Lord Loss
2011-03-13, 05:16 PM
I promised the playground a Let's Play (at the time deisgnated as a PS3 Action Title LP), but complications ensued and that particular Let's Play isn't going to happen (Laziness Schoolwork, Camera Troubles, etc.). Instead, I'm gathering upvictims - friends, sorry. To play through some survival horror with me and give you folk our opinions on the games. However, we're not going to be playing any of these namby-pamby PS3 "Horror" games, we're going to be experiencing some real frights - PS2 Survival Horror games, from back when they actually knew how to make them.
I don't actually have any so far, but I've created a list, some scarier than others and I'm going to be hunting for them through a large variety of stores, online and offline, giving all the new employees who were hoping for some easy money a hard time. So, without further ado, the list of games. I'll be providing descriptions for them later, I swear (as soon as I stop being a lazy bum).
Silent Hill 2-4, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Clock Tower 3
Kuon
Fatal Frame 1-3
Haunting Ground
Siren 1,2
Cold Fear
Obscure 1,2
The Suffering, The Suffering: Ties That Bind
The Thing
Resident Evil (Any)
Echo Night: The Beyond
That's it for now, let me know if you think I forgot any good games. They're all PS2 Games, I don't own any other consoles, my PC's a lunk of dunder and there are almost no good PS3 horror games (Come on, you know Dead Space is only a Gore-Fest with a few jump out scares. In the good old days, we didn't see the monsters in our horror games. We were able to get scared by just imagining the damn things!), so I'm pretty sure I'll be sticking with PS2 games unless the upcoming shadows of the damned ends up being godly or someone finds me a copy of Condemned (ordering off E-Bay is a last resort for me).
With that said, if you guys tell me which games you want me to buy, I'll buy those should I find them at the store as opposed to others (you don't need to bother voting for SIlent Hill 2, I'm getting it first if I can find it). As for format, I'm not quite sure what I'll be using. We might go with screenshot LPS, full-fledged video-LPs or perhaps mini-journals of our impressions of the game. We also don't know if we should play through full games or stop after a little while of each, or do it by case-by-case basis, finishing only the very good ones (or those we deem too horrible to not play through). We'd like some feedback on that as well. What format do you guys prefer? Do you want us to play through each and every game? If not, how much do we play of each? Thanks in advance for responding, every last bit of feedback is really appreciated.
That's all for now, L.L!:smallbiggrin:
EDIT: Well, I promised you guys descriptions of the games, so here are the first few (they're based on my understanding of the games, I don't want to spoil them for myself, so I'm just saying what I know):
Silent Hill Series
Silent Hill centers on a creepy town that changes into a nightmarish version of itself at night. People entering the town are ensnared in the hard to escape, but apparently harmeless Fogworld which sometimes turns into something akin to hell itself (forget the other world's name). Also, Silent Hill takes on shades of the personal problems and emotions of its victims. In the first one, the nurses symbolise the character's wife. In the other ones, they're ther because american designers don't know how to do survival horror. There's also a guy with a triangle for a face. The game uses loneliness to scare, you'll often go for a while without running into a monster.
Clock Tower 3
A girl is given a dire warning by her mother to not return to the family home to celebrate her 15th Birthday. Mystified by the message, she returns home only to find that her family's gone and a new tenant now lives there. There's something involving time travel or whatever and the gameplay involves exploration and running away from monsters - you can't fight them except in boss battles.
Kuon
A ghost story type-thing that plays out in three different Phases (Ying, Yang and Kuon) and centers around two exorcists and a young girl. I don't know much more than this, but apparently there's demons.
Fatal Frame
This one has a camera involved and apparently you fight off enemies using different types of flim for the camera. Sounds snazzy. I don't know much about the individual plots of each game, but here's what I know of the first: After having received almost no news for over a week, Miku goes into the Himuro Mansion to look for her missing brother, Mafuyu Hinasaki. She finds no trace of her brother, except for her mother's old camera that Mafuyu brought along with him. Realizing that she is now trapped within the mansion, Miku continues searching for her brother and a way out.
Haunting Ground
Young girl trapped in spooky castle and wants to escape freaky monsters. Also, the game uses little gore and focuses on what we don't see as opposed to using gore and whatnot. I know very little about the main plot beyond that.
Siren
The story unfolds in the Japanese village of Hanuda where every thirty years, some very spooky stuff goes down. The game takes place over three days, beginning on the date of the anniversary. This game also uses the nifty mechanic of allowing you tu see through the eyes of the monsters trying to devour you (and perhaps other humans? I'm not really sure...).
