Scary PC game?

[Slipstream]

Can anyone recommend a good thriller/kreepy PC game. Not a shooter or action, but more of the mystery point n click type?

[MinisterofDOOM]

Hmmm, that's a tall order. I can't really think of many good scary games that are very recent. Fear is one, but it's very much an action shooter, so that doesn't help you much. Most of the good old classics will be very hard to get working on a modern PC.In fact I can only think of a few genuinely scary games at all.

If you can get your hands on the original Alone in the Dark and make it run on a new machine, it fits your description perfectly. It's the ORIGINAL survival horror game, but is much less action oriented than it's immitators. It was one of the earliest 3D games, too, so visuals are pretty primitive, but the game's atmosphere is fantastic. Easily one of the most frightening games I've ever played.

Also check out System Shock 2. Again, it's hard to find these days and can be hard to get running under Windows XP, but it's scary as hell and a lot of fun. It is a shooter, but it's very free-form and the character-building (sort of RPH-ish) elements keep it from being merely an FPS. It is absolutely worth playing to anyone who appreciates scary games. There's a lot of exploration and puzzle solving, too.

The Suffering was a great PS2 horror game that was ported to PC later. It has spectacular atmosphere, a genuinely good story, interesting characters, and great gameplay. It's definitely an action shooter, though. It's third-person and on the surface appears to he a survival horror game, but there's never really a shortage of ammo and combat is much more prevalent than in traditional survival horror games. It IS scary, though, and a lot of fun. The monster designs are excellent and the sound design lends itself to some genuine creepiness.

[BusyBadger]

Can anyone recommend a good thriller/kreepy PC game. Not a shooter or action, but more of the mystery point n click type?

Whenever I need a scare I launch Firefox, log on to Vanguard and check out how my 401K is doing.

Seriously, if you're ok with OLD games there was a game in the early 90's based on the drawings of HR Geiger. It was pretty damned creepy. I'm hoping that it or something like it eventually makes it to the latest gen consoles. I'm pretty sure it was called Dark Seed. Fatal Frame was a good creepy game for consoles, I'm not sure a PC version was released but there are always emulators.

[s13jus10]

hmm..... Indigo Prophecy?

[MinisterofDOOM]

OH! And how could I forget They Hunger? Fantastic game, but definitely an action shooter and not point and click.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

damn you beat me to it...they hunger trilogy for half-life 1 is AMAZING. best single player mod ever.also recommend System Shock 2. Works just fine on my winXP machine.Clive Barkers Undying was decent, and it used the quake 3 engine iirc.oops...totally wrong parameters...try Shivers? it's a point and click i played way back.

[Nali]

How scary could a mystery point n click type gfame possibly get?

Unfortunately if you wanna get scared ur gonna need a shooter, melee combat game.I dont think ive ever played a mystery point n click type that scared me even in the slightest.