Saturday Night horror thread: Read more Lovecraft edition

Good choice

howlongtobeat says it's a 3 hour game, and they're usually an accurate polling aggregate. Haven't played it myself but it doesn't seem like a huge time investment

Resident Evil Remake but I've been wanting to play the original Alone in the Dark for a while.
Something bizarre and unavoidable.
Sadly, no, I'm not a lot into horror. Although I read Riding the Bullet some months ago and it kept me in the edge of the chair. Pretty comfy What's Holla Forums opinion on Stephen Kings' horror? I think it's pretty cheap, but good enough, I guess
As I understand it, isn't Lovecraft about creatures so fucked up humans can't even understand them and Cthulhu just happen to be one of those creatures here on earth?
Hounds of Tindalos counts as Lovecraft story? It's the only one I've read. Any recommendation? Specially download link for loveraft stuff?

Children never appear in the streets at night.

Yume Nikki is the only game that has managed to truly scare me, that soundtrack is frightening.

Who's the best Lovecraft character, and why is it Niggerman?

The tomb and the picture in the house are my favorite.

A big part of lovecraftian horror is the idea that sanity is only a thin film that covers our reality something that can be easily broken beyond all repair. When that film breaks, you're so tiny in comparison to the craziness that inhabits this world that you can't fight it when it comes after you.

Rats in the wall definitely. Left an embed with a motion comic. It's the whole story with pretty pictures so you're really not missing out, although the cat name got changed for some reason. His original name is nigger-man.

As for downloads:

The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft

PDF: arkhamarchivist.com/?dl_id=6
EPUB: arkhamarchivist.com/?dl_id=2

My friend, you don't know the extent of it. Lovecraft is about the limits of the human mind, or rather the weak nature of it and how it is unable to really understand anything beyond the limited scope of our own insignificant reality. The great old ones and the outer gods are the true masters of the multiverse, and only the raving mad fools, trapped in ill-cared for asylums may truly understand what's out there. In his tales, a man who has gone mad always has a reason to have done so: He knows too much.

Voodoo is often named when it comes to the rituals and incantations uttered by the ancient cults who give reverence to these abominations. However, this is merely a way for the "civilized" man to label that which he does not understand. Rarely do you ever see scholarly white men partake in such degeneracy, as it is only spics, niggers and the mentally inferior and underdeveloped folk of towns like Dunwich, who possess the knowledge of the ancient runes and rites. The irony is not lost. The scholar labels those different to him inferior, dumb and undeveloped; yet his mind falters at the slightest challenge of his isolated reality. The Rats in the Walls is a good example of this.

As for the gods and abominations depicted in his tales, they are creatures of alien origin. Some times from deep space or alternate dimensions, and unable to truly form in this world. Some times, these creatures are actually outside reality itself, edging ever so closely to our universe, but never directly interfering. Their words are mere whispers of the mind, which are only heard in dreams by those most sensitive. A lot of times this isn't intentional either, as most of these beings are not able to understand humanity or even see us as anything but small colored squares. Just as we can't understand them, they can't understand us. The exception to this being The black pharaoh Nyarlathotep who roams the earth disguised in human flesh, and spreading madness wherever he goes and serves the will of the great Daemon Sultan Azathoth who gnaws hungrily in inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond time and space amidst the muffled, maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.

I'm not an expert or anything and maybe made a few mistakes here and there, but I've been reading Lovecraft for a little while now and I just can't get enough of it.

TL;DR: Read his shit more.

Really? I haven't finished it yet, I figured maybe I just hadn't seen it.

I wish I was you. Yume Nikki puts me to sleep.

I just started Siren, but it's such a frustrating game to play right now. I'm stuck on the bridge with the rifleman, and with no idea on what to do. I'm not even sure what the point of looking through the enemy's point of view is. Also the British voices are wonky as fuck. I won't ditch it just yet, but I'm struggling. Other than that, I'm finishing up Alien Isolation. I never thought I would ever think a game felt too long, but goddamn. I feel like I'm getting close to the end. Same goes for Darkest Dungeon. I know it isn't horror, but it's undeniably influenced by Lovecraft and I just really want to see what's in the darkest dungeon. Great music too.

Something that comes from the spooky atmosphere like PT or Silent Hill.

I see Lovecraft mentioned alot, but he's really nothing compared to Poe. The man said so himself. I would recommend starting with The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart, although I first read The Black Cat as a kid. You can't go wrong either way. As for films, I've been watching some werewolf films like An American Werewolf in London and The Wolfman. I really wish there were more werewolf centered games.

Yes.

Call of Cthulhu and Dagon because they're very well written and two of the first stories I read from Lovecraft. Mountains goes without saying.

I don't think it's supposed to be nighttime, it's just high-contrast. Even nighttime isn't that dark unless you're playing the original with the ENB mod.

There's always Bloodborne and Bloodlines

Already played BB, but I guess I meant to say games where werewolf transformations are the central mechanic and you can roam around being a carnivorous beast. I know you can make a beast build on BB, but it really isn't what I'm looking for. Broccoli head is better in every way regardless.

Wasn't there a Sonic game that did that?

