Hey folks,
October is coming, and once again, I have the responsibility of handling your TR horror options for the greatest of months. To celebrate our annual horror extravaganza, I have provided you with four possible options for your horror gaming interests!
You may pick up to two, but remember, your votes are as final as the grave.
Quake in fright as you choose your tormentor:
The Horror of Point-and-Click
Point-and-Click games have a horror streak almost as old as the genre. It's time to pay homage to an area that thrilled and terrified us long before the term "survival horror" was ever conceived. Here are just a few possibilities from a wide array of potential options:
Sanitarium, Darkseed, 7th Guest, Bad Mojo, Harvester, Phantasmagoria, Scratches, Mansion of Hidden Souls, Shadow of the Comet, Dark Fall, Clock Tower, D, Hugo's House of Horrors
Horror RPGs
While RPGs run the gamut of possible themes and tones, a few have ended up entering the entirely horror space. Not only have some of these found huge success and critical acclaim, they have also played a large part in shaping what would become the survival horror genre. Here are a few possible titles to choose from:
Sweet Home, Parasite Eve, Gorky 17, Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession, Laplace no Ma, Koudelka, Tecmo's Deception, the MegaTen franchise, Pathologic
Survival Horror Classics Gaiden
Look, we know the big names. We've played many of them to death. But have we delved into the weird side stories and related entries that make up some of the most unusual horror titles? This is for games that are a part of major horror franchises but aren't exactly what you would think of as "traditional" survival horror. Here are some examples for your playing pleasure:
Resident Evil Gaiden, Resident Evil: Gun Survivor, Silent Hill: Play Novel, Silent Hill: The Arcade, Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge, Alone in the Dark 3, Dead Space: Extraction, Real Zero, Dino Crisis: Dungeon in Chaos
You Can't Fight Back
Often in survival horror, combat plays a crucial role in the survival aspect. You must fight to survive. But what about games where you can't? Instead, you are like a defenseless child, running and hiding or dying. Will the big, bad, unstoppable monsters get you? Here are a few options that cannot be killed:
Haunted House, Haunting Ground, Hellnight, the Clock Tower series, the Forbidden Siren series, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Vampire Rain
Pick your poison.