Re-completing the same game in the same year is just showing off. I think I've only finished 2 games in 2026.
RE2 is so short you leave the police station before you even realise it, and the lab is mad short
SH2 is scarier though.
I still think the first is the scariest, but the apartment in SH2 is the easiest I've been able to imagine myself in a SH environment and boy do I not like it there.
I still really enjoyed the SH2 Remake for what its worth, more than I did f. Townfall looks good but I might hop in next year for cheap, if I buy a full price horror game it'll probably be Requiem on S2 or the Fatal Frame 2 remake to cap the month
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Azure Striker Gunvolt
Trails beyond the Horizon
We Love Katamari
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Resident Evil: Requiem
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Final Fantasy X
Space Marine
Pragmata
Final Fantasy VII
Streets of Rage 4
Onimusha Warlords
Muramasa Rebirth
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Halo: Campaign Evolved
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Pokemon Leaf Green
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Metal Gear Solid 4
Onimusha 3: Demon's Siege
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve
Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies
Fatal Frame 2: Drimsom Butterfly
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Erm…Alastor, hello, this is already on the list isn't it? Yeah? Well, I finished it again and IMO for this absolutely terrifying month of horror I think all horror games get to be double listed because that's the whole point duhhhh
Anyway, I did Leon A and I don't know if I will do Claire B soon if at all, I just wanted to knock out a quick run before I play something new next (Dino Crisis 1) and despite these being commute games I was so close to the end that I figured 'why not?'
I literally can't praise this game more than I have, and I called it a masterpiece in the previous entry in this thread. Always has been, always will be.
Second seems to be the most popular and favourite child of the series, like it even got a remake on the Wii so I don't know if the remake on current gen is taking from that, the PS2 version, or both. I do hear the first one is shorter but way harder (which isn't saying much, I had over 30 smaller heals and like 7 full heals and death revive on me for most of the second game) which intrigues me because I think I can ration my healing and all that, and shorter can also be sweeter in some cases!
Felt like dabbling in lovecraftian horrors beyond human comprehension so I started Eternal Darkness a little earlier than I intended to (was going to take a break after FF2) and man, there's something so comfortingly Gamecube about that game that I can't really quite explain, the character models maybe, the fact that in the back of my head this is a cult classic GC game? Either way this is unlocking a memory from the core of my brain, I have played this before but I haven't beat it and it's been so long that it's like the time I finally finished Skies of Arcadia where I'll only really recall stuff as it enters my line of sight again in the moment and it's really cool to experience how your brain has basically hidden stuff away for decades in a void but it's never actually forgot any of it.
And only being less than an hour in I can see the vision, a horror story told over a few thousand years through several characters, isolated chapter style with protagonists that range from useful warrior to a mere civilian, meanwhile in between chapters you explore a mansion in present day solving puzzles in a Resident Evil like Mansion to slowly thread the narrative together. Oh and one of the defining mechanics is that you can can go crazy, and that mechanic might sometimes catch you unawares in real life. (Too bad emulating this probably spoils that aspect a bit)
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Azure Striker Gunvolt
Trails beyond the Horizon
We Love Katamari
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Resident Evil: Requiem
Resident Evil (1998)
Final Fantasy X
Space Marine
Pragmata
Final Fantasy VII
Streets of Rage 4
Onimusha Warlords
Muramasa Rebirth
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Halo: Campaign Evolved
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Pokemon Leaf Green
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Metal Gear Solid 4
Onimusha 3: Demon's Siege
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve
Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies
Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly
Wow, I can't hand on heart claim this is my favourite survival horror or even the best on the PS2 (that probably goes to Silent Hill 2*, a fact that kind of annoys me, why is it so good man? lol) but it's for sure one of the best survival horrors games I've played,certainly one of the more unique ones that doesn't actually ever not feel like a horror game…except it's far too easy, but I'm not that fussed about that, game made me jump a few times so whatever!
I enjoyed this first time experience so much, I'm looking into the prequel/sequels and new remake, wary of the fact that after 5+ games the mechanic might get a bit stale but I think experiencing them is something I want to do at some point.
😭😭😭姉妹😭😭😭
*Who is it here that thinks Silent Hill 3 is better? Is it Brian? I think it's Brian. Not exactly a hot take anyway, not like say…Silent Hill 4. (which I'm tempted to play this month)
Alastor