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One of my Favorites

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game itself hasn't gotten the positive reviews it's deserved over the years.. It absolutely ROCKS! You are Torque, a man convicted for slaughtering his wife and children where, in prison, he discovers that things aren't quite what they appeared to be. The controls (XBOX) are a bit tricky getting fluent with at first, but, when they become your second gaming nature (which doesn't take too long), watch out... hours of creepy fun. And, one of the best qualities that The Suffering offers is that you can choose to be good or evil with your gameplay, what you choose will effect the conclusion, and, the side you chose to be on in The Suffering part 1 can be automatically read and transfered over into the Suffering part 2- Ties That Bind (being if you kept the saved data from The Suffering part 1 in your counsel). This is a staple for Horror/Survival genre gamers and a good ol' scary time for everyone. Now, buy the game, load it up, turn the lights off and prepare for something your won't forget anytime soon.

Very Mediocre

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought a used copy of this game after it was touted by Game Informer as having one of the top ten scariest game moments. How can you go wrong with a horror game set in a prison?

Loveless execution, that's how. This game feels like a simple mod of a generic third-person shooter with some prison uniform skins slapped into place. The playability is uninteresting and loose -- the characters sort of slide across the ground while scissoring their legs instead of looking like they're actually making contact with the ground while running, and so on.

Torque's lack of reaction to anything around him consistently bothered me. An iron door would slam right behind him, or a guard would be torn in half immediately before him, and he would have NO REACTION AT ALL (in contrast, think about Resident Evil 4 -- Leon would crouch slightly in reaction to nearby explosions). This could probably be passed of as trying to cast Torque as stony and cold, but in reality I'm sure it was that the dev shop management didn't budget for those little extras that really breathe life into the game.

The attempted 'gritty' language is just egregious. Combined with the stupid AI, it leads to some real annoyances -- for example, I was following an NPC, and I stopped to look at something and apparently wasn't following quickly enough for his satisfaction. He starts hollering the same "come on, m*** f***r!" audio clip over and over at ten-second intervals, drawing my wife into the living room so she can scold me for the game's pointless, naughty language.

The fact that the game is older really isn't an excuse for its high degree of crappitude -- there are some truly hair-raising, beautifully crafted horror games that are 4+ years old -- Eternal Darkness and the 'Haunted Asylum/Orphanage' level in Thief: Deadly Shadows come to mind.

Life's just too short to play mediocre games. Stick with solid action games like RE4 or Riddick, or lovingly crafted horror titles like the ones mentioned above. Strongly suggest you skip this game.

Not really scary, but still pretty fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Good atmosphere and game design make this better than average. I wouldn't say that I was ever really scared by it, but then it is just a game. There is an interesting collection of enemies and some decent, but basic, weapons. The story itself has some thought put into it and although it uses checkpoints, it also allows you to save whenever you want.

The most terrifying game since Fatal Frame II

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Imagine a game that is a cross between "Max Payne" and "Silent Hill." That is just what you will get in this extremely unnerving and disturbingly scary game, "The Suffering."

You play a character by the name of Torque, and you have been framed for the murder of your family. As punishment, you are sent to Carnate Island, and put on death row for 8 years until you are executed.

WARNING: SOME SPOILERS AHEAD

Then, an "earthquake" happens, and bizarre creatures, shaped by the horrific executions they endured, begin to kill the inmates, and guards in many gruesome ways.

This game is really, in my opinion, an A rated game, masked by an M rating. The violence is very disturbing, and extremely scary. There is alot of Strong Language, and some drug references. Also, the thematic material may be too intense for some people.(I forgot to mention there is an extremely high blood and gore factor in this game.) Good luck............ ;)

constant work on game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love the game, but I wish I could get feedback. I have had the game over a year, and I just cant get past level 5. I try till get a migrain headace, people tell me to stop, but when they are away I try again. I played 8 hours with a few breaks.
The trounle I have is I just rin around in circles on the ground. Today I was running in circls, and then I read that the door to the libray and infirmy were all the back at the so I ran and got into the infirmary, library, and now trying Hardgrave.
Also some person wrote a review that it was only and the stradgry guide twenty one levels, I do not see 21 levels could fit. I wonder if there 9 levels and the others are bonus.

