![]() A game that does that for me is Metroid Prime. Metroid Prime Metroid Prime, NintendoĪ good game can really immerse you into its world and make you feel emotions related to the environment. I have not played this game or anything in the series since. After calming down and sharing a few good laughs, it was on to a different game that was not horror related. My roommate too was frightened after hearing a scream from the pitch black basement after cutting power to the lights. With my heart rate elevated as if from running a full marathon, I paced back-and-forth in the darkness, wondering why on earth the lights went out. With that, he turned the lights off, and at that very same moment I turned my character around to be met with a grotesque villager wielding a pitchfork that came at me with a snarl and the appetite of a zombie. Calling down the stairs, he received no answer from me. Unknown to me, my roommate had thought that no one was in the basement because I had headphones on and was being super quiet. This is when I had my most frightful experience during a gaming session. I tried to remain calm, and focused on telling myself it would be okay, largely to no avail. As I began to explore, I was already feeling anxious before I even encountered my first real enemy. Hearing the chilling sounds, and squinting trying to see in the darkly lit landscape, I made my way up a lonely hill. As I started playing, I cautiously walked around a dark and dreary hillside with old, wooden buildings. When it comes to horror games, I usually can complete them if I have some sort of a weapon to defend myself from monsters, versus trying to escape or hide from those hunting me. While in a well-lit basement of a house I rented in college, I loaded up the Siren: Blood Curse demo not knowing what to expect. This is where I came across a series that I have yet to play again. When I received a PlayStation 3 for my birthday in August of 2008, I had very few games to play, so I hit up the PlayStation store to look for demos. Siren: Blood Curse, Sony Computer Entertainment ![]() And who knows, maybe make the hair on the back of your neck stand up in the process. We here at Boss Rush love to be scared, so we’ve decided to compile a few frightening memories for your reading pleasure in honor of this horror season. Of course we can’t forget plenty of upcoming thrillers either, like the remakes for Resident Evil 4, Dead Space, and Silent Hill 2, along with many, MANY others.įear isn’t only experienced with survival horror titles though, and sometimes the most inauspicious game can deliver quite the jolt by introducing something so out of place it warps the mind all you need to do is tune in to your TV at 3:33am in Animal Crossing to see exactly what I mean. Video games of course have been full of scary goodness this year as well, with titles such as The Mortuary Assistant, Scorn, Night at the Gates of Hell, Ghostwire: Tokyo, The Quarry, and Beacon Pines being among the most talked about games of 2022. Many of the highest grossing films of the year have been horror focused, such as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Nope, The Black Phone, Halloween Ends, Smile, and plenty more. ![]() Indeed, it feels like there’s no better time than now to be a fan of horror. In the northern hemisphere, as the leaves begin to change color and drop from their secure branches, and the temperature plummets from the heat of summer to a ghastly chill, and the bright days give way to longer, darker, colder nights, you know spooky season is upon us.įor many, this is the best part of the year: time to break out the hoodies, pick apples at their ripest point, indulge in the deliciousness that is pumpkin spice, and unwind in the evenings with a terrifying movie, book, or video game.
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