Jake Richards writes: "The atmosphere is thick in this one. As you progress slowly from room to room and area to area, the game will do its damnedest to put you on edge. China will crash to the floor with no prompting, birds slam into windows with suicidal intent, and shadowy figures dissipate as you draw close. Then the tension will ease off, and your guard will be lowered. That's when the game will hit you. And it will hit you relentlessly."
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With Capcom’s horror series commemorating its 25th anniversary today, here are seven horror games non-horror fans might enjoy.
I'd add a couple of honorable mentions. Cursed Mountain on the Wii and Cold Fear on PS2/Xbox.
Not played Cursed Mountain but I enjoyed Cold Fear. It almost felt a bit Dead Space-ey.
Why would you play games from other series to celebrate the anniversary of Resident Evil? WTF.
Because Resident Evil is an iconic piece of video game history that inspired many horror games
Why would non-horror fans want to play a horror game? Crap title, some good games though.
Tbf, some of those aren't even horror games. They're just action games with some horror on them. I'm not a horror game player and I played TLoU and Bioshock which are on that list
Half life 2's Ravenholm level alone has more horror than the whole of Bioshock.
Hardcore Gamer: The dark, disturbing artwork would have worked perfectly in the format of a comic or cartoon – and now we’re getting a manga.
