Top 5 Survival Horror Games

It's going to be Halloween soon in 31st of October, so I'm going to discuss about the Survival Horror in gaming. 

As you know Survival Horror are becoming the well known genres for gaming industry is due to popularity of the video game franchises like Alone in the Dark, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Project Zero, and among all others games that categorized as Survival Horror. It has supernatural, zombies, slasher, vampires, aliens, and many more types of awesome horror games out there with tons of scare factor.

I'm going to make my favourite Top 5 Survival Horror Games of all time.

5 - Resident Evil (Both original and remake)

     

One of the Shinji Makami's classics called "Resident Evil" is the most influential horror game in history. When the game was came out in 1996, it became classic horror game for PS1, Saturn, and PC that the game got much attention among with gaming fans enjoying the experience of the Survival Horror atmosphere. It has memorable characters, excellent story, great gameplay aspects with puzzle solving, collecting items, going to different rooms, shooting zombies, and awesome boss fights what makes this game so fun to play. Despite the game has received positive reviews for PS1 version, it is also criticized for silly voice dialogue and cheesy live action cutscenes which was later improved for the 2002 remake of the game on Gamecube allowing to have better cutscenes, decent voice cast with fixed dialogue, and has much more scare factor than the original version. I love the original version of the game and so with the remake for Gamecube.

4 - The Last of Us 

One of the best PS3 games ever made by Naughty Dog have stepped up into right positions of the horror game like this. The Last of Us is the magnificent game that offers the best story development with excellent made plot, awesome characters with great voice cast, nicely made cinematic cutscenes, fantastic graphics with brilliant visuals and animation, and it has the best gameplay mechanics in the game with brutal combat controls, stealthy levels, and the atmosphere of the game makes the game look wonderful for PS3 systems. 

When the game was came out last year, it received much critical acclaim reviews by video game critics and won several awards winning in 2013. It is later re-released for PS4 as the remastered version with better graphics, runs the game in 60 Frame-Per-Seconds, and adding extra DLC chapters called "The Last of Us: Left Behind".       

This game is definitely must play for PS3 and PS4.

3 - Clock Tower: The First Fear

Clock Tower: The First Fear is the Point and Click Horror game for SNES, PS1, and PC. It never got released outside of Japan, but it has reached gamers internationally by using the SNES emulator with fan-made translations. Clock Tower: The First Fear is well known slasher horror game for SNES that you have to play as the Girl named Jennifer has the mission to find friends in darkest mansion called Clock Tower. 

The game have share the influences by the 1985 Italian horror movie "Phenomena" (AKA "Creepers" in US) that both has similar plot.

The game is pretty scary because of the whole game is dark and creepy, so I say the Scissor man is probably the best villain in the game that chases you around in the level what makes the game so challenging, but damn it's frigging nightmare in the game.

What I like about the game is to collect items, find something useful in the levels, and find place to hide that the creepy scissor man won't find you in the room makes it fun to play. 

If you wanted to try this game out, I dare you to play this game because IT'S FRICKEN SCARY WITH SCISSOR MAN IN THE GAME!!!

2 - Dead Space 

        

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Hell yeah, Dead Space is the badass Sci-fi horror game by EA. You are playing as the awesome engineer called Issac Clarke are ready to kick some ass in the game. It has tons of deadly monsters are coming to chase you and you are ready to shoot the crap of them with brutal weapons like plasma cutter with three bullet shots that shoots the arms off, Motorised Pulse Rifle that rapidly shoots on the enemies, RC-DS Remote Control Disc Ripper that tears the monsters aparts, Handheld Gravition Accelerator that blows them up like a shotgun, and finally PFM-100 Hydrazine Torch Flamethrower that burns the hell out of them. 

You can upgrade weapons and your armor with nodes to improve your weapons accuracy and player's abilities. 

You can also beat the crap of them by using brutal melee attack with your hand and stomp them with your boot.

You have abilities to use Kinesis module to drag and throw the objects, and Stasis module that allowing to slow down the objects and enemies.     

This game has tons of scare factor with loads of scary atmosphere that going to scare your pants off, lots of violence with blood and gore spreading all over the place, and it is going to excite you with brilliant made levels, intense boss fights, and great puzzle solving with higher challenge.    

If you're manly enough ready to play this game, then get this game on PS3, X360, and PC and ready to kick some asssssssssssss!!! 

1 - Silent Hill 

Silent hill is one of my favourite survival horror game for PS1. Konami did a fabulous job on this game, so there are reasons to like this game is because it is psychological horror game with disturbing ambient soundtrack, deadly imagery with gory looking levels, creepy looking zombies, and some mysterious ghost in the game that takes place between real life and nightmare. It has well written story because this game is about the guy Harry Mason have to search his lost daughter name Cheryl since it happened in the car accident, so he have to explore the mysterious town called Silent Hill. 

This game has really intense horror schemes making the game more fearful and disturbing. 

It has well made gameplay with dramatic third person view, great combat controls with precised melee weapons and fire arms, and some nicely made puzzles in the levels. 

