By Alex Villafania, hackenslash Reporter
INQUIRER.net

THE NEXT two days will be a pretty long vacation for most Filipinos who will be visiting their dead during All Saints Day and All Souls’ Day. It’s going to be a four-day long weekend and for most, it will be a time to relax and catch up on some oft-put-off activities. For some giddy gamers, though, four days of doing nothing other than praying for the souls of their dead could be boring and it may be time for them to catch up on the video games they missed for the past few years.

Just to stick to the season, here’s a list of video games you could play during Halloween. Basically, all of the games listed here are in the horror-thriller genre so if you’re easily frightened by the idea of ghosts and goblins, better play something else.

Resident Evil 4 (GC, PS2, Wii)

Of course, the big daddy of all survival-horror games would be on top of the list and its latest incarnation is perhaps the best. RE4 has been modified from the original gameplay but it has sincerely kept the goal of getting past and surviving undead and frightfully malevolent creatures. RE4 is a cross between a third-person shooter and an adventure game. You play Leon Kennedy, one of the survivors of the Raccoon City incident that created zombies. His goal is to save the daughter of the US president somewhere in Europe. The storyline, while very basic, is still engrossing as it mixes up some elements of drama and romance (between Leon and another character, Ada Wong).

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