Obscure (PS2)

Me and my mate tried looking for a co-op survival horror game, after much searching on the internet we found this game on many peoples wishlists and quite highly rated. Once started we could understand why, my mate mentioned how Silent Hill like it was, having never played it I wasn't sure if that was good (having heard lots of good stuff about SH). We only bought it for the co-op aspect and am glad we did, the game is brilliant, especially since there is a puzzle aspect as well, unlike the new resident evil 5 you can shoot and move at the same time and there are numerous weapons to choose from. One good aspect I liked was the different ...  Read the complete review

Gaining a new love for horror movies and finally digging out my playstation 2 i thought obscure would be the perfect game to start up my once dead playstation addiction. Hearing its two player was awesome. I got my best friend round and we'd play Obscure together alot. Its actually a really great game to play with a friend, especially a screamish friend. The tense music really gets you excited and a great thing that you arent suppose to do but you can is if you get the bat you can actually hit each other which we'd do occasionally whilst we figured out where to find the next clue. If you like games that make you think then you'll love this. If you ...  Read the complete review

Obscure was a title i'd never heard of when a friend recommended it, and i'm glad he did. As a fan of Resident Evil and Silent Hill I was intrigued to see how this game panned out. So what makes this different from the above games? Well the fact that you can play as a Co-op in this Survival Horror game, which was pretty unique. The gameplay is decent and follows the format that most of these games do. The graphics aren't too shabby either. Sound is ok, the music and effects are nice but the speech is poorly acted. Not on Resident Evil 1s level of poor though! The game produces a very creepy atmosphere but it doesn't reach the poo your pants scary that R.E and Silent Hill ...  Read the complete review