The game won't win any awards for gameplay and combat mechanics by today's overdeveloped and refined standards, but it served as a brick in the road for other 3rd party action titles in this same vein.
The feel-good charm of the game is reason enough to give it a spin. Based on the hit sci-fi film franchise, Alien Trilogy took extreme liberties with its source material to craft a first-person shooter that referenced elements and locations from the first three films.
As Ripley, the player was tasked was wiping out the xenomorph infestation by hunting down and destroying multiple Queens. The atmosphere of the game is still creepy to this day, with dimly lit corridors stuffed with aliens popping out of every cranny and vent shaft one can think of. The music is appropriately fitting, as are the movie-faithful sound effects and tone.
Though not perfect, it would help inspire future Alien -based FPS titles. Widely regarded as an R-Rated Jurassic Park, Dino Crisis capitalized on the dino craze of the s by blending it with a survival horror gaming style.
It took Capcom's proprietary engine made famous by Resident Evil, jettisoned the zombies and went full-bore prehistoric sci-fi. The tension of the game was immense, with dangers raptors and other dinos pursuing players already low on ammo and forced to adapt in order to survive.
It would start a franchise all its own that proved to be a premiere hit series on the PSX. The original Parasite Eve was a landmark title in the horror genre, and it's a shame the series hasn't continued on into our modern day.
The game centers around a police detective in search of an antagonist named Eve who can control the mitochondria in human DNA and cause them to spontaneously combust, among other powers. It's a strong entry in the J-horror craze that would give rise to hot film properties such as The Ring. Resident Evil 2 was a game-changer. It took the formula of a groundbreaking title that single-handedly invented an entire game genre, and built upon it in the same way that Star Wars: The Empire Strike s back built on A New Hope.
The story was bigger, the environment was larger, and the enemies were far more terrifying. Following the enormous success of the revolutionary Resident Evil , Capcom released a sequel just under two years later. Resident Evil 2 introduced a ton of iconic characters to the franchise, including Leon Kennedy, Ada Wong, and the horrifying antagonist T, also known as Mr.
The critically acclaimed remake may seem like the best option for modern gamers to play Resident Evil 2 , but the original PlayStation 1 iteration offers an irreplaceable level of nostalgia for past players, and the horror still holds up for those experiencing the classic game for the first time. Evil Dead: Hail to the King struggled to impress fans and critics, exemplified by its lackluster 51 Metascore.
However, its fear factor didn't disappoint, as the game's Resident Evil- like semi-fixed camera angles lead to some terrifying and claustrophobic encounters.
Nightmare Creatures features elements of gothic horror and takes players back to London in , a very apt choice of year as a devil-worshipping cult are trying to take over the city. Nightmare Creatures is a great example of how much talented developers can do with restricted hardware, as Kalisto Entertainment were able to create an incredibly atmospheric experience despite the PlayStation 1's limitations.
The game was published by Activision, although the company was replaced with Konami for Nightmare Creatures 2. Hellnight certainly deserves recognition for being one of the PlayStation 1's scariest games , though unfortunately, its quality doesn't quite stack up. The game was released in Japan and Europe in and , respectively but didn't release elsewhere, contributing to a lackluster commercial performance.
Despite its poor critical and commercial reception, Hellnight does succeed in providing an unsettling experience. So it's still worth checking out for fans of the horror genre.
Galerians differentiates itself from most horror games which tend to feature fairly mundane and nondescript leading characters, with the more charismatic and interesting roles going to allies and enemies.
Galerians' protagonist begins the game with amnesia and soon discovers that he has psychokinetic powers; if that wasn't enough, Rion then discovers that he is the last hope to save humanity from the Galerians, a race of genetically enhanced humans. As for the gameplay, Galerians is one of many horror games from the late 90s to take inspiration from Resident Evil , fit with fixed camera angles and tank controls. The game puts players in a first-person perspective, which was rare for horror games at the time, and tasks the players with investigating the disappearance of a ship.
Echo Night received a sequel in titled Echo Night 2: The Lord of Nightmares , though unfortunately for western gamers, it was only released in Japan. It's not too much of a stretch to say that if Resident Evil never released, then most of the games on this list wouldn't have either.
The game didn't just spawn one of the gaming industry's most iconic franchises; it was also a pioneer of the survival horror genre as a whole. Many other horror games have improved upon the gameplay mechanics that Resident Evil innovated, consequently making it rough in spots to revisit. Still, the game offers a great trip down memory lane, and the iconic sight of the first zombie will still send shivers down the spine.
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