Horror Games

[@StratEdgyProductions]

There's always one mistake in every video.... I wish it was on purpose.

[@llarisongonzalez4425]

Lol what was it?

[@Qlafy]

@@llarisongonzalez4425 UNKOWN?

[@StratEdgyProductions]

@@Qlafy I had three different people watch this video before uploading and no one caught it :(

[@machewmachew3385]

8:48

[@shockmonkey1842]

We mainly listen to you :)

[@idite-na-hui]

As a dev of this Golden Light game where you eat weapons and stuff, I guarantee that the game is pretty spooky fun and unique. Also it’s 20% off right now so be sure to grab it on Steam! Happy Halloween ❤️

[@EmergencyChannel]

wtf I seen Civvie 11 pushing this game and now someone else I’m subscribed to is pushing it?! And a Dev is in the comments!?!! I guess I’ll have to buy it...damn.

[@idite-na-hui]

@@EmergencyChannel lmao that's a huge luck!

[@Bole_ZG]

@@idite-na-hui looks pretty unique, any chance for consoles port? PS4/PS5

[@sgtpepper91]

are you russian?

[@jchifos]

i am the dev of no mercy wwf on n64

[@coltonbowles401]

Recently found your channel while bored on deployment. Have since binged most of the video essays playlist. Really good content over all I appreciate it.

[@patvanrossem753]

I’m surprised he didn’t talk about subnautica when he talked about the fear of the unknown

[@StratEdgyProductions]

I really wanted to but I had to buy a bunch of games for this video and I couldn't afford it :(

[@coldrockyeah]

@@StratEdgyProductions I'm surprised you didn't talk about my dad when you talked about fear of the unknown

[@Vession]

@@StratEdgyProductions Does that mean you haven't played Subnautica? Also, the lack of spoilers in this video is fantastic.

[@Texelion]

You haven't experienced true terror before you stared at the abyss... of Subnautica.

[@yourewallsareveryconvenien8292]

Oh man the reapers

[@JoeTAC]

I'd like to mention a specific indie horror game. I think it was called Lost in Vivo, where most of the horror I felt was not because of the monsters or the tribulations of my own characters, but rather the fear I felt because my character's motivation was to save his dog. As a dog lover and owner, I could not only immediately identify with the main character, putting himself through such surreal nightmares for his dog, but I was also terribly afraid that a wrong decision I made in the game might give me a bad ending, and hurt the dog. Since the main character is also an unreliable narrator, when the game throws a "dog mimic" at you, after a significant amount of time, I was extremely hesitant to shoot it. I already knew my character had mental issues, what if I was hurting my dog? Another type of horror that I personally find very attractive is something you find less in games like Outlast and more in games from say, Puppet Combo, where death is practically inevitable and it can come ANYTIME from ANYWHERE. The mercilessness of those games sometimes is terrifying. In games like Resident Evil, you get a health bar, you get a chance to heal. In Puppet Combo games if you mess up you are likely to die without a chance to recover from your mistake. The fact that no room is safe amplifies it. I remember the first time I played a horror game where a pursuing enemy crawled into a vent after me. We're so used to the mechanic of enemies being unable to pursue us into vents that when it finally *does* happen, we immediately panic. Imagine how terrifying it would be if suddenly in Resident Evil 2 Mr. X just started following you into safe rooms halfway through the games. Take the N64 Era of games, I still remember my first time in the Sewer stage of Shadows of the Empire, I was completely unable to finish the game due to my crippling fear of the dianoga enemies. They are not very special, not harder than regular enemies, you don't have less power or maneuverability, but they are still so terrifying that until I was 28 I never completed that level on my own. Their roar, their shape, the fact that you can only barely attack them from outside their range and the fact that the game FORCES you to confront them. There was something innately terrifying about those particular enemies that scarred a whole generation of gamers and it wasn't even intentional.

[@satmat2561]

Glad to see my Patreon money has been well spent on such fantastic content as this! Keep it up!

[@StratEdgyProductions]

It's because of all the Patreons that I am able to keep doing this content, because youtube does not show it. You all make this channel possible.

[@satmat2561]

@@StratEdgyProductions You'll be pleased to know it actually popped up in my recommended so maybe these kinds of videos might work after all.

