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So when you think about games you’ve played, of any genre, do you have any that you wish you could experience the magic of for the first time all over again? To not know what waits in the next town or the turn of a corner. To not know where the story is headed or who the bad guy is? Well, I have games like that, horror games, and today I want to talk about them.
Dead Space
Let’s hop on back to 2008 for a bit, then first time I actually got to play Dead Space. I bought a copy at Walmart, not truly knowing what I was in for. The information on the back sounded like something I would enjoy, so I figured it would be a safe bet. What I didn’t know, obviously, was I just bought one of my favorite games of all time.
I remembered being scared during my trip through, enjoying the terrors the game had to offer. The Ishimura itself will always have a special place in my heart. The fear factor eventually faded after my 4th or 5th play through, replaced by genuine like for the world.
Now we’ll go forward to last year, and the lovely remake. It was solid, fun and I had a great time traversing the corridors of my favorite ship. Of course, then we had the minor story changes, and some gameplay improvement. I went over this more in depth with my review, so let’s skip over all that and discuss what we’re really here for.
If I was to play this again, for the first time, with the (paid link) remake…I think that would have been very awesome. Although the remake does differ the OG in certain ways, the enemies are more or less the same, so knowing what to expect made it less scary. If I came into it blind, with those updated visuals, I think it would have been something to behold. I almost envy first time players.
Suicide of Rachel Foster
I’ve talked about this game so many times before, and for a lot of good reasons at that. I’ll link to my review, but this game’s atmosphere and story were just incredibly on point. Every twist and turn left me guessing, and engaged. This isn’t a game that has a ton of replay value unfortunately, since it’s very narrative driven. That isn’t to say it isn’t worth going through a couple of times to get every detail you can, but it isn’t the same as Dead Space, which had fun gameplay and different ways to play.
This game is on sale often it seems, so I totally recommend grabbing it when given the chance. I also implore you all to read the review if you’re on the fence, since I give much more detail to everything there.
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
So fun fact, I actually don’t remember the first time I played this game. Sure, there’s a vague memory of the purchase, but actually playing it? Nope.
With that said, I’ve beaten this twice and I can honestly say that if you don’t know what’s coming, this game can still be genuinely terrifying. Between the random ghost encounters, and the spirits who are scripted boss fights, it will leave you watching your every step.
I did a review for this game too, if interested.
Eternal Darkness
I talked about this one some before in a Halloween blog I did last year, and here we are. This game was the very first to have a sanity meter, and it made good use of that too. When the sanity meter was low, the game screwed with you pretty hard. From cutting your character’s body in half and spilling blood all over the screen to even going into the menu itself and deleting your save data off of the memory card. This was a trip, and I honestly can’t recommend it enough as a horror fan. With all that said, I also would love to experience it for the first time all over again, and see all the craziness.
Conclusion
I hope one of these games spoke to you, and you’re adding it to your backlog. Each of these are amazing in their own way, and are an obvious recommendation from me. They’re all worth giving a try at some point.
Happy gaming everyone.
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