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Penumbra: Black Plague review by IGN

If you're one of those who grimaces and / or scoffs when somebody suggests you should play an adventure game, try to swallow your pride for a second and give this game a shot. Without the awkward combat of Overture, Black Plague is a smoother experience where the clumsiness of the physics and control systems are exposed far less frequently. Though you'll be a little lost at Black Plague's outset, if you're only going to pick one of these two this is the one to go with; it'll make sense eventually. Should you decide to dive in, be prepared for an engaging ride through a Lovecraftian gauntlet of horrors, enjoyable puzzles, eerie ambient tracks, and an immersive, disquieting atmosphere. While much of Black Plague and the Penumbra games in general isn't wholly novel and shrouded in a cloud of low production values, it is most definitely refreshing.

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October Distress Fest: Logan’s Top 5 Horror Games

Well, it’s that time of the year again. Mentions of spooky ghosts and creatures of the night hang in the air, and unknown horrors lurk around every corner.

Fear is one of the best adrenaline rushes you can experience.

Horror is a mixed bag, and there is a very thin line between games that try too hard to scare you, and games that don’t try hard enough.

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The Top 5 Scariest Games Of All Time

Spend Halloween in front of your PC, playing these 5 scary games.

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ThatEnglishDude3838d ago (Edited 3838d ago )

I know horror is subjective, but this is quite a .... strange selection of titles here. It seems a bit unfair to limit it to just 5 games.

DerekFlint0073838d ago

0ne of the scariest games i have played recently is without a doubt Resident Evil 6.

I was terrified that i had wasted £40 on a crap game.

Spookily i waas correct.

snipab8t3838d ago

You think that's bad? Imagine my fear when I realized I paid $60 for Resident Evil Raccoon City :0

AnotherProGamer3838d ago

Slender wasn't really that scary

snipab8t3838d ago

It is when you're drunk at like 3am.

Plagasx3838d ago

Where the F*** is the Resident Evil Remake?

dillhole3838d ago

Slender is scary for the first few minutes. Then you see the guy and it kinda kills it. It's hard to be realistically scared in a game where you get to respawn each time you die. The reason films successfully achieve horror is that you connect with the characters and once they're dead, they're dead.

WeAreLegion3837d ago

Yeah, but films aren't as scary as games. Games can still scare me. No movie even sort of scares me.

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10 Most Frightening PC Video Games for Halloween

If you get bored in normal Halloween activities, try playing some frightening video games!

Venoxn4g4570d ago

Resident Evil 5? what is it doing here?

yesmynameissumo4569d ago

Have to agree. RE5 is as scary as The Lion King.

IrishAssa4569d ago

List of horror games....not scary games, there 2 games I would consider scary on that list.

Letros4569d ago

Stalker is missing, typical bad list.

IrishAssa4569d ago

Yeah Stalker has some scary parts that far surpass almost every game on the list too

arnyftw4569d ago

Frightening? Lol left 4 dead 2 isnt frightening, its boring, I preferred l4d1

iNcRiMiNaTi4569d ago

Left 4 Dead 2 and Resident Evil 5? Really?
Where's Fatal Frame or Siren? Or since they have Doom 3 take it back to Silent Hill or something.

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