Blog:Grust's Top 10 Favorite Horror Games

I love horror and come September, the start of Fall, I'll be binge playing a ton of horror games to honor the greatness of Halloween. So in honor of this decision, I shall reveal my true form.

Grust rips off his human skin revealing an abomination of rotted flesh, eyes, and teeth in a shape that can't be comprehended by mere mortals. The sight causes immense dread in all the administrators. Lashing out several tentacles from his body, Grust grabs all the administrators. His inhumane features makes it hard to tell what's going to happen.

Grust: "Now before I send the administrators' souls to perpetual torment until Halloween has passes, shall I tell you of 10 great horror games that will shatter your spine and BOIL YOUR BLOOD?"

Everyone: "Well yeah, that's why we're reading this blog."

Administrators: "What about the fact he's going to take our souls?"

Everyone: "You you you, what about our need for horror games? Quit being selfish!"

Grust: "Well said! You administrators need to learn to be silent for this one."

Chunks of Grust's flesh rips off and gags the rude administrators so they can't interrupt.

Grust: "Okay onto the countdown. For this list, I need to have played the game for it to count. Onto the countdown."

10. Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare: This is how I first learned of the Alone in the Dark franchise and how it helped birth the survival horror genre. And this sequel is easily the darkest with unholy creatures of darkness and the evil scientists experimenting on them to rule the world. In order to not only survive but save the world from the Creatures of Darkness, you play as either Edward Carnby or Aline Cedrac and find several relics that can seal the World of Darkness. Edward's playthrough is more focused on combat and battling enemies while Aline is more puzzle based to progress. I prefer Aline's playthrough because of that. Sadly the replay value is low as once you beat it as both characters, that's it, no unlockable skins or superweapons or even a final rank.

9. Clock Tower 3: This is a fairly obscure game in the Clock Tower series and sad too cuz it's pretty scary. You play as a 15 year old girl who discovers she has unique magical abilities that make her a Rooder, young girls capable of destroying evil creatures born when an evil force called an Entity possesses a human and turns them into murderous lunatics. However it's not going to be easy. In order to defeat these undead killers, you must evade them by hiding or using the environment to knock them out. Failure to do so will will eventually make Alyssa panic and once in this mode, she is uncontrollable and one hit will get her killed. In order to defeat them you must lay the souls of their victims to rest and receive special items and power-ups. Eventually you'll have a final showdown and use a magical bow and arrows to subdue the killer and condemn them to their fate.

8. Resident Evil 4: While I consider this action horror, it's still a good game and even popularized the over the shoulder mechanic for third person shooters. It's been 6 years since Raccoon City and Leon has evolved into a badass agent sent to rescue the president's daughter, Ashley, from an evil cult using an ancient mutagenic parasite. In order to fight and get the parasites removed from both Leon and Ashley, you'll need to upgrade and buy new guns from a mysterious merchant and collect treasures and most of all, fight horrific monsters created by the cult's experiments. Also the replay value is awesome with tons of guns to unlock and side stories as well such as Separate Ways. While this originally came out for the Gamecube, the Wii version is the best because of the Wiimote's motion's controls for aiming.

7. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth: It's a same this never became a success because it's terrifying and we would have had some sequels if it succeeded. You play as a detective with psychic abilities (Best ending will explain how that happened), sent to the rotten (literally) town of Innsmouth to find a missing clerk only to learn he's to be used in a sacrificial ritual to appease the Deep One, Dagon and that most of the citizens aren't even human. With the town wanting you dead the next day, you need to evade the entire town while completely defenseless. In addition to staying alive, you have to stay sane as horrific images plague the town. Even when you eventually find weapons, ammo is scarce and it's easy to get injured so stealth still plays a role in the game.

6. Super Castlevania 4: I make sure to play this every October as it's my favorite Castlevania game. A remake of the first game, you play as Simon Belmont sent to destroy Dracula once again as the forces of evil has resurrected the demonic vampire. The control is improved compared to the NES trilogy while not sacrificing challenge as I die and die and die no matter how often I play this game. I especially love the attention to detail such as the effort into the backgrounds like the skull mountain or the ghost horses in the first level. I love the soundtrack especially the first level and the remade music from the original NES trilogy. Still think SNES is a kiddie console?

