Wow... I was fourteen when I played this... 2004... sure, the PS2 was out for three years already and there were other scary games out at that time, but I was a little underprivilaged with my game systems. I had a PS1, and there were a SLEW of really good PS1 games out that I could afford. So I started my collection. I had played Syphon Filter once, so I thought I could handle everything. I went to a yard sale and saw this game sitting on a table for ten dollars. I thought, "Sure, I can handle this." The guy said, "It's really scary, are you sure?" He looked at my mother, then to me. I looked at my mother, then to the guy, and confidently said, "I can handle it. I've watched Hellraiser, Nightmare on Elm Street," ect.... I was full of my teenage self. Well, we got home and I put this in my PS1. From the very instant I removed the CD and saw, in the case, to menacing eyes glaring at me, I knew something was up. I put in the game, saw the warning, thought, "Oh, it MAY contain graphic scenes? Big deal. It's like... melted lego block graphics. I can handle it."

The game starts with your character waking from a crash in a foggy town. You walk around until you see the shadow of your daughter in the distance. You chace her through the fog and snow but can't seem to catch up. She heads into an alley way. YOu go down. THere's a fence that says, "Beware of Dog." I was thinking, "Well, I need to find a weapon." I look in my inventory and all I have is a lighter. I cannot attack and I cannot do anything with the lighter... "Okay, let's go inside. Maybe there will be a gun there?"

No... Only blood... lots and lots of blood... "Okay, let's do this." I say as I press forward. The camera pans overhead as I proceed down the darkening allyway. I go farther, see more blood... bodies... a lone wheelchair... darkness... I get to use my lighter now to give off faint light... deeper deeper... More fences and blood... no point in turning back... The music is insinuating that maybe I am making a bad decision... but it's too late now... And then I see it... and the end of the long alley way, a twisted mauled bodies hangs crucified and motionless. "Okay... that's bad... maybe I can..." I turn my character around and from the inky darkness looms small child-like shapes. THey come at me with knives and squeal in some sort of backwards laugh... They stab me in the knees and I CANNOT ATTACK. I look for weapons, I click on everything, I run back, dead end... they crowd around me, three or four or five or infinity... I don't know, I'm panicked and screaming at the screen, "WHY THE HELL? WHAT THE HELL? WHEN THU-WHAT THU-THROW ME A BONE!"

Then I die. I turn of my console and put this at the bottom of my stack. This game made me it's bitch. FOr a year I did not tackle it. Then My mother urged me to play it (She is a horror movie fan and wanted to see the outcome, but was too much of a wuss to play it herself) so I did, died again, and then waited... I was SUPPOSED TO DIE AT THE BEGINNING! Way to psyche me out game.

The game is fun, engaging, and frustrating. The puzzles are challenging without being inpossible. The graphics aren't pretty, but they set the tone for the game PERFECTLY!

You have a kid that loves horror games and movies, give them this. Sure, they may complain about the graphics, but after a little while, they will not be able to tell the difference. In a few moments the game will be playing them, getting into their head and messing with them as they try to dig deeper into the game. Yeah... it's that kind of game. YOu do not play this game, it plays you.
Wow... I was fourteen when I played this... 2004... sure, the PS2 was out for three years already and there were other scary games out at that time, but I was a little underprivilaged with my game systems. I had a PS1, and there were a SLEW of really good PS1 games out that I could afford. So I started my collection. I had played Syphon Filter once, so I thought I could handle everything. I went to a yard sale and saw this game sitting on a table for ten dollars. I thought, "Sure, I can handle this. " The guy said, "It's really scary, are you sure? " He looked at my mother, then to me. I looked at my mother, then to the guy, and confidently said, "I can handle it. I've watched Hellraiser, Nightmare on Elm Street," ect.... I was full of my teenage self. Well, we got home and I put this in my PS1. From the very instant I removed the CD and saw, in the case, to menacing eyes glaring at me, I knew something was up. I put in the game, saw the warning, thought, "Oh, it MAY contain graphic scenes? Big deal. It's like... melted lego block graphics. I can handle it. "

The game starts with your character waking from a crash in a foggy town. You walk around until you see the shadow of your daughter in the distance. You chace her through the fog and snow but can't seem to catch up. She heads into an alley way. YOu go down. THere's a fence that says, "Beware of Dog. " I was thinking, "Well, I need to find a weapon. " I look in my inventory and all I have is a lighter. I cannot attack and I cannot do anything with the lighter... "Okay, let's go inside. Maybe there will be a gun there? "

No... Only blood... lots and lots of blood... "Okay, let's do this. " I say as I press forward. The camera pans overhead as I proceed down the darkening allyway. I go farther, see more blood... bodies... a lone wheelchair... darkness... I get to use my lighter now to give off faint light... deeper deeper... More fences and blood... no point in turning back... The music is insinuating that maybe I am making a bad decision... but it's too late now... And then I see it... and the end of the long alley way, a twisted mauled bodies hangs crucified and motionless. "Okay... that's bad... maybe I can... " I turn my character around and from the inky darkness looms small child-like shapes. THey come at me with knives and squeal in some sort of backwards laugh... They stab me in the knees and I CANNOT ATTACK. I look for weapons, I click on everything, I run back, dead end... they crowd around me, three or four or five or infinity... I don't know, I'm panicked and screaming at the screen, "WHY THE HELL? WHAT THE HELL? WHEN THU-WHAT THU-THROW ME A BONE! "

Then I die. I turn of my console and put this at the bottom of my stack. This game made me it's bitch. FOr a year I did not tackle it. Then My mother urged me to play it (She is a horror movie fan and wanted to see the outcome, but was too much of a wuss to play it herself) so I did, died again, and then waited... I was SUPPOSED TO DIE AT THE BEGINNING! Way to psyche me out game. The game is fun, engaging, and frustrating. The puzzles are challenging without being inpossible. The graphics aren't pretty, but they set the tone for the game PERFECTLY! You have a kid that loves horror games and movies, give them this. Sure, they may complain about the graphics, but after a little while, they will not be able to tell the difference. In a few moments the game will be playing them, getting into their head and messing with them as they try to dig deeper into the game. Yeah... it's that kind of game. YOu do not play this game, it plays you.