[@junior1388666]

@@satmat2561 it showed in mine as well. But maybe it's bc i'm subscriber and always watch his content. Don't know if it shows for new ppl

[@ericbuck7645]

Thank you for being a patreon, when my job starts up again I need to to it to, I watch all his videos on repeat because his content is sooo good and his voice is just right for getting ready for bed lol

[@gamingg92]

@@StratEdgyProductions hi im new, dont remember how i got here, think I was watching some gaming thing, perhaps elder scrolls and the how to oblivion/skyrim came up. Anyways love the channel keep it up

[@imraw17]

I lost it when you showed DMC 2 footage to explain why nobody is scared while playing as Dante lol

[@ArninoStorm]

World of Horrors slaps so much.

[@ty1298]

I've never refunded a game so fast. The visuals are cool but as soon as I hit the first combat screen my eyes glazed over and I felt this wave of boredom wash over me.

[@hugeharv]

@@ty1298 your loss!

[@ty1298]

@@hugeharv I know, I wanted to like it so bad and I was so sure I would.

[@MrMayonnaise333]

@@ty1298 There's something about it I just dislike, but I love Lovecraftian horror and absolutely adore the premise. I don't know if it's the combat, cause I almost always ran away because you usually just turn into a punching bag for the horrors, but to me the exploring aspect of it let me down quite a lot as well.

[@ty1298]

​@@MrMayonnaise333 Turn-based combat is a hard thing to get right. Scrolling through menus is not immersive gameplay and I don't think it blends with horror at all. It's a shame about the exploration as well. I'm still hoping some aspects of the game get revamped while in early access.

[@BrianH1988]

Thank you for giving the fantastic soundtrack of World of Horror prominence in this. I could never praise that game highly enough for what it brings to the table, nor recommend a more solid text-/low graphics-based full package of what horror has to offer to a player when done as a compelling adventure. Graphics don't have to mean everything- indeed, they don't even have to mean much at all, as that game very much proves. By design much of the tension stems from the flow of the story and the unexpected nature of RNG. The art may slightly unnerve, but it's the gameplay that really does the one-two combo of keeping you into it. Two runs with identical events could go drastically different depending on the roll of a few virtual die. The more people know about that game and give it a shot, the better.

[@namegone8035]

5:40 "save your digital self" Ha, thanks for making me remember the existential dread SOMA gave me

[@Sidecutt3]

save *YOU*

[@Warhammer_lover]

Legs crippled? I'd say, *MY LEGS ARE OK*

[@teecee1827]

You are the Messiah of rats.

[@perplexedcats7687]

YOU GAIN BROUZOF

[@h3artcxxk]

Nothing satisfies me more than seeing a new vid from you man, best video game content creator out there by a mile in my humble opinion.

[@danilopina7991]

Funny cause i feel exactly the same way

[@Noddy1103]

oh yes, a return to the doco videos! these are my favourite of your content. fyi, my favourite horror games would be: Condemned: Criminal Origins (Condemned 2 was great until the last act which ruined the whole lore of the game), and Dead Rising.

[@AsterATC]

This was your best video in a while. Love it!

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Thanks Daniele. I appreciate that.

[@namegone8035]

Ah, SOMA how I miss you

[@Sidecutt3]

i mean you can replay it

[@zyrkugilgamesh]

"When my mum was deployed" Holy shit, military family

[@thelegendofner0]

Awesome video, dude! I was 11 when I first played RE1 and seriously before finding Forests body with the crows I couldn't even continue because the music was so horrifying. Took me some days to gather all of my courage to advance in the game. Great stuff! Wish I could turn back time to relive some of these experiences for the first time again.

[@gladiatorscoops]

That moment in Soma still gives me chills watching, like the thumping feet of the CyberDemon in the original Doom, getting closer and closer.

[@romn5369]

For me one of the scariest games that i played is cry of fear but that's just me. Something about sound and monsters is making me afraid.

[@samuelfreeman5483]

I played that game and about ten minutes in I said "Oh HELL Nah" and immediately uninstalled the game. I'm a wimp, yeah, but what I experienced freaked me the heck out.

[@andrewhte9304]

Not really a horror game but when I first played Combat Evolved I was pretty scared of the level that introduced the flood. The first half of the mission was build up. The dead elites on the ground, and grunts running in the opposite direction as if they're running from something more worse than the Master Chief. And I like how they introduce the flood with the found footage camera from one of the Marine's helmets.

