Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

Platforms: Xbox Release Date: 2005-10-24 Regions: USA Europe Chris’s Rating: ★☆☆☆ Innovative on many levels, but somewhere along the way they forgot to also make it fun. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first person Lovecraftian horror game set in the 1920s. It includes a range of interesting features including insanity […]

Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly

Also known as: Rei: Beni Chou Platforms: PS2, Xbox Release Date: 2003-12-10 Regions: USA Japan Chris’s Rating: ★★★☆ This sequel perfects the format defined by the first Fatal Frame, and its unique game mechanics are complemented by fantastic art and atmosphere. If you liked the first Fatal Frame, you’ll enjoy Fatal Frame 2. The mechanics […]

RLH: Run Like Hell

Also known as: Run Like Hell Platforms: PS2, Xbox Release Date: 2002-09-27 Regions: USA Europe Chris’s Rating: ☆☆☆☆

The Suffering

Platforms: PS2, Xbox, PC Release Date: 2004-03-08 Regions: USA Europe Chris’s Rating: ★★★☆ Action-centric horror done right; The Suffering is an excellent American response to the Japanese genre heavyweights. The Suffering is very much an American response to the Japanese horror formula. The game has clearly been influenced by the likes of Devil May Cry […]

The Thing

Also known as: Yuusei Kara no Buutai X: Episode II Platforms: PS2, Xbox, PC Release Date: 2002-08-21 Regions: USA Japan Europe Chris’s Rating: ☆☆☆☆

Silent Hill 2

Platforms: PS2, Xbox, PC Release Date: 2002-12-03 Regions: USA Japan Europe Chris’s Rating: ★★★★

Fatal Frame

Also known as: Rei Zero, Project Zero Platforms: PS2, Xbox Release Date: 2002-03-06 Regions: USA Japan Europe Chris’s Rating: ★★☆☆ Innovative combat mechanics and fantastic art direction makes for one of the best games in the horror genre. While there have been innumerable Resident Evil knock-offs, Silent Hill showed us that correctly executed atmospherics can […]