Question of the Day - July 28, 2010

What is your favorite survival horror/horror game?  

Mine would have to undoubtedly be Resident Evil Remake. I simply LOVE everything about that game and it is one of the games I have beaten more than any other. In my opinion it's a near-perfect survival horror experience. The only thing that could really be improved is the voice-acting, but it doesn't take away from the game as a whole much IMO. 
 
It's always hard to pick ONE, but that's mine. What's your's?

Wait, what's the question again?

wtf, did you forget to actually ask a question D:
 
Anyway, I think can guess what the question is; so, Braid.

" wtf, did you forget to actually ask a question D:
 
Anyway, I think can guess what the question is; so, Braid. "

" @BeachThunder said:

" wtf, did you forget to actually ask a question D:
 
Anyway, I think can guess what the question is; so, Braid. "

WAHHHHH! what the hell?! lol. I don't know how that happened . . . o_O I added the actual question portion back. lol. So the question is, what is your favorite survival horror game!? "

I'd say RE2 beats out Silent hill by a notch for me.

Does Resident Evil 4 count, or is that considered action? If it counts, RE4 is my pick. If not, I'll say Resident Evil 2. REmake should have been done on RE2!

I would have to say my favorite (new) horror/survival game is deadspace,  the spine/suite menu is so simply innovative, the story is good enough to make you want to know what the hell is going on, chapter style gameplay, upgradeable weapons/armor and the way you upgrade them was pretty interesting too, pretty fun minigames, lots of variations for the monsters, pretty sweet boss battles, and for its time amazing graphics/sound.  I simply love deadspace plain and simple, hopefully the sequel stays true to the style and game mechanics as the first one.

Is Limbo survival horror?

" @astrotriforce said:

" @BeachThunder said:

" wtf, did you forget to actually ask a question D:
 
Anyway, I think can guess what the question is; so, Braid. "

WAHHHHH! what the hell?! lol. I don't know how that happened . . . o_O I added the actual question portion back. lol. So the question is, what is your favorite survival horror game!? "

Braid is still my favourite survival horror game >_> 
 
I was assuming you were talking about favourite game. Ahem. Anyway, Penumbra: Black Plague
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" I would have to say my favorite (new) horror/survival game is deadspace,  the spine/suite menu is so simply innovative, the story is good enough to make you want to know what the hell is going on, chapter style gameplay, upgradeable weapons/armor and the way you upgrade them was pretty interesting too, pretty fun minigames, lots of variations for the monsters, pretty sweet boss battles, and for its time amazing graphics/sound.  I simply love deadspace plain and simple, hopefully the sequel stays true to the style and game mechanics as the first one. "

I have to go with Silent Hill 1/3 as a combo for my favorite survival horror game.  Seems weird, I know, but the way 3 builds off of everything you went through and discovered in Silent Hill 1 makes the story so damn personal that I can't help but be absolutely in love with every detail.

Silent Hill all the way. That thing made me scared shtiless, and considering I was still 10 or something, even more so. Not trying to sound like a hard-ass, but no other game has ever made me scared/fritghtened, RE series is all annoying jump scares and barely any atmosphere.

I honestly haven't played a whole lot of Survival Horror games. In fact, the last one that could probably be remotely considered survival horror was Shattered Memories, and before that... part of the first RE I guess. So instead, I'll just name the one I'm most excited to play: I've heard lots of great things about Haunting Ground, and am very excited to pop it in at some point. Also, SIlent Hill 2 and 3.

I have to go with Dead Space. The game has pretty good atmosphere and even though I was expecting stuff to jump out of vents and stuff , I didn't know when it was going to happen. I was also low on ammo several times and worried I would run out.

" I have to go with Silent Hill 1/3 as a combo for my favorite survival horror game.  Seems weird, I know, but the way 3 builds off of everything you went through and discovered in Silent Hill 1 makes the story so damn personal that I can't help but be absolutely in love with every detail. "

" Silent Hill all the way. That thing made me scared shtiless, and considering I was still 10 or something, even more so. Not trying to sound like a hard-ass, but no other game has ever made me scared/fritghtened, RE series is all annoying jump scares and barely any atmosphere. "

" I have to go with Dead Space. The game has pretty good atmosphere and even though I was expecting stuff to jump out of vents and stuff , I didn't know when it was going to happen. I was also low on ammo several times and worried I would run out. "

I'm not a fan of survival horror or horror games, so RE5 is the closest thing I've played to that.

