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Main => Entertainment => Topic started by: Bamyasi on November 1, 2013 01:02 AM

Title: Spooky/scary game/movie/show/book/music to play/watch/read/listen to in the dark
Post by: Bamyasi on November 1, 2013 01:02 AM
This thread is a celebration of a certain rare beauty French people call macabre (not strictly horror, dark surrealism/sci-fi/fantasy/etc. is also welcome). I had these lists prepared and formatted beforehand, so apologies if there are any repeats. I also had a paragraph or two typed out for every game/series explaining why everyone should play it, but then I realized most of what there is to say about these titles has been said and nobody would want to read all that anyway. Instead I'll bold the ones I recommend the most and write my favorites in blood. Most of the games I know are Japanese because I don't really pay attention to Western horror, but maybe someone in this thread can convince me to do so. Why am I doing this? Well winter is coming so what better time than now? Also autism.

So yeah, list your favorite horror/not-horror/death obsessed consumer media! I'm going to list a fuckton of stuff because I love horror and have too much time on my hands. Also autism.
Japanese Survival-Horror console games
Obvious/obligatory stuff out of the way first. All of these titles have been localized (may post unlocalized list later). Listed in descending order by number of titles in franchise.
[spoiler=Disclaimer]* = Haven't actually played.

I'm more than happy to discuss any of these titles but please use [spoiler=surprise boxes]boo[/spoiler] to avoid unnecessary spoilers for other posters.[/spoiler]
Will post more lists soon! Get excited!
Title: Re: Spooky/scary game/movie/show/book/music to play/watch/read/listen to in the dark
Post by: rtil on November 1, 2013 01:56 AM
as a dreamcast fan i appreciate that Code Veronica and D2 are on your list.

in the spirit of dreamcast horror i will put up Typing of the Dead. an arcade-style type zombie game where you defeat zombies by typing what's in front of them. you needed the Dreamcast keyboard peripheral to play it of course, and its novelty has been ruined by video game vloggers like pewdiepie, but it's still a classic in my book.
The Typing of the Dead - Gameplay (Sega Dreamcast) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zx7PifOo9g#)
Title: Re: Spooky/scary game/movie/show/book/music to play/watch/read/listen to in the dark
Post by: Binary_2 on November 1, 2013 02:19 AM
All of you old people with old games that are actually scary.

I know EA sucks pretty hard in everyone's mind right now, but I enjoyed the original dead space's atmosphere.
The first time I played the game was at night, and most of the surprises really creeped me out in the dark.

ESPECIALLY THE FUCKING MED BAY

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Title: Re: Spooky/scary game/movie/show/book/music to play/watch/read/listen to in the dark
Post by: cipher on November 1, 2013 03:19 AM
Lone Survivor was pretty cool

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Title: Re: Spooky/scary game/movie/show/book/music to play/watch/read/listen to in the dark
Post by: BluPhoenix on November 1, 2013 04:52 AM
enemy zero is great
Title: Re: Spooky/scary game/movie/show/book/music to play/watch/read/listen to in the dark
Post by: Stu4U on November 1, 2013 09:41 PM
i'm not sure if this would fall under the category, but loved (http://www.kongregate.com/games/AlexanderOcias/loved?acomplete=loved) is a classic to me.
*wow it aged quite a lot since i last played it. especially the controls.
Title: Re: Spooky/scary game/movie/show/book/music to play/watch/read/listen to in the dark
Post by: Bamyasi on November 7, 2013 10:11 AM
Quote from: rtil on November  1, 2013 01:56 AM
as a dreamcast fan i appreciate that Code Veronica and D2 are on your list.
Code: Veronica will always be my favorite Resi game, and totally not because [spoiler]it was the first one I played and had a huge crush on Claire. D2 has to be one of the most unsettling games I've ever experienced. Most J-horror titles at least has the courtesy to tell you what they are and when to be scared. D2 had no such luxury, which just made the weird as fuck storyline/atmosphere even stranger.[/spoiler] And I totally missed out on Typing of the Dead! I have the official DC keyboard but I only ever used it for Phantasy Star. I also did not know PewDiePie played Dreamcast games. I guess I have a bit more respect for him now. Unless of course he emulates them, in which case I have less.
Quote from: Flee on November  1, 2013 02:42 AM
My favorite game of the current/last gen, Dead Rising!  :D
Dead Rising was one of those games I wish had gotten a PS3 port because I didn't get to played it as much as I'd have liked. I definitely have some pretty hot opinions on action-horror as a genre, but DR was one I found really enjoyable.
Quote from: BluPhoenix on November  1, 2013 04:52 AM
enemy zero is great
I've heard so many great things and want to play it really bad.

Gothic/Horror Commercial/Doujin Sound/Visual Novels and PC Adventure games
I haven't played many VN's so I combined these two lists. The first part will seem sparse/obvious for the same reason. I could just link to vgperson's blog for most of the latter part, but I like doing things the hard way. Also autism. List in descending order by number of titles in franchise.
Title: Re: Spooky/scary game/movie/show/book/music to play/watch/read/listen to in the dark
Post by: rtil on November 7, 2013 10:16 AM
Quote from: Stu4U on November  1, 2013 09:41 PM
i'm not sure if this would fall under the category, but loved (http://www.kongregate.com/games/AlexanderOcias/loved?acomplete=loved) is a classic to me.
*wow it aged quite a lot since i last played it. especially the controls.

gameplay of that reminds me a lot of knytt stories (http://nifflas.ni2.se/?page=Knytt+Stories). not spooky or anything.. i guess it can be. but it's got great ambiance.
Title: Re: Spooky/scary game/movie/show/book/music to play/watch/read/listen to in the dark
Post by: redmongoose on November 7, 2013 10:32 PM
cool thread (https://thebackalleys.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebackalleys.com%2Fforum%2Fawards%2Fslice-add.png&hash=7512b59143c86694400741934ae095a1b07ca87d)
Title: Re: Spooky/scary game/movie/show/book/music to play/watch/read/listen to in the dark
Post by: rtil on November 16, 2013 12:28 PM
i just found out typing of the dead is available on steam. it's not the same one as the dreamcast version, it's called typing of the dead: overkill. i think it came out for the ps3 or something? anyway, if you never got to play typing of the dead on dreamcast, buy it on steam.
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