It has the best graphics ever made on PS1 because it has fantastic 3D enviroment with stunning character models, and foggy visuals effects that fits the game well, 

It does have the amazing sound effects with perfectly made ambient sounds making it sound scarier and the atmosphere of the game is somewhat the most terrifying things in the game with deadly monsters and lot of disturbing content in the game by far the scariest game of all time.        

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Beyond: Two Souls PS3 Review

Beyond: Two Souls is the Sci-Fi Interactive game for PS3 exclusive, which developed by Quantic Dream, who are well known for a award winning 2010 interactive game "Heavy Rain", and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.

I've never played the Heavy Rain just before I've picked this game from the random store, so it is my first interactive game for PS3, and what do I think about the game itself?

I heard a lot of average reviews from video game critics citing the game has praised for technical details on animations, emotional soundtrack, and Ellen Page's performances for the main protagonist in the game, but it is criticized for lack of gameplay, and poorly written story development. It seems the developers did try their best to make the game look amazing on PS3 system, but it didn't get to deserves much credits to pleases fans of the Heavy Rain, since they did well in 2010. I don't think the game is pretty bad because of the story, and gameplay. I think this game had some potential with good aspects of storytelling, characters, soundtrack, cinematic cutscenes, and gameplay mechanics is worth giving a game chance to have my reasons to like it, so lets get my review started, shall we!

The game is focusing on what's her questions of life and what happens next aftermath?

The story is about the life of girl named Jodie Holmes (Played by Ellen Page), who is psychically tethered to a ghostly entity named Aiden. She learns through 18 years from her childhood to adulthood, to discover the meaning of Aiden's existence. I say the story concept is quite decent that the game has sort of emotional feelings on the character's expressions, and it does have some good story mechanics between the characters conversation, which I kinda like the Jodie's life story in the game. I say the actors/actress done very good job on the characters with excellent performances and well presented characteristics keeps the story more interesting.

The gameplay takes control on jodie's action during the cinematic sequences, so you basically walk around by moving with left stick, and pressing the right stick for camera control to look around, but it is also pressed for point of interest, when you see the white dots been appeared on the screen allowing to command character by picking up objects, opening doors, views on pictures, and etc.

You can also take control of Aiden has the abilities of using powers like fiddling stuff, unlocking doors, using healing powers, and mind controlling on peoples, 

In action sequences, you have to press the correct button by following Jodie's movements during the quick-time event, so you push with right stick allowing Jodie's action to avoid getting hit by enemies or hazards object, and tapping the buttons that appeared on the screen, which commanding main character to run, set free, and shoot on enemies in quick-time event purposes.

In story sequences, you have the options of selecting the character's choices during the conversation, so you have to press any button whether you think it suitable for the main character's plot.

I say I like the gameplay sequences, choice of story mechanics, and Aiden's as the supporting character what makes the game works very well done in the game.

The graphics in the game looks magnificent for motion capture games. It has very realistic character design, well presented animation features, great special effects, and very best looking cinematic sequences makes it the best graphics ever made in the game.

The music and sounds has the amazing soundtrack by Lorne Balfe that keeps the game fitted well to express emotional cutscenes, heartbreaking moments, and the atmospheres of the game. I say the voice actor/actress Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe done very outstanding job on the characters, which fits very well for their characteristics performances and keeps themselves self entertaining. 

The special features has unlockable content, such as concept art, behind the scenes, DLC pack, and chapter select.

Advantages

Well made gameplay 

Incredible graphics

Amazing soundtrack

Very cinematic cutscenes

Decent story and characters

Outstanding actors/actress

Disadvantages

Short length of game

European version did censor some parts compared with other version

Final Verdict

Bottom line....

Gameplay 8/10 - Great gameplay mechanics, cool story mechanics, and intense QTE action sequences.

Graphics 10/10 - Very realistic character design, well presented animation features, great special effects, and very best looking cinematic sequences.

Music and sounds 9/10 - Amazing soundtrack and brilliant voice acting.

Special Features 8/10 - It has unlockable content, such as concept art, behind the scenes, DLC pack, and chapter select.

Overall 8.5/10 - Beyond: Two Souls is still incredible game, but yet the most underrated PS3 games of all time. This game has lot of efforts to have decent storytelling, good characters, interesting story mechanics, superb looking graphics, very cinematic feel, and wonderful soundtrack to keep the game having a fantastic presentation and some concepts, but the video game critics felt the game doesn't get deserve with much credit as what developers did well with Heavy Rain in 2010 gets much critical acclaim scores. I've enjoyed my experience on Beyond: Two Souls what makes the game feels more enjoyable and still entertaining to play. In my opinion, I love this game and this game deserves to be the best interactive game so far. It is still worth to buy it for those who are the fans of interactive games like Heavy Rain.

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Siren Blood Curse PS3 Review

Siren Blood Curse is the Survival Horror for PS3, which developed by Project Siren of SCE Japan Studio, and Published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the remake of the original 2004 game called Forbidden Siren for PS2. The game was directed by Keiichiro Toyama, a creator who made the first Silent Hill for PS1 just before he left the company Konami to join SCE Japan Studio to work on Siren series. I haven't played the original Siren game because I haven't got the PS2 just before I've brought this game for PS3, which I got it from the random bargain shop for £4.00 seems to be a good deal. Anyway lets move on to the review right now.

