9 (Unconventional) First-Person Video Games You Must Play

By James McGrath /

3. Silent Hills

While P.T. doesn't make a whole lot of literal sense and gets way too hard at the end, it also manages to be one of the scariest games we've ever played - demo or not. It only made the terror that much sweeter to discover it was all a teaser for Hideo Kojima's and Guillermo Del Toro's own Silent Hills, a first-person reboot of the landmark horror series. When you're video game-inspired movie doesn't suck and it stars Sean Bean, you know you're a big deal. Of course, Silent Hills won't have the Bean... as far as we know. Norman Reedus, as his fully-scanned, ever-scowling self, will be our playable guide through Heart-Attack Land. It was made clear that P.T. does not represent Silent Hills' final gameplay, but recently, another concept video materialized online, showcasing an extremely P.T.-esque freakshow of hellish hallway proportions. Then again, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to cast a well-known face that we'll hardly ever see. Maybe we'll have a mix of perspectives. Third-person out in the streets, but first-person indoors, punctuating desolate, ghost town, Reedus wanderings with claustrophobic, intimate dread. Whatever method maximizes player pants-pooing will certainly reign supreme.