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Top 10 scariest games

Posted Oct 29, 2006 at 7:50AM EST by QJ Staff

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Nothing beats a good scare. Now, most of you guys won't probably agree with me, but I think getting scared out of our wits has a sort of fun factor to it, in a screwed sense.

And I think that's one of the reasons why horror/suspense video games still proliferate the market. You step in the shoes of (insert unfortunate character's name here), who by chance, happens to stumble upon a (insert mystery here). Of course, that leads to a series of spine-tingling events that revolve around your character's untimely demise, and because you're way smarter than Computer AI, you're expected to fight (insert creepy crawlies/monsters/ghosts here) and keep your character alive until the mystery is solved.

Of course, that wouldn't be so easy. After all, the terrors that await your character are expected to creep you out as well. You'll be made to lurk in dark hallways, trapped in unlit rooms, and to top it all off, be stalked by disturbing images. Sure puts a new ring to the word "survival", don't you think?

Anyway, GameTrailers pays homage to these games, with their "Top 10 Scariest Games" list. Hopefully, you'll find it as appealing as we did! Credits go to Honekai for this vid!

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# ....hahahahah — Guest 2006-10-29 09:31

what a bull***** list!!!! THE SUFFERING!? SYSTEM SHOCK!?! HAHAHA. Wow, idiots.

The only ones I agree with are AVP, Silent Hill, Doom III. In fact, AVP should have been #1. I've never been so scared playing a game as I was with AVP. Oh and they are wrong, it wasn't a Jaguar exclusive. I have it for PC. Also, WHERE IS FEAR!?! That game is hella scary.

# .... — Guest 2006-10-29 09:35

oh and I almost forgot resident evil. that was mad *****in' scary. i remember one of my friends had his ps1 setup in his basement, and he would only go down and play resident evil if someone was with him. HAHAHAHA.

# well — Guest 2006-10-29 09:46

The Suffering was a GREAT game....was it scary? No...but still, heh, it was good.

Yeah some games had no business being there....Aliens Vs. Predator...come on....

and where is Condemned? Condemned Crimnal Origins was friggin scary....and it didn't make the list, yet...Fatal Frame 2 did?

# I agree — Nohbody 2006-10-29 09:46

fear should have been way up there.

# : \ — Guest 2006-10-29 09:49

I have dial up so I can't watch the video, but all I know is Condemned was scary as hell! I literally screamed like a little girl in the first level and haven't played it since. Also, on 360's FEAR demo, I handed the controller over once I saw that little girls shadow and heard her laugh! EEEkkkkk

# pffft — Guest 2006-10-29 09:58

Fatal Frame 1 was more scarier than number 2.

# wtf — Guest 2006-10-29 10:13

i was expecting FEAR to be number one with Doom coming in at second.

# Bleh — Guest 2006-10-29 10:15

I think Silen Hill should have ranked twice. 2 had some really f**ked up momens. Still Silent hill 1 deserves 1st.

Second WTf, where is fear or condemned. Thoes were alot better then a few they listed.

Also suffering 1 was wicked. Still one of the most amazing parts of that game where the two voices in your head telling you to do good or do bad at the same time.

# ... — Guest 2006-10-29 10:49

dude, you obviously never played AVP... you probably weren't even born back then. HAHA. seriously though, that game was scary as *****in' hell. it took me a while to figure out which button on the keyboard was nightvision, and I ended up playing like 1/4 of the game in just pure blackness. the red/pain indicator/flashing when an alien gets behind you is scary as *****. PLUS, what the video didn't mention is that the aliens CLIMBED THE WALLS AND CEILINGS...

i don't think condemned or the suffering should be listed, because both games were failures. no one played them. my list would be #5 Doom III #4 Silent Hill #3 Resident Evil #2 AVP #1 FEAR. when you come down the ladder and Alma is there, I think I shat my pants.

# Better list — Guest 2006-10-29 11:14

This list is kinda like the one i saw on x-play. I think these guys did a better job.

you can see the vedeo here. http://www.g4tv.com/search.aspx

and look up "X-Play's Top 10 Scariest Games"

# what on earth!? — Guest 2006-10-29 11:48

Condemned was a failure!?! The Suffering was a failure!?!

...

get your head examined man, both of those games were great. You probably havn't played more than 10 minutes of either of the games.

I know one thing is for sure...at least in Condemned and The Suffering, the enimies make noise when they come at you, its not all silent like on AVP...worthless.

# What about Condemned?! — drumercalzone09 2006-10-29 11:57

Seriously, Condemned was the freakiest game I have ever played. I wasn't even able to finish it. I'm really dissapointed that it wasn't on the list.

# At least they got the No. 1 right... — Guest 2006-10-29 13:06

The series as a whole is definitely the scariest. Just thinking about Pyramid Head sends shivers down my spine...

# . — Guest 2006-10-29 13:41

i think shadowman for ps1 was scary.

# ... — lordroba 2006-10-29 13:49

Anyone ever play Realms of the Haunting? It's a DOS based game published by Interplay. I remember sitting at my computer desk and having the ***** scared out out of me. It was also pretty big in size for it's time (came on 4 cd's). Anyways, I recomend it if you want to play something scary.

# a retarded list — Guest 2006-10-29 16:36

silent hill at number 1? what the hell?

AvP on the PC should be number 1, it is the only game i refuse to play because i get scared of the facehuggers.

Half Life 2 was scarier than Doom 3. i can't think of many other scary games.

# ... — Guest 2006-10-29 17:13

i find it funny that so many people think Doom 3 and Fear were some of the scariest games theyve played.... wow...

# ??? — Guest 2006-10-29 17:43

Honestly, and without a doubt, Fatal Frame 2 is the scariest game I have ever played. Probably not the best game on the list, but turn the lights out and the sound up, I'm sure you'll be scared more than you thought possible. You haven't played it if you disagree.

# Silent Hill 1 the best! — Guest 2006-10-29 18:50

There's no *****ing doubt that Silent Hill should be number 1. That game is the scariest thing i have ever seen. Ten times better than the best horror out there. I first played Silent Hill on PS1 6-7 years ago and i was so scared. Yesterday i doug up the old Silent hill demo for PS1 and played it and it was still *****ing the scariest thing ever! Silent Hill 1 is the best!

# 50/50 agree — Annony 2006-10-29 18:57

Silent Hill is definatly the #1 scary game, mostly because it makes you scared, but you HAVE to keep playing.

And I agree about the facehuggers... I still refuse to play the marine missions in AVP 1 and 2

# hehe — Annony 2006-10-29 19:01

yeah, they nearly perfected survival horror with SH2 via atmosphere and the headf*** stories. And Pyramid Head is my favorite video game baddy.

# Doom? — Guest 2006-10-29 21:00

They should've made the entire Doom series one of the spots. Doom 1+2 were scary as hell, especially on nightmare when enemies would start teleporting behind you and you could hear them breathing heavy and growling...

# One word — Guest 2006-10-29 21:47

Phantasmagoria.

# uhm — Guest 2006-10-30 03:07

Clive Barkers Undying

# ? — Guest 2006-10-30 04:46

the top 3 was about right.... but where's FEAR and i agree hl2 was way scarier than doom 3

# what? — Guest 2006-10-30 07:05

i agree with comments above, my top 3 would have been:

1. FEAR

2. DOOM 3

3. Clive Barker's Undying

# ALONE IN THE DARK IV??? — Guest 2006-10-30 07:28

How come its not in the top 10??? It was a lot scarier than "the suffering".

# well, — Guest 2006-10-30 07:56

well, i agree with them on there pic of silent hill being #1, but doom3 should be #2 or 3

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