5. Resident Evil 2: A while ago I talked about my dislike about tank controls but sometime ago, they kind of grew on me and this game is a good example of it being done right. The T-virus has infected Raccoon City and now zombies and other monsters are killing the uninfected. Claire Redfield has arrived in the city to find her brother and Leon Kennedy has begun his first day as a cop when the outbreak hits hard. Escaping the zombies with their lives, they find even the Police Department is overrun with zombies and other horrors like the licker. This game introduces my 2 all time favorite Resident Evil characters, Leon and Claire. The knife is not overpowered but useful in a tight situation and as a challenge I wiped the floor with 4 of 5 zombies in one room. And to discover the true ending to the game, you must beat the game once with Claire and another with Leon or vice versa.

4. Doom 3: If you loved Halo: Combat Evolved but wanted demons and zombies, then Doom 3 is for you. Despite the name, it's not a sequel, but a remake of the original game but with more story and horror added. You start as a newly arrived Marine at a station in Mars and discover that evil demons have invaded and some have transformed scientists and soliers into zombies. One scientist Malcom Betruger even sides with the demons for power and is one of gaming's most evil villains. This is my all time favorite FPS. And its expansion or sequel, Resurrection of Evil, even has you take on Betruger himself for a final showdown.

3. Silent Hill 2: Of course I'd add one of the most beloved horror games of all time. You play as James Sunderland who claims to have received a message from his deceased wife to meet him in the town of Silent Hill. After arriving he finds something is wrong, in addition to the lack of people, he finds a blood trail and encounters a monster and soon finds himself trapped in the town. He now needs to find clues to progress and hopefully find his wife. What makes the game really scary is that the monsters reflect James' subconscious and introduced one of the series' most popular monsters, Pyramid Head, feared even by the other monsters. Without spoiling anything, the big reveal at the end may make you think if this was really in his head or the town's evil influence?

2. Resident Evil 2 REmake: What happens when you combine Resident Evil 4 with Resident Evil 2? You get a remake of 2 with great gameplay and horrible zombies. Following the original (seen above so I won't explain), you play in a third person style using over the shoulder mechanic. Oh so because of this, you can save ammo easy by going for the zombie's brain? Think again! While still the weak point, the zombies are much tougher and can take around 4 shots to the head to bring down. You mastered knife combat? What happens when it breaks? This game took what was about about 4 and 2 and made it so damn good. I don't even want to speedrun the game out of fear it'll ruin the fear effect. Also It's made Mr. X into a bigger threat following you nonstop whereas in the original he only appeared in key locations.... once.

Honorable Mentions

 * Them and Us: Technically I never played it as I don't have Steam but I've seen gameplay footage and it looks like a great Resident Evil clone. If you have Steam yourself, be sure to give this a review.  If good enough and more people play it, maybe once fully done, we'll get a console edition.


 * 7 Days to Die: You guys are sick of me gushing about this and I've talked to death about it so I'll leave it off.


 * Resident Evil 7: I already added 2 other RE games but still an awesome game and worth playing. I'd put it at 4 if not for that fact.


 * Fatal Frame: It hasn't aged that great but still a good game. Planning on making it the first game I binge game on my horror marathon.

And now onto number 1.

And the number 1 best horror game is... a twofer.

1. Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly and Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented: While I regard Fatal Frame 2 as my all time favorite survival horror game, Fatal Frame 3 comes so damn close I'm counting both. In these games, your enemies aren't zombies, monsters, psychopaths, or physical beings at all. You're up against ghosts, the souls of the dead that can float, move through walls, turn invisible and can never really die. Your only weapon? A camera with exorcismal power. In order to do as much damage as possible to the ghosts, they have to come close to or prepare an attack to inflict maximum damage and even do combo shots if you do the iconic Fatal Frame Attack. The protagonists aren't even trained soldiers, cops, miltia or have any combat training but ordinary people in a setting of pure terror. And if you fail to escape, you'll be among the damned. That's why these two are my number 1 pick for my all time favorite horror games.

"And now for the administrators prepare to lose your souls for the coming...."

Karen at a nearby store: "REEEEE I want the manager! I don't want to wear a mask."

Grust looks at the Karen and sighs. The administrators are safely released.

Grust: "I forgot, the Karens are a much worse threat. Well time to record this shit."

While I'm recording, are there any horror games you like? Let me know in the comments!

