Thread: Games that mess with your head

Quote: Originally Posted by Pyrian Robbing the Cradle from Thief 3. (Yeah, I know that's going to get me lynched.) Not really, as that's something I honestly consider more of a headtrip than Afraid of Monsters (despite not being quite as scary... if only just.)

I wouldn't list Fahrenheit, unless you a consider a complete shift in tone and utterly cartoony plot developments to be a "mind fuck". It falls apart once it stopped being a David Fincher-esque thriller and became The Matrix: Path of QTEs late in the 2nd act. Let's not forget the sudden plot developments that occurred after the time skip. "They're in a relationship all of a sudden?!"

Quote: Originally Posted by demagogue SchoolDays is a J-romance game (highschool at that) about a fucked up love-triangle where there's plenty of murderous jealousy go to around, though that's a different kind of mindfuck maybe. I saw the ending of the anime and was scarred for life.

Hey, I mentioned System Shock 2. Rule of Rose had a mindfuck edge and that kind of twist, and the cutscenes were really well done in messing with your head, but it gets pretty much universally slammed for the boring gameplay in the meantime. Anchorhead has a pretty awesome plot development on this front, though it's interactive fiction. Then there are the surreal type games, not horror, mostly indie, and if you're not in the mood...

Yeah, console ports from the East have terrible post-release support. Didn't have that problem with SH2, m'self. SH3 didn't come with many issues out of the gate for most people, true. But it did have a problem on my old 6800 GT where it froze and never recovered every two minutes, and that was never patched either.

Wow, I'd already forgotten about the end of that game. Yes, that was seriously disturbing (although it could be a great lead-in to a sequel, if they go the trilogy route).

Quote: Originally Posted by Aerothorn So far I'm just seeing people list horror games - unless I'm misunderstanding the OP, scary does not necessarily equal mindfuck. Pretty much. Thanks everyone for the suggestions, but I've played SS2, Call of Cthulhu, STALKER, Dead Space, and FEAR, and while they're scary in their own ways, they stay fairly tame in terms of how it's presented. I've become so accustomed to...

Quote: Originally Posted by henke Necrophilia is wrong because one part can not give consent Neither can a fleshlight. Do I hear sirens?

The game gets points for a pretty up-front portrayal of necrophilia, though. Not sure a game has ever done that.

Quote: Originally Posted by EvaUnit02 I wouldn't list Fahrenheit, unless you a consider a complete shift in tone and utterly cartoony plot developments to be a "mind fuck". Cartoony plot development? I do not know, I still consider it the best thriller I've ever played, along with SH2 (yes, I consider it a thriller too). Not that there is a competition in this field though. Hell, the mere Badalamenti's music makes it...