The Scariest Post-Apocalyptic Games Ranked

He has done voice acting in quite a few Call of Duty games too. His first role was in 2009 where he was featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 . The next year, he lent his voice acting talents to Call of Duty: Black Ops , and in 2011, he did some voice acting for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 . In 2012, he was heard in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 , but this would not be the end of his work in the series. He returned to Call of Duty in 2014 where he voiced Jack Mitchell in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare . In 2019, he worked on Call of Duty: Modern Warfa


The timing of the worldwide pandemic gave death Stranding 2 updates Stranding another layer of meaning. Death Stranding depicts the lifestyle of isolated "Preppers" living in shelters to avoid the threat of Timefall and Beached Things, waiting on Porters from agencies like Bridges and Fragile Express to deliver vitally needed goods. This hit close to home for the many who were isolated in their homes due to the threat of COVID-19, forced to depend on delivery services like Amazon for their basic needs. Death Stranding’s meaning changed over time , due to the pandemic, and other games released during that period like The Last of Us 2 also carried unexpected weight. The America that Sam hikes across in Death Stranding is not the America its residents know, and the real-world country is not the one that they thought they k


In the horror-strewn world of the DC Wasteland, players were introduced to 3D renderings of terrifying, mutated creatures. They were forced to explore a world devastated by the nuclear apocalypse, with a threat looming around every corner. There were dark subway tunnels, densely packed with rasping ghouls, and abandoned buildings occupied by bloodthirsty raiders just waiting for the opportunity to take chunks out of an unsuspecting explo


Released in 1995, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream is a point-and-click adventure set in a nightmarish apocalyptic future. Here, only a handful of people have been kept alive by a malignant genius artificial intelligence that seeks to torture and humiliate them endlessly. Players have to deal with disturbing ethical dilemmas that revolve around themes of genocide, abuse, insanity, and r


Death Stranding touches on more personal things like the fact that, even with communication, forming bonds and relationships is difficult for people who are physically separated. Sam suffers from aphenphosmphobia - fear of physical contact - as well as a condition that seems to cause scarring or bruising on contact. For many, this parallels a time when contact with loved ones was frightening for fear of transmitting COVID


As a game, Metro: Last Light boasts a minimal HUD and focuses on immersing the player in a creepy, mysterious world. There are various mutated creatures that pose an intense threat to those living within the post-apocalyptic metro environment, and sometimes, survival means staring a hulking creature in the eyes, so it doesn't att


One motivation the AI in Metal Gear Solid 2 provides is that the digitization of its 2011 setting promotes frivolous information, harming society's collective knowledge. When everyone has a platform and there is an endless choice of what information to consume, trivial things have as much reach as significant or tragic events. This has now become a reality as social media promotes an ever-present 24-hour news cycle, whereby things move on and off of a carousel of information so those who disseminate information can maintain relevance. In some ways, MGS2 foresaw this trend that was precipitated by the move of news to online platfo


It's a game that simply has to be experienced to be understood, as the base story itself is relatively confusing and ambitious. In the world that the player explores, they'll have to contend with time-traveling rain, invisible, demonic creatures, and human enemies that relentlessly chase the protagonist down, eager to steal his cargo. There are some incredibly unique features in this game, such as a baby secured to the player's chest that acts as an early warning system for the invisible creatures. When disturbed, the baby cries through the DualShock 4's built-in speaker, making for an insanely creepy experie

Feeling alone in a vast universe can be as unpleasant as it sounds. There’s also the fact that players could find hostile planets and pirates, which could plunder their loot. There’s also a game mode where if players die, the game ends, meaning they lose everything they have worked for over the ye


Hideo Kojima and his team at Kojima Productions have become renowned for numerous games, from the Metal Gear Solid franchise to Death Stranding . Part of that fame is owed to the sometimes bizarre stories these games tell, full of so many twists and turns that it can become almost comical. However, the more interesting side to these stories isn't their overt narrative, but rather the deeper meanings they hold, with some of these themes predicting elements of real