10 Horror Video Games That Brutally Punish You
1. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem completely and utterly messes with your head if you make the unfortunate error of allowing your sanity level to drop too low.
If you happen to do this - which, to be fair, can be near-impossible to avoid - the game starts to warp what you're seeing.
At times, this distorted reality can be something relatively mild, such as statues' heads turning to follow your movements or blood may begin to drop down walls. Other times, though, things can take a more messed-up turn, with your character 'dying' or having limbs blown off.
Likely the most headache-inducing parts of Eternal Darkness' patented 'Sanity Effects' relate to your actual TV screen and GameCube. So intent o f**king with you is this game, it will have you convinced that your TV has turned off, that your controller has been disconnected, that your save file has been deleted, that the game has reset, or even that your GameCube has experienced the infamous, fist-gnawing 'Blue Screen of Death' that we all dread.
So yeah, if you're ever going to give Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem a go, please - for your own sanity! - do what you can to keep your characters' sanity levels at a decent level.