Ps3 horror games 2011

Resident Evil 4 HD is notable for swapping out the zombie movie feel of the first four main RE titles in favor of a more Gothic horror aesthetic featuring a different style of undead enemy, retaining some of the series' roots while injecting new life into the storyline.

Dead Space reinvented sci-fi horror for a new audience using inventive combat and frightening atmosphere to sell its premise. In fact, the combat was worthy of the highest praise given the extra suspense elements it brought to the game. Utilizing a variety of industrial cutting tools and military hardware, the player was forced to bring down the ghastly monsters in the game by dismembering their legs, arms and heads with precision attacks.

Failure to do so meant getting swarmed and killed in the most horrifying of ways. The original Dead Space set the precedent for the kind of gameplay that would mark the rest of the series, but its sequel was a cut above the rest in almost every way. Production values felt higher, as did the level of interactivity between the characters. Dead Space 2 also improved on the horror elements, including— but not limited to— the dismemberment of the grotesque creatures that routinely sprang from the darkness to attack the player.

Naughty Dog's original post-apocalyptic zombie-fest sent shockwaves through the horror genre and redefined what storytelling meant within the context of a video game, capped off with characters were blessed with actors who brought true emotional weight to their performances. The Last Of Us is among the highest-rated games of its generation, horror or otherwise. Derek started writing about video games at age 14 and went on to write for GamePro Magazine and several other prominent outlets.

He now brings his veteran pop culture XP to ScreenRant. By Derek Draven Published Sep 10, A Noire is an interactive detective story set in the classic noir period of the late 's. It blends action, detection and complex storytelling and draws players into an open-ended challenge to solve a series of gruesome murders. Set in a perfectly recreated Los Angeles before freeways, with a post-war backdrop of corruption, drugs and jazz, L.

Noire truly blends cinema and gaming. FIFA Soccer 12 brings to the pitch a new game-changing Player Impact Engine, which is a physics engine built to deliver real-world physicality in every interaction on the pitch. As bullets whiz by, walls crumble, and explosions throw you to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before.

In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U. Marines where they will experience heart-pounding single player missions and competitive multiplayer actions ranging across diverse locations from around the globe including Europe, Middle-East and North America.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a direct sequel to the previous game in the series, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, with a campaign storyline continuing the struggle of U. Together with classic Call of Duty multi-character control, Modern Warfare 3 contains deep multiplayer support, including two-player Co-op Survival mode.

The game also contains all-new Kill Streak categories and customizable strike packages that offer more options for player combat styles and strategies. User Score: 3. The critically acclaimed single-player experience of Assassin's Creed is back and better than ever as Ezio returns in an epic struggle against the powerful Templar Order.

Now a legendary Master Assassin, he must journey into Italy's greatest city, Rome, center of power, greed and corruption to strike at the heart of the enemy.

Defeating the corrupt tyrants entrenched there will require not only strength, but leadership, as Ezio commands an entire Brotherhood that will rally to his side. Only by working together can the Assassins defeat their mortal enemies. You are Joe Danger, the world's most determined motorbike stuntman. You live to thrill the crowd and break World Records. A call back to retro classics like Excitebike, this 3D side-scrolling stunt-em-up is a burst of sugar-rush fun for today's jaded gamers.

The Witcher 2 is the sequel to developer CD Projekt's mature-themed fantasy role-playing game based on the works of author Andrzej Sapkowski. Platform: DS. Dirt 3 takes Codemasters' off-road series back to its rallying roots.

Platform: PSP. Warring clans struggle for supremacy over the Valerian Isles in this tactical role-playing game. Radiant Silvergun, restored by Treasure, is now available. Mortal Kombat returns to consoles after a long hiatus featuring a return to the gruesome fatalities. NHL 12 has players try to become the next legend in hockey. Dance Central 2 is the sequel to the popular Dance Central game. Bastion is an action role-playing game from Supergiant Games.

DiRT 3 will boast more cars, more locations, more routes and more events than any other game in the series, including over 50 rally cars representing the very best from five decades of the sport. DiRT 3 delivers mud, sweat and gears world over: from the intense weather-beaten rally stages of Europe, Africa and the US, to executing performance driving showcases and career challenges where car control is pushed to spectacular limits.

A new installment in EA Sports' boxing series will enter the ring in early Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand is a massive themed expansion pack featuring four of the most loved maps from Battlefield 2, boldly reimagined for Battlefield 3 with the power and destruction of the Frostbite 2 engine.

It also gives you classic weapons and vehicles from Battlefield 2, unique dog tags, and all-new Assignments. In the midst of an unending war for dominance between two super-powers, Special Intelligence Agent Stocke is assigned to a routine escort mission that goes horribly awry. Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants!

Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks. Obstacles like a setting sun, creeping fog and a swimming pool add to the challenge, and with five game modes to dig into, the fun never dies! The console experience is now in the palm of your hand with new features that utilize the capabilities of the Nintendo 3DS to its fullest. Packed with 35 playable characters, bonus stages and cinematic Ultra combos, Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition expands the action by allowing you to fight your friends around the world using Wi-Fi.

