Being Chased (help me god I can't get away)

[XoPachi]

What are games where you are actively being pursued by something the majority of the game? I don't care the context. Horror, police car chases, the robot fucker from Sonic Adventure. Anything. The only stipulation I guess is that it's purely single player or least a co-op game but the chaser is exclusively AI controlled.

What are the best ones and what makes something like that most fun in a video game context?

[Lemnear]

What are games where you are actively being pursued by something the majority of the game? I don't care the context. Horror, police car chases, the robot fucker from Sonic Adventure. Anything. The only stipulation I guess is that it's purely single player or least a co-op game but the chaser is exclusively AI controlled.

What are the best ones and what makes something like that most fun in a video game context?

The only game that comes to mind is the Clock Tower saga (especially Clock Tower 3 for PS2).

In Clock Tower 3 for almost the entire game you have no weapons, you only have an item to stun your pursuers, there is also a Panic Meter and the only things you can do are run away or hide.
Usually there is only one enemy chasing you at a time, and can chase you pretty much anywhere, or almost anywhere, and encounters (other than story-scripted ones) are random, so there's nowhere you're truly safe. Even making noise can attract your pursuer.

It's one of my favorite horror games though .

[Sumez]

Hellnight on PS1!
Not the best game out there, but it has a fantastic bleak, and occasionally absurd, atmosphere that would probably be appreciated by fans of King's Field and the like.

https://gw.eternal.dk/reviews/hellnight

[neorichieb1971]

Silent Hill Shattered Memories has sections where its like the evil dead thing. They used it in Silent Hill Homecoming as well.

Resident Evil 3 Nemesis and I think part 2 as well, has some kind of guy following you around that cannot be killed.

[spmbx]

Probably not what you mean but i've seen kids play Rainbow Friends on Roblox, that seems to sortof fit the bill.

[XoPachi]

I'm waiting for a 3D game that's like this. lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHSoPTJNfPE

Mirror's Edge but just on crack with absurdly aggressive AI with random, intercepting pursuer spawns.

Hellnight on PS1!
Not the best game out there, but it has a fantastic bleak, and occasionally absurd, atmosphere that would probably be appreciated by fans of King's Field and the like.

https://gw.eternal.dk/reviews/hellnight

Oooo that's one I've never heard of. And with how beast DuckStation is now, this wouldn't be a problem to emulate.

[ryu]

Metroid Fusion.

[it290]

I think Alien Isolation has to be the best example of this in the horror genre from a gameplay perspective. The director system works really well in delivering tension.

I'd also throw Left 4 Dead 2 in there although it's a little less 'chased by' and more 'confronted by,' but its director system also does a great job of keeping the game challenging yet completable.

[vol.2]

God I hate games like that. RE3 immediately came to mind as neorichie already pointed out.

Especially in early RE games, the tank controls make running away so painful and you basically have to be "on" all the time, but without twitch controls like you'd have in a shooter.

For that matter, I think you can throw Dino Crisis onto the fire with the rest of this dumpster. Even though I kind of love (hate) the game, the Dinos will absolutely follow you around and eat you.

[mycophobia]

Pac-Man :P

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Especially in early RE games, the tank controls make running away so painful and you basically have to be "on" all the time, but without twitch controls like you'd have in a shooter.

RE3 PS1 is a fairly tame example of this sort of thing. Jill is incredibly maneuverable, and can outrun most threats without too much issue. The addition of dodging, pre-emptive zombie shoving, and quickturns all makes it a heavily actionized precursor to RE4's more action heavy gameplay. The only thing she can't do is strafe or move while shooting, but that's quite easy to work around. It's by far the easiest game to beat in the series knife only too, owing to how quick you are and how buffed the knife is compared to RE1 (strong, but godawful range that's near guaranteed to get you bit) or RE2 (good range and speed as long as you don't use the mid height stab, absolutely awful damage).

After your first playthrough I'd recommend checking this tutorial out that goes over how to dodge and zombie shove like a pro, it's hard to overstate how much you can tear enemies up when you know how to do them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdJoPZcsZ4s

It's a fun chase oriented game that's not as slow paced and deliberate as the first two games, though the chase sequences are entirely scripted and last for 2 to 4 rooms generally, with the chase ending the moment you exit the scripted area. It's entirely possible to learn and memorize where Nemmy pops up, and in several instances there live event selections to instantly end the chase/fight for that section. There's other games that feel far more stressful because you're either slower, less able to fight back, or where there's a significant random element that makes your attacker very unpredictable.

[vol.2]

The addition of dodging, pre-emptive zombie shoving, and quickturns all makes it a heavily actionized precursor to RE4's more action heavy gameplay.

I definitely had a much easier time with RE4. The only parts of RE4 I didn't like were the QT events that cheap kill you until you have been through them at least once. I remember the swamp fight being especially annoying for whatever reason, although it's been many years now.