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5 Games That Will Terrify You for Halloween
(since you don’t have anything
except a camcorder with nightvision) that centers around a
journalist’s exploration of the
supposedly corrupt Mount
Massive insane asylum at
night. It doesn’t take long for
our protagonist to realize that
the rumors about this place
are indeed true, and that he
needs to make a decision
between journalistic integrity
and getting the hell out of there.
The environment is obviously
spooky, the audio and sound
effects are perfectly creepy,
and the gameplay itself is top
notch—especially for a title
that released as a freebie on
the PS4 in North America . Free
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or not, this game deserves a
playthrough or two, but do
yourself a favor and play it
with some good headphones
if you can…and the lights off.
3. Resident Evil
The title that gave new meaning
to the phrase “survival horror”
in gaming. The franchise
has become something of a
sensation in every sense of
the word at this point, from
games to movies to books and
more, but let us not forget the
absolute terror that laid within
the very first iteration for the
newly introduced PlayStation
console in 1996. For the era,
the graphics and audio were
fantastic, and quirky control
issues aside, this was one of
the more addictive titles to
grab if you were a teenager
looking for a (non-alcoholic)
late night project. Creator
Shinji Mikami tapped into
a truly brilliant formula by
combining the dark and dreary
mansion environment with
third person shooter and
puzzler elements, with the
protagonists of the story—Chris
Redfield and Jill Valentine—
becoming household names,
at least among gamers with
any sense of must play titles.
While many will justifiably argue
that Resident Evil 4, initially
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