So after plaowing through Soul Reaver, kinda plodding through Defiance and Blood Omen Two, and smashing through Jedi Fallen Order, I decided I would give a game a try that I have been thinking about for a long time:
Fatal Frame (series). I did some googling and general impressions are that 2 is the better of the lot, so I decided to go with this one. I'm generally not into survival games, I dislike weapon management games intensely so Resident Evil never really grabbed me and I feel that jump scares are just cheap.
I did thoroughly enjoy Silent Hill 1, 2 and 3 however. The disturbing surreal nature of those game did tickle my fancy a lot. I had read that many publications seemed to rank Fatal Frame 2 as the scariest game ever. Whether this was at the time, or what, I dunno, but I have started it.
Here are my thoughts: