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[JamesGecko]

Oho, yes!

Wait, what is this? It appears to be a J-rpg knight fighting veolciraptors on a playstation game, but that's about the limit of my clearly extensive knowledge on the topic.

[eobet]

Excellent choice of picture. It was the fact that your torch/light constantly died down, and the sounds of the monsters lurking nearby (especially the mummies screams) that made Dungeon Master (at least for me) very, very atmospheric and scary.

[Inane]

Wait, what is this? It appears to be a J-rpg knight fighting veolciraptors on a playstation game, but that's about the limit of my clearly extensive knowledge on the topic.

It's Monster Hunter for the PS2.

[Shade Jackrabbit]

Another really atmospheric game is Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie. I only have one picture of it, and it really doesn't do justice to the atmosphere of Skull Island.



Here's a video of it I found on YouTube. Note how it uses no overlays to show ammo or for aiming? It really helps you feel immersed. It's one of my favorite first-person shooters just because of the atmosphere it simply EXUDES.

[Dustin Gunn]

Another really atmospheric game is Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie. I only have one picture of it, and it really doesn't do justice to the atmosphere of Skull Island.



Here's a video of it I found on YouTube. Note how it uses no overlays to show ammo or for aiming? It really helps you feel immersed. It's one of my favorite first-person shooters just because of the atmosphere it simply EXUDES.

Yeah it was pretty cool. More games should clone Jurassic Park Trespasser like it did.

[WNF]

I agree with all of Jasper's selections! Loom in particular was very incredible for me.

Same, I had.... I don't know, I'll call it a transcendental gaming experience when I played Loom. Games really are what you make of them, which is fitting.

BTW, has this been mentioned yet? If it hasn't I'm disappointed.



And:


Silent Hill 3 (Favourite in the series. Don't care what those crazy SH2 fans say, Heather was the best main character.)


Silent Hill 4


Rule of Rose


Legend of Mana

[KennEH!]

Monster Hunter, anyone?

I still haven't played a monster hunter game yet. I wish too.

[Shade Jackrabbit]

Ugh... I seem to pick a lot of games which aren't nearly as atmospheric in still image format.

Scratches: Director's Cut


This is another game which images can't do justice. You have to really play it to understand how creepy, how eerie, how downright FRIGHTENING this game is. Even a video couldn't pull it off. This is probably the scariest game I ever played , and it's really the atmosphere that pulls everything together.

[neon]

what game is this?

[Stwelin]

what game is this?

Beneath a Steel Sky! Hell yes!

[Jasper Byrne]

Yeah excellent selection my friend (BASS). Can't forget how cool Revolution were in making it available for free. 

SH3 is indeed a fine game, but come on... it's in a different class to the daddy!  Also what's Rule of Rose?  I'm intrigued.

[Bood_War]

Say what you will, It was a great game.


This game was awesome, and really fucked with your head.

[WNF]

SH3 is indeed a fine game, but come on... it's in a different class to the daddy!  Also what's Rule of Rose?  I'm intrigued.

I prefer SH3 because when I was playing it Heather reacted the way I thought someone would. There are more realistic lines from her than all the other 5 guys put together. Actually, I haven't played Origins, so I'll say 4. And that scene when she spites Claudia by aborting a fetus through her mouth and uttering the one-liner, "Looks like God didn't make it." What trumps that? Nothing.

Rule of Rose is about some girl who gets transported to this realm ruled by a matriarchy of girls. She has a dog, the battle system is survival-horror awkward, and it was banned in Italy or some place because it has sexual undertones and a scene where the girls poke a woman with a rat on a stick while she cries. It's quite disturbing if you're Edgar Allen Poe. The chubby girl was my favourite.

Speaking of survival horror:


D2

[Angelo]

Hegemonia... The game has the most spectacular explosions in any game of its kind... I've searched painfully for a game with the same quality of cinematography but I failed to find any. Too bad I can't enjoy it since I got a widescreen monitor... There's no way to prevent it from stretching. I couldn't find a bigger screenshot, but you can see some combat footage on youtube.


Next... Morrowind in my opinion, has better atmosphere than Oblivion, with it weird-ass locations that the latter lacks, and the more soothing music.


Call of Cthulu: Dark Corners of the Earth. I play a lot of horror games and I've yet to find one that surpasses CoC in creepiness, visually and audio wise...


Divine Divinity. While the graphics weren't anything to write home about, I remember that their combination with the music / sound effects really drew me in.


Lastly there are some games already mentioned, so I won't post any pics, namely Beyond good & evil, Fallout, Psychonauts, Uru (Myst). I'll only mention World of Warcraft. I remember the first days that I played and it feels like I've been in a fairy tale. My character was a night elf and I started in a location called Teldrassil. If you are a sucker for cool colors (temperature wise), how can you not get lost in a place like this, especially when the music is appropriate?

[Zest]

I keep hearing good things about Call of Cthulu... is it worth my Goozex points?