# My boyfriend and I love Dead Nation. What else will we love?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 15, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-and-i-love-dead-nation-what-else-will-we-love/681437 "2014-02-15T19:39:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-and-i-love-dead-nation-what-else-will-we-love/681437/1 "2014-02-15T19:39:35Z")

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Title pretty much sums it up. We have a PS3 (obviously, I guess) and are looking to branch out from our (totally, utterly beloved) DN. We need something that meets the following criteria:

1. Multiplayer, since we prefer playing at the same time rather than in turns.
2. Overhead perspective (like DN) or third-person.
3. NO first-person or split screen perspective/shooter. One of the recent Resident Evil games nearly made me puke trying to keep up with the visuals.
4. Doesn’t need to be brand-spanking new.
5. Scary. Like, Silent Hill scary. Can be ghosts or zombies or monsters.

I’ve seen recommendations for Siren: Blood Curse and Dead Space, but they look kind of meh to me (the setting of Dead Space doesn’t really appeal).

Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-and-i-love-dead-nation-what-else-will-we-love/681437/2 "2014-02-19T01:43:37Z")

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Bumping once for the non-weekend crowd. Should I have put this in IMHO? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-and-i-love-dead-nation-what-else-will-we-love/681437/3 "2014-02-19T01:49:26Z")

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Dead Nation is one of the few PS3 games that hits all your criteria. So I imagine the lack of response is because it’s a bit hard to come up with anything else.

That said, I’d give **Diablo III** a whirl. Not scary exactly, but definitely a horror setting and a great multiplayer game.

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**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-and-i-love-dead-nation-what-else-will-we-love/681437/4 "2014-02-19T15:21:56Z")

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Well, poop. I was afraid of that.

Played, and love, all the Diablos (as well as Everquest 1 and 2). Should we consider branching out to computer games? It’s not as comfy as lounging on the couch, but I guess the idea isn’t completely off the table.