Some horror games and nonhorror games

Halloween has come once again, and it’s time to break out the decorations and the candy that will cause tooth and stomach aches. But it’s also time to scare innocent people (like me). I am one of the easiest people to scare. When I get scared, my brain works double time, and then I cannot sleep.

            Well, I have played my fair share games horror games (and cried myself to so sleep at night). Some of these games did put fear into me and others, while other games did not have that factor. Here are some of the games I consider scary.

Note: This is only an opinion. If it scares me, then its horror.

            Amnesia: The Dark Descent

This game is overplayed these days, but imagine sitting in a dark room playing this game. The setting of this game takes place in a castle where you wake up in one of the rooms and you have no idea how you got there. The objective is to figure out what happened and get out of the castle. Simple enough, right? However, there is something lurking in the darkness, trying to find a way out too. This thing will kill you, and you have no way to defend yourself. The only way to survive is to run or hide. Can you make it out alive? Try while keeping your sanity intact. You never know when the monster is around. Bwhahahahahahah *cough* *cough*

Slender: The Eight Pages/Slender: The Arrival

I feel freaked out just by typing that title. In Slender: The Eight Pages, you roam about a dark field with only a flash light looking for eight pages, but Slender man is on the hunt, and as you collect more pages, he might hunt you more quick until you’re down.  In Slender: The Arrival, the sequel to The Eight Pages, there is more of a variety in the stages. The story is you’re looking for the person from the first game. I consider these horror because there is a spooky atmosphere. You never know when and where the Slender man will show up (or as I like to call him, Uncle Slendie).

Anna

Seriously, this game, this game is unbelievable. I screamed, I literally screamed during the gameplay. Jumped out of seat, and made my cat run like crazy. This game has no monsters to fight. You’re go into a house to find this Anna woman who you cannot stop thinking about. Throughout the journey, you have to solve a series of puzzles in three different rooms. Sometimes during the puzzles, random shadows popped up out of nowhere, and rooms changed into colors of darkness. Amazing atmosphere that kept the brain going around in circles.

I think three is a magical number (don’t you?)

For every horror game, there is one wearing the mask of one that isn’t all that scary (as adorable as a fluffy kitten). Here are some games I don’t consider horror or all that scary.

Another Note: This is also my opinion. If I don’t find it scary, then it is not.

Bioshock

When I first got this game at Target, my mom asked me, “Won’t you get scared like a little baby?” I replied with the sentence, “Geez mom, I can scare myself whenever I want. Get off my back.” Later that day, I proceeded with the game. At first, I honestly thought I would be scared, but as I progressed, I didn’t feel the fear put into me. There were some jump scares and freak out moments, but that trait or even atmosphere that should be there was not. Just another action game with some scary elements. This series is more action adventure, especially with the presentation of Bioshock Infinite.

           

Alice: Madness Returns

Said to myself I was not putting the game on this list, but I saw this game listed on some top horror game websites, which stirred terribly in my gut. This game is not scary (insert those air quotes). It is creepy. The artwork for these characters is strange and somewhat freaky, but there is no way it is scary. I thought American Mcgee’s Alice (the first game) ranks a bit higher than this (look up the last boss). Look there is blood, so it must be scary (oooooo). No. No. No. No. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. (I am irrational)

Let me explain the first game. Alice’s family dies in a fire which she blames herself for. She is stuck in a mental institution, and in order for her to restore her sanity, she must mend her Wonderland. Wonderland though has become distorted over the years, and has taken on an ugly appearance.

In the second game, your free roaming about London transitioning between London and Wonderland. The setting and characters still fashion a distorted world, but not as stongly as the first game.

Anyways, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Those are the only two I can think of right off the bat (or the big ones I felt weren’t the scary games they think they were). Here is a link about some truly good horror games.

http://n4g.com/news/1252024/top-25-best-survival-horror-games