Top 5 Scifi/Horror Video Games

This year has seen amazing games come out for the X-Box and Playstation such as Dead Space and Bioshock, but how do these games and others stack up to the horror/scifi games of all time?  Let’s find out:

5) The Suffering:  You are Torque, a convict that is imprisoned for murdering his wife (depending on the choices you make in the game), and thrust into a prison where creatures slowly take over the prison and the inmates and guards with them.  Torque has the ability to change into a creature but it’s not until the midway point of the game that you discover that power.  There aren’t many puzzles to figure out; the game is straight role play.  You soon discover that your being in the prison is more than a coincidence.  Gore and suspense level: 7.  Action and game plan: 7.

4) Gears of War:  This game pits you against evil creatures that arise out of a vortex.  You play Marcus Fenix, a soldier that was caught for insubordination and desertion.  The game combines militaristic, survival, and horror that lends an eerie feel to the game.  It also has shock value, which many games fall short of.  There are instances where you can jump out of the seat you’re playing in.  Gears of War is an intense, action-packed game that pits humanity against aliens.  Only one can win.  Gore and suspense: 7.  Action and gameplay: 7.4

3)  Halo:  This is regarded as the first major game for X-Box and it delivered in a big way.  Halo is a first person shooter.  The game follows the Master Chief who was part of a super soldier project.  Master Chief wears a protective suit that enables the player to heal to complete strength if standing alone and untouched.  The main enemy is the Covenant, who has waged war against humanity.  You crash land on a ring world and you later find out that the planet hosts many creatures mixed with the Covenant.  Halo is the first of its kind for the X-Box system and is the genesis of many who tried to emulate it.  The game play is smooth and the action is slick complete with movie-like sequences.  Gore and suspense 6.  Action and game play: 8.5

2) Bioshock:  Bioshock’s storyline is original, not too cliche, and mix it with action, this game is almost as complete as it gets.  You play an individual whose plane crashes into an ocean abyss only to find out that there is a utopia beneath the water.  You begin to uncover dark secrets about the place and things aren’t what they seem.  The scientists and other people who litter the city begin to undergo changes and you must survive by doing the same.  Your goal is to make it out of city, but plenty of surprises await your way out.  The dialog is excellent, as well as the storyline.  Game play is incredible and there’s a right amount of gore to make the game more aestheticaly pleasing.  Gore and suspense: 9.  Action and game play 9.

1) Resident Evil 4:  While all the games in the Resident Evil series are great, the fourth installment outshines all others.  You play Leon S. Kennedy, survivor of the second game.  You are sent to extract the President’s kidnapped daughter.  When you rescue her from evil, you begin to discover many more sinister things going on.  This is the first game in the series that doesn’t focus on the T-virus; rather, this game’s main biological abnormality is a parasite known as Las Plagas.  RE4 is third person shooter and has weapon sighting to assist you.  A recurring character from Leon’s past makes and appearance, and much more is known about her.  This game is ultimate survival horror at its best and is rarely duplicated with the games of today.  The cut scenes are interactive in some places that will determine your life or death; the first of this kind.  Gore and suspense: 10.  Action and game play 10.