[@tatepalmer1997]

I also preferred when they kept its origins a mystery, and simply stated to be from another galaxy. The unknown aspect of it really added to the horror of the flood

[@failedGraphics]

Ive been playing minecraft for what feels like some 10 years and to this day i hate cave exploring. I usually only strip mine and if i do go caving its with full enchanted gear and like 4 stacks of torches. Food, health, the works. Usually only end up with like 4 or 5 spots for resources though 😅.

[@GodKiller97]

I keep referring your channel to my friends, even videos from years ago. You make really awesome content

[@SocialBobcat]

Great video! I know you can’t add every scary game in it but if I had it all Dead Space, Manhunt, and Allen Isolation would have been in there. Hell even the original polygonal Alone In The Dark gave my young self a sense of dread.

[@alltheraz]

I smashed that like button the moment I recognized that Funcoland commerical

[@jedstuhr]

The whole segment at 7:15 is the exact reason why I don't care for 1st person horror games... I understand that it's SUPPOSED to be scarier because you're seeing through view of the player, but the fear (to me) is lost because I know that I, myself, am in no real danger.... but when I'm able to see my character (fixed camera or over-the-shoulder), I DO feel that guilt you mention... like, the fate of the player lies in MY hands... you also made a sensible point with horror movies... more fear is instilled the more you empathize with the characters. But to me, (classic) survival horror games will always be the scariest!

[@near_p7712]

Started playing STALKER for the first time recently. Most intense scares I think I've had from games.

[@tomaskarnet5411]

Man, the panic when you see a mutant for the first time, coming to rip your ass to shreds is almost unprecedented

[@ownageDan]

Everyone's always on about how Bloodsuckers are the scariest in that game, but man... Burers. Hate those unpredictable little fuckers.

[@notaninquisitor7274]

Game was truly great at making extremely tense situations. It kept me on edge the whole way through. It didn't matter how easy the combat was because random generation made me constantly think about possibilities.

[@roadsidepeekneek7259]

God, the thing that pulls the camera in close and just melts your brain Or those invisible things that just breathe heavy as they run at you to kill you

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@roadsidepeekneek7259 Controllers always send me scrambling, Stalker doesn’t even need mutants to give the player a heart attack - a random bandit sneaking behind you and shotgunning you when you thought you got every one in the building can do you in.

[@MrJherime]

Want true horror? "Random Daggerfall dungeon" ::enters the chat::

[@swamprat9389]

You ain't wrong. One of the most agonizing experiences I've ever had in gaming

[@Artersa]

Love the vids, dude! Glad Patreon is allowing you to keep it up.

[@nyyfandan]

3:30 eating a weapon? What game is this?!

[@LordGek]

Golden Light for the win...Silent Hill meets David Lynch in an action roguelite.

[@estudiordl]

@@LordGek never hear of it, but looks awesome

[@idite-na-hui]

@@estudiordl it really is!

[@Warhammer_lover]

Ruben de León don't trust him, he's the creator of the game.

[@Warhammer_lover]

ДА НИЛ Firstly, я от тебя отписался, потому что ты предал лучший город в России, но ты продолжаешь пихать свой контент в моё медиа-пространство. Уйди. Secondly, тебя грамматическая ошибка, после It не нужен 's, потому что у тебя Is уже стоит в конце.

[@randomsleepyness]

I really like your take on things. I feel like it makes me more reflective of my experience when I'm gaming now, even if I don't always agree with you. Its helping me enjoy games in s different way :) thanks.

[@BioticFactors]

I'm blown away you didn't use Darkwood as reference. one of the best horror game ever made.

[@silentobserver888]

Great content. Excellent display of horror ideology and amazing exposition.

[@Vanillamangaro]

I love this channel and the work you put into it. Been here since 20 k and happy to see it growing. Keep up the amazing work, friend!

[@audiogarden21]

Aside from the general creepiness of RE1 and its zombies, I've found RE4's Regenerators to be the creepiest thing I've come across in a video game.

[@joshuarivera9675]

Hello. I just wanted to say this video is incredible. Keep up the great work man.

