Resident Evil.....
...and Silent Hill, for that matter, are for kiddies. In both cases, you're heavily armed and more than a match for whats lying in wait. In R.E. you invariably turn out to be some kinda superhuman.

Doom III is similar, although at the end I found myself having to deal with the suspense by yelling "Come on you bastards, is that all you've got!" at the screen whilst chambering my last shotgun round.

F.E.A.R. - again, you've got guns, but they are master of suspense those buggers.. made all the hair (not that much these days) on my head stand on end. Again with the yelling at the screen....

But, if you think you are hardcore horror survivalists because you've played some of all of these games I dare you to try the ultimate fear experience...

Call of Cthulu: Dark Corners of the Earth.

....They don't give you a gun until halfway through the game and they KNOW fear.

good luck. It's dark in there.
(EffinDoubt is breaking glass on, Fri 24 Jul 2009, 11:03, 1 reply)

This.
I think call of Cthulhu was just about the only game to actually cause a genuine fear response in me. When those fishman bastards chase you through your hotel - so intense.
(Prof. Moriarty put his foot in it on, Fri 24 Jul 2009, 15:33, closed)