# Survival Horror Games: Recommendations?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-horror-games-recommendations/287369>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 30, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-horror-games-recommendations/287369 "2005-01-30T03:20:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-horror-games-recommendations/287369/1 "2005-01-30T03:20:46Z")

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Me and **Alias** are massive fans of the Silent Hill series. We’ve also discovered just how cool Fatal Frame 2 is.

We tried _Siren_. I wasn’t too impressed with the gameplay. More frustration than spooky. The Suffering was also kind of a let down with one of the clunkiest control systems I’ve used in a while.  
Is Resident Evil 4 as good as advertised? How about Eternal Darkness:Sanity’s Requiem? Any other recommendations?

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-horror-games-recommendations/287369/2 "2005-01-30T03:27:26Z")

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_Resident Evil 4_ is fuckin’ amazing. Absolutely jaw-dropping. And I am very much _not_ a fan of the rest of the franchise.

_Eternal Darkness_ is also top-notch. Gameplay isn’t as good as RE4, but the story line is much more interesting (compared to where I am in RE4, anyway. I’m very far from the end of the game), and it does a lot of very clever meta-game stuff as your character’s sanity meter drains away.

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**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-horror-games-recommendations/287369/3 "2005-01-30T03:27:47Z")

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I was about to say not to bother with Silent Hill – I tried 1&3 and just never found them scary. 🙂

The original Alone in the Dark really holds up if you can get it working.

I’ve heard very good things about Eternal Darkness though. If I had a gamecube I’d get it.

Half-Life 2 has some _very_ good zombie action in it, especially in a haunted town level.

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**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-horror-games-recommendations/287369/4 "2005-01-30T03:50:13Z")

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Fatal Frame II is pretty good; haven’t played the original, though.

Clock Tower 3 is a good game with some pretty nasty flaws. It’s worth the 15 bucks you’ll usually find it for.

Eternal Darkness. All I can say is _get it_.

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**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-horror-games-recommendations/287369/5 "2005-01-30T05:01:46Z")

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I have to second Resident Evil 4, even over the amazing Eternal Darkness, and this is coming from someone who despises every other game in the RE series.

It is one of the most spectacular game I’ve ever played. As one reviewer put it, “It’s Zelda good.” Friggen awesome game.