[@coreyrachar9694]

great vid! this feels like a return to the 'true' strat-edgy. Whether or not that's the case, videos like this are the reason I subbed!

[@domyg3231]

Just found your channel today and I'm a big fan, keep it up

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Thanks! I appreciate it :) How did you find the channel, by the way?

[@Huseberry]

You didn't get answer from the original guy but this video just randomly popped up on my recommended feed, I would guess the same for him! Great video man, you've earned a sub!

[@domyg3231]

@@Huseberry I didn't see the original question, but I found this channel the same way

[@TheOilyBean]

Interesting approach to this video. Feels very freeform and almost like a stream of consciousness, if not for the games being stratified into categories of fear. But, any content from strat is good content. Love the new upload schedule.

[@AlbertMena]

I wish frustration wasn't compared to horror - they have nothing to do imho :( stress can be a consequence of horror - but stress on its own is nothing but a nuissance

[@kizuma4269]

the video is awesome it is rare to to see people talk about fear in games to a mechanical extent and putting examples like dark souls and prey

[@mooseitself]

You don't know horror until you're slow walking through a building near the exfil with multiple tasks complete and several million roubles worth of loot as you hear a geeked out 5 man enter building. Idk how you passed over Tarkov.

[@Texelion]

How to do horror : games in this video. How to not do horror : FNAF and its 12 000 jumpscares per second.

[@drewgoin8849]

My first exposure to Resident Evil still resonates with fear. I was visiting friends out of town. They killed the lights and fired up the PlayStation. I was about 13. The creaking door animations, the dogs popping out of windows, the 9 bullets in inventory...whew!

[@BxPanda7]

The controls being clunky helps allot, recently i was playing trough a co-op "horror" map in cs:go and realized that there was absolutely nothing is scary in a game where you can jump past everything like a speed demon also bunnyhopping straight into a jumpscare makes them at least 5000% more effective

[@Repose_]

Was hoping for the new amensia to be back in the scene of horror kicking strong since they left one title to another studio to do for them, only to find they've detracted a lot from what made the original amnesia a good horror game.

[@desmondmacnamara6068]

Best writer on games right now.

[@ThrottleJerk]

Recently played dead space (the first one) and man the random sounds going off some times make you turn around and point your gun at an empty hallway, you feel stupid but you're just always on edge when you hear a random canister hit the metal floor or the disgusting organic gurgling

[@winmanzerodeaths776]

Nice music choice and nice video too.

[@combatboots3517]

One of my biggest horror experiences actually came from Dayz. It was 1:30am when i was playing and i was keeping watch on my castle base me and some buddies from the UK had built on to. I was actually getting drowsy irl and in the game it was night time and raining. I was going to log off and head to bed when i heard the faint clicking of our bike lock. Someone was trying to get in... I fired some warning shots and heard footsteps scurry off as the gunfire attracted zombies. Then 10 minutes later the clicking resumed. Ive never experienced sheer terror like i did that night when faced by another player attempting to break and enter, steal our hard earned loot and kill me if they had the chance. That fear was primal.

[@KiltLeo]

Fear = n. A very unpleasant or disturbing feeling caused by the presence or imminence of danger Terror = n. Intense, overpowering fear Suspense = n. Anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided, or mysterious situation Failure = n. The condition or fact of not achieving the desired end or ends Fright = n. Sudden intense fear, as of something immediately threatening Disturbing = adj. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling Games = n. An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime. Me: Seems legit Thanks for the video Strat-Edgy.

[@MegaDoom89]

I always thought that FEAR (the shooter game) was the best example of horror in fps. The game addresses you in particular, the enemy is just as smart, crafty, and ruthless as you are. Just as you begin to overcome the challenge, an unknown threat of Alma chasing you down and brutally killing all around as you can do nothing but run and hope you survive.

[@MegaDoom89]

@Small Dolphin I did, loved the game...too bad the ending sucked so hard it made me never wanna play it again.

[@desertbeast51]

The most terrifying horror game is shin megami tensei 4, when you got to fight a boss and lose all your demons cause you underestimated them, only to be faced with the most terrifying creature in all of video game history. The reaper that will throw you into debt to revive you.

