It's immersive nonetheless :-P

Baldur's Gate series for the depth of storyline, actual game play, beautiful old-school graphics and superbly detailed setting.

Planescape: Torment for the same things but completely in its own way in every respect.

Wow. No wonder those are the two highest rated games on GoG!
http://www.gog.com/en/catalogue#all_genres/order/rate/

I tried Broken Sword 1 for a few minutes some months ago, and that game looks very immersive in its own right.

To be honest, I think it's really relative. I remember regularly jumping out of my skin in the Catacombs Abyss and Wolf 3D, despite the primitive graphics and lack of any sound.

The condemned series was very creepy, The whole premise of just slowly walking around in dark abandoned places with just a pipe or other various handheld object was great atmosphere.

The combat(well the hand to hand bits) made it very immersive as it did help capture the despiration in the people of them to survive, The plot at times was incredibly disturbing and definately worth a playthough, just to hear the thud of hitting someone in the head with a metal object.

Clive Barker's Undying and I'd have to include all AD&D. Along with Myst, Amnesia and the 7th Guest. In reality I could include a ton more, but I figure I'll list my Sophie's Choice cream de la cream.

Even with this broad range, its hard to pick a No. 1 favorite.

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV. Lots of atmosphere there.

Myst. The whole game gives you a feeling of something about to jump out at you...but it never does!!

doom3 although i cant say i was very happy with the game it does have its moments

Shivers. I remember playing the demo as a kid and it gave me the creeps.

Also, the Shadow of the Beast series on the Amiga. And Mega-Lo-Mania (that character select screen music was so haunting...).

Pac Man... All those creepy hallways, ghosts, and hallucinogenic drugs...

Penumbra is the only game in recent memory that actually scared the shit out of me.

"Jesus Fucking Christ! Was that a spider!?"

American McGee's Alice deserves special mention for atmosphere.

Amnesia - The Dark Descent
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Dead Space
Super Castlevania 4
Alone in the Dark
Super Metroid
Metroid Prime
Diablo
Clive Barker's Undying
Nocturne
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Hexen
AVP2 Marine campaign

I bought Penumbra and it already gave me half of an heart-attack tonight. :D

The controls take some time getting used to and it would be even cooler if the in-game text was spoken but it seems creepy enough. :)

Here's hoping we'll soon get "Clive Barker's Undying" (EA) and/or "Call of Cthulu: Dark Corners of the Earth" (T2?) on GOG. I didn't read much good about the second half of the latter but I'd still buy it.

I was sitting up late one Saturday night, all alone in my house

except for my one year old son who was asleep upstairs. My wife

was staying away with work so I had the opporunity to have a

really late night playing on the Amiga. The neighbours in the

adjoining house at that time had "done a runner" the week before

without paying the rent and so the house next to mine was empty.

I was playing Dungeon Master that night, a very atmospheric

Dungeon crawl where evil walking plants and mummified corpses

were order of the day. After a few hours of gameplay, I became

aware of a steady, dull thump that appeared to be coming from

the wall that connected to my neightbour house. I didn't give it

much thought until it occurred to me that the house was actually

EMPTY. It had been for over a week !



I went cold with this realisation, knowing it was just me and my

baby son in the house.

It was 3 a.m.

The dull thump continued. I raced upstairs to make sure my sons

bedroom window was closed and locked, then chekced the rest of

the upper floor. I did the same downstairs with the doors and

windows. I decided to ignore it, reasoning it would be daylight

in a few hours.

I tried to get back to my game. The thumping got louder. I tried

to ignore it, but it just kept going. A dull, almost rhythmic

thump thump.

That was it. I decided to do something about it. I called the

Police and reported intruders in the empty house next door. They

arrived promptly , and asked me to remain in the house whilst

one officer tried to make entry at the front of the house and

the other at the back by climbing over my garden fence.

No luck, the house was secure , they reported no lights or

movement inside. They told me to call again if I heard anything

and after 30 minutes or so, they left.

During this time I hadn't noticed the thumping as I wasn't In

the room where it was happening whilst the police had attended.

I sat back down at my Amiga, convinced the issue was resolved.

THUMP THUMP.

I stood up, once again the hairs on the back of my neck raising

at the thought of the unknown threat. I approached the adjoining

wall, placed my ear against the wall and one hand on the stereo

speaker my Amiga was hooked up too.

THUMP THUMP.

This time I felt it as well as heard it....it come through the

speaker. I looked back at my TV screen, and looking carefully at

the door in the dungeon I was standing in front of, I noticed

through the door hatch a mummy standing at the door....hitting

it rhythmically every now and then...

THUMP THUMP.