10 Times Horror Video Games Got Truly Twisted
8. Visage - Lucy's "Demon"
Merging the photorealistic domestic terror of P.T with the sanity management of Amnesia, Visage is a consistently nerve-wracking horror experience from SadSquare Studio. This survival horror title sees players maintain protagonist Dwayne Anderson’s sanity while uncovering the tragic stories of his eerily empty home’s former residents.
Opening with a shocking sequence in which an unseen character executes a woman and two children in cold blood before turning the gun on themselves, this game let's players know that they're in for an intense horror experience from the start.
Exploring the house itself is a harrowing enough experience, but it’s the main chapters where things become truly twisted.
Delving into topics surrounding mental illness, each chapter is as gruesome as they are upsetting. However, one section stands out as being more disturbing than the others, and that is Lucy’s chapter.
Progressing through this chapter uncovers an unsettling tale about a girl whose friendship with a demon eventually leads to her grizzly suicide.
However, this terrifying tale takes on a whole new sinister meaning once players begin to understand that the demon is a metaphorical manifestation of Lucy's deteriorating mental illness. The result is a tale as tragic as it is terrifying.