![]() ![]() The switch to a behind the shoulder camera could have taken the tension and uncertainty created by the original’s fixed camera angles, but there’s an impressive mixture of sound and shadow that replicates the terror and panic anew. The game manages to be both a warmly nostalgic trip back to the height of survival horror greatness and a very good modernization of it. In the tradition of System Shock and Bioshock, the environment does a great job of telling the story, allowing you to get on with making a stairway out of futuristic glue blobs to escape a monster that was a stapler five seconds ago.Ĭapcom followed on from the success of Resident Evil 7 with a sublime reimagining of its 1998 classic, Resident Evil 2. A sprawling maze of corridors and departments filled with a variety of horrifying threats. The star of the show is Talos-I, the space station itself. Oh, and some of them can mimic inanimate objects so you can’t look at a Coffee mug again without the temptation to lug a wrench at it. Prey certainly continues that with an intricate space station filled with inky alien beasts out to murder you. Yes, Hellblade is full of monsters and you literally go to Hell, but the true horror is in that mental health representation and how effectively it conveys the terror many go through on a daily basis.Īrkane has proved itself to be adept at building self-contained worlds filled with detail and depth with its Dishonored series. Senua’s trip to Helheim (the Norse realm of Hell) is fraught with physical dangers too, and her already fragile psyche is in peril every time she has to confront and attack the denizens of the underworld. The latter is what makes the former true, as the titular Senua sees and hears her personal demons everywhere, with the Dualshock controller’s speaker even emitting the whispers of multiple voices in her head (some are helpful, some malicious). Not only is Hellblade a truly effective horror game, it’s also a mature and well-intentioned look at the effects of mental illness. The only real downside of The Evil Within 2 is its first-person sections, which take the tension of the stealth in the rest of the game and replaces it with wonky frustration. Set inside a corrupted simulation of a small town, you face vicious monsters and an everchanging environment as you aim to cleanse the corruption and find the soldiers who were sent in before you. ![]() The Evil Within 2 dialed up the crazy and produced a far more inventive take on survival horror. It frustrated in places, but there was no denying the deft touch of Mikami was present. After all, it was Shinji Mikami, the mastermind behind Resident Evil’s greatest entries, back in the genre with a brand new game. ![]() The original The Evil Withinleft survival horror fans with lofty expectations. It’s also racked up an impressive roster of horror games, and in honor of this fifth anniversary, we’ve selected eleven of the best PS4 horror games from the last five or so years. In that time it’s gone on to become the king of the consoles for this generation and Sony has produced a procession of critically-acclaimed exclusives that helped cement its place at the head of the table. The PS4 turned 5 at the end of last year. What do we think the best PS4 horror games are? Bloody Disgusting lists the best horror on Sony’s juggernaut console. ![]()
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