The world's most chaotic games

Some worlds start rough, eg Resident Evil 2In which Leon or Claire will wake up in a nightmare in a raccoon town. That's a good example of a horror game, but there are others like it Shin Megami Tensei 5An RPG, that gets awful immediately after the initial setup.

Other games, from more gruesome examples to more RPGs, take their time. Games that take time to change their worlds in big ways can do more to frustrate players than games that start off horribly. These are just a few examples to show how. To fully explain what's going on, it's necessary to spoil something with the following.

So, there will be spoilers.

Silent Hill f

The Creeping Flowers

Let's kick things off with a recent horror game, Silent Hill fWhich sums up this idea perfectly. The players are a high school girl, Hinako, living her days in the small village of Ebisugaoka, Japan in the 1960s. Once they leave their home, things start to get a little scary as the whole town seems calm but also normal. Eventually, one of Hinako's friends dies as the pink plant-like parasite spreads.

Players will explore Ebisugaoka, fighting monsters and finding notes from citizens who have given up everything. The further they advance in the campaign, the more the city becomes infected with this plant-like parasite, and the more monsters appear. Also, Hinako's clothing will deteriorate through the progression of the story, and her mind will begin to fade, showing signs that she, too, is falling victim to the city's curse in a way.

Reload Personality 3

A depressive illness

Reload Personality 3A remake of the PS2 classic, set in Japan, follows a group of talented teenagers. At a special hour after midnight, the dark hour, they can see what others cannot. Players must explore a dungeon called Tartarus in hopes of solving the mystery behind the Dark Hour, as ordinary citizens are turned into coffins and sleep through it all.

The prolonged Dark Hour Curse is causing Apathy Syndrome to common people, which reduces their desire for anything, be it love, food, or work motivation. As more players are found, more people around town start to show signs of Apathy Syndrome. Eventually, it will thin out spots as a sign that things are about to get better or worse. Remake effects are good to watch because consoles are able to show more characters on screen at once compared to PS2.

blood borne

Seeing is believing

blood borne A gothic horror Soulslike that already starts at eleven in terms of horror vibes, but it only gets more intense from there. As hunters, players must eliminate monsters in an attempt to save as many souls as possible trapped inside their home. Depending on progress and interaction, it is possible to save some of them.

The game has a stat called Insight, where the more players progress, the more it reaches the point where they will finally see the truth. With full insight, players can see monsters from HP Lovecraft novels in towering structures like benevolent gods. They will surely send shivers down the spine of the bravest heroes when they first appear.

Final Fantasy 7

Cloudy with a chance of a meteor shower

Final Fantasy 7 It has a rollercoaster effect in terms of how players will perceive the world. They will begin in the sprawling city, Midgar, which is home to a lot of garbage as most of society lives in the slums, while the rich live peacefully on the top plate. Once players leave Midgar, they can see the damage done to the planet around them by Midgar's power company, Shinra, while the rest of the world is more scenic.

Fast-forwarding to about the midway point, things go awry again when the game's antagonist, Sephiroth, summons a giant meteor to destroy the planet. Also, Titans called Weapons will begin roaming the world map. Looking up at the sky and remembering certain doom, the chance to encounter a kaiju-sized monster, certainly doesn't fill players with confidence.

Alan Wake 2

From light to dark falls

Alan Wake 2 Takes place on two planes of existence. The new character, Saga Anderson, is an FBI agent sent to the first game's location, Bright Falls, Washington, to solve a murder. As he investigates, the city becomes more chaotic with more darkness, monsters, and corruption creeping in.

In an alternate dimension, the titular Alan Wake is trapped in a New York-like city, where he is being pursued by shadowy forces. His mind will fade, and the Shadow will begin to show more signs of aggression in his quest to escape. How the two stories click together is a mystery for players to solve, leading to one heck of a cliffhanger.

12 minutes

Time distortion

12 minutes A time loop game that begins with an unknown man returning home to his wife. The two enjoy a nice dinner together before being interrupted by a policeman who wants his wife to come with him. After things go bad, players will wake up as humans and have to relive those twelve minutes.

As the time loop goes on, stranger things begin to happen as players unlock new secrets about what's going on between the two characters and what's hiding in the apartment. At times, it can be difficult to understand what players need to do to progress, causing players to have their own mental breakdown, as if they too are trapped in a time loop. The ending, which closes the branch, isn't exactly pleasant in any scenario.

hack//infection

data loss

This example is a little different than the others because it requires four games to show how each entry changes between them. hack//infection This is the first game in which the protagonist, Kite, is given a special item in a mock MMO called The World. There is a data bug within the game that renders players comatose in the real world.

With Kite's gift, the Twilight Bracelet, he can hack into flawed enemies so that they are safe to deal with. As the interlinking games continue, the world becomes more and more corrupt, increasing the amount of bugged enemies and reducing the number of players in HUB areas. final match, hack//quarantineShows how much fun it is to be with someone in an MMO. It is quite something to behold. If only this PS2 epic quadrilogy could be experienced by more players today with a remastered collection or something.