I recently downloaded some survival horror games, Dead Space and Amnesia. I played Amnesia first as I heard fantastic reviews on this indie game production-and man, even the trailer scared the crap outta me. Sadly, it was in 1st-person camera; which I know gives a more personal, claustrophobic feel to the game. Unfortunately, yours truly is allergic to 1st-person camera and puked after playing for 30 mins. (Granted, I got through 30 hrs of Skyrim gameplay on 1st-person; but strolling along idyllic nordic scenery is a different ballgame from creeping around a monster-infested, god forsaken castle with only a LANTERN for protection)
I am currently waiting for my guts to regenerate before I go back to play that sanity-sucking thing.

Speaking of monster-infested, Dead Space is the epitome of that.
And it's 3rd-person, so I can actually play it meaningfully without a bucket. Although I may need to sit on a toilet while playing because the scares, oh the scares.
Look at this:

Nope.

When that thing crashed through the elevator I was riding, I literally exited the game and breathed very loudly at my computer screen.
And the music. Oh, did I say music? I mean sudden violin shrieks accompanied by eerie metallic scraping noises that could either be the rickety ship acting up... ... or a monster waiting to burst out from the vents and chomp on your intestines like a fat kid loves candy.

So while Amnesia is a foreboding game that winds up tension by an ominous atmosphere, Dead Space is jump-scares galore and gore aplenty. Compared to Resi 4, the last 3rd-person horror game I played - Dead Space is a ton scarier and far more claustrophobic. I do miss playing tetris with the inventory though.

See this survivor crying for help? Well, you won't have time to make friends. Dead Space is one lonely game.

For the past books in the series we've always had trusty sai kang warriors to draw the neighbourhood maps for us. Now, they are no more.
Now, I take up my pen and do the sai kang myself.
Now I know their pain.
Satisfying pain. But pain nonetheless.