New to the franchise are the figurine mode, which utilizes the Street Pass feature to add a collectible meta-game, and the 3D over-the-shoulder camera option that takes fighting to new depths. For those new to the franchise, a simple mode has been added allowing players to pull off challenging moves with a single touch of the screen.

After a decade of waiting, iconic Marvel and Capcom characters join forces again in a re-envisioned team fighting game for a new generation. Fill the shoes of legendary characters from the most beloved franchises in entertainment as you battle in a living comic book brought to life in a VS.

Frozen Synapse is a thrilling PC strategy game that brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre bang up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad. Plan your moves, test them out, then hit the "Execute" button: both you and your enemy's turns are executed simultaneously. For the first time, drivers explore new competitive kart possibilities such as soaring through the skies or plunging to the depths of the sea. New courses, strategic new abilities and customizable karts bring the racing excitement to new levels.

Trine 2 is the sequel to the downloadable PlayStation 3 and PC action platformer. For the first time in franchise history, players will be able to step onto the grounds of Augusta National and begin their own journey to capture the most sought-after prize in professional golf - the Green Jacket.

Players can choose to play as Jedi, Sith, or a variety of other classic Star Wars roles, defining their personal story and determining their path down the light or dark side of the Force. Players can also choose to team up with friends to battle enemies and overcome incredible challenges using dynamic Star Wars combat.

Years after taking Stilwater for their own, the Third Street Saints have evolved from street gang to household brand name, with Saints sneakers, Saints energy drinks and Johnny Gat bobble head dolls all available at a store near you. The Saints are kings of Stilwater, but their celebrity status has not gone unnoticed.

The Syndicate, a legendary criminal fraternity with pawns in play all over the globe, has turned its eye on the Saints and demands tribute.

Refusing to kneel to the Syndicate, you take the fight to a new city, playing out the most outlandish gameplay scenarios ever seen. Strap it on. Zachtronics Industries is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game.

Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products! Streamline your designs to meet production quotas and survive encounters with the sinister threats that plague SpaceChem. Scattered across five different regions of Ashan, 5 special heroes must travel their own dangerous paths to grow in strength, unravel a demonic plot, and ultimately save the world from Chaos.

The story follows Jade, and investigative reporter and martial artist, who works with a resistance agency to uncover a government conspiracy and reveal their horrific secrets. As Jade, players are tasked to solve puzzles, fight enemies, and obtain photographic evidence.

Top Spin 4 is the latest iteration in the tennis sim, bringing 25 playable pros as well as the ability to create your own star. Outland puts players in the middle of a world of balance and chaos where their efforts allow them to bridge the ancient divide, or doom the world to destruction.

This light versus dark core gameplay is inspired by the arcade classic Ikaruga. In this turn-based game of strategy and cunning, observe how opportunity leads the German army to advance recklessly into the steppes of southern Russia. And as the story unfolds, join the Soviet campaign to repel the invaders As these legendary battles play out on the hex board, the tension of decision making and difficulties of conducting operations on a massive scale emerge.

Command armies and fronts in maneuver warfare, thrust and encircle, capture cities and cross continents; but never, ever forget to watch your supply lines. Resident Evil 4 marks a new chapter in the Resident Evil series. You'll rejoin Leon S. Kennedy six years after his first mission as a rookie cop from Resident Evil 2.

Have you played Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon? Both present a hopeless, post-apocalyptic situation navigated by two characters — an adult and a child — with nothing but absolute despair surrounding them.

Each mansion has its own visual signature, from dust-covered clocktower to overgrown garden, and over the course of all five, puzzles are almost never re-used — in twelve or so hours of single-player gameplay the concept is never stretched too thin.

As I hit the two hour mark and entered new areas toward the conclusion, I found myself holding the device further and further away from me in fear of what resided amidst the unknown. Like the best horror fiction, Year Walk compels you to press on despite that nagging voice in your head that pleads otherwise. The Walking Dead: Days. Do you flag down the strange truck approaching you? Where do you hide in the creepy cornfield while gun-toting pursuers patrol the perimeter?

Should you or your friend venture out of the vehicle and into the eerie fog surrounding you? Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. Something intangible, yet much more terrifying to me on a personal level. Don't get me wrong — the prospect of death at the hooves a grotesque, bipedal pig monster still hung in the air.

But the thing that began to eat away at me were the thoughts of who my character was, and what terrible things I may have done to deserve this dark, Victorian hell. A fantastic one at that. Slender: The Arrival. The Slender Man himself still stalks you with the same terrifying persistence he has in the original, exuding a menacing presence that evolves throughout the story in some unexpected ways. Though his iconic design may be simple, I still got freaked out every time I spotted his silhouette in the distance.

You can't fight him, only run from him, and that in of itself makes him more frightening than most game monsters.