Thank you for the great giveaway! I'm happy to participate, either for The Mansion or for Shadow Man! Very different genres, but both sound like interesting games.

I am not primarily interested in being scared in games - I am usually more looking for a sense of wonder or moments of insight or discoveries.

However, I tend to be ok with being scared and even enjoy it in situations where it feels earned - when my character has actively sought out danger or the unknown, and I am invested in that exploration. In contrast, I don't like tacked-on or repetitive scares where they do not feel appropriate to the situation, e.g. I would not enjoy jump scares as a regular feature of a monster type in a shooter game.

Picture: this qualifies as a jump scare, right? (Artist: Coll Muir, Source: Twitter)

Thanks for giveaway. i am in for both games.

Horror game wise - always enjoyed a survival horror - like RE or more recently Green Hell.

Dead Space 1 has a special place for me -- just for the audio/soundtrack,

great giveaway

not in

i can't really nail it down, why i love some scary games. its like the same as watching horror movies, but more intense. i remember the fear while running around that mansion (residen evil on psx) infested with zombies and other stuff. short on ammo, while all the things are lurcking around you ... man, what a game!

but on the other hand there some scary games, at which i couldn't progress because i find them just too scary. in alien isolation (which is a masterpiece), i just end up hiding in a locker and watching the damn alien walk by.

Thank you for another great giveaway :) I'd like to be in for The Mansion. Edit: I am not in for Shadow Man classic.

I do like to be scared by games. I don't know exactly why, but I guess I find the tension and mystery to be exciting. Scary games also tend to deliver on atmosphere and good sound design. My favorite horror game is Project Zero (aka Fatal Frame in the states). I bought it for my original Xbox collection a few years ago, and I constantly had chills and a sense of dread while playing it. And I loved it. I had never experienced such haunting atmosphere before, and it didn't even rely on jumpscares to spook me. I have the old Silent Hills too, and they come pretty close, but PZ is still where it's at for me.

Here is a gameplay video from Project Zero.

K, noted....and thanks for letting me know.

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By stuck do you mean you stuck to them and finished them(or tried to)? If so, good for you. :)

Yer name is entered...good luck to ya.

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I read it.....thanks for the updated stuff in yer post...was nice to read.

Btw, if you like games like that with recording cameras and also like adventures/point and clicks, you might want to try Lost Crown(sadly afaik it's not on GOG, though). :)

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Yeah, I like exploring a number of such games as well.....also Silent Hill is a nice series(of what I played)....ditto for Fatal Frame(I mainly played a large chunk of the second game, and it was tense but nice).

Yes, you may.....and as with the others: thanks for adding to this contest/thread of mine...and best of luck to ya.

Undying is a favorite of mine(shame they never made the rest of it...the sequels I mean), and Obscure is good as well(the bit I played).

And thanks for joining us :)

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That's sad to hear....hopefully maybe youll some day overcome all that. If not(and borrowing from what you said), there's still plenty of gaming fish in the sea, as it were. :)

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I sometimes look into walkthroughs/etc when really stumped, but I also like the feeling of beating something on my own.

That it does.....so now ye be entered. Here's hoping the fates/gods of luck/etc shine upon ye. :)

Btw as per Rule 5: Are ye opting out of the draw for shadow man?

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I hear ya on wonder at discoveries. :)

Also I myself like some jump scares(partly an "adrenaline junkie"), but yeah....I can see/respect why some might dislike em.

Lol....totally. :D

Done and done.....best of luck to ya, same as with everyone else so far.

RE(classic or new, of what I played) is usually nice/decent, and I love DS1.

As mentioned in the rules, I will be screening some entries. You have 1 rep and also only 5 games, and your library is hidden....so before I can enter you, i'd need to check your library(to make sure they're not, say, all free games) to be certain you're not an alt/etc trying to enter.

So if you want to enter and are ok with such terms: please set library view to friends only and add me as friend, or set your library temporarily to public so/until I can view it...or even take a screenshot of your library(with your username in the bar at the top of the screen in the pic) and link that to me via PM.

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I have/had the same feeling being chased by the one enemy in the police station in the new RE2 remake(and also the bits of classic RE3 that I played)....tense yet fun times. :)

That reminds me of how I felt in Clock Tower 3 and other games.

Also, thanks for reminding me that that game is on my backlog.....gotta play it some day(i'm a bit of an aliens fan ;D).

Well yer in for the rep prize at least....maybe you'll be able to gain a positive bit of rep for once, eh?

Also as with the others: thanks for participating

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Oddly enough I just talked about that series to another entrant in a post above.....and yeah it(from the bits I played) seems like a good series.

And yer entered....now we shall see what we shall see at the time of the draw, eh? :)

Btw as with Niko above, and as per Rule 5: Are you opting out of the draw for classic Shadow Man?

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Update to the thread: done adding entries for now...will check for more once several more pile up and/or at least 6-12 hours have passed....whichever comes first. Everyone, feel free to keep sending them entries. :)

it sure is a great experience, if you're able to make progress in this game. sadly i'm not :(

clock tower 3 ... ok, i'll take a closer look on that one

i dunno about the rep price ... i kinda like my negative renegade score :)

Edited my original post.

Yes. I am opting out of the draw for Shadow Man classic. I already have it :) I will edit my original post.

It happens....btw, you could maybe try imagining the aliens as cute fluffy bunnies?

It is nice....you don't have to run from the monsters/etc all the time, and there's even a hub of sorts where you can relax more sometimes.

*points to rules* Everyone is entered :D

That said, the chances of you winning it are low, so you likely have nothing to worry about. :)

haha, a mod for alien isolation that turns the xenomorph into a big fluffy bunny, that is just trying to hug everyone

And noted...thanks to the both of you for replying so quickly, btw :)

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Yup....and I had the same idea in my head(hugging bunnies)...hivemind?

It'd probably be fun too....well unless the bunnies were like fluffy bun bun from Toonstruck, that is. o.0 ;D

Btw as per Rule 5: Are ye opting out of the draw for shadow man?

Yes I am opting out of the draw for Shadow Man.

I'm in for both games.

Shadow Man did not initially interest me but I've been playing old games for the past few weeks and having a blast.

As for the question, yes, I like to be scared by games. It's an escape and there's nothing like being creeped out by pixels. lol. It's a stress reliever for me. Nothing beats playing a scary game after a stressful day. VTM: Bloodlines' hotel mission is one that will always be memorable to me. The game itself is not a scary game except for that mission. Yeah, you are a badass vampire but in that mission, you feel helpless. Your powers don't mean shit. You just have to escape that damn place. That feeling of helplessness and of being watched was so creepily good. I know it's a game but when I play, I love immersing myself in the world, and VTM: Bloodlines has a very immersive world.