Dark Messiah is actually pretty tense in places, especially at first when you are trying to get out of a house and onto some castle walls whilst being pursued by undead :)
But that's just while one is not used to it, so... I'd guess it would have to be AVP2. The marine's first levels just creeped me out. Not a single enemy... just walking. Quite an acomplishment. :shaking:First time I played that game, i had full EAX surround sound on, dark room so the only thing you could see was the screen. I kept hearing hissing from behind me, and when id turn around id get hit from the direction i had just been facing. Scared the hell out of me
The scariest for me was the first Aliens vs Predator, it has a much darker atmosphere. I was playing with the marine when a facehugger got me, I screamed because I didnt even it coming. :shaking:
avp 1 marine campaign
undying
shock 2
theif 3 shalebridge cradle level
vampire bloodlines holowbrook hotel level
Dark Messiah is actually pretty tense in places, especially at first when you are trying to get out of a house and onto some castle walls whilst being pursued by undead :)
Man, now I want to play that game even more. :D
Obligatory nomination of SS2, although I have yet to complete it.
And of course the marine campaign of AvP2. There are many scary passages when you're stumbling around in the dark, concentrating on your motion tracker, and then you hear that 'blip' from it ( I love it how they got the sound effect exactly like in the movie) and you get very tense.
But the scariest part was when you have enter the seemingly deserted alien hive, trying to rescue one of your teammates. You find her only to see that it's too late and that you have to kill her. By torching her you wake up the hive ... hissing noises start coming from all directions, the motion tracker pickung up more and more signals. You start running towards the exit, the hissing and screeching getting louder. You make it out of the hive and continue running towards the APC, you turn around just to see dozens of xenomorphs emerging from the opening you just used to get out, a wave of black insectoid terror leaping at you.
The first time I played that part, my heart sank as I launched grenade after grenade into them, but still got shred to pieces.
Heh, it's pretty good. I wouldn't call it an RPG as such, it plays kinda like Half Life 2, not surprising considering it runs on Steam using the Source Engine, combat is far more involved than normal, you'll spend a lot of time running away or looking for things to throw, or standing on a landing so that you can kick them down the stairs. There's more or less no let-up to the action, unlike an RPG, if you're stuck on a section, you can't go level up doing something easier, there's no real freedom of choice, though there are levels and skills to choose from, but skill points are awarded not for experience but for completing objectives.
Basically, it is a good game, but don't be fooled by the RPG tag, it's no more a 'Role Playing Game' than, say, playing Lara Croft in Tombraider, you are playing a role, but it's not a sandbox type game, you have a set path to follow.
Also, you need a good graphics card and system to run it properly, I have 1.5 Gigs of memory, an X1600 on 8*AGP and an 3.2 Gig processor and still get stuttering on anything above low to medium settings.
I see many people talk about System Shock 2, is it any good too? I played the demo ages ago but otherwise dont know much about it.
I know, I tried the demo and it barely ran here, I'll have to wait a couple years before getting something that will be able to run it but I'll be getting it mostly for the story, is it any good?
FEAR, hands down, the scariest form of entertainment I have ever witnessed. THis is a game you must play with the lights on. Doors slamming in your face and people runiing past doors stright through walls is creepy. Now when you have a moment when you are about to go down a ladder, you spin around when your just have your feet on the rungs you see this creepy insane spirt girl behind you staring at you. Thats not creepy, thats wrong, thats stain your pants worng.....
Doom3 lost all it's atmosphere when you realised it was the same bloody trick every time and would immediatley spin round to check you're rear whenever something showed up.
I still think FPS-RTS games have the most untapped potential, like Battlezone 1 and 2 or even maybe Savage.
AVP1 Marine Campaign
System Shock 2
Return to the Cathedral - Thief 1
The Shalebridge Cradle - Thief 3
Holowbrook Hotel - Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines
Escaping from the Hotel Room - Call of Cthulu Dark Corners of the Earth