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1. DSB
   Member

   Did you play this?

   http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2012/04/24/a-trip-down-horror-lane-and-you-thought-your-family-reunion-was-hellish/

   I loved that game. I was scared out of my wits.

   Personally I liked FEAR and Condemned too, but they definitely weren't as traditionally scary as Undying.

   It had a lot of great mechanics. Your guy was some kind of psychic sent to help an old friend whose family was in deeeeep, bloody, messy trouble, and the fact that you were a psychic gave you the ability to "scrye", which would be cued by a ghostly voice whispering "Looooooooook...". In a dark room, with no one around, that alone was bad enough, but then when you actually did scrye, you'd be treated to the ghostly happenings beyond the veil.

   Paintings coming alive, people coming alive - Just generally creepy shit.

   I loved it.

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. absolutezero
   Member

   My all time favourite thing about Undying was the so Irish it hurts accent of the main character.

   After awhile it just adds to the slightly surreal nature of everything.

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. evilashchris
   Member

   SCHTUCK!

   Posted 1 year ago #

4. DSB
   Member

   Haha absolutezero, I remember that too.

   One thing that I haven't experienced in a lot of games was the fact that you were genuinely scared of the monsters, because they would actually kill you.

   Condemned kinda played on the same thing. No one wants to get stabbed by junkies in the dark.

   Undying wasn't the easiest game out there, and I was playing it on a rig that was far from recommended spec, so the graphics lag made it even more punishing.

   And it had awesome music. I saved the audio tracks for quite a few years.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbH3eck6a2s

   Of course today it's reminiscent of a reality show voting ceremony, but back then it was totally badass.

   Posted 1 year ago #

5. fearmonkey
   Member

   Man I LOVED Undying!!!
   I'm a big Clive Barker fan and that is still the best game Clive had anything to do with.
   I still count the game as one of my all time favorites, would love a remake or reboot.
   Another older game that I loved that doesnt get the respect it deserves is Sanitarium, The first part of that game was truly messed up.

   Posted 1 year ago #

6. DSB
   Member

   Oh man, don't even get me started on Sanitarium.

   Easily one of the best point and clicks I ever played. The design was brilliant too, the riddles weren't too hard or too simple. A few of the puzzles were on the hard side, I always felt like that was a bit of a bad habit with some adventure games, but it had me hooked from start to finish.

   Definitely a forgotten classic. Bought it right away when I saw it on GOG.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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