" @Make_Me_Mad said:

" I have to go with Silent Hill 1/3 as a combo for my favorite survival horror game.  Seems weird, I know, but the way 3 builds off of everything you went through and discovered in Silent Hill 1 makes the story so damn personal that I can't help but be absolutely in love with every detail. "

DUUUDE you're making me cry here. :( I've owned Silent Hill 3 for a long time now but still haven't gotten around to playing it. I was stoked after discovering that my copy included the soundtrack. :D Which i didn't know it came with. However I never did play Silent Hill 1 either, just Silent Hill 2. So I need to still track down a copy of either the original PS1 version (which is rare) or Silent Hill Origins. But after you telling me that, now I can't wait! I do love Silent Hill 2 and Resident Evil only edges it out because it is, IMHO, a much funner game to play. 

Considering that "horror" is open to interpretation... than I would say Fallout 3, it scares the shit out of me. The complete silence, the wind, the creatures, etc. Now, I probably am going to pick up Left for Dead 2, so that is going to take Fallout's place. I would NEVER EVER play Dead Space, Resident Evil, or Silent Hill. NOPE NEVER.

Silent Hill 2.

" Considering that "horror" is open to interpretation... than I would say Fallout 3, it scares the shit out of me. The complete silence, the wind, the creatures, etc. Now, I probably am going to pick up Left for Dead 2, so that is going to take Fallout's place. I would NEVER EVER play Dead Space, Resident Evil, or Silent Hill. NOPE NEVER. "

" Silent Hill 2. One of the best told stories ever, the perfect case of show don't tell.
 
 
But scariest? Definitely Silent Hill 3.  I kinda feel bad for the original Silent Hill though, it would have probably been the scariest had the graphics been better. I guess that's what happens when you only get "serious" about gaming during the PS2 era. "

" @astrotriforce said:

" @Make_Me_Mad said:

" I have to go with Silent Hill 1/3 as a combo for my favorite survival horror game.  Seems weird, I know, but the way 3 builds off of everything you went through and discovered in Silent Hill 1 makes the story so damn personal that I can't help but be absolutely in love with every detail. "

DUUUDE you're making me cry here. :( I've owned Silent Hill 3 for a long time now but still haven't gotten around to playing it. I was stoked after discovering that my copy included the soundtrack. :D Which i didn't know it came with. However I never did play Silent Hill 1 either, just Silent Hill 2. So I need to still track down a copy of either the original PS1 version (which is rare) or Silent Hill Origins. But after you telling me that, now I can't wait! I do love Silent Hill 2 and Resident Evil only edges it out because it is, IMHO, a much funner game to play. 

I cannot recommend playing the original Silent Hill first enough, especially if you don't know the story behind it and SH3.  The first game does the best job of making you feel like the town is actively alive, and actively in the process of hating you.  And yeah, Resident Evil was decidedly more fun if only because you felt slightly less helpless, but I've never been good at ammo management so it always made me get angry and stop playing rather than put away my shotgun to carry some stupid key or weed killer or something.  At least until RE4, at which point I spent roughly three hours organizing my briefcase so that everything was in it's proper matching place, and no two ammunition types faced a different direction.  Best inventory ever.  They could have just made the entire game Leon packing luggage for the mission and I would have been just as happy with it. "

Oooo, I like that line at the top! "the perfect case of show don't tell". I can't agree enough! Silent Hill 2 is by far the scariest game IMHO. Although like I said I've only played that installment. And I agree, I wish the original SH was made now. Btw, did you play Origins? And if so did it stack up well with the original? Which segweys nicely into....
 

" @astrotriforce:Don't feel that it's required to play SH1 before 3, by any means.  Playing 3 first can have as much impact as playing them in the original order, and there's something to be said for going into Silent Hill 3 blind, being as confused at the revelations as the main characters, puzzling out the information you're given along with the major players in the story.  They'll also give you a pretty good glimpse of the events that transpired in Silent Hill 1, that led to the town's diminished power and malevolence that led it to the state it was in during SH 2. "

" @astrotriforce said:

Oooo, I like that line at the top! "the perfect case of show don't tell". I can't agree enough! Silent Hill 2 is by far the scariest game IMHO. Although like I said I've only played that installment. And I agree, I wish the original SH was made now. Btw, did you play Origins? And if so did it stack up well with the original? Which segweys nicely into....
 

Thanks. You should definitely check out 1 and 3. Despite the graphics, the game still holds up really well and is genuinely freaky, I'd say as much so as SH2. But that's only because of technical limitations, unfortunately. Still, it's on the PS Store. Anyone who played it remember the courtyard music in the school, or the "glass shattering room" (no spoilers)? And SH3 is the scariest game I've ever played. Going back to 2 after three made is seem tame.  As far as Origins, it's good for what it is. If you can get it cheap, pick it up. It's not near the fright level of the original three, but it has its moments. The main problem is that it's short and frustrating. Literally one of the areas (i.e. the hospital or prison is an "area" in SH2) is about 1/2 to 3/4 of the entire game. It's a long area, but after that it's basically over. And the combat system is downright broken. "