This game takes place in Hanuda Village, Japan. It all started with American TV crew began to use video recording footage on the people of Shibito performing rituals to sacrifice the innocent girl just before Howard Wright (Main Protagonist) attempt to escape from the Forrest. In gameplay, your playing as the Howard Wright has the mission to defend himself from the deadly village people, so you get to play as the other characters like Sam, Melissa, Bella, and Saiga for later episode.

Your character has the ability to use sight jacking, which is used for seeing the visions of the enemies can be appeared on the split screen, and you can change targets to others by pressing the shoulder buttons, so I like the sight jacking part, which is useful to navigate on the enemy's whereabouts. You can press d-pad button to turn the flashlight on/off, some commons actions like yelling and setting traps, and commanding support players to wait here or carry on running during the gameplay. In stealth gameplay, you can use crouch by pressing couch to evade from the enemies without getting alerted from them, which the sound of heartbeat can be vibrated on your controller that tells the players are almost about to get easily caught by the enemies, so the vibration on the controller really helps me how to get away from the enemy's whereabouts.  

The combat gameplay does have some decent melee weapons like shovels, pick axe, metal pipe, and knife are good for hit detection, but you can also hit the enemies with stronger attack by holding the attack button. The weapons like pistols, shotguns, and rifles are actually works well, but I'm having trouble with aiming controls depends what weapons you've picked up. Some weapons like pistols can be used for lock ons only makes difficult to aim, and others like rifle can be worked as free aiming, which I find it easy to aim. 

The character's movement is quite average for controls. Using left stick for controlling characters to move around, but to use sideways walk, you have to hold the left shoulder button and then move it with left stick feels very awkward for character's movements. The camera control feels very clunky to control because you can't use the camera movement very freely, so you end up with having clumsy camera angle by using right stick to tilt camera. You can use first person camera view by holding the right trigger button, but you can also toggle third person perspective to first person perspective by clicking on right stick button, which seems sound cool to have it, but it feels not easy too as well, so it takes while to get used with controls. I say the motion controls are bit overdone, when shaking the controller to break free from the enemies, so it would been better by tapping the button rather than just shaking the controller.

I like the levels in the game because I enjoyed the puzzle solving and the atmosphere of the levels, which gives me a great challenge with creepy monsters and darker settings of the game.

I say Bella are far even the frustrating character in the game when playing as her in some chapters. It is because she gets easily caught by the enemies nearby during the stealth gameplay, especially the other character you playing as have to protect Bella from the enemies. If she gets caught by enemies nearby, then you failed the mission making harder for players to complete the level. 

I say the gameplay has some good levels, decent challenge, and has ability to use sight jacking are sounds pretty decent, but I say the average controls could have done better job, but it's not a bad thing in the game until you get used with this game.

The graphics looks pretty done a good job with creepy settings on backgrounds and textures. The visuals effects are very well made for sight jacking view. The character models looks good for human characters, but I say the Shibito people are the scariest looking in the game, and the level settings are looking great with darker animations to make the game look stand out for horror game. 

The music and sounds has well made soundtrack with brilliant atmosphere gives a horror feeling in the scenes and lot of scary tone for sound effects, which really fits well in the game, and the voice cast done a great job on the characters as well.

The special features has behind the scenes video, archives, and chapter selection are sounds pretty okay, but it didn't have trophy support, which is quite shame that the game did not have it, but still a nice try.

Advantages

Scary atmosphere

Awesome sight jacking views

Challenged levels

Decent storyplot

Well made music soundtrack and creepy tone sound effects

Good graphics

              

Disadvantages

Awkward controls 

Bella makes harder in the game

Overused motion controls

Final Verdict

Bottom line....

Gameplay 6.5/10 - Does have good levels, puzzle solving, and challenged boss fights. While the combat weapons are decent, but the character's controls could have done better for this game unless you need to get used with controls.

Graphics 8/10 - Creepy backgrounds and textures, darker animations, good characters model, and well made sight jacking views are pretty stand out for horror game.

Music and sounds 9/10 - Great soundtrack, scary tone sound effects and good voice acting.

Special Features 6.5/10 - It has behind the scenes video, archives, and chapter selection.

Overall 6.7/10 - Siren Blood Curse does have the amazing scare factor, decent storyplot, and the atmosphere of cutscenes are well presented for the game. I like the ideas of sight jacking view and village people are the most scariest things in the game. It has great soundtrack and horrific tone for sound effects as the best soundwork in the game. I felt that the gameplay controls hasn't aged well for its standards due to clunky camera system, and stiff character's movement which makes it difficult to play for the newcomers, but I say the levels are pretty good with decent puzzle solving, stealth, and some good boss fights. 

It might not be for everyone to try it out unless if you're the hardcore fan of the Siren series. If this game might be interesting in you then it is worth giving this game try by buying the game in less than £10, but if you unsure about this game then rent this game or ask your friends to borrow.  

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