Cold Fear
Zombies on a decrepit russian whaler. The CIA has to contend not only against undead horrors, but also battle the elements, dodging swinging hooks and grabbing onto railings, seeing as the boat is caught in a storm. Apparently the game lacks in enemy variety.
I don't actually have any so far, but I've created a list, some scarier than others and I'm going to be hunting for them through a large variety of stores, online and offline, giving all the new employees who were hoping for some easy money a hard time. So, without further ado, the list of games. I'll be providing descriptions for them later, I swear (as soon as I stop being a lazy bum).
Silent Hill 2-4, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Clock Tower 3
Kuon
Fatal Frame 1-3
Haunting Ground
Siren 1,2
Cold Fear
Obscure 1,2
The Suffering, The Suffering: Ties That Bind
The Thing
Resident Evil (Any)
Echo Night: The Beyond
That's it for now, let me know if you think I forgot any good games. They're all PS2 Games, I don't own any other consoles, my PC's a lunk of dunder and there are almost no good PS3 horror games (Come on, you know Dead Space is only a Gore-Fest with a few jump out scares. In the good old days, we didn't see the monsters in our horror games. We were able to get scared by just imagining the damn things!), so I'm pretty sure I'll be sticking with PS2 games unless the upcoming shadows of the damned ends up being godly or someone finds me a copy of Condemned (ordering off E-Bay is a last resort for me).
With that said, if you guys tell me which games you want me to buy, I'll buy those should I find them at the store as opposed to others (you don't need to bother voting for SIlent Hill 2, I'm getting it first if I can find it). As for format, I'm not quite sure what I'll be using. We might go with screenshot LPS, full-fledged video-LPs or perhaps mini-journals of our impressions of the game. We also don't know if we should play through full games or stop after a little while of each, or do it by case-by-case basis, finishing only the very good ones (or those we deem too horrible to not play through). We'd like some feedback on that as well. What format do you guys prefer? Do you want us to play through each and every game? If not, how much do we play of each? Thanks in advance for responding, every last bit of feedback is really appreciated.
That's all for now, L.L!:smallbiggrin:
EDIT: Well, I promised you guys descriptions of the games, so here are the first few (they're based on my understanding of the games, I don't want to spoil them for myself, so I'm just saying what I know):
Silent Hill Series
Silent Hill centers on a creepy town that changes into a nightmarish version of itself at night. People entering the town are ensnared in the hard to escape, but apparently harmeless Fogworld which sometimes turns into something akin to hell itself (forget the other world's name). Also, Silent Hill takes on shades of the personal problems and emotions of its victims. In the first one, the nurses symbolise the character's wife. In the other ones, they're ther because american designers don't know how to do survival horror. There's also a guy with a triangle for a face. The game uses loneliness to scare, you'll often go for a while without running into a monster.
Clock Tower 3
A girl is given a dire warning by her mother to not return to the family home to celebrate her 15th Birthday. Mystified by the message, she returns home only to find that her family's gone and a new tenant now lives there. There's something involving time travel or whatever and the gameplay involves exploration and running away from monsters - you can't fight them except in boss battles.
Kuon
A ghost story type-thing that plays out in three different Phases (Ying, Yang and Kuon) and centers around two exorcists and a young girl. I don't know much more than this, but apparently there's demons.
Fatal Frame
This one has a camera involved and apparently you fight off enemies using different types of flim for the camera. Sounds snazzy. I don't know much about the individual plots of each game, but here's what I know of the first: After having received almost no news for over a week, Miku goes into the Himuro Mansion to look for her missing brother, Mafuyu Hinasaki. She finds no trace of her brother, except for her mother's old camera that Mafuyu brought along with him. Realizing that she is now trapped within the mansion, Miku continues searching for her brother and a way out.
Haunting Ground
Young girl trapped in spooky castle and wants to escape freaky monsters. Also, the game uses little gore and focuses on what we don't see as opposed to using gore and whatnot. I know very little about the main plot beyond that.
Siren
The story unfolds in the Japanese village of Hanuda where every thirty years, some very spooky stuff goes down. The game takes place over three days, beginning on the date of the anniversary. This game also uses the nifty mechanic of allowing you tu see through the eyes of the monsters trying to devour you (and perhaps other humans? I'm not really sure...).
Cold Fear
Zombies on a decrepit russian whaler. The CIA has to contend not only against undead horrors, but also battle the elements, dodging swinging hooks and grabbing onto railings, seeing as the boat is caught in a storm. Apparently the game lacks in enemy variety.