EYE THE HORROR GAME SERIES

And while The Last of Us: Part II is more of a terrifying situation than a straight-up horror game, it had some good jump scares to sell its more intense moments. Alien: Isolation is just a fantastic game of cat and mouse, so almost every time the alien grabs you is a jump-worthyВ moment.

EYE THE HORROR GAME SERIES

The Outlast series has made a name for itself in this area, but they tend to be more plentiful and bigger in Outlast 2, so weвЂ™re giving that the nod. We felt the games above did the latter well, surprising us on more than a couple of occasions. Scary games can usually execute one or two of these successfully, but finding consistently throughout the adventure is rare. However, pulling off a good jump scare isnвЂ™t an easy feat, and we actually found this category more challenging than we expected. After all, we seek out these experiences because we want to be scared. When a game catches you so off guard it causes you to scream or jolt, itвЂ™s done something right. What makes a good scary game? For many, it comes down to the jump scares, which, letвЂ™s face it, are the most entertaining things to watch. Eternal Darkness straight up messes with you if your sanity meter gets too low, doing everything from subtle things like skewed camera angles to fourth-wall-breaking effects like a blue screen of death appearing or saying all your save files have been вЂњdeleted.вЂќ Any of these games will make you question whatвЂ™s going on around you, as you try to piece together whatвЂ™s really going on. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories cleverly administers psychological tests to analyze you, altering the gameplay elements based on your answers. Many of these titles have sanity meters or effects in the way of auditory or visual hallucinations, but some take things further than others. These games are great at making you feel uncomfortable and tapping into your psychological vulnerabilities. Psychological horror is a popular subgenre, which made picking only a few for this category a daunting task (as you can see!). When done well, horror games mess with your mind, making you question everything you see and hear. If you want a newer take on an older Resident Evil game, the Resident Evil 2 (Remake) is your best option. CapcomВ truly impressed here, with horrifying locales such as the dollhouse and Lycan caves, alongsideВ big bosses like Lady Dimitrescu andВ Moreau. But you really can't go wrong with this year's Resident Evil Village. Its first two parts are currently available in Early Access and itвЂ™s been well received. Visage is a fantasticВ spiritual successor to P.T., where you explore an ever-changing house and discover its frightening past. Some highlights from our picks: Phasmophobia is currently in Early Access and making a splash, especially on Twitch, due to its four-player cooperative nature, letting you team up as ghost hunters and having your actions (and voice) affect your interactions with the deceased. These selections are some of the best to hit the market in the last few years. If youвЂ™re a fan of horror games, youвЂ™re probably upВ to date on the older titles and looking for something new. Sadly, Clock Tower doesnвЂ™t have that option, so it will feel a bit antiquated, but itвЂ™s important to see ScissormanвЂ™s roots. For Resident Evil, itвЂ™s hard to recommend people go back to the old-school original when the 2002 remake had better graphics and gameplay. And while Penumbra preceded and established a lot of ideas found in Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Frictional Games really took things to a new level here. Fatal Frame II also takes the crown in its respected series В exploring an eerie town as sisters Mio and Mayu while learning the horrors of the вЂњCrimson Sacrifice RitualвЂќ is one of the most frightening experiences around. Silent Hill has had plenty of ups and downs, but Silent Hill 2 stands the best of the bunch for its twisted narrative and blindsiding endings. Sometimes you just want to play the classics! Seeing how the survival-horror genre has evolved through the years can be valuable, so consider these picks a history lesson in the most talked-about games at the top of the horror genre.

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