Recommend a REALLY scary game! - General Discussion

#1 Edited by Bobstar (243 posts) - 2 months, 8 days ago

So I'm looking for a really good horror game that I can play with my friends. It doesn't necessarily have to have co-op in it because we don't mind watching while only one of us plays, but it has to be a game thats on the 360 since thats the only console my friends have.

Any good recommendations? I was thinking maybe the Condemned games?

#2 Posted by BeachThunder (8833 posts) - 2 months, 8 days ago

Amnesia; hook your computer up to your TV.

Um, Dead Space 1?

#3 Edited by AssInAss (1881 posts) - 2 months, 8 days ago

@bobstar said:

So I'm looking for a really good horror game that I can play with my friends. It doesn't necessarily have to have co-op in it because we don't mind watching while only one of us plays, but it has to be a game thats on the 360 since thats the only console my friends have.

Any good recommendations? I was thinking maybe the Condemned games?

Yup, Condemned: Criminal Origins. My favorite horror game of all time, followed by Amnesia. So many great moments, like the mannequin part in the department store.

I have yet to see an actually scary co-op horror game, seems it could be done if indie.

#4 Posted by Demoskinos (8925 posts) - 2 months, 8 days ago

Amnesia as already said. By far one of the scariest games in a long time.

#5 Edited by Bobstar (243 posts) - 2 months, 8 days ago

I've been considering Amnesia, but is it a game that can be played while other people are watching without them getting bored?

#6 Edited by Sackmanjones (4163 posts) - 2 months, 8 days ago

Both condemned games a pretty scary and are tons of fun. Man, I could really use another one of those game.

#7 Edited by Pr1mus (2417 posts) - 2 months, 8 days ago

Dog's Life.

The ending will freak anyone out.

#8 Posted by McGhee (5317 posts) - 2 months, 8 days ago

I can just imagine you and your buddies in your PJs with the lights out all squealing in terror and hugging each other every time something scary happens.

#9 Edited by Dacnomaniac (208 posts) - 2 months, 8 days ago

Aliens: CM. :3

#10 Posted by Gamer_152 (13235 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

Even if your friends only have 360s, games like Amnesia and Slender don't really need high end PCs for you to run them, I'd especially recommend the latter if you want to play with friends around.

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#11 Posted by Clonedzero (2040 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

scary games are kinda pointless if you'r enot alone in a dark room

#12 Posted by Video_Game_King (29197 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

You have a computer. Go emulate Clock Tower on the SNES.

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#13 Posted by 0blivion (214 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

Cry of Fear, a mod for the original Half Life, is really fantastic. If you scare easy, it's best played with the lights on.

#14 Edited by Yummylee (18133 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

Silent Hill 3 and the Resident Evil remake. They're most definitely not the scariest you can find, but given that so many of the other big hitters have been mentioned, I'm doing what I can :P

Ah, 360 only, I missed that part... Well, guess you can scratch those two off the list. In that case I'll echo @sackmanjones and his Condemned games recommendation.

#15 Posted by Blu3V3nom07 (1402 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

Friday the 13th on NES.

#16 Posted by PretentiousHack (41 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

Sadly due to mainstream console development "AAA" concepts of "horror" or "survival horror" usually amounts to "action games with monsters".

Currently, pc titlles... specifically indie ones are vastly superior. Slender man for example.

#17 Posted by ZeeL (30 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

Amnesia, Penumbra: The Black Plague, System Shock 2 (You can get it now on GOG.com, tons of great mods online that make it look really good these days too)

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#18 Edited by AssInAss (1881 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

@pr1mus said:

Dog's Life.

The ending will freak anyone out.

#19 Posted by Zaccheus (1346 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

If PC absolutely isn't an option I'd go with the first Condemned. I watched a full playthrough on Youtube and at least I found it entertaining.

#20 Edited by CornBREDX (3417 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

There aren't many on XBOX.

Not many remember it but The Suffering was pretty cool. It was on original XBOX, may be able to find it on XBOX live.

Really scary though is hard to find these days. You would be best served on PC with games already mentioned. True horror focused games have never sold well (in big budget numbers) so they are uncommon on consoles now.

#21 Posted by Boombastic (4 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

Try Amnesia and Slenderman.

#22 Posted by OfficeGamer (1024 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

Amnesia and Condemned are two games I stopped playing soon after starting because they made me uneasy in my guts

#23 Edited by ShaggE (4415 posts) - 2 months, 7 days ago

Fatal Frame 2. It's an Xbox 1 game, but it runs well on the 360.