Resident Evil 4: Come back any time!

After many long and fruitless years of trying, Resident Evil 4 and I had finally come to some sort of understanding: we … Continue reading Resident Evil 4: Come back any time!

/Playstation, From Software, _Adventure, _Survival Horror

Echo Night 2: A second dose of lonely ghosts

A soft giggle in the dark. Your body dragged across the room by an unseen force. The quiet tinkle of … Continue reading Echo Night 2: A second dose of lonely ghosts

/GameCube, Capcom, _Survival Horror

Resident Evil: Fight your fears and survive.

CONTENTS “Enter the survival horror.“ “Those of you who still have the will to live…“ “It looks like he’s been … Continue reading Resident Evil: Fight your fears and survive.

/Playstation, SNK, _RPG, _Survival Horror

Koudelka: Aberystwyth, 1898

Koudelka refuses to be bound by neat descriptions. On the one hand it’s definitely a dark horror game set in … Continue reading Koudelka: Aberystwyth, 1898

/ZX Spectrum, _Survival Horror

Alien: The perfect organism

This Spectrum/C64/Amstrad CPC Alien game (Spectrum version shown and played) debuted all the way back in 1984, making it perhaps the only … Continue reading Alien: The perfect organism

/PC, _RPG, _Survival Horror

The Legacy Realm of Terror: Home is where the horror is

As I was filling up my shopping cart with digital copies of old X-COM games to inevitably lose at and … Continue reading The Legacy Realm of Terror: Home is where the horror is

/Playstation 2, _Adventure, _Survival Horror

Hungry Ghosts: You are being watched. You are being judged.

Hungry Ghosts opens not with a context-free FMV montage of epic events yet to come nor an attention grabbing intro … Continue reading Hungry Ghosts: You are being watched. You are being judged.

/Playstation 2, Sony Computer Entertainment, _Survival Horror

Siren 2: Second Siren lucky?

The first Siren was a divisive experience; praised by some, loathed by others, and I… well, it’s probably best you read about it for … Continue reading Siren 2: Second Siren lucky?

/Playstation 2, Sony Computer Entertainment, _Survival Horror

Siren: FFScinating

Until a few days ago I hadn’t played Siren – or Forbidden Siren as us PAL gamers called it – … Continue reading Siren: FFScinating

/Playstation, Atlus, _Survival Horror

Dark Messiah: Pray or prey?

I really wasn’t expecting the overlooked and often negatively reviewed Dark Messiah, known in PAL regions as Hellnight, a game … Continue reading Dark Messiah: Pray or prey?