What are some good games with a creepy/eerie atmosphere but not outright horror?
What are some good games with a creepy/eerie atmosphere but not outright horror?
The epitome of what I’m trying to refer to is the Playdead games (Limbo and Inside). Dark Souls and BioShock both hit on this idea but not quite so directly. The game BADLAND is also a great example of this, too. The mobile game The Silent Age also did this exceptionally well. Never quite knowing what’s going on, and maybe some tension without release, but again not straight up horror. A feeling of uneasiness is what I’m looking for.
When playing through Inside, there’s never any moments where you’re scared, but you’re never sure what’s going on and there’s always a level of unease. What are all the mindless zombie-like people? Why is everyone hunting the player? What happened to this city? What’s the goal of the character the player controls? What exactly is going on here? That’s what I’m looking for. If you know of any other games which do this, I’d greatly appreciate hearing about them. It’s a very specific niche so I’m not sure how many games do this, but the games that I’ve seen do this tend to be some form of post-disaster or dystopia. I’ve seen some great artwork do this too. Zdzisław Beksiński had done some stuff like this. Some great dystopian novels also do this quite well.
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Bloodborne in my first play through was one of the scariest game I've ever played.
I want to play Bloodborne so bad. If they weren’t so expensive I’d buy a PS5 just to play Bloodborne and the Demon’s Souls remake. I do have access to OG Demon’s Souls through PS3 emulation and I’ve put in a few hours but I’m going to try to 100% the Dark Souls trilogy first. If they ever port Bloodborne to pc though I’m buying it in a heartbeat it looks fantastic.
I’m aware I could buy a PS4 for Bloodborne and I do consider it sometimes. I recently got a pretty big promotion/raise at work so maybe now would be a good time to treat myself.
Congrats for your promotion!!!
I've played all of Soulsbourne/ Elden ring games, and bloodborne for me is still the best game. First time playing it was an experience cannot be repeated by any other kind of media consuming. The atmosphere, the soundtrack of the game, the vibe it gives, the gameplay of course are a league of itself.
I don't want to give you spoilers here, but the first half of the game feels really like a Victorian horror movie but the hell breaks loose first in the second half of the game.
Extremely recommended.
Thank you!
Yeah, I know there’s a lot of people who say Bloodborne is the best one. Maybe after I 100% the Dark Souls trilogy I’ll buy a PS4 and Bloodborne. It’s probably the most interesting looking game I’ve ever not played. This sounds kinda stupid but I bought the VaatiVidya painted world Displate a few months back and I want to “get” all the Easter eggs he put in there. I also just love the rest of the SoulsBorne games. Dark Souls, Elden Ring, and Sekiro are all some of my favourite games of all time.
I’m also in a bit of an advantage in that I haven’t had any of Bloodborne spoiled for me, like, at all. I know basically nothing about the game, which is exciting.
You're in for a ride mate. :)
Tell me how your experience is after you've played the game. :D
Remind me in... We need a remind me bot for lemmy.
Absolutely! I’ll come back to this post in several months’ time when I’ve gone through it all and let you know my thoughts. I might make a post about it on this community as well, assuming it impresses me as much as it impresses the rest of the Souls community
Maybe the PvP is not that active anymore, since it's a pretty old game (damn it's already 9 years old). But the community is awesome, per usual. :D
Not sure if I’m double-commenting, I thought I replied but didn’t find it so let’s see if Lemmy is being weird
Anyway, what I think I said in the reply is that I’m not usually one for PvP except for in Elden Ring a little bit, so it’s not too big of an issue for me. I mostly play games for single-player, I guess I’m an antisocial gamer lol
Definitely enjoyable to play this alone, but online souls gaming just hits different. Messages, ghosts.. it really changes the gaming experience. The feeling when you're invaded in a difficult area..
I agree, messages and ghosts are essential to the Souls experience. I never got invaded much so that never felt like Souls as much, but those other two definitely are important. I sorta forgot that they were tied up with online somehow lol