Suggest dark games, please

[The Cunning Fox (raZoleg)]

Whats the darkest, most hopeless and terrifying sh*t you've ever played? One that filled you with a mixture of existential dread, hopelesness of a stranded being in a desolate place and anxious fear.

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Something that has a vibe similar to Xenonauts, X-Com. Not necessarily horror, but realistically dark. As in anyone can die at any moment because of a bad roll and the reward is survival.

A lovecraftian feel, if you will, where the world is a dark uncaring place. But not a simulator and like I mentioned - not a horror (they tend to be either excessively dark or made like a rollercoaster ride, which puts me off).

[The Cunning Fox (raZoleg)]

Extremely noice

[Paratech2008]

Hellblade Senua's sacrifice. Tyranny.?

[The Cunning Fox (raZoleg)]

Maybe I'm not phrasing it right:



Whats the darkest, most hopeless and terrifying sh*t you've ever played? One that filled you with a mixture of existential dread, hopelesness of a stranded being in a desolate place and anxious fear.

[The Cunning Fox (raZoleg)]

Noted

[shiel]

razoleg původně napsal:

Maybe I'm not phrasing it right:



Whats the darkest, most hopeless and terrifying sh*t you've ever played? One that filled you with a mixture of existential dread, hopelesness of a stranded being in a desolate place and anxious fear.

Stalker I guess... though you already know that one.

There's another game that's just not coming to me right now that hits that note. If I end out thinking of it I'll post it.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

razoleg původně napsal:

Already beaten it a few times, but it doesn't have the feel. It's a depressing narrative, but not omnious.

What I'm looking for isn't really something that has a message, but a feeling of everpresent dread.

These aren't PC games, but I definitely got this sort of feeling from some Metroid games -- such as Super Metroid and especially Metroid Fusion. Fusion has essentially the feel of a horror game; don't be mistaken by its vibrant colors.

[The End]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/424840/Little_Nightmares/

[The Cunning Fox (raZoleg)]

Quint the Pondering Ghost původně napsal:

razoleg původně napsal:

Already beaten it a few times, but it doesn't have the feel. It's a depressing narrative, but not omnious.

What I'm looking for isn't really something that has a message, but a feeling of everpresent dread.

These aren't PC games, but I definitely got this sort of feeling from some Metroid games -- particularly Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion.

Abuse! You reminded me of that one. Yes, that game had a bit of that feeling too.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

razoleg původně napsal:

Quint the Pondering Ghost původně napsal:

These aren't PC games, but I definitely got this sort of feeling from some Metroid games -- particularly Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion.

Abuse!

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[The Cunning Fox (raZoleg)]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8cYYPpRboo

It is like Quake in 2D.

I guess Quake is pretty close to what I'm looking for. Dark, Gruesome, a little Lovecraftian. Nobody knows what's going on, one guy inbetween dimensions where monsters are even worse in the next one. No big "Hooray!" for his win, no happy end. Pure Dread.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

The music from that game reminds me slightly of Scurge: Hive, but I don't think that's the kind of game you're looking for.

A bit of it makes me think of Unepic, as well. Which has some of the feel I think you're talking about, though it plays a lot slower than Abuse.

What does look a lot like this game, however, is Iji. Iji is freeware, too, so you might as well give that a try.

There's also Alien III for SNES, which looks vaguely similar but I think think it's a bit meh.

(The gameplay in Abuse also reminded me of Halloween Harry and Duke Nukem 2, but I am also somewhat meh on both those games, at least for your request.)

There's also some more recent metroidvania games like The Fall, which I tried playing but haven't quite gotten the hang of yet. And Dreaming Sarah, but that game is more about the surrealism than the horror.

[The Cunning Fox (raZoleg)]

Thanks for your suggestions, I'm not much into platformers and Limbo would probably fit my description in that area.

Although, then again - you've got flashback and another world are somewhat dark and stranded'ey.

[Garou]

Quint the Pondering Ghost původně napsal:

I wonder if Spec Ops: the Line would fit this, based on what I've heard of it.

I think it's definitely a match for request, especially when you know the ending

[shiel]

Simulated Reality Theorist původně napsal:

Quint the Pondering Ghost původně napsal:

I wonder if Spec Ops: the Line would fit this, based on what I've heard of it.

I think it's definitely a match for request, especially when you know the ending

Such a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up game lol

[Muppet among Puppets]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/27000/The_Path/