Wait until Clarence starts fucking with your mind, I guarantee that it won't be funny.
The only reason I liked Overture a little more was because of Red's dialogue.

I think I remembered the game. It was probably the White Chamber. Didn't play it myself, yet, should try it out sometime this month. By what I've been hearing, it's quite good.

Sanitarium can get a bit scary, but this is really some distance away from the panic induced horror of Penumbra and the like.

Oh, and for adventure games:

Call of Cthulhu: Dark corners of the earth (magnificent game! but involves some shooting)

and Darkness Within (first part) are pretty good.

Hm, kay. I was aiming for Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, but that is Wii-exclusive.

I can name a few that have shooting in it but are primarily focussed on other elements.

Condemned 1 and 2: Some shooting but the combat is mainly melee-based.

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth: The first half of the game ist mostly about solving puzzles, almost like an FPP-adventure. The second half is very shooter-like.

Deadly Premonition: Xbox 360-exclusive. It has much shooting in it and the graphics are horrible (no pun intended ^^), but the game is very story-driven and atmosheric. (Note: I never played it myself, it's just hearsay.)

Yes, i really interested in Deadly Premonition open world + horror theme concept. But sadly it's not available for PC.

Deadly Premonition is a great game, but it's not really scary save for a few specific moments.

what's so scary about it?it seems like an ordinary plataformer

That's a facade. It's not what it seems. Try it out for yourself - it's anything but ordinary.

Clock Tower. The first one for the SNES was never released in America, but there is a fan translation that's pretty good. Just get a good emulator. It's a point and click game that's basically an interactive slasher movie. The sequel was released here as Clock Tower on the PSX, the spin-off was released as Clock Tower 2: Ghost Head, but it has some Resident Evil style sections, and the third one was released as Clock Tower 3 here as well as in Japan, and it has some weird action sequences. Haunting Ground was supposed to be another Clock Tower game, but then they decided to make it a separate game, but it is very much like the original games.

That's what they want you to think.


As for the original question, I'd play Penumbra first, if only because they're slightly older and you can really appreciate the improvements they make to each game in the series.

Though there is combat in Overture, and it can be exploited. Of course, my counter argument is that you could not exploit it...

Seconding this. Watched Arino on GameCenter CX play through this. Was quite humorous! :P

On PC - hmm... aside from Amnesia... maybe Phantamasgoria? Not sure...

This man speaks wise words.

I agree with the first part. Clarence's voice was a bit silly, but it felt right. I thought it was better than Overture by far, though. It was creepier, there was no combat, and the story was much more interesting. I still hate Clarence after that one incident, though...

As for the second part of you post, I think Amnesia wins in the scary department. The first time I played it with headphones; I am currently playing again without headphones, and I really wonder how on earth I ever played it with headphones.

But to the OP, here's my opinion: Get Overture for a good story and creepiness. Get Black Plague for a great story and more creepiness. Get Requiem for complete and utter wierdness, creepiness, and slightly more challenging puzzles. Get Amnesia for all of the above, plus outright crap-your-pants scariness and if you feeling like being disturbed.

I know right? It was a major wtf moment for me too.

Clarence: "I thought you knew I was pulling your leg?"

Me: WHYYOUSTUPIDTHINGWHY????!!!!