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Not played any other Siren games. Wish they'd make them downloadable for PS4.

Outlast 1 was silly, but had good tension. Outlast 2 less so, despite the eerie school sections.

Resident Evil 7 is... divisive among fans. Myself? I enjoyed the hell out of it. With that and the RE2 remake I'm optimistic about the future of RE again. Both great games. Currently playing the new DLC for RE2. Nothing special, but at least it was free. Fingers crossed for an Ada campaign DLC at some point .

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I liked Resident Evil 2 back in the day, but I preferred the Silent Hill franchise as far as the horror element. RE felt a bit more cartoonish, to be honest.

I'm highly interested in RE7—how is it from an atmospheric horror perspective? Is it one of those games that amps up your anxiety as you sit down to play it at night, when you're the only one home or awake?

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I found RE7 to be profoundly claustrophobic, clammy and uncomfortable for the first two thirds. Unfortunately the final act loses most of its power, but it's overall worth it.

My favourite horror games are Silent Hill 1/2/3, the remake of the first Resident Evil and Alien Isolation. I suspect Siren will make the cut after a replay.

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Alright, I gotta check it out, then. Seems like we have a similar taste.

Silent Hill 2 is actually one of my favorite horror works period—the atmosphere is better than most films, and the story, with all of its symbolism and emotional weight, is better than most literature. It's not perfect, of course, but it really is great. I wish that the film version of Silent Hill had been based on that rather than the first game. Alas.

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Finished Layers of Fear in a few hours. Nice presentation for an indie game, but I didn't find it very involving. Inessential.

Amnesia did it better. That was a good game, though I will never get why it lacked consequences for enemy encounters. Lowers the tension considerably in the second half. Thankfully the game had a nice story and atmosphere. Wasn't overblown like Layers of Fear.

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The team who made Layers of Fear went on to make Observer, which really builds on what they were doing in the former game but more effectively incorporates it into the game world; while amping the surrealism up to a genuinly hallucinogenic level. It's a wonderful Cyberpunk/Horror experience, which, while perhaps not being the most original in terms of gameplay, cannot fail to leave an impact on the player.

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Sounds similar to Soma? I liked that. Frictional should make more horror games.

I'll start Detention when it gets dark.

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It's in a similar vein to Soma, but a whole lot more disorientating.

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Detention is a visually stunning horror game set in oppressively anti-communist 60s Taiwan and deals with more mature subject matter than you'd expect from horror or gaming. Any semblance of gameplay vanishes for the final act, but as a horror experience it is an intelligent and atmospheric one. Recommended.

Deciding between Observer and last year's Call of Cthulhu as my next purchase while I replay the terrific Siren. They need to make the sequels downloadable on PS4.

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Both games are worth a playthrough, but I found Observer to be a much more memorable experience than Call of Cthulhu.