Final week we launched IGN’s Competition of Worry, and a part of the occassion was marked by the return of our Greatest Horror Video Recreation Face-Off. We added the newest batch of terrifying video games to the listing, like Resident Evil 4 Remake, Lies of P, and Sons of the Forest to see if any of them had what it took to dethrone Silent Hill 2 (which gained the final Face-Off a yr in the past).
After 1000’s and 1000’s of battles, a brand new champion of horror video games has now ascended to the spooky throne, leaving Silent Hill 2 in its wake. So, which sport claimed the highest horrifying honor? Chilling drumroll, please…
With an 84.0% win share, Resident Evil 4 Remake has, maybe unsurprisingly, grow to be the brand new winner of the very best horror online game of all time in response to IGN’s viewers. Whereas it might be one of many least surprising outcomes on this Face-Off, it’s clearly greater than warranted as we gave this remake of one of the crucial celebrated video video games of all time a ten/10.
“Whether or not you are a fan of the unique or a newcomer with a hankering for some action-heavy horror of the very best high quality, Resident Evil 4 is sort of a parasite-riddled Spaniard: a complete no-brainer,” IGN’s Tristan Ogilvie wrote in his evaluation. “Its fight is friction-free however no much less stress-inducing due to its ferocious solid of creatures, its story quickly shuttles by a sequence of motion scenes which are various in construction however uniformly unwavering in depth, and its world is wealthy intimately and stuffed with enjoyable and infrequently snarling surprises.”
Resident Evil 4 Remake did not zombie-run away with the victory, nevertheless, because it solely beat Resident Evil 2 Remake by .1%, proving each vote actually does depend! Resident Evil 2 Remake additionally positioned second in our unique horror sport Face-Off, and a yr hasn’t modified the minds of very many as to the standard of what Capcom is doing with these tasks.
As for the way the remainder of the listing in comparison with final yr, the highest 10 on this Face-Off are Resident Evil 4 Remake, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Lifeless Area, Silent Hill 2, the unique Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Resident Evil 2, Silent Hill, Resident Evil Village, and Lifeless Area 2.
If we evaluate these winners to final yr’s listing, we see 2022’s high 10 was Silent Hill 2, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Lifeless Area, the unique Resident Evil 4, Silent Hill, Resident Evil Village, the unique Resident Evil 2, Silent Hill 3, and Resident Evil Remake.
One factor is obvious, IGN’s viewers loves Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Lifeless Area! These mega-franchises held sturdy to their relative placements, proving the energy of the inspiration they’ve all constructed.
On the opposite facet of the spooky spectrum lies Cooking Companions with a win share of solely 11.7%. It was joined by HumanitZ, Bigfoot, The Coma: Slicing Class, Eresys, Slay the Princess, Atama, Enemy Zero, Anatomy, and Uncanny Valley.
As with many of those Face-Offs, it is clear the massive franchises have the facility to rise to the highest of the competitors, and typically these indie titles simply haven’t got sufficient of a presence to face toe-to-toe with them in the sort of battle.
That being mentioned, many of those are beloved and terrifying experiences that we encourage followers of the style to take a look at. Simply because a sport does not make it excessive on a Face-Off like this, it does not imply it is not a particular expertise that will click on with you!
Are you questioning the place your favourite horror online game landed, like perhaps P.T.? (It took spot #15) For all of the rankings, you may try the total listing of the place all 141 horror video games that competed on this Face-Off ended up. You can even try 2022’s Face-Off to see how they evaluate!
For extra issues on the earth of horror, be sure you try all of the scary goodness from IGN’s Competition of Worry, together with the 25 finest monster films of all time, the seven greatest halloween in-game occasions to play proper now, and why horror is a very powerful film style.
Adam Bankhurst is a information author for IGN. You’ll be able to comply with him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.