Games that freaked you out the most.

[Harmony Descent]

Gather 'round, kiddos, and let Uncle Xort tell you of the scariest game he and Milkyway64 have ever experienced: Parasite Eve 2.

Now, for those of you who don't know this series, the original Parasite Eve was a horror/RPG mix, so it had its moments. PE2, however, was mostly action, so it was considerably less scary - except, of course, the damned desert ghost town. Allow me to set up the scenario:

You, Aya Brea, get out of your car in the middle of an abandoned town in the desert. You don't suspect anything amiss, really; it's a bit odd that nobody's around, but hey, it must be freaking hot out, so you'd stay inside too if you could help it. You explore a little bit, examining a few things here and there. Behind a window, you think someone is watching you, but on closer inspection you see it's nothing. Suddenly, you round a corner and see it. It's a creepy-ass hybrid camel/cougar/human/spawn of Satan sort of monster, and half a second after you see it, it rams your crotch at full speed. Jump scare go!

Now, after fighting a particularly difficult battle against this mofo, you're paranoid as hell. It's broad daylight, the town is abandoned, and now you know why. You're low on resources, so another encounter with one of those creepy Eldritch horrors will probably kill you dead. Still, you have to explore. There's no background music, so you strain your ears for the slightest noise to betray a potential ambush. You keep checking windows, and never once see another human, though you still suspect you're being watched and followed. You go across the town and back, always uneasy when you have to go through a dark alley or pass through a brightly lit, open courtyard. Finally, you get inside a building, so you're a bit less apprehensive about being attacked out of nowhere.

Eventually, you come to the one part of the building you haven't explored. It's behind a locked door, but the room you're in has all the elements of a puzzle necessary to unlock it and continue. You check a few of the ways into the next room, and it becomes apparent that whatever has been stalking you the entire time is on the other side. At this point, you're not entirely sure you even want to keep going, but you must. Slowly, reluctantly, you complete the puzzle and go through the door, finally confronting...

A NORMAL DUDE! Yeah, the whole thing had you absolutely scared shitless of a normal old desert redneck, who IIRC was even injured when you found him. After that point, the game gets significantly less scary, but by God did they do a good job of making atmosphere in that one segment. Also keep in mind, this was PS1 graphics and you're exploring the town in the middle of broad daylight. Making something like that scary takes some damn talent.

Dude, I remember watching my brother play that back in the day!  It's been so long, though, since I've seen it.  But, that's where YouTube comes in.  My favorite boss has to be Cannon Face:  Even though he sounded like an elephant and looked pretty effing retarded, it looked pretty awesome at how much detail and effort the creators put into the creatures.

[Milkyway64]

I loved the hell out of Parasite Eve. First game was a wonderfully creepy action RPG and the second game was Resident Evil with more actiony bosses.

But dat desert town scared the hell out of me like no one else. Something Xort failed to mention was the bathrooms and hotel rooms, exploring those was unsettling too. You just keep expecting SOMETHING to happen, and it never does. Almost each and every one of the rooms was just as empty as it first appeared.

[Geo Stelar]

Hotel 626 It scared the wits and crap out of me when I first played it three years ago.

For those who haven't herd of this, click the link and play.

[Sabre]

Then heres something that will give ya nightmares!

OMG! She has no chin!

As for Parasite Eve 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLh4cOLrsKs

Also, remember that bit where all the baby claymores come out from under the bed? Shame the first one never came out over here.

[Vy'drach]

Trying to remember the game, and I can barely remember anything about it. What I do remember (mostly) is that it took place in a futureish setting (though I may be wrong on that), and you played a guy in the middle of an infestation of, as I remember, alien leech type things, that infect you. You had to manage your health and infection levels. Not particularly long into the game your friend dies to a bunch of the leech things, and you have to leave his body and move on, but then a cutscene plays showing his body mutate horribly. It played a lot like Resident Evil, and I would of sworn it was called Parasite Eve, but looking up the actual PE games, I highly doubt that, unless all I played was an intro or so, which may be possible as I didn't get that far in. Either way, that happen to ring any bells for anyone? Not knowing what it's called is actually bugging me, and I can't find anything similar to it on any survival-horror lists.

[Sabre]

Trying to remember the game, and I can barely remember anything about it. What I do remember (mostly) is that it took place in a futureish setting (though I may be wrong on that), and you played a guy in the middle of an infestation of, as I remember, alien leech type things, that infect you. You had to manage your health and infection levels. Not particularly long into the game your friend dies to a bunch of the leech things, and you have to leave his body and move on, but then a cutscene plays showing his body mutate horribly. It played a lot like Resident Evil, and I would of sworn it was called Parasite Eve, but looking up the actual PE games, I highly doubt that, unless all I played was an intro or so, which may be possible as I didn't get that far in. Either way, that happen to ring any bells for anyone? Not knowing what it's called is actually bugging me, and I can't find anything similar to it on any survival-horror lists.

Extermination?

[Vy'drach]

Thank you, Sabre. Trying to remember what game it was was driving me nuts. That's definitely it. I should really get my hands on that game.

[ballisticwaffles]

OMG! She has no chin!

As for Parasite Eve 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLh4cOLrsKs

Also, remember that bit where all the baby claymores come out from under the bed? Shame the first one never came out over here.

Holy Crap

[Xortberg]

Holy Crap

Yeah, Parasite Eve worked wonders with PS1 graphics.

[Sabre]

Yeah, Parasite Eve worked wonders with PS1 graphics.

The most amazing thing about it imo was that it's one of the best and most scientificly complex games ever made and yet it was made by Square. Yes. The makers of Final Fantasy with it's anti science anti corperate bollocks made this. It's like an artist that can make masterpieces, but settles for stickmen and doodles of knobs on a school desk.

By scientificly complex, I should point out that the cause of all this get's very technical

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_DNA

[Xortberg]

Now now, keep the veiled Final Fantasy bashing to a minimum Just because it's not scientific doesn't mean it's not good.

[Sabre]

True, the bad gameplay, story, grinding and lack of inovation are reasons why it's crap. It's just not something you expect. It's like if Lionhead made a game that wasn't a disappointment, or Nintendo made a gorry mario game.

[Xortberg]

You're only looking at the bad examples. But on topic, a gory Mario game geared towards realism and horror might have some pretty good potential. Of course, it would never happen. Too bad.

[Fire Yoshi]

Silent Hill 3.  Ugh, the Closer monsters are sooooooo freaky looking.