I'll agree to disagree with your wrong opinion

Keep going with Siren friend. It takes a while to get used to it but it's worth it. For "Mission 2's" I'd actually recommend using a walkthrough. Some of the requirements to access them are downright moon logic.

I said so before; I think both are amazing, but their styles are way to different to actually compare.

The problem I have with Lovecraft and maybe a lot of people who say Poe is better have, is that many times he tends to go on a tangent for a long while. Sure, it helps build the world, but there's a point where I'm like "Enough is enough! I get it, get on with it! I don't care if Robert Poppycock went to college at the age of 12 and graduated with flying colors in hoolabaloo mumbo jumbo." Poe does not have this problem, so his stories are a lot more self-contained and rely a lot more on the reader's imagination as a result. Again, I think both have a place in our personal libraries. Poe is more in your face horror while Lovecraft makes you wonder what lurks in the unseen corners of your room.

Brutal Doom 64 y/n?

It plays well and doesn't seem to take many liberties, but there's something about it that kinda kills the atmosphere.

Probably just the strange feeling of a 2.5d game on a console (or the emulation of a console) that had full 3d capabilities. Plus, it's from an entire different team of course.

I'm talking about Brutal Doom 64, not vanilla. Vanilla Doom 64 is awesome.

Must admit I haven't played that one yet. One more for the backlog.

The bridge with the rifleman? Is that the section with the old guy in the mining area? Honestly that section was a pain, sometimes you can make it, get down and quickly abuse the environment to kill the shibito fast, other times he spots you first.

Siren in general feels very hard, but yet there's something that keeps me coming back.

Just finished FEAR. Currently not playing any spooks.
Had a debate with someone over whether or not Doom (the original) counts as a Survival Horror game. If it does, then I'm playing Brutal Doom 64.

Paranoia. That feeling of being followed, like in the original Slender.
Or that uncertainty of what's going to happen if you look behind you, like in ImScared or Walking.

Ghost Video was very fun. Embedded. Turn subs on if you can't understand Jap.

For anime, I definitely recommend Yami Shibai. It only had a small handful of good episodes, but the good ones were excellent. Let me post a few for you:
gogoanime.io/yami-shibai-episode-7
gogoanime.io/yami-shibai-episode-11
gogoanime.io/yami-shibai-episode-13
They're not even 5 minutes long, so there's no harm in checking them out.

Nope. Though, to be fair, Cthulhu is quite clearly the most popular entity from Lovecraft's works.
The issue is that people won't take the time to actually read the stories themselves, because they are quite advanced for a casual consumer. It's so much easier to just get caught up on the SparkNotes, and most of the Lovecraftian tales people come into contact with are part of the Cthulhu mythos, even if they weren't written by Lovecraft himself.

The Dunwich Horror.
Why? Take a look at the kind of spooks I'm looking for.

I'm currently replaying Darkness Within 1. I played way back in 2009, but for some reason I have very little recollection of the things I did that year. I know I beat the game, but I completely forgot what happens in it.

A blessing in disguise to be fair. It's not often that you get to "re-experience" something for the first time.

Is there some kind of overarching plot in Yami Shibai? I don't really want to jump in and be totally lost. Then again, you did say they're less than 5 min long.

You just like it hard user.

Is there a horror game where the main goal is to create immersion rather than scaring the player or giving claptrap riddles and puzzles? Something like Silent Hill (minus the puzzles, mind-numbingly short and unrelated readings which purpose is just to give shitty riddles, and retarded level design) and Alone in The Dark (minus the outdated graphics)?

You should rephrase your request or you'll probably get recommendations for a lot of walking simulators. Horror games that are all about the atmosphere?

You need to pay closer attention, very few games do thematic consistency as well as Silent Hill does

Damn, first time I watched Yami Shibi I just watched a handful of random episodes (I'm terrible, I know) and I missed out on two of those, freaky as fuck.

It doesn't seem to, it's just some mysterious guy telling kids stories every time.

I guess Kholat.

Was you same guy that was bitching about horror games having puzzles?

No, not all about the atmosphere. Only relying on creating a discomforting ambient instead of just trying to scare the player as much as possible. This is why I hate silent hill pt, it's a jumpscare garbage with generic scares and generic surrealism whereas original silent hill is more of an atmospheric game with more consistent pacing and less of a scary game.

You mean alone in the dark. Silent hill has too much riddles, key fetching, and systematical puzzles. You're supposed to solve the mystery of the town, not play puzzles and riddles. In real life, you don't solve crimes by playing puzzles. You read reports, you read diaries, you read notes, you use your intuition, and so on. The only game that does this right (that I've ever played) is AiTD.

pass

Guess so, been a while.

Even if Silent Hill didn't already have a lot of flavor text, all of the riddles and puzzles relate to the mystery of the town or the broader narrative in some way.

If you want something that's supposed to disturb you instead of scare you, Ice-Pick's games are an obvious recommendation.

Anyone know what the chanting in pathologic is sampled from? I was listening to the song "Stop Signs" by the residents and I noticed it sounded awfully familiar.

Apologies. I did not quite understand your request. If you're looking for something with actual substance instead of shitty jumpscares and endless walking with some dude talking, try Darkness Within 1. It may feel a bit jarring to play a first person point and click adventure in this day and age, but I'm telling you it's worth it.