The Five Most Demonic Games Ever

This goes to all the diehard game freaks who have devoted all their lives towards playing games and are great fans of games such as DOOM3, Silent Hill series, Painkiller and many more. So what’s so special about these games? What makes these games so hard to forget? The answer to these questions can only be answered by those who have actually played and lived these games.

Here is a short description of the five most demonic games that have been released so far. By the word demonic you sure must have realized that it’s the game’s amount of suspense and horror that gives it the so called title.

But beware we are not only talking about horror and suspense but also the level of gore and violence involved. I am sure that those who have played such games must have gone through some amount of mental trauma and high blood pressure. Hey relax…what I really want to tell is that these games are not only interesting but also spine chilling.

So let’s move to the games starting with the most deadly of all…

The Suffering-Ties that bind: Developed by Surreal software, it is the sequel to the first part The Suffering which is one of the most horrifying and frightening of all games ever created till date. The game has everything that is necessary enough to give shocks to the player which involves spooky sounds and music, deadly creatures and the spookiest of all, ‘the environment.’ The story is great in which we start off as a character named Torque who has escaped from Carnate island and moves into a city named Baltimore which has creatures and evil spirits that are more tough to handle when compared to the previous game. The visuals in The Suffering are effective at conveying the game’s bloody, gory theme. As in the previous game, Torque and his weapons get absolutely splattered with blood during the game’s heavier fights. It wears off over time, but it’s definitely a cool-looking effect. The way the monsters in the last game were based on various methods of execution was really interesting. The crawling creep that represented lethal injection last time around is still in the game. Finally, some of the scenery you’ll catch as you move around is pretty detailed. In one room, you stumble in on a suicide, moments after it’s happened. So you’ll get to see a corpse, shotgun in hand, large chunk of head missing, blood still squirting out of the hole. It’s kind of gross, but, obviously, fits with the theme just fine.

The game’s sound is where most of the its attempts to be creepy come from. You’ll almost constantly be catching bits of conversation from people who lived long ago, often turning into a full-on hallucination-style cut-scene. The creeper, a manifestation that pops up from time to time and tells you how much he hates women and loves to kill them is far more effective. Just like the previous game, the script is filled with curse words, including a couple that you’ve probably never heard in games before.

Moving to the next deadly or demonic is Painkiller: Developed by People can Fly and Dreamcatcher Interactive, painkiller is certainly suitable for being a horrifying game due to its deadly game play.

Painkiller offers up lots of spectacularly visceral, bloody, in-your-face action through its numerous, action-packed single-player levels. And it looks beautiful, it sounds great, and it’s got a pretty good old-school multiplayer deathmatch mode. The story is quite simple in which you start off as a character called Daniel Garner who dies in a freak car accident. After dying in the accident, he finds himself in purgatory, which is somewhere between heaven and hell. He’s given a choice that’s not much of a choice at all: The forces of hell are planning to wage war on heaven, and Garner must single-handedly head them off at the pass, while also setting his sights on the four generals of Lucifer’s army. In the game you get to kill lots and lots of monsters using some overpowered weapons, and, at the end of each chapter, you’ll square off against a huge and towering boss monster. One of the games most interesting features is the unlimited attacking monsters which are really very frightening.

The sound effects are also really spooky which is sure to leave your heart pounding very heavily. Many further versions and updates have been released which are even more exciting.

The next in the list is Silent Hill 4: Developed by Konami, Silent hill 4 just like its predecessors is a Horror action adventure. Silent Hill 4 sports some creepy-looking baddies that attempt to foil you at every turn. Unlike previous Silent Hill games, in which fighting ultimately could be said to take a backseat, Silent Hill 4 throws enemies at you in sometimes great numbers, forcing you to engage in lots of combat. Survival horror games often indulge themselves in graphical detail, and Silent Hill 4 is no exception. The game looks its best in corroded, bloody, gritty environments, like the damp, steel halls of the water prison or the subterranean subway layers that, at one point in the game, are walled in living, moving flesh. There are some really great effects, from the warping of a small section of paint in the shape of a face, to a cluster of wailing demon children plastered to a wall, to a spirit crawling out of a dark, dripping portal. There’s certainly no lack of unsettling imagery, which stays true to the Silent Hill formula. The ambient and creature sound effects are often very important to horror games as well, and the sound in Silent Hill 4 is great, for the most part. Creatures all have their own distinct calls, footfalls, and death rattles, and the environments are peppered with nice ambients like dripping water and gusting wind. The voice in the game is also quite good. It is a horror game that seeks to create mood through subtle sounds in the environment rather than through music.

Moving to the next is certainly DOOM 3: Developed by ID Software, DOOM 3 is also one of the latest packages from the DOOM series. The game is really creepy with monsters attacking you from behind which I am sure will make you jump off your seats. It’s a truly amazing game with the most enhanced graphics and sound detail which add to the creepiness of its style. Most enemies in the game have both ranged and melee attacks, and when they hit you, it will shake you and make you feel like, well, some demon from hell just hit you in the face.

Also the darkness in the game has a good effect during most of the battles. As you explore with your flashlight in hand, you’ll suddenly hear the chilling groans and growls of nearby enemies. Enemies will often lurch right at you, giving you a clear shot of their ghastly physiques.

The last in the list is Clive Barker’s Undying: Developed by Electronic Arts, it is a great classic to the list of demonic games.

Clive Barker’s Undying is a very well-done, polished, and memorable action game. Its horror elements are convincing and effective, and its action elements are interesting and distinctive. The game’s great in setting and its characters give it a real sense of context and purpose. This game has an amazing story that will keep you interested and glued to your chair throughout the whole game. The sound, the voices, the howling, the silence, the darkness, the ghosts are sure to scare the hell out of you.

Clive Dsouza