Platform: Xbox One Developer: Krillbite Studio Publisher: Krillbite Studio Release Date: June 2, 2016 Genre: Horror Adventure Nerd Rating: 8 out of 10 Among the Sleep takes the survival horror element of an under-powered main character and cranks it up to 11, by filling its starring role with a snot-faced two-year-old. It’s no secret that a toddler’s bread and butter is being absolute crap at doing anything but drooling all over a brand new onesie. There’s some evolutionary principle at work here that charms the pants off people in regard to the inept misadventur ..read more

Platform: PlayStation Vita Developer: Active Gaming Media Publisher: Playism Release Date (NA): January 31st, 2019 Genre: Survival Horror, Point and Click Nerd Rating: 5.5 out of 10 Twenty years after the events of Clock Tower, game director Hifumi Kono has returned to the world of horror with a new game, NightCry. Billed as a spiritual successor to his well-known horror point-and-click series, NightCry attempts to continue the trend with three new protagonists trapped aboard a haunted sealiner. The Scissorwalker stalks you down long, maze like halls. The game, originally released on mobile ..read more

Platform: Oculus VR Developer: Steel Wool Studios Publisher: ScottGames, Lionsgate Games Release Date: May 28th, 2019 Genre: Survival Horror Nerd Rating: 8.5 / 10 Reviewed by Rhutsczar If you have been following we Baconneers for some time now, you know that there are a few of us here that are fans of the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise. While I have taken the mantle as of late, you can find almost every entry in the franchise so far among our indices. As fans of the franchise, when creator Scott Cawthon announced a virtual reality entry in the Fi ..read more

Platform: PC Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release Date: January 25th, 2019 Genre: Horror, Shooter Nerd Rating: 8 out of 10 When I was just a boy of some 12 years of age, I was introduced to my very first Resident Evil game. I was far too young when the first handful of titles came out, and thus only caught a glimpse of them here and there. I never considered myself a fan of horror games, so this acclaimed franchise passed right under my nose until Winter of 2005, when the modern masterpiece Resident Evil 4 was released. The ex-cop-t ..read more

Platform: PC Developer: Scott Cawthon  Publisher: Scott Cawthon  Release Date: June 27th 2018  Genre:  Survival Horror, Point and Click Nerd Rating:  8 / 10 Reviewed by Rhutsczar *Maniacal laughter* You thought it was over…didn’t you? Just because the developer says that it is the final game in the original saga doesn’t mean it actually is. While a custom night has become a staple addition since the original Five Nights at Freddy’s, we have yet to see anything this ridiculous in the franchise so far. Are you ready for what may be the ..read more

Platform: PC Developer: Frictional Games Publisher: Frictional Games Release Date: September 22, 2015 Genre: Stealth/Survival Horror Nerd Rating: 9 out of 10 Reviewed by bushtika Enter the depths of Pathos II, an underwater research lab in the Atlantic. You awake confused and disoriented in an abandoned and dilapidated world, trying to figure out how you got there and what’s going on. The dark corridors are overgrown with black, viscous matter and the only light comes from the red emergency lights dotting the hallway. Soma is the spiritual successor to Amnesia: The Dark Descent and its seque ..read more

Platform: PC Developer: WRF Studios Publisher: WRF Studios Release Date (NA): February 2005 Genre:  Point and Click Adventure, Horror Nerd Rating: 8 out of 10 Reviewed by Space Invader I’ve been scared by video games before. I’ve jumped in surprise at demons in Doom when my health is low, gritted my teeth while navigating dark hallways in Silent Hill — hell, even the bent-over-backwards zombies in Deadly Premonition gave me the creeps a little. I count only one time, however, that I completely lost my shit. It was something like the early-to-mid-1990s, and I was s ..read more

Platform: PlayStation 4 Developer: The Deep End Publisher: Feardemic Genre: Survival Horror Release Date: June 6th, 2017 Nerd Rating: 7 out of 10 Okay, so I’m all for making games challenging. But to push the boundaries of gaming itself while making a game difficult is a feat that’s worth recognizing. Perception developer The Deep End deserves such recognition. As a matter of fact, let’s give them a big round of applause for going somewhere no developer has before! *cheers and applause*   You might be asking, “What did they even do, Poseidon ..read more

Platform:  PlayStation 4 Developer: Capcom Publisher:  Capcom Release Date: August 30th, 2016 Genre:  Survival Horror Nerd Rating: 6 out of 10 As I prepare myself to watch as much E3 coverage as I can, register for 2017 Fall classes, and maintain my mental stability at work, I’m challenging myself to play more games to balance out everything. While on a recent trip to GameStop I picked up the target of this review: Resident Evil 4. However, I’m not referring to the original game for the GameCube, it’s a remaster in HD for the PS4! For ..read more