Games that mess with your head

catbarf on 7/11/2009 at 23:36

Personally, I love games that pull mindfucks on the player. Penumbra, Cryostasis, and to a degree Condemned all do this, but I've played them all and want more unnatural horror. What other (preferably good) games do this?

june gloom on 8/11/2009 at 02:29

First three Silent Hill games are all quality candidates, of course.

EvaUnit02 on 8/11/2009 at 02:58

Brutal Legend = "stealth RTS".

demagogue on 8/11/2009 at 03:27

I don't know, Call of Cthulhu?, System Shock 2, Vampire Bloodlines at times?, Dead Space? ... They all still seem sort of tame though.

Then there's some of the J-survival horrors... Fatal Frame, Clock Tower series, FEAR, Resident Evil 4 -- If you're into that sort of thing.

I got creeped out by Anchorhead, even though it's interactive fiction.

Angel Dust on 8/11/2009 at 03:33

Pathologic is a good one and while I haven't played it yet, The Void looks like it would be too.

EvaUnit02 on 8/11/2009 at 03:45

Quote Posted by demagogue

FEAR, Resident Evil 4 -- If you're into that sort of thing.

RE4 as a mind fuck? Yeah nah, that applies to every game in the series. FEAR is from a Yank developer and was pretty tame, relying upon cheap jump scares. The Timegate expansions have far more footing in proper atmospheric horror than the original.

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. I rarely got hit by the sanity effects, because I didn't suck at the game, but there was one that made it appear like your saves were being deleted. That one had me in a panic for a few seconds.

Bjossi on 8/11/2009 at 03:53

STALKER was major mindfuck for me at times, and literally for my character (X16 and the brainscorcher).

EvaUnit02 on 8/11/2009 at 03:54

Oh yeah, Second Sight. If you've played the game from beginning to end, you'd know what I mean.

Terrific gem of a game that one, whilst there's too much run and gun for a game that's supposed to centre around psychic powers, the story and narrative delivery more than make up for it.

Enchantermon on 8/11/2009 at 04:39

If you want good horror and are down for some old-fashioned point-and-click adventures, check out the John DeFoe series from Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation fame. Just make sure you play them in order:
(http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/5days/) 5 Days a Stranger
(http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/7days/) 7 Days a Skeptic
(http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/notes/) Trilby's Notes
(http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/6days/) 6 Days a Sacrifice
Make sure you donwload the Special Editions of all of them, as they are now free and include some cool stuff.

belboz on 8/11/2009 at 05:26

Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

this one starts innocently, then start to mess with your mind later on in the game, up to a point where you dont want to go to some locations.
this being the 3d fps version of the game.