.
Something about sitting at a computer desk isn't frightening to me.
There is no situation in which Silent Hill is not frightening.
Silent Hill coming out of your little monitor and computer speakers
or
Silent Hill in high resolution on a big screen TV with surround sound
You decide
On the current gen, Siren: Blood Curse (PS3) is really, really good. It takes the already-stressful horror genre and mixes in the tense, thoughtful gameplay of a stealth title = :^: Going by Metacritic it's the best-reviewed survival horror of this gen (between it, Silent Hill Homecoming and ... ugh, Alone in the Dark). It's one of my top games of '08, and it's $40 on PSN, totally downloadable. 9ish GB.
On PS2 I can suggest Fatal Frame II. If any part of you believes in like, the spirit world or life after death or whatever. That game fucking terrifies me. But, if you don't buy the idea of a peice of you existing beyond death, it may not affect you.
So, Blood Curse is essentially an old-school adventure game that tells a disturbing, really-damn-smart horror story, and Fatal Frame will prove your masculinity.
You want a great story? Siren. Totally Siren - but again, I've heard nothing but high praise for Silent Hill 2's narrative, as well.
The size of the monitor doesn't matter since you're right up close to it
And you could just put on some headphones for true terror experience
But this is all academic because the PC port of Silent Hill 2 sucks, so go with PS2
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All of the Resident Evil games (except 2 and 3) can be had with your Wii, so I'd pick up RE 0, 1, and CV. Then play 4 and then get 5 when it comes out.
Dementium: The Ward for the DS was terrifying and really survival horrorish.
I'm going to plug Obscure and Obscure 2, but really ONLY buy them if you can find them for cheap. Very B-level game but gruesome and survivaly. (Obscure 2 is also 2 player co-op)
Quick, time to make a decision! You have 5 seconds! Nope, you picked the wrong one. You're dead.
As long as we're going to be including any kind of scary game, get the Chzo Mythos games.
I didn't play the second one. I think it was about a lesbian crimefighting duo or something.
Is That Thing Doing What I Think Its Doing?: Silent Hill 2 on PS2
Did The Game Just Blue Screen On Me?: Eternal Darkness on GC (also Wii)
New Hotness: Siren: Blood Curse on PS3 (Downloadable through PSN)
The Undead. In Space: Dead Space on PS3/360
There ya go. See you in a couple weeks.
Also, the REmake is mandatory if you want to see the reason that survival horror made it in to the mainstream but not put up with PSX graphics, which don't bother me personally, but I know some folks are put off by them.
Looking past all the terrible voice acting and everything, just the whole atmosphere about being stuck inside one big freaky mansion instead of a town/city... it's just so much scarier.
Do... Re... Mi... So... Fa.... Do... Re.... Do...
Forget it...
Yeah, there is something effing horrifying about being trapped in a house of death with no way to get out and absolutely no idea what is around the next bend. Like: "Oh, well, here I am! I'm in a house! I'm STUCK here! I'm BY MYSELF! Oh, and THAT's a fucking ZOMBIE! Good thing I have all this... WAIT I have like TWO BULLETS!"
"You died."
EDIT: Oh, c'mon, it ain't that bad. Anymore, at least.
Also, (insert LP pimping here).
Fatal Frame 2
Silent Hill 3
I'd say Dead Space is closer to survival horror than RE4 or 5 though. More horror anyway.
I have heard mention of a new fatal frame in the works for the wii, so that is something to look forward to.
I think it's the idea that there were dozens and dozens of dogs running around out there. Two or three dogs? No problem. One Hunter? No problem. One or two Chimera? No problem.
30 or 40 effing zombie dogs?
... Tengo una problema grande...
Jill, you should take this since YOU are the master of unlocking.