SICK...JUST SICK...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: June 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME IS HELLA TIGHT...
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SCARED FROM PLAYING A VIDEO GAME BEFORE, AND THIS ONE DID IT..
TRY PLAYING ALONE IN YOUR HOUSE AT NIGHT, WITH THE LIGHTS TURNED OFF...
THE RANDOM SCREECHES, AND STRANGE MENTAL IMAGES THIS GAME PRODUCES MAKE ME WONDER WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING THROUGHT THE HEADS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORTE THIS STORY...
THERE ARE SOME CLICHE HORROR MOVIE RIP-OFFS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT WAS GREAT..
I PARTICULARLY LIKE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE INTO A MONSTER (INSANITY) AND THE DECISIONS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO ILL CERTAIN PEOPLE, (WITH A LITTLE VOICE IN YOUR CHARACTER'S HEAD SAYING, "DO IT! HE WANTS IT!, ETC)
IT REALLY MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOURE A CRAZED INMATE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA, LOL...
BUY IT, IT'S WORTH IT...
-CHRIS-

Scary game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The Suffering is quite scary, great sound effects, and awesomely gross horror movie type monsters. This is definitely a great game. I bought it because of all of the great reviews and was not dissappointed. My husband was laughing at me for screaming and jumping when my character was being attacked in the basement. I like that it's not just a prison shoot'em up game - you can shoot guards, prisoners, and the monsters. I have to shut the game off after just a little bit of play because my heart is racing from being scared.

Turn the lights on...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I enjoy video games, and I certainly enjoyed this one. It's a regular shoot'em up MF. But, what makes it so different is the amazing creepiness, the music, the lighting, and the fact that you can walk through almost a whole level, and and not see a thing. The background sounds are spooky, the music swells and fades... then, BAM!!! A freaky beastie jumps out of a dark corner and I jump out of my seat.

My wife would watch this game over my shoulder and get just as freaked. It was like a good scary movie that you get to walk through.

The reason I didn't give it five stars is the linear plot/play line was a bit tedious. If it were more like GTA, where you could just explore the island, that would make this a really great game.

Finally A Game That Gets (Almost) Everything Right

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I wasn't expecting a whole lot from this game when I picked it up used. I was very pleasantly surprised by it. There is no single overwhelmingly awesome feature here - storyline is strong, voice work solid, graphics reasonable, control scheme perfectly fine. But this game is truly greater than the sum of its parts, and it rises to that blissful state where it all comes together and you experience "great gameplay". I really had a blast playing through this. I found the "easy" setting to be TOO easy. "Normal" was still relatively easy, so veteran gamers may want to go with a higher difficulty level. All in all this was going to be one of my best gaming experiences ever... Unfortunately the final boss battle sucked. The first two "bosses" were effectively done in terms of storyline twists as well as difficulty. But the very last boss had nothing to do with the story and was just unneccessarily and annoyingly difficult. This left me with a bad taste after what had been a stellar game. Better luck next time (Suffering 2 comes out this fall, I hear).

Action Horror - A Welcome Change of Pace from Survival

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The Suffering, from Midway games, was a pleasant surprise early this year. It is a horror game with an emphasis on action over survival and puzzle solving, which should please gamers like myself, who often can't find the patience for Resident Evil or Silent Hill games.
The action takes place from either a third or first-person perspective, and allows you to switch instantly between the two with the touch of a button. And while there are a few genuinely creepy moments, the action almost never lets up.
There aren't a great variety of enemy creatures, butthe ones that are there sport some awesome character models, and have pretty cool backstories. As for weapons, you'll find a handful of melee weapons and firearms to blast away the swarming creatures.
Medicine functions as health, just like Max Payne, which works well, because you can save it for when you are desperate and then replenish your health with a single button press.
The graphics are impressive with little touches, like your charcater's shirt gardually becoming soaked with blood as you fight through each level.
Puzzles are simple and easy, not overly complicated like in some survival horror games, so the action will keep coming.
The game is extremely violent, but is worth checking out. I just recommend renting first; it is not very long, and can easily be beaten over the course of a five-night rental.

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