[@ianhuckabee925]

phenomenal video again strat, you are such a well-spoken man! Also loving the consistency of the recent uploads

[@supasonic9499]

Can I tell you about one game I didn't think would stress me out? Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. As a gamer who was used to playing as some kind of one-man army, I wasn't prepared for Omaha Beach (Operation Overlord pt.1). I was immediately hit with dread when landing boat opened. I had to jump over dead soldiers just to get out and find cover from the hail of bullets. As I cowered behind a tank trap, all around me were explosions, gunfire, soldiers yelling to move up and screaming as they got cut down by the machine gun bunkers. It was an experience like none other.

[@DavidArcher_]

15:10 FUCK-ING HELL! Even forewarned, watching it in the tiny picture in picture window on my phone I still shit my pants.

[@Bobo0451]

Alan Wake fog used to create atmosphere also to keep the frame rate from tanking on Xbox 360 lol

[@dr.velious5411]

My favorite survival horror game is unironically Pikmin, anybody who tells you that Pikmin isn't scary hasn't blindly stumbled into the Forest Navel depths and gotten their Pikmin gassed by a Puffstool, or tried to blow through the game only to meet the Smokey Prog in the Distant Spring.

[@Largentina.]

Pikmin isn't scary and I've stumbled into the Forest Navel depths and got my Pikmin gassed by a Puffstool.

[@Syurtpiutha]

I would be interested in a more in-depth analysis of the issues you mentioned you have with Darkest Dungeon. Anyway, glad to see Thief mentioned here. Sound design really added to the horror. At some point you have those singsongy mantis-looking bastard, those things were beyond creepy.

[@justthink124]

I was hoping you were going to touch more on immersion/suspension of disbelief for horror games; all the things you mentioned don't work for everyone. I keep thinking back on the controversy around Joseph Anderson's horror games don't scare me video- the way he approaches most games (very mechanically interested in how they work) quickly removes the veneer of risk when, as he puts it, your godlike power to reload soon nullifies the initial spooks. He mentions rougelikes as being the most effective for him like Don't Starve, which reminds me of your minecraft example- it's very possible you'll lose all your progress and that gets the adrenaline going. However, while this might be effective for some, it's equally likely to just frustrate the player- I don't find Don't Starve that scary, but I did quit playing it because the "wasted time" was just not fun for me. Psychological horror, I think, might be the most effective, but is also the most particular to the player. I, for instance, think subnautica can be absolutely terrifying, but I find the ocean to be terrifying to begin with. Silent Hill or I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream games didn't do anything for me, despite the psychological horror being interesting (I also think growing up with those games and that level of graphical fidelity are crucial points, some may find the horror portrayals more humorous than scary). This is my long way of saying there will never be a perfect horror formula which works for everybody, and may not work for some people at all (who, as in Joe's case, feel fear in other kinds of media).

[@gaiuszeno1331]

Damn. PT scares the crap out of me every time I see footage from it

[@Left4Coragem]

The horror game i have being playing right now is phasmophobia. It's a game in which you go into missions to try to identify what kind of ghost is haunting the place. For being a early access game and a multiplayer one at that, it makes a surprising amount of right choices for the genre. It's specially effective if you're someone like me and horror movies with ghosts make you pause at night wondering if you really need to go to the kitchen grab a cup of water before sleeping.

[@jollytemplar3670]

I fear the unkown almost as much as the unknown

[@Largentina.]

Which is scarier though, the unknown or the unknown?

[@babydavey341]

High quality and entertaining, good one

[@ArdannaL]

I heard Pathologic music, that game can be terrifying too. As can Subnautica but it's more of a game of terror then horror.

[@TheCivildecay]

The fear of the unknown always scares me a lot more than all others scares in games. That's why I can't play something like P.T. but games like RE2 remaster don't really frighten me.

[@kphizzle9569]

My parents got me sanitarium when I was pretty young. They also wonder why I'm weird

[@ParappatheRapper]

I'm such a lightweight that I still have trouble playing DOOM alone and it's mostly the monster sounds. Good sound is, in my opinion, the most important thing. You can have a black screen and just have a scary ambience/sound and I can easily be freaked out anticipating what's next.

[@rickysavage9557]

I can't believe you brought up funkoland. I used to have one near my house I was like 6-7 years old when I first went there. Got bought out and replaced by a gamestop.

[@animeking1357]

When I first discovered Minecraft Wikipedia listed it as a horror game. I didn't understand at first.

[@JMulvy]

This was such a stressful video to watch. i am a little fatigued from holding myself upright on the edge of my seat for so long.

[@rin-joh8644]

Very few games have scared me as much as the Diablo series. The butcher charging out of his room at mach 10. The terrifying feeling of fighting Diablo for the first time.

[@Cunnysmythe]

I usually li-ion 2 videos but I couldn't look away. Nice to see Sanitarium mentioned, that game feels like it's been memory holed, very strange and disturbing. Not very good but the psychological elements made it compelling

[@rsunset327]

Man everything you do is just top notch!

[@mungojerrie86]

Hey, that into was fire!

[@sahr2035]

Damn, haven't seen the silent hill Lisa scene since I was a kid. That one stuck with me for a while when I first saw it.

[@gdawgproductions3972]

You should do an honest review on minecraft! Love your content. I've watched some videos twice because your opinion of mechanics is really well conveyed and full of thought, I can tell you enjoy what you do!

[@CSM100MK2]

I like you when you're just being yourself and not trying to make a bad joke every 60 seconds.

[@PTFVBVB]

that anecdote about minecraft at the end really connected

[@jaydamalley3398]

I still get shivers during that Shodan reveal.

[@Xulli-Vis-Karos]

I had a mix of feelings from the P.T Fetus. I didn't feel fear from it, but a heavy wave of sadness. Like something has gone horribly wrong, and that fetus, breathing, crying, is going to die very soon, out of no circumstance of it's own. A wave of guilt comes when the camera turns too, because my first instinct is to try and help it, to do something, even though it'd likely be fruitless.

[@dislikebutton6269]

My favorite horror game is Dead Space 2 on max difficulty where you only get 3 saves.

[@pablobronstein1247]

The scariest part of horror games is when your character dies and the last checkpoint was 30 min ago. Then comes the scary realization that I've just wasted a good chunk of free time and should probably stop playing.

[@GoodmansGhost]

Minecraft used to be a really effective horror game back before they made nights so bright. Back in the alpha and early beta night was pitch black.

[@Largentina.]

I agree, Minecraft is definitely a good horror game for kids.

[@Vallinen92]

Great video! 10 / 10 would watch again.

[@Tullerman]

The scariest game I've played is still fucking Minecraft lol, you die, you loose... Everything! Dark Souls is bloody awesome though, just doesn't scare me as much.

[@aaronp9835]

I freaking loved funco land!! What a great place. With i could re live all those old memories. The past was so good. RE1 and RE2 are games that i will never forget

[@haruruben]

I was playing RE late at night, the back door was shut but not bolted and a strong wind just blasted the door open and scared me so hard I jumped up and fell over the back of the couch

[@junior1388666]

As a book lover, i apreciate ur writing, sir

[@Kyrious]

Minecraft can be a horror game. Next to lava or in a big ravine. That’s amplified in VR when a sneaky creeper gets you. Blows you and half your shit up. You fear the items that may have been lost. Was it my diamond gear?

[@bowsersbigbeanburrito]

1:21 what's the music in the background?

[@StratEdgyProductions]

That's a song from Golden Light. Game is still early access so there's no soundtrack yet. As far as I can tell.

[@bowsersbigbeanburrito]

@@StratEdgyProductions I searched "Golden light ost" and I think I found it. I think it's the "Endless snake-F4D" song. Thanks man.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

For a while my most visceral horror experience in video games was from Insurgency, of all things.

[@serket6807]

God World of Horror Soundtrack is way too fucking good

[@TreeRaper]

That World of Horror Music...Chills bro...fucking chills.

[@eran5005]

Splendid as usual!

[@armandostockvideos8386]

Too many hidden gems in one video, I need to write down all the names!

[@ethan6277]

This channel is a hidden gem

[@SonAlexander]

I would love to see a “How to Alien Isolation” game essay from you after seeing this video.

[@Xiroxys]

Good choice with the world of horror ost in the intro

[@Ricekrispy10]

Pick this video up, algorithm. This man needs to make more of these videos

[@IgnasV]

Almost clicked away at 15 mins :p, too spooky for me.. Didn't, but I watched it with the sound all the way down :d