What are good games for getting into the spirit of Halloween? Like, games that double down on theming. TF2’s always been my go-to game but I’ve been playing it for so long I’m pretty bored of it now and I don’t really like PvP anyway. There’s Overwatch which I expect has a lot going on but again I don’t really enjoy games like that.

Anyone got any highlights?

  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Anything by Chilla’s Art. The Coffee Shop, Parasocial, The Bathhouse, Shinkansen 0, The Radio Station.

    Also The Hex if you want a spooky mood but no jumpscares. Go in blind, it’s by Daniel Mullins who did Inscryption. It’s an incredible game. Ignore the screenshots on Steam and don’t watch the trailer, it’s five USD and the graphics make sense after playing for 30m.

    If you want jump scares, At Dead of Night. My partner and I are horror aficionados and we cannot play that game.

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    For spooks, Phasmophobia is a good one. They do a Halloween event every year too 🎃👻

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    Pumpkin Jack. It’s a 3D platformer. I haven’t played it in a couple years, but I remember it being mostly linear. Not a ton of collectables, but some. 11 months out of the year it’s a pretty “meh” game, but it absolutely NAILS the Halloween aesthetic. Not “horror” or “scary” or “autumn” but very specifically Halloween.

    MediEvil is similar, though much older. I have only played the original for PS1, though there is a modern remake on all platforms that looks pretty good. Not quite as explicitly Halloween-y, but still pretty close. Flawed in its own ways, but I would still say a better game overall than Pumpkin Jack. The levels were a bit less linear and it was a bit more like an adventure game than a platformer.

    Luigi’s Mansion is a classic too.

    A lot of other games have levels or worlds that are good for Halloween even if the whole game isn’t. Like Pumpkin Hill in Sonic Adventure 2, or Subcon Forest from A Hat In Time. Honestly one day I want to compile a list of all of these themes areas across my favorite games and the play all of these levels seasonally.

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      I want to get Luigi’s Mansion as I remember really enjoying the first one. It’s just so expensive though.

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    The secret of Monkey island games have a tropical Halloween feel with ghost pirates and root beer

    Kentucky route zero for a slower ghost story, dear Esther for a walking sim ghost story both with great soundtracks

    I remember they used to do gm run player events around Halloween in EverQuest back in the day and on project 1999, not sure if any mmo or online games theses days still have human gms

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    How about Jack in the dark, the little game that shipped with the cd version of the two first Alone in the dark games?

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    I can’t invest the time in MMOs anymore but I always miss them around this time of year. Guild Wars/Guild Wars 2 did a great job of it.

    Costume Quest is great for a single player game.

    I’ll also throw out a classic - Ghost Master. You manage a team of ghosts haunting different locations.

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      The best MMO for Halloween IMO is secret world. unfortunately it is pretty dead, so finding people for group content is near impossible, but the solo quests are pretty well done and a lot of fun.

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      Soma adds Halloween theming in PATHOS-II for a time limited period?

      I am surprised I’ve never heard of this. Seems a bit out of character.

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    You already mentioned the two games I know of that do halloween events, so here’s just a list of spooky horror games that are extra fun to play in October:

    I liked Indigo Park. But, like… Not because the gameplay. I just really like Rambley.

    But Resident Evil (any other than Outbreak) is spooky.

    Amnesia, Outlast, the old Hugo point and click adventure games for DOS, Phantasmagoria, Phasmophobia, Slaughterhouse, Castlevania…