The day that dentists around the globe detest has finally arrived, and you’re invited to a place around the Push Square campfire to celebrate Hallowe’en. Over the past five days, we’ve been posting about some of our favourite horror games, and we’ve covered a broad spectrum, spanning known quantities like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, all the way through to obscure titles such as The Thing.
The objective for our ragtag group of writers was simple: tell a tale about one of your favourite PlayStation horrors. For our very own Kell Andersen, that manifested as a story about the social potential of P.T., while Alex Stinton took this editor’s words to heart – and penned an uplifting tale about one of the worst games to ever grace the PlayStation 3.
- Why the Petrifying P.T. Is the Perfect Multiplayer Experience on PS4
- The Resident Evil 4 Cabin Encounter That Totally Redefined Survival Horror
- How Final Fantasy VII's Not-So-Scary Intro Made Me Shelve It for Two Years
- Why the Abysmal Zombeer Has Changed My Outlook on Games
- Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Is an Underrated Survival Horror Smash
- Why Red Dead Redemption's Undead Nightmare DLC Is Perfect for Hallowe'en
- The Thing About PS2 Horror The Thing
- Why You Should Brave Outlast on PS4 This Hallowe'en
Of course, as we stress all of the time, you have a voice on this site just as much as the people that help to make it – and so we want to give you an opportunity to tell a tale or two. There are lots of things to discuss: what’s your favourite horror title? Is there a particular moment so scary that you’ve never progressed beyond it, and why? Do you have a particular character that you detest? Do you think that games are scarier than movies?
For a little inspiration, we’ve recapped all of our editors’ articles above. With that said, all that’s left for us to do is to hand you a torch and a toasted marshmallow, and wait for you to Push Scare.
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To get us started, I wanted to leave a shout out for the Hallowe’en section in Bully. It’s rare that games treat seasons as actual in-game events, but I felt that Rockstar’s boarding school simulator did a brilliant job of this. I loved the way the entirety of the Bullworth Academy was re-skinned to take advantage of the holiday – and pulling pranks in a naff skeleton costume was incredibly entertaining.
Time for a scary story, on a weekend I was finaly free from college, with nothing to do all day and no one home, I decided to turn on my PS3, and instead of turning on, it started BEEPING A YELLOW LIGHT. O_O
True Story
Epilogue: I sent my PS3 to a random repair center and they charged me 80$ TO REPAIR IT, which was even more scary IMHO O_O
@Epic Has your PS3 lived to tell this tale?
I once played Duke Nukem Forever. Does that count as scary enough?
@rastamadeus Terrifying.
I've been playing a lot of scary games since it's October! I actually just got finished playing P.T., too! Bleugh, so much scary. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so does that mean video is worth more?
please see my post below -Tasuki-
And again, P.T. is horrible, but not quite as bad as Five Nights at Freddy's. Q_Q That game is the stuff of nightmares!
@get2sammyb I just want to make sure, is posting a link to an on-topic discussion is within the community rules?
@Azikira: I tend to frown on it as a form of self advertising. It can be hard for me to defend an advertisement like yours to someone I repremend for say creating a thread to advertise. That's why I ask for you to please advertise in your signature. I hope you understand the complex nature of this.
@Tasuki Alright, didn't wanna get in trouble or anything!
Getting an email about November's plus content with three games on it was pretty scary.
I wish I was kidding.
This from 2k, thanks Sony.
"We have some unfortunate news to share with folks planning to participate in the Big Alpha test on PlayStation 4 starting today. Following the recent PS4 2.00 firmware update, we are experiencing difficulties with the Evolve Big Alpha on PlayStation 4. As a result, the test on PlayStation 4 is postponed. PlayStation and 2K are working together on a resolution."
Also, just tried to watch The Road on a perfect blemish and dust free blu ray disc, unrecognised apparently, and, the ps4 sounds like its raping my disc.
Thanks again Sony.
@Azikira: Not a problem at all. I appreciate you asking. Its just like I stated its a very complex situation.
Playing through Final Fantasy 7, there's a part in the Temple of Ancients where you're watching Sephiroth, but through a pool that lets you see the past. Then, out of nowhere, he looks straight at your party and fazes into the ephemeral plane your party is watching him from. When my fiancee reached that part of the game, she called me, audibly crying and completely distraught.
**Major Persona 3 Spoilers Follow**
For myself, I always found time to play Persona 3 at night back in high school, and at the end of the game your main character is constantly tired the final few days after the last boss and just falls asleep one day, but just dies in his sleep inexplicably one of those days. I don't know why but the really messed with my head, it seemed more real and traumatizing to see that happen than any other game I've played.
http://img.youtube.com/vi/haTQ4D-W6gM/0.jpg
Because I am part of a Christian church, I cannot celebrate Halloween or Christmas, EVER!
For some reason, the scariest moments in games for me always come from the Metal Gear series. Theres....
*MGS1- The cavern with the huskies. It's dark as crap and they attack very quickly. They also slip through crawl spaces, and you have to go through this place I believe 3 times.
*MGS2- Arsenal Gear. You're literally naked, can't defend yourself very well, creepy, nearly absent music and mission control is off it's meds. I NEED SCISSORS! 61!
*MGS3- The lake with the gators that you have to swim through. It's hard to see them, yet they're EVERYWHERE. Raging paranoia activate.
@Bad-MuthaAdebis dont worry too much. I've played at length on xbox one, and its a extremely shallow boring and repetitive game. I know its only a alpha ,but i personaly feel that this game will get boring very quick.
Its the sort of game were you need 5 good friends with headsets to make it worthwhile . If you play with (relative) strangers then the game has no cohesion (check destiny raids)
Great presentation though.
@get2sammyb - forgot all about Bully. Damn, I loved that game.
I wouldn't say scary, but this stayed with me for a long time.
MILD LAST OF US SPOILERS FOR WHAT IS TECHNICALLY AN EASTER EGG FOLLOW:
Ish, and the kids.
Until I got to the nursery I thought he was going to be ok, and it was like being punched in the stomach.
@Davros79 i was literally only ever interested in playing as a Goliath, I'll probably only rent the game anyway, I don't see how it can be interesting enough to be a full price game anyway, I'm assuming that's its a multiplayer game only
I will never forget the first time I played Resident Evil 2 on the PSone and that lasher I think its called appeared on the ceiling and fell onto us.
I was playing RE 2 over at a friends house while spending the night (we rented a bunch of games and movies and loaded up with soda and snack foods). We decided to pop in RE 2 and play it with the lights off. Everything was fine then the lasher appeared and freaked us both out. Needless to say we didn't need caffeine to keep us up anymore that night.
The ReDedeads in Ocarina of time, man. I'll never forget the first encounter as a kid, the "What the hell is tha-AAAGGH!"(
@Enobmah_Shards I am part of one as well, but, though many Halloween activities are discouraged for multiple reasons, we still do something for the day (usually some sort of "Harvest Festival" with a bunch of activities for kids and adults). Christmas is celebrated largely the same as everyone else, though with events and plays that are more centered on the gospels. Rarely ever heard of anyone just not celebrating either of them.
@Enobmah_Shards you don't seem too happy about that!
Feeding coins in the 80's into a ghouls n ghost in the back of a smugglers pub in Cornwall, earliest gaming experience
@Zep_Fan_81 Nah, I was just missing out that's all. But I stand firm with my religion.
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