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IGN's Top 13 Scariest Games of This Generation!

November 08, 2008 in Top List comments 16

A recent popular discussion on gaming websites has been whether the survival-horror genre still exists in this generation of gaming. Whether you believe it does or doesn't, there's no denying the handful of recent games that have managed to get a few scares out of gamers. Here are IGN's Top 13 Scariest Games of This Generation ...

Different things scare different people. For some, true fear may come from beyond the grave, taking the form of shambling zombies and vengeful ghosts. For others, fear may be born from our own vanity, twisting us inside and out into mutated, murderous monsters. Still others may find fear's ultimate expression in the unknown sounds and sensations that lie just beyond our perception. And of course, for some reason, many of us are most afraid of the soul-crushing loneliness of a live lived without love. Well, that and little girls.

But whatever it is that makes you truly afraid, odds are there's a game that capitalizes on that fear and invites you to confront it head on. Today we've perused the scariest titles available for the current crop of consoles and those that have come out on the PC in the last few years to come up with a "must have" list for gamers seeking the ultimate in scary experiences.

So, without further ado... the list. The criteria for games selected was that they must have been released for the PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, or Wii between October 2005 and today.
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  • 0
    Dance Floor Killah Nov 8, 08
    I disagree that FEAR was scarier than Dead Space. -_-
  • 1
    Breezy Nov 8, 08
    XD I've never even heard of most of these...So I can't judge.
    • 2
      RabidChinaGirl Nov 8, 08
      quote Breezy
      I've never even heard of most of these...
      That's even more frightening than the games on that list.

      Funny they should include the first Gears. While playing Gears 2 last night, I was thinking about how strangely scary it was. For those of you who have played: Niles is one screwed up mofo. I was thanking my lucky stars for a working chainsaw that whole stage...
      • 0
        Slumpy monkey Nov 8, 08
        Yeah, GOW can get pretty spooky at times, especially in the factory.
  • 3
    Seeker X Nov 8, 08
    Gears of War needs to get off the list, F.E.A.R. only has about one hour worth of actual horror and most of it is in the final stretch of the game, and SIREN needs to be on top of the list. That's all.
    • 1
      Kim Jong Il Nov 8, 08
      Perhaps Siren was knocked down a few places for it being terrible?
      • 2
        Raziel_326 Nov 8, 08
        I doubt you've even played Siren. No doubt one of the best horror games I;ve played in my life.
        • 1
          Kim Jong Il Nov 9, 08
          How could I form an opinion on a game I haven't played?
        • 2
          Raziel_326 Nov 9, 08
          Was that a serious question? You'd be surprised how many people would judge a book soley by its cover.

          And no it wasn't a terrible game, Siren: Blood Curse actually got very good reviews in general.
        • 1
          Kim Jong Il Nov 9, 08
          Hey, would you look at that, we have differing opinions. How novel.
      • 3
        Seeker X Nov 9, 08
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        Perhaps Siren was knocked down a few places for it being terrible?
        I take it you're one of those people that only played the demo and you're ALREADY AN EXPERT on that damn game, huh? And you better hope you know SOMETHING about the game if you don't really wanna look *bleep* right about now.
        • 1
          Kim Jong Il Nov 9, 08
          There was a demo? That's news to me.

          http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8273/photo0051fl6.jpg

        • 0
          Final Blade Nov 9, 08
          That screen shot proved nothing. Not only is the screen shot quality sucks, it says nothing about you knowing the game.
        • 0
          Seeker X Nov 9, 08
          Whew, that's a good thing you showed me that, I was ready to go off. If it ain't too much of a bother, think you can show me your overall playthrough stats?

          Secondly, as you can notice, among Horror fans, it's majorly agreed that it's a DAMN good game. Reason it's knocked off is because Siren is about as known and as "easy" as Martian Gothic: Unification was for the PC and PS1 (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, then I proved my point).

          Thirdly, the list has Gears of War in it, that alone kills any kind of credibility it tried to have anyways.
        • 1
          Kim Jong Il Nov 10, 08
          I'm fairly happy I've proved I played the game if you're not, that's your problem.
  • 0
    Final Blade Nov 9, 08
    I was also curious why Gears of War was on the list. Hmm, some of those games I didn't exactly heard about before.
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    Different things scare different people.
    Thats very true.
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    But whatever it is that makes you truly afraid, odds are there's a game that capitalizes on that fear and invites you to confront it head on.
    I very much doubt